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🌜 Present Simple 🌛

The train arrives at the platform.
💡 Example 💡 claire

claire (noun): A barrel of lime was spread around the edge of the claire, so as to be gradually washed into the water and furnish the material required by oysters in the fabrication of the shell. Until October the oysters in the claire remained exceedingly poor, […]

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MIXTURE
mixture (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈmɪkstʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)

Forms:
- mixtures (plural)

mixture (noun) senses:
1. The act of mixing.
2. Something produced by mixing.
3. Something that consists of diverse elements.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Yes, madam? Can I help you?
- Oh, yes, please. But you are just closing, aren't you?
- Well, yes, we are, madam. The shop shuts down in five minutes.
- I shall not keep you long then. It was about some saucepans you had in your window last week.
- Last week, madam? I really can't remember which ones you mean. What were they like?
- Oh, they were lovely. Sort of imitation wood, dark brown color, country-style you know, and the lids, if I remember rightly, they had a sort of leaf pattern, or was it flowers?
- That's strange. I don't recognize any of the ones we had from that description. Are you sure they were in this shop?
- Oh, you must know the ones I mean. They were on sale, a real bargain. Reduced to a quarter of the original price. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them.
- I am afraid the sales are over now, madam. And you know we all sold out of the saucepans.
- I don't think you did, you know. My neighbor told me she saw some here only yesterday.
- Well, it's all new stock in the window now.
- May I just have a look, to see if there is anything else?
- Eh, well, madam, as you know we are closing.
- Yes, yes, I am sorry I won't keep you. It must get on your nerves when customers come in right at closing time. But they were such beautiful saucepans. I ' d have bought them if I had made up my mind on the spot.
- Perhaps madam, if you come back tomorrow, I could show you the whole range of kitchen ware. And there are still one or two things at the sale price.
- Oh, look! That was the one there. That is the sort of thing I was looking for. But it's not quite the color.
- That might be the artificial lighting, madam. Of course, if you could come back in daylight, you might find it ' s exactly what you are looking for.
- There it is. That is the pattern! The set behind you. Thank goodness, they haven't been sold. And thank you so much for being so patient with me. Yes, those are the ones.
🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

The scientist has conducted an extensive study.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

Remy cooked for their family for years, but after losing them all in a car crash, Remy didnt make food anymore they just ate takeaways.
- (Remy) I used to love cooking for my family.
- I did not know that.
- I lost all of my family in a car crash and after that I never cooked again.
- Sorry to hear that.
- Now, we just eat takeaways.
- Why don't you start cooking again?
🌜 Future Continuous 🌛

I will be pursuing a degree in environmental science.
LEGITIMATE
legitimate (adj)

Sounds:
- /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ (adjective, noun)
- /ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ (adjective, noun)
- /ləˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt/ (verb)

Forms:
- more legitimate (comparative)
- most legitimate (superlative)

legitimate (adj) senses:
1. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
2. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
3. Authentic, real, genuine.
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legitimate (noun)

Forms:
- legitimates (plural)

legitimate (noun) senses:
1. A person born to a legally married couple.
legitimate (verb)

Forms:
- legitimates (present, singular, third-person)
- legitimating (participle, present)
- legitimated (participle, past)
- legitimated (past)

legitimate (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
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💡 Example 💡 sodium diphenylphosphide

sodium diphenylphosphide (noun): Sodium diphenylphosphide (Ph₂PNa) is readily prepared by adding Na to a solution of the diphosphine in dry Et₂O or THF (exothermic!), whereby the colour becomes yellow and the orange Na salt separates.

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🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

By this time next month, he will have become the CEO of the company.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

Riley came home to a lovely dinner made by their other half, Riley ate everything on their plate then served up another portion to them and their partner.
- (Riley) My husband's cooking gets better and better!
- That's high praise coming from the daughter of a chef.
- Well, part of it might be the fact that he surprised me with the meal. Usually it's so predictable, but he cooked something he never did before, and I had no idea I was getting it!
- What a sweetheart. How much did you eat?
- Two whole portions! Usually I don't even finish what's on my plate, but how can I resist lasagne? I feel so fat now!
- Well you certainly don't look like it!