🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Excuse me. Mr. Li. May I ask you some questions?
- Sure. Take a seat, please. What would you like to know?
- Can you tell me how many credits would be enough for a Bachelor's degree?
- A Bachelor is awarded to a student who successfully completes over 120 units, including general and specific requirements, for his or her undergraduate major and elective courses.
- How long does it take to earn a Bachelor's degree?
- Normally it can be completed in four years.

💡 Example 💡 make friendly

make friendly (verb): He tried to make friendly with some black guys who were new to the neighborhood but got limp handshakes and ice-cool eyes in return.

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🌜 Present Simple 🌛

The chef prepares a mouthwatering dish.

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- This house is very nice for me, but I can ' t afford it in a lump sum.
- Don ' t worry, you can pay in an installment, that is to say, you don ' t have to pay the whole amount of money at once.
- That ' s good. Will you tell me the details?
- Certainly, you need to pay a deposit at first, and you will pay the rest monthly.
- How long will it take?
- It depends.
- I need to talk it over with my wife.
- Certainly.

✳ distant (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˈdɪstənt/

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

distant (adj) senses:
1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

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🌜 Present Simple 🌛

She practices yoga for relaxation.

💡 Example 💡 Mien-yang

Mien-yang (name): FATHER LIAO had charge of all Mien-yang and could visit them but once in two years.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Skylar was never a good math student, so when they took it in college they struggled. However, Skylar accomplished their work and received a B.
- (Skylar) I really struggled with math in school.
- Math is a really hard subject, what grades did you get?
- I worked really hard and the most I ever got was a B.
- Math can be a real nightmare for many.
- You tell me, it was a nightmare for me.
- I on the other hand love math.

🌜 Past Perfect Continuous 🌛

She had been attending dance classes regularly, which improved her skills.

✳ shade (noun)

Sounds:
- /ʃeɪd/

Forms:
- shades (plural)

shade (noun) senses:
1. (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
2. (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
3. (countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
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✳ shade (verb)

Forms:
- shades (present, singular, third-person)
- shading (participle, present)
- shaded (participle, past)
- shaded (past)

shade (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
2. (intransitive, rare) To shield oneself from light.
3. (transitive) To alter slightly.
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🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

The company has launched a new website.

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Kai is an avid video gamer who accumulated multiple lives. Cameron sat down and promptly lost all of Kai's lives.
- (Kai) I let Cameron play and he lost all the lives in 1 minute. It is probably a record.
- Well he is not a gamer like you.
- No, but he has played the game before.
- He is probably just terrible at computer games.
- I guess this must be it.

💡 Example 💡 fair go

fair go (noun): But for this government to load up funding to the wealthiest schools in this country is anathema to the great Aussie notion of a fair go for all.

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