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🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

She has mastered the art of baking.
TRANSFORM
transform (verb)

Sounds:
- /tɹænsˈfɔːm/ (UK)
- /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːm/ (UK)
- /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/ (US)

Forms:
- transforms (present, singular, third-person)
- transforming (participle, present)
- transformed (participle, past)
- transformed (past)

transform (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
2. (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
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transform (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈtɹænsfɔːm/ (UK)
- /ˈtɹɑːnsfɔːm/ (UK)
- /ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/ (US)

Forms:
- transforms (plural)

transform (noun) senses:
1. (mathematical analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
2. (by extension) A function so produced.
3. (geology, seismology) A transform fault.
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💡 Example 💡 entirety

entirety (noun): This was a superb win, albeit a somewhat controversial one, a great drive in a thrilling race, in which Leclerc had to sustain the most intense pressure from one Mercedes driver or another for the entirety of the race distance.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Ash was so beautiful they took Jordan's breath away. Jordan immediately asked Ash to marry them when they first met.
- (Ash) I just met a guy named Jordan who asked me to marry him when he met me!
- Let me guess, he said it was because you are so beautiful!
- Exactly. Sometimes I don't think guys see me as a person-only an object.
- Well don't feel bad. You can get any guy you set your eyes on!
- I know! I'm lucky that way.
- And eventually you will find one who loves you for what you are on the inside as well as the outside!
🌜 Future Simple 🌛

By the end of the year, they will have completed a documentary on social issues.
IMPROVEMENT
improvement (noun)

Sounds:
- /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/

Forms:
- improvements (plural)

improvement (noun) senses:
1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
2. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance
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🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

The students had solved challenging math problems before the teacher praised them.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

Casey wanted to win an argument. She was able to maintain her power.
- (Casey) When I am motivated, there is no stopping me.
- I can see that now, I am not sure how he lasted as long as he did.
- I don't know how I do it, but once I get going with an argument, I don't stop.
- It's not that you didn't stop, you also were able to maintain your power in the argument.
- That is key to be able to get them to finally be quiet, is to stand your ground with facts.
- I can learn a lot from you!
💡 Example 💡 appropriate

appropriate (verb): We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

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🌜 Future Simple 🌛

Tomorrow, I will surprise my partner with a romantic candlelit dinner.
BREAK
break (verb)

Sounds:
- /bɹeɪk/
- [bɹʷeɪ̯k]
- /bɹiːk/ (obsolete)

Forms:
- breaks (present, singular, third-person)
- breaking (participle, present)
- broke (past)
- brake (archaic, past)
- broken (participle, past)
- broke (nonstandard, participle, past)
- break (infinitive)
- breaked (participle, past)

break (verb) senses:
1. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
3. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
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