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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Carson lost his job and couldn't pay rent. He got evicted from his apartment and moved in with his parents.
- (Carson) I'm going to have to move in with my parents because I got evicted.
- Oh no. I am sorry to hear that. Can I help you with anything?
- Well, I need to find another job because I lost mine. So if you hear about jobs tell me?
- Okay, I will make sure to keep you notified of anything that I hear about.
DISPUTE
dispute (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/ (UK)
- /dɪsˈpjuːt/ (US)

Forms:
- disputes (plural)

dispute (noun) senses:
1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
dispute (verb)

Forms:
- disputes (present, singular, third-person)
- disputing (participle, present)
- disputed (participle, past)
- disputed (past)

dispute (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
2. (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
3. to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

She wrote a heartfelt letter to her best friend.
💡 Example 💡 proto-rap

proto-rap (noun): From 1965's triumphal 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' onwards, Brown's music discarded more and more of the conventional devices of Western song structures and concentrated ever more strongly on the holy science of THE FUNK and THE GROOVE: propulsion created by the meshing of seemingly independent instrumental scraps which were juxtaposed to form a tensile, interactive pulse over which Brown would deliver his trademarked grunts, screams and exhortatory proto-raps.

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- it's the truth. i am really happy.
- congratulations on your promotion.
🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

The chef has cooked a unique fusion dish.
COVERAGE
coverage (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈkʌv.əɹ.ɪdʒ/ (UK)

Forms:
- coverages (plural)

coverage (noun) senses:
1. An amount by which something or someone is covered.
2. The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television.
3. (genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
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Austin loved to play out in the snow. Austin never wore mittens when he went out.
- (Austin) My hands are so cold.
- Why are they cold?
- I went playing in the snow.
- Were you wearing gloves?
- No, I don't have gloves, but I love the snow.
- You should wear gloves to keep your hands warm.
💡 Example 💡 distinctive

distinctive (adj): Our Apparell was giuen vs as a signe distinctiue to discern betwixt sex and sex.

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🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

In a few months, they will have launched their own line of clothing.
ELECTRONIC
electronic (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɛl.ɪkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/ (General-American)
- /ˌi.lɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/ (General-American)
- /əˌlɪkˈtɹɑ.nɪk/ (General-American)

electronic (adj) senses:
1. (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
2. Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
3. Generated by an electronic device.
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