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sacred (verb)

Sounds:
- /ˈseɪkəd/

sacred (verb) senses:
1. simple past tense and past participle of sacre
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Jordan was playing with a friend when the friend hurt his head. Jordan gave him something to help it.
- (Jordan) I am so sorry to hear that you hurt your head. I wish that you have an awesome and speedy recovery my friend
- Thank you. The head trauma was severer but it is manageable with pain medication here and there. I am lucky to be alive
- Sure you are! I hope you have learned a valuable lesson about staying safe
- I really have. I appreciate you being here and supporting me the whole way through. You are such a good friend
- Of course. I'm happy to help you
- You are! Thanks
💡 Example 💡 waiter's friend

waiter's friend (noun): When I ask the smiling African Frenchman behind the till how I get my wine opened, he hands me a waiter's friend.

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🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

We were enjoying a serene boat ride, gliding along the calm river waters.
GREEN
green (adj)

Sounds:
- /ɡɹiːn/ (General-Australian, UK)
- /ɡɹin/ (Canada, US)

Forms:
- greener (comparative)
- greenest (superlative)

green (adj) senses:
1. Having green as its color.
2. (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.
3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
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green (noun)

Forms:
- greens (plural)

green (noun) senses:
1. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
2. (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
3. (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
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green (verb)

Forms:
- greens (present, singular, third-person)
- greening (participle, present)
- greened (participle, past)
- greened (past)

green (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
2. To become or grow green in colour.
3. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
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- what are they paying?
- up to $200 for each gun, no questions asked.
🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

I was attending a concert last weekend.
💡 Example 💡 counterthought

counterthought (noun): His thoughts and their counterthoughts are bent and curled, snail-like, inside the whorls of fiction.

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