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virtue (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈvɜː.t͡ʃuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-tjuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈvɝ.t͡ʃu/ (General-American)

Forms:
- virtues (plural)

virtue (noun) senses:
1. (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
2. A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
3. Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
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💡 Example 💡 sapient

sapient (noun): It seemed to him a possibility that the Cold War Corps of March might have contacted hitherto unknown sapients on some just discovered interstellar planet.

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🌜 Present Simple 🌛

We learn new things every day.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

Addison knew one of his friend's secrets but let it slip to his other friends, Matt and Tom.
- (Addison) Hey do you know about how Halley failed her college entrance exam?
- Yeah, I know she wanted to keep it a secret from people.
- Well, I accidentally let it slip to Matt and Tom.
- Oh, no, you know they have big mouths and everyone will know.
- I'm feeling pretty bad about letting it slip.
- Don't worry, Halley is going to have to let everyone know at some point.
INCENTIVE
incentive (noun)

Sounds:
- /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/

Forms:
- incentives (plural)

incentive (noun) senses:
1. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
2. A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
incentive (adj)

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

incentive (adj) senses:
1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
2. Serving to kindle or set on fire.
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

They danced under the twinkling stars.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

ash realized he was about to run out of gas so he put fuel in the car.
- (Ash) I just checked the fuel gauge, and the car's almost out of gas.
- There's a gas station just up the road.
- Great--I'll stop there...
- You want me to get you something inside while you fill the tank?
- Get me a coke. I'm just about done.
- I'll be right out.
💡 Example 💡 antisociologist

antisociologist (noun): Latour is a rather peculiar sociologist—one might even call him an antisociologist—because he contends that there is no such thing as society or the social, […]

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🌜 Future Simple 🌛

Tomorrow, I will volunteer at a local nursing home to support elderly care initiatives.
REAL
real (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˈɹiːəl/
- /ɹɪə̯l/
- /ɹiːl/

Forms:
- realer (comparative)
- more real (comparative)
- realest (superlative)
- most real (superlative)

real (adj) senses:
1. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
2. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
3. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
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real (adv)

real (adv) senses:
1. (US, colloquial) Really, very.
real (noun)

Forms:
- reals (plural)
- reales (plural)
- reis (plural)
- réis (plural)
- reais (plural)

real (noun) senses:
1. A commodity; see realty.
2. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
3. (mathematics) A real number.
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