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In American English 🇺🇸, “license” is both a noun and a verb.

In British English 🇬🇧, “licence” is a noun, and “license” is a verb.

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LOSS (n.) = defeat

LOSE (v.), [looz] = not win

LOST (v.) = past of “lose”

LOST (adj.) = opposite of “found”

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Technically,

🎲 = Die. (Singular)

🎲🎲 = Dice. (Plural)

(However, because so many people use “dice” as a singular word, it’s also accepted.)

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WIDOW = woman 👩 whose spouse has died

WIDOWER = man 👨 whose spouse has died

DOWAGER = widow 👩 holding property 🏡🏢 from her dead spouse

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❤️[Heart]❤️

1-It would break my mother's heart to leave Saudi Arabia and work in the USA.
(break her heart = make her extremely sad)

2-I left the country with a heavy heart.
(a heavy heart = great sadness).

3-I loved my country with all my heart and soul.
(With heart and soul = very much; completely)

4-I am a man with a heart of gold.
(Heart of gold = very kind character)

5-I can still recite the poems I learned by heart at school.
(by heart = in such a way that I can say it from memory)

6-I haven't got a heart of stone.
(Heart of stone = very cruel character).

7-My heart was in my boots as I waited for news of the accident.
(sb's heart is in his/her boots = feel sad or worried)

8-Now, don't lose heart. Keep trying.
(Lose heart = lose courage or confidence)

9-I hope that you will take heart from what I told you today.
(take heart = feel encouraged)

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