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- the next four years will be good years.
- i'll vote for him next time, too.
🌜 Present Simple 🌛

The chef prepares a delicious meal.
STORE
store (noun)

Sounds:
- /stɔɹ/ (General-American)
- /stɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sto(ː)ɹ/
- /stoə/

Forms:
- stores (plural)

store (noun) senses:
1. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
2. A supply held in storage.
3. (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
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store (verb)

Forms:
- stores (present, singular, third-person)
- storing (participle, present)
- stored (participle, past)
- stored (past)

store (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
2. Contain.
3. Have the capacity and capability to contain.
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💡 Example 💡 rapprochement

rapprochement (noun): M. [Aristide] Briand, in a statement on the French foreign policy said a lasting European peace was impossible without a Franco-German rapprochement.

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- The woman was beaten again. Why didn ' t she call the police.
- Because it was her husband who beat her.
- It is incredible.
- She said that she didn ' t want to foul her own nest.
🌜 Past Simple 🌛

They visited the zoo to see the animals.
INDEPENDENCE
independence (noun)

Sounds:
- /ɪndɪˈpɛndəns/

Forms:
- independences (plural)

independence (noun) senses:
1. The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.
2. The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
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🌜 Future Simple 🌛

In the future, renewable energy will be widely accessible to remote communities.
💡 Example 💡 strict

strict (adj): strict embrace

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Since everyone else turned around when they heard the loud noise, Quinn also turned her head and saw the car crash.
- (Quinn) Oh my goodness, I heard the screeching and it was so loud.
- Yes, that car could not put on the brakes fast enough.
- Then I turned and boom, the car just rolled into the intersection and crashed into the truck.
- It was very scary and the noise was devastating to hear.
- I ran over there to try to see how I could help.
- The police have been called and they are on the way.
🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

She was exploring the ancient ruins of a castle.
ILLUSTRATE
illustrate (verb)

Sounds:
- /ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/ (UK)
- /ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/ (UK)
- /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/ (US)

Forms:
- illustrates (present, singular, third-person)
- illustrating (participle, present)
- illustrated (participle, past)
- illustrated (past)

illustrate (verb) senses:
1. (obsolete) To shed light upon.
2. (figuratively) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
3. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
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