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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous πŸŒ›

The company has been promoting a healthy work-life balance.
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- i hope that i'll see you there.
- no doubt.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ ferocious

ferocious (adj): But it seemed to me that there were few faces like his, with the ferocious profile that brought to mind the Latin word rapax or one of Rouault's crazed death-dealing arbitrary kings.

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🌜 Future Simple πŸŒ›

In the future, education will be more accessible to everyone globally.
✴ MOM
✳ mom (noun)

Sounds:
- /mΙ’m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mΙ‘m/ (US)

Forms:
- moms (plural)

mom (noun) senses:
1. (Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
2. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.
✳ mom (verb)

Forms:
- moms (present, singular, third-person)
- momming (participle, present)
- mommed (participle, past)
- mommed (past)

mom (verb) senses:
1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To care for in a motherly way.
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Taylor made Kai play their best for the other team when they were down a person.
- (Taylor) I made Kai play the best player on the other team in basketball.
- Isn't there usually another player that does that on your team?
- Yeah, but he wasn't available for the game.
- How did Kai do?
- He was actually not bad. We won the game.
- That's good to hear.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ propel

propel (verb): I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,

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🌜 Present Perfect πŸŒ›

I have completed a difficult math problem.
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Tracy forced their work upon Ash. Ash decided to quit and had their own business.
- (Ash) I really hated doing all that work!
- Why is that? Did it just feel too much?
- It really did, and I had to quit my own business.
- Well I hope that you find something else.
- I will, thanks! I just couldn't do that anymore.
- Yes, I mean, it didn't sound fun at all.
✴ LEAD
✳ lead (noun)

Sounds:
- /lΙ›d/

Forms:
- leads (plural)

lead (noun) senses:
1. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
2. (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
3. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
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✳ lead (verb)

Forms:
- leads (present, singular, third-person)
- leading (participle, present)
- leaded (participle, past)
- leaded (past)
- led (participle, past)

lead (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
2. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
3. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
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✳ lead (adj)

Sounds:
- /liːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /lid/ (General-American)

lead (adj) senses:
1. (not comparable) Foremost.
2. Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost.