🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He sold his old car and bought a new one.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- 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 (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.

🌜 Present Simple 🌛

She enjoys painting landscapes.

💡 Example 💡 laughee

laughee (noun): Adonis always laughed in a peculiar way, most insulting to the person ridiculed, but in this instance the laughees were absent.

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✳ enjoy (verb)

Sounds:
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
- /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
- /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/

Forms:
- enjoys (present, singular, third-person)
- enjoying (participle, present)
- enjoyed (participle, past)
- enjoyed (past)

enjoy (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
2. (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
3. (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Casey begged her mother for one since Casey had not had ice cream cones in a while.
- (Casey) My mom is driving me crazy with her health kick.
- What health kick is she on now?
- She does not want me to have any sweets, at all.
- Is that because of the wrestling tournament coming up?
- She wants me to stay in my current weight class. I was able to convince her to let me get a ice cream.
- One ice cream is not going to make you gain 20 pounds!

🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

By the time the party starts, we will have prepared all the decorations.

🌜 Present Simple 🌛

The train arrives at the platform.