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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- 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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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- You'd like coffee, wouldn't you?
- I think I'd rather have tea this morning.
- What else are you going to have?
- Just an English muffin. What are you going to have?
- That sounds good. I'm going to order the same thing.
💡 Example 💡 anatopism

anatopism (noun): There is no anachronism in putting them together; it is a sort of anatopism rather; the painter has placed within our view two scenes which no mortal eye could have witnessed at the same time.

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🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

By the time they arrived at the party, the music had stopped.
CARD
card (noun)

Sounds:
- /kɑːd/ (UK)
- [kʰɑːd] (UK)
- /kɑɹd/ (US)
- [kʰɑɹd] (US)
- /kaːd/ (General-Australian)
- [kʰäːd] (General-Australian)
- /kɐːd/ (New-Zealand)
- [kʰɐːd] (New-Zealand)

Forms:
- cards (plural)

card (noun) senses:
1. A playing card.
2. (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
3. A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose.
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card (verb)

Forms:
- cards (present, singular, third-person)
- carding (participle, present)
- carded (participle, past)
- carded (past)

card (verb) senses:
1. (US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
2. (dated) To play cards.
3. (golf) To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
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