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SOAR = fly or rise high in the air: A bird ๐Ÿฆ *soared* above the clouds. โ˜

SORE = painful or aching: I have a *sore* throat.
SEAR = to burn: The hot tea ๐Ÿต *seared* my tongue. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘…

SEER = one who can see the future: The *seer* ๐Ÿ‘ค๐Ÿ”ฎ picked the wrong lottery numbers.
BREATH = (n.) air going in/out of lungs

BREATHE = (v.) inhale + exhale

BREADTH = (n.) width; range

BRED = past tense of BREED

BREAD โ†’ ๐Ÿž
โ€œThenceโ€ isnโ€™t a fancy way of saying โ€œthen.โ€

THENCE = from that place; from there:

Ali drove to Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต; *thence* he flew to London. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ›ซ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
โ€œWhenceโ€ isnโ€™t a fancy way of saying โ€œwhen.โ€ ๐Ÿ™…

WHENCE = from which, from where.

๐Ÿ—ฃ You, return this robot ๐Ÿค– *whence* you found it!
LEARNED ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ = LEARNT ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง = past tense of โ€œlearn.โ€

But only โ€œlearnedโ€ (scholarly) can also be an adjective: a *learned* [LUR-nid] teacher. ๐Ÿ‘“
PARAMOUNT = Top; supreme in rank

TANTAMOUNT = equal

The hospitalโ€™s *paramount* doctor ๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿฅ declared that smoking ๐Ÿšฌ is *tantamount* to death. ๐Ÿ’€
Are you listening to me?๐Ÿ‘‚
Usually 'dead' is an adjective as in, he is grieving for his dead father.'deadly' is an adverb means 'extremely" as in ;
- a deadly boring play.
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In reality, the word 'dead' is ( adj+adv+noun)

as an adverb means completely
Youโ€™re dead right!
an a noun:
- in the dead of night
-Never speak ill of the dead
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deadly also an adjective means likely to kill. as in
a deadly weapon , a deadly poison
or "complete" as in
a deadly silence
a deadly secret
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How about " DEATHLY"?๐Ÿ˜‰
Causative verbs ( let-make - have - get)
causative cases (all in one)
The meeting is scheduled ........ 9.00 a.m on Tuesday.
a- on
b- at
c- for
d- from

ANSWER: c- for

When speaking of an event in the future you would generally use "for":
We've scheduled it for Friday May 18th.

But if you were speaking of the past you might use "on" instead.
They scheduled it on a Friday when I wasn't able to make it.
Help me ............. this .

a doing
b to do
c do
d does

ANSWER: ( b & c)

The verb 'help' is not used with the -ing form of another verb. It is used with the infinitive (with or without 'to') in any of these patterns:

help do something
help to do something
help someone do something
help someone to do something