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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- May I help you?
- I want to file a complaint.
- What's the problem?
- A man robbed me today.
- When?
- I was robbed this morning.
- What did he take?
- He took my phone and my wallet.
- Did you see his face?
- I saw him perfectly.
- Could you pick him out of a line-up?
- I could do that.

🌜 Present Perfect 🌛

He has repaired a leaky faucet.

💡 Example 💡 muggle

muggle (noun): Windy, muggle-smoking Louis Armstrong has never had patience or skill to build an orchestra of his own. He is happy strutting before any good hot band where he can introduce himself as "The Reverend Satchel Mouth" and proceed to triple-tongue a cornet at incredible speed.

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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

The team has been participating in team-building activities.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Sasha has a huge test tomorrow and spent the whole day and night studying in their room.
- (Sasha) I'm finally done for good.
- You've been locked up in the dark for like weeks.
- It was only one night
- It seem like it was weeks though.
- I have to get a good grade on this exam so I had to do whatever it takes.
- I understand and I support you 100%.

✳ hunter (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈhʌntɚ/ (US)
- [ˈhʌɾ̃ɚ] (US)

Forms:
- hunters (plural)
- huntress (feminine)

hunter (noun) senses:
1. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
2. A dog used in hunting.
3. A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

She received a letter from her distant cousin.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Your muscles are a spectacle!
- Thank you.That ' s the result of exercise.By the way, do you work out?
- No, but I am starting working out from now on.
- Fine.

💡 Example 💡 shapelily

shapelily (adv): Yet its meaning was such as might have accounted for a little irregularity and quite justified whatever emotional emphasis the appropriately placed ob! ah! and helas! always so neatly written, and with the interjectional point so shapelily marked, might be taken to convey.

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✳ threaten (verb)

Sounds:
- /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/

Forms:
- threatens (present, singular, third-person)
- threatening (participle, present)
- threatened (participle, past)
- threatened (past)

threaten (verb) senses:
1. To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
2. He threatened me with a knife.
3. To menace, or be dangerous.
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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

He has been playing the guitar for hours.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- how is your house hunting going?
- not very well. I haven ' t found anything within my price range yet.
- how much are you looking to spend?
- I can only afford about 300 pounds a month.
- looks like you ' re not going to get more than a bedroom in a shared flat with that.
- really? That ' s a lot of money to pay for one room.
- well, if you want to live in London, you have to pay the price!
- do you know of anyone who needs a roommate?
- I can ask around at work. Do you have a preference for makers or non-smokers?
- I ' d prefer non-smoking roommates, but I guess I ' ll have to take what I can get!
- how long do you want to sign a contract for?
- I can sign a contract up to a year. I don ' t know where I ' ll be after that.
- do you need a furnished or unfurnished apartment?
- I don ' t have any furniture, so it ' d be great if it were furnished.
- you know that you ' ll have to pay utilities on top of the rent, right?
- no, I thought that would be included in the rent.
- it ' s not usually included, so you ' ll have to factor in about 100 pounds more each month for utilities.
- I don't think I can afford that.
- don ' t worry. Sometimes people will give you a discount if you promise to do the clearing or take care of the children.
- that's a good idea. I ' ll look into finding something like that.