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πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ pet

pet (adj): Major Butler has a pet grievance and a pet aversion, which he forces on the reader in every chapter, and which becomes at last very wearisome.

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- No-no-no, sorry! That's a handicapped parking space. Are you handicapped?
- No, but this is an emergency! Please!
- Sorry, but you'll have to park in a normal space.
- OK, OK, fine! Just open the gate!
- Be patient, miss. It'll just be a second.
- Thank god! A car's leaving. It's my turn!
🌜 Future Perfect πŸŒ›

In a few months, he will have mastered the art of cooking.
✴ CONTAINER
✳ container (noun)

Sounds:
- /kΙ™nˈteΙͺnΙ™/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kΙ™nˈteΙͺnɚ/ (General-American)

Forms:
- containers (plural)

container (noun) senses:
1. Someone who contains; something that contains.
2. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
3. (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
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πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ abovedeck

abovedeck (adv): I wondered, sir, if you might like to accompany me abovedeck for some fresh air.

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🌜 Past Perfect πŸŒ›

I had never seen such a beautiful sunset before.
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- Have you heard about the robbery?
- I saw the whole thing happen.
- For real?
- I was in the bank during the robbery.
- What went down?
- Some dude came into the bank with a gun.
- Are you serious?
- When he pulled out the gun, I got so scared.
- Tell me what else happened.
- He got the money and tried to leave.
- Did the cops get him?
- The cops arrested him before he could even make it out the door.
✴ MEET
✳ meet (verb)

Sounds:
- /miːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mit/ (General-American)

Forms:
- meets (present, singular, third-person)
- meeting (participle, present)
- met (participle, past)
- met (past)

meet (verb) senses:
1. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
2. To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
3. To get acquainted with someone.
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✳ meet (noun)

Forms:
- meets (plural)

meet (noun) senses:
1. (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
2. (hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
3. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
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✳ meet (adj)

Forms:
- meeter (comparative)
- meetest (superlative)

meet (adj) senses:
1. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
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🌜 Future Perfect πŸŒ›

She had solved the puzzle quickly before anyone else.
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- You look tired.
- Yeah, I've been working so much overtime lately.
- Really? How come?
- My boss gave me a big project. I had to have it finished by this morning. It was so difficult.
- You shouldn't work so hard.
- I know, but hard work pays off. You know.
- What do you mean?
- Maybe now I'll get that promotion I was hoping for.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ saltness

saltness (noun): Take five or six salt Herrings, wash them very well, lay them in a pretty Quantity of Water all Night to take out the Saltness […]

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