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🌜 Past Continuous πŸŒ›

He was helping his neighbor with gardening.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ varec

varec (noun): Potash was scarce because of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), and Bernard Courtois had resorted to varec imported from the Brittany and Normandy seacoasts [5].

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πŸ—£ Conversation πŸ—£

- i need a cheap car.
- how much money do you have?
🌜 Present Continuous πŸŒ›

She is driving carefully on the slippery road.
✴ BULLET
✳ bullet (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈbʊl.Ιͺt/

Forms:
- bullets (plural)

bullet (noun) senses:
1. A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
2. (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
3. Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
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✳ bullet (verb)

Forms:
- bullets (present, singular, third-person)
- bulleting (participle, present)
- bulleted (participle, past)
- bulleted (past)

bullet (verb) senses:
1. (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
2. (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
3. (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
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πŸ—£ Conversation πŸ—£

Bailey wouldn't stop talking to their friend in class. Bailey prevented the class from going.
- (Bailey) I was having a deep conversation with my friend then the teacher came in.
- Did you get in trouble?
- Yeah I kind of did. My teacher told me I was holding the class up by talking so he didn't take us on the trip.
- Wow. That's horrible.
- I felt like that was my punishment. The class was so mad at me.
- Did you learn your lesson?
🌜 Present Continuous πŸŒ›

The gardeners are planting colorful flowers.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ take a wrong turn at Albuquerque

take a wrong turn at Albuquerque (verb): Since cardiac embryology can be summed up as 9 months of looping and unlooping, you can think of the congenitally malformed heart as having taken the wrong turn at Albuquerque, and not just one time.

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✴ GROUND
✳ ground (noun)

Sounds:
- /ɑɹaʊnd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Forms:
- grounds (plural)

ground (noun) senses:
1. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
2. (uncountable) Terrain.
3. Soil, earth.
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✳ ground (verb)

Forms:
- grounds (present, singular, third-person)
- grounding (participle, present)
- grounded (participle, past)
- grounded (past)

ground (verb) senses:
1. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
2. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
3. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
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✳ ground (adj)

ground (adj) senses:
1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
2. Processed by grinding.
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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous πŸŒ›

They have been renovating the old castle for tourism.