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🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

We were skateboarding at the skatepark all day.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

Syndey was feeling nauseous and dizzy, so Sydney lay on the ground.
- (Sydney) I'm not feeling to great, I'm going to go lay down for a little bit
- You don't look very well, would you like to go to the hospital?
- No, I think I will be ok. I just feel a little bit dizzy
- well, let me know if you need to go since I can give you a ride if you're feeling sick
- I will. Thank you for offering though
💡 Example 💡 gospelmonger

gospelmonger (noun): Mr. Glassner’s latest book, “The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food is Wrong” (Ecco/HarperCollins $25.95), posits that misguided (and misguiding) gospelmongers are persuading Americans to eat according to ever more irrational notions and sillier motivations.

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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He wrote a letter to his friend.
HILL
hill (noun)

Sounds:
- /hɪl/
- [hɪɫ]

Forms:
- hills (plural)

hill (noun) senses:
1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
2. A sloping road.
3. (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
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hill (verb)

Forms:
- hills (present, singular, third-person)
- hilling (participle, present)
- hilled (participle, past)
- hilled (past)

hill (verb) senses:
1. To form into a heap or mound.
2. To heap or draw earth around plants.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Bailey assumed Casey's position and thought it was a great idea on how to fix the environment.
- (Casey) Today's meeting with Governor Bailey went great.
- That's awesome. What was discussed.
- Mainly, the environment. He assumed my position but everything went well in the end.
- Congratulations!
- I'm so happy he thought it was a great idea and wants to implement my plan.
- That is awesome.
🌜 Future Perfect Continuous 🌛

I will have been waiting for the right opportunity for a long time.
💡 Example 💡 outlying

outlying (adj): The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament.

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- do you want to go fishing?
- yes. that's a good idea.
CHEAP
cheap (noun)

Sounds:
- /t͡ʃip/ (General-American)
- /t͡ʃiːp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Forms:
- cheaps (plural)

cheap (noun) senses:
1. (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
2. (obsolete) A market; marketplace.
3. Price.
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cheap (adj)

Forms:
- cheaper (comparative)
- cheapest (superlative)

cheap (adj) senses:
1. Low and/or reduced in price.
2. Of poor quality.
3. Of little worth.
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cheap (verb)

Forms:
- cheaps (present, singular, third-person)
- cheaping (participle, present)
- cheaped (participle, past)
- cheaped (past)

cheap (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
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