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💡 Example 💡 woolworking

woolworking (noun): Gradually, workers were leaving woolworking for the cleaner and more agreeable work in cotton.

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🌜 Future Continuous 🌛

He will be experimenting with new art forms to express his creativity.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

- What do you want, Essie?
- A cup of coffee and an apple pie. How about you?
- I don't want coffee. I'd like some orange juice.
- Why don't you drink coffee?
- I don't like coffee in this cafe.
- It does taste weird.
- Most people think so.
ALTER
alter (verb)

Sounds:
- /ˈɔːl.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɒl.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔl.tɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈɑl.tɚ/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger)

Forms:
- alters (present, singular, third-person)
- altering (participle, present)
- altered (participle, past)
- altered (past)

alter (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
2. (intransitive) To become different.
3. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
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alter (noun)

Forms:
- alters (plural)

alter (noun) senses:
1. (especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder). A member of a system.
2. Misspelling of altar.
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He sold his old car and bought a new one.
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- what do you mean?
- if you're going to make a wish, wish that you were really rich or famous.
💡 Example 💡 eucrasy

eucrasy (noun): a good digestion should follow; and it will be some days before the stomach recover its eucrasy again , and perform its office well

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🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

She had made reservations before the restaurant became fully booked.
BASE
base (noun)

Sounds:
- /beɪs/
- /beːs/ (Ireland)

Forms:
- bases (plural)

base (noun) senses:
1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
2. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
3. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
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base (verb)

Forms:
- bases (present, singular, third-person)
- basing (participle, present)
- based (participle, past)
- based (past)

base (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
2. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
3. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
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base (adj)

Forms:
- baser (comparative)
- more base (comparative)
- basest (superlative)
- most base (superlative)

base (adj) senses:
1. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
2. Low in place or position.
3. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Taylor made Tracy an offer. It was quite tempting. Too tempting.
- (Tracy) Right ,so I wanted to go to the football game and Taylor wanted to go to the concert.
- How did you two resolve it in the end?
- She made me a very tempting offer.
- Oh right, seems a little sneaky.
- It really was, kind of seems too tempting.
- If it's too good to be true, it probably is.