✳ grant (noun)

Forms:
- grants (plural)

grant (noun) senses:
1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
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🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

The team has won a crucial game.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Ash hit their sister while they were playing on the floor. Cameron took away Ash's toys.
- (Ash) I really didn't mean to hit my sister though.
- I guess Cameron didn't think it was an accident.
- If I wanted to hit her for real I could have done it plenty of times.
- That's true, but they didn't see it like that.
- I just need to get my toys back.
- Did Cameron say when you will get them back?

💡 Example 💡 raab

raab (noun): Both female decrescendo calls and male “raab” calls were heard.

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✳ so-called (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˈsəʊˌkɔːld/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsoʊˌkɔld/ (US)

so-called (adj) senses:
1. So named; commonly called.
2. (ironic) Commonly called by such a name, but not worthy of it.

🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

The chef has cooked a delightful dessert.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Kendall didn't see much they liked at the dinner so they just ate the fried chicken.
- (Kendall) There wasn't much that I like to eat at dinner so I just ate the fried chicken.
- Did you mom cook the fried chicken?
- She did. It had the crispy skin that I love.
- Your mom makes the best fried chicken. I had that time I slept over at your house.
- She's a great cook. You can come over again this weekend if you want. We are having a BBQ.
- I would love to.

🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He sold his old bike and bought a new one.

💡 Example 💡 sesquilingualism

sesquilingualism (noun): In Pilch's terminology, sesquilingualism ("mastery of one-and-a-half languages") occurs when "all members of a given society speak the inferior [sic] language, but only some of its members speak the prestige language, usually in a more or less imperfect manner as a 'foreign language.'"

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✳ amount (noun)

Sounds:
- /əˈmaʊnt/

Forms:
- amounts (plural)

amount (noun) senses:
1. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
2. A quantity or volume.
3. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.

✳ amount (verb)

Forms:
- amounts (present, singular, third-person)
- amounting (participle, present)
- amounted (participle, past)
- amounted (past)

amount (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
2. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Sasha was at a business meeting, and they met new people.
- (Sasha) The business meeting went well!
- Did you meet any new people?
- Yes, quite a few that were interested in the product.
- Maybe with meeting them, they will tell their friends and we will get more orders.

🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

He has won a prestigious art competition.