“them” в толковом словаре – Английский язык

pron 1. referring to people or things that have been mentioned before ○ Do you like cream cakes? – No, I don’t like them very much. ○ There’s a group of people waiting outside. – Tell them to come in. ○ She saw her friends and asked them to help her. 2. referring to a singular, used instead of ‘him or her’ ○ If someone phones, ask them to call back later.

(them), pron. [AS. ðaem, dat. pl. of the article, but influenced by the Scand. use of the corresponding form þeim as a personal pronoun. See They.] The objective case of they. See They. “Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.” Matt. xxv. 9. “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father.” Matt. xxv. 34. Them is poetically used for themselves, as him for himself, etc. “Little stars may hide them when they list.” Shak.