✳ violent (verb)

Forms:
- violents (present, singular, third-person)
- violenting (participle, present)
- violented (participle, past)
- violented (past)

violent (verb) senses:
1. (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.

✳ violent (noun)

Forms:
- violents (plural)

violent (noun) senses:
1. (obsolete) An assailant.

Audio (US)

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Jane, I was wondering if you you had any plans for saturday afternoon.
- A friend and I are planing to go out, why? what's up?
- There is a special exhibition of french sculptures at the museum, I was hoping you ' d like to come with me.
- I am afraid I can't I am going to be out all day.
- What about sunday?
- i wish i could, but it's my mums birthday.
- Maybe next week.
- Much as I ' d like to, I am afraid i wont be free next week, I have a lot of work.
- Sorry to hear that, I was really looking forward to spending some more time with you, I really enjoyed our last chat.
- I am really sorry too, maybe I can give you a call sometime.

🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

We have been practicing meditation to reduce stress.

💡 Example 💡 handful

handful (noun): But, aunt, she must have had some kind of education, her accent was so pure, her English so unfaulty. The other girl dropped her h's by handfuls, and made some very wild confusion in her native etymology.

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✳ beach (noun)

Sounds:
- /bit͡ʃ/ (US)
- /biːt͡ʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Forms:
- beaches (plural)

beach (noun) senses:
1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
2. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
3. (UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
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✳ beach (verb)

Forms:
- beaches (present, singular, third-person)
- beaching (participle, present)
- beached (participle, past)
- beached (past)

beach (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
2. (transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
3. (of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

🌜 Present Simple 🌛

The rain falls from the sky.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- oh, no. i forgot.
- well, you'd better take it out front.

🌜 Future Simple 🌛

The world will achieve zero hunger.

💡 Example 💡 Parker square

Parker square (noun): A main class will contain a certain type of Parker square if and only if each square in the class is isotopic to a Parker square of that type.

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- I've never been to a restaurant like this before.
- It's really different, isn't it?
- That's a good word to describe it.
- I hope you're hungry because the pizza here is huge as well as to die for.
- I am hungry. I think I could eat a large by myself.
- Well, let's order one for starters.
- I'm in the mood for a Californian.
- That happens to be my favorite. Waiter, I think we're ready to order.

✳ professor (noun)

Sounds:
- /pɹəˈfɛsə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɹəˈfɛsɚ/ (General-American)

Forms:
- professors (plural)

professor (noun) senses:
1. The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor."
2. (US, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
3. (archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
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