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✳ prior (adv)

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

prior (adv) senses:
1. (colloquial) Previously.
✳ prior (noun)

Forms:
- priors (plural)

prior (noun) senses:
1. (US, law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
2. (statistics, Bayesian inference) A prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
3. (rationalist community, by extension) A belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
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πŸ—£ Conversation πŸ—£

Jordan had an interest in short stories at school, so they wrote a bunch of short stories for their English class.
- (Jordan) I just finished writing my short story.
- It seems like you are always writing short stories.
- I am. I wrote a bunch for English class.
- Does your teacher like them?
- Yes, she said they were a lot of fun to read.
- I'm glad to hear that!
🌜 Past Continuous πŸŒ›

We were cheering for our favorite team at the stadium.
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Jesse needed to call his mom to pick him up and realized he lost his phone.
- (Jesse) I lost my phone today. I have no idea where.
- Have you tried calling it?
- Yes, but it just goes to voicemail.
- Have you retraced your steps back to the last time you used it.
- I think so. That's the problem. I can't exactly remember the last time I used it.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ breast

breast (noun): Tanya's breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.

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✴ BLAME
✳ blame (noun)

Sounds:
- /bleΙͺm/

blame (noun) senses:
1. Censure.
2. Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
3. Responsibility for something meriting censure.
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✳ blame (verb)

Forms:
- blames (present, singular, third-person)
- blaming (participle, present)
- blamed (participle, past)
- blamed (past)
- blame (infinitive)

blame (verb) senses:
1. To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
2. (obsolete) To bring into disrepute.
3. (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
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🌜 Past Continuous πŸŒ›

They were picnicking in a picturesque meadow.
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- There are so many environment problems in the world today. Do you think we can really solve them all or will destroy the world?
- I hope that world leaders can get together and agree on a plan of action, but I doubt it ' ll happen before it ' s too late.
- We need to solve the problem of air pollution before we destroy the atmosphere. There ' s lots of clean, modern technology, but companies in developed countries say it ' s expensive. Developing countries
- Everyone is looking at the issue in the short term, rather than the long term. It ' s the same with the destruction of the rainforests. Countries and companies just want the wood. They ' re not thinking a
- In other parts of the world, especially in Africa, there is a problem with desertification. Climate change and over-farming are causing farmland to turn into desert. In means that people cannot grow e
- It also means that people sometimes fight over the farmland that remains. Damaging the environment actually leads to conflict between people.
- Have you ever thought about joining an organization committed to protecting the environment? You could get involved with projects to improve the environment.
- I think I ' d like to do that. I could take the things I learn here back to my country when I have finished my studies.
🌜 Present Simple πŸŒ›

They attend music concerts.
✴ PACKAGE
✳ package (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈpΓ¦kΙͺdΝ‘Κ’/ (Canada, General-Australian, UK, US)

Forms:
- packages (plural)

package (noun) senses:
1. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
2. Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
3. (software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
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✳ package (verb)

Forms:
- packages (present, singular, third-person)
- packaging (participle, present)
- packaged (participle, past)
- packaged (past)

package (verb) senses:
1. To pack or bundle something.
2. To travel on a package holiday.
3. To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.