💡 Example 💡 score

score (noun): You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore.

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✳ killer (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈkɪlə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- [ˈkʰɪlə(ɹ)] (UK)
- /ˈkɪlɚ/ (US)
- [ˈkʰɪɫlɚ] (US)

Forms:
- killers (plural)

killer (noun) senses:
1. One who or that which kills.
2. (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
3. (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
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✳ killer (adj)

Forms:
- more killer (comparative)
- most killer (superlative)

killer (adj) senses:
1. (slang) Excellent, very good, cool.
2. Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
3. Distressing, uncomfortable.

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🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

The team had practiced hard before the championship game.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Lee closed the door behind Sydney so that they could have a private conversation about Lee asking for Sydney's daughter's hand in marriage.
- (Lee) So as soon as we stepped into Sydney's home office, I shut the door behind him so I could ask him before I lost my nerve.
- Oh, wow! Sydney is scary! What happened?
- Well, I was like "Mr. Sydney, I came to talk to you tonight about asking for your permission to marry your daughter."
- Man! I'm so proud of you. Then what happened? Was he nice about it?
- He was like,"Son, I would be proud to have you as a member of the family, and I know that Ashley loves you very much."
- Great!

🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

By the time the baby is born, they will have renovated the nursery.

✳ overcome (verb)

Sounds:
- /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/ (UK)
- /ˌoʊvɚˈkʌm/ (US)

Forms:
- overcomes (present, singular, third-person)
- overcoming (participle, present)
- overcame (past)
- overcome (participle, past)

overcome (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
2. (intransitive) To prevail.
3. (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over
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✳ overcome (noun)

Forms:
- overcomes (plural)

overcome (noun) senses:
1. (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
2. (Scotland) A surplus.

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💡 Example 💡 factitious

factitious (adj): Manners are partly factitious, but, mainly, there must be capacity for culture in the blood. Else all culture is vain.

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🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

She had met her childhood friend after years before the reunion.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Jan went to see the doctor about a worrying lump they had found and Addision awaited Jan's return.
- (Addison) I just drive Jan to the doctor's and I'm waiting now.
- You're a great friend. I hope she is okay.
- Hopefully, it's nothing. She has a new lump, it's not the first time but her lumps usually just go away.
- But I heard Jan saying that this one is solid and really hand, and she can't turn her neck.
- Yeah, that's why she is going to the doctor this time, we're a bit worried.
- I would also worry, Fingers crossed it's nothing.

✳ essential (adj)

Sounds:
- /ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/
- [əˈsɛn.tʃəl]

Forms:
- more essential (comparative)
- most essential (superlative)

essential (adj) senses:
1. Necessary.
2. Very important; of high importance.
3. (biology) Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
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✳ essential (noun)

Forms:
- essentials (plural)

essential (noun) senses:
1. A necessary ingredient.
2. A fundamental ingredient.