🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

The chef had created a unique dessert before it became popular.

💡 Example 💡 televisualization

televisualization (noun): After the War and the simultaneous suburbanization and televisualization of the United States, the weather report was positioned as an entertaining forum...

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- We want to order some of these products.
- Mr. Thomas, this is a standard size.
- Can you supply us right away?
- Yes, we have plenty on hand right now.
- Good, we'll take 500 suits.
- OK, thanks for the order.

✳ musical (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/

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

musical (adj) senses:
1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
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✳ musical (noun)

Forms:
- musicals (plural)

musical (noun) senses:
1. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
2. (probably archaic or obsolete) A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

The baby took her first steps and her parents clapped with joy.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- of course you are. you ate everything on the table.
- i don't like to eat leftovers.

🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

They were hiking up the mountain trail.

💡 Example 💡 caf

caf (noun): Fourth on the list of the businesses my father and his brothers had owned was a caf on the corner of San Ignacio and Lamparilla in Old Havana.

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✳ advantage (noun)

Sounds:
- /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/ (UK)
- /ədˈvæn.(t)ɪd͡ʒ/ (US)

Forms:
- advantages (plural)

advantage (noun) senses:
1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
2. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
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✳ advantage (verb)

Forms:
- advantages (present, singular, third-person)
- advantaging (participle, present)
- advantaged (participle, past)
- advantaged (past)

advantage (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
2. (reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of

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🌜 Present Simple 🌛

He always tells the truth.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- How many passengers are there aboard the ship?
- Seventy-six, I think.

💡 Example 💡 Ivan

Ivan (name): Amy's husband was called Ivan. Ivan the Terrible, Barry always called him, naturally. 'Ivan? What kind of name is that?' he said to Tracy after Amy's engagement was announced. 'Bloody Russian.' 'Actually, I think it's because he had a Norwegian grandfather', Tracy said. 'Norwegian?' Barry said incredulously, as if she'd just announced that Ivan's family came from the moon.

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