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print (noun)

Forms:
- prints (plural)

print (noun) senses:
1. (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
2. (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
3. (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
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💡 Example 💡 back off

back off (verb): I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path.

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🌜 Present Continuous 🌛

I am studying for my upcoming exams.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Have you heard that we will have reorganization?
- No, really?
- Yes, flexible, aggressive and creative people are urgently needed in the marketing department.
- Who will be there?
- James is going to be packed off there.
- That is good. He can leave you alone this time.
🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

By the time she arrived, the event had already started.
DESCRIPTION
description (noun)

Sounds:
- /dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/ (UK)

Forms:
- descriptions (plural)

description (noun) senses:
1. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
2. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
3. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- I want to make dinner tonight.
- What are you thinking of making?
- I don't have any idea what to cook.
- How about making a teriyaki bowl?
- Can you tell me how to make it?
- All it consists of is teriyaki beef and white rice.
- Okay, but what do I have to do to prepare it?
- All you have to do is cook some white rice.
- What do I do after that?
- Then cut up the beef and marinate it in teriyaki sauce.
- What else do I have to do?
- All that's left is to cook it.
💡 Example 💡 likely

likely (adj): not a very likely excuse.

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🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

He was attending a business conference.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Would you like any toast, dear?
- Um?
- Toast, dear?
- As you like.
- Would you like any tea, dear?
- It doesn ' t make any difference to me.
- Oh, you ' re not listening to me.
- Leave me alone.
MEAL
meal (noun)

Sounds:
- /miːl/
- [miːʟ̩] (US)

Forms:
- meals (plural)

meal (noun) senses:
1. (countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
2. (countable) Food served or eaten as a repast.
3. (uncountable, informal) A break taken by a police officer in order to eat.
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meal (verb)

Forms:
- meals (present, singular, third-person)
- mealing (participle, present)
- mealed (participle, past)
- mealed (past)

meal (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To yield or be plentiful in meal.
2. (transitive) To defile or taint.