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✳ 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.
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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous πŸŒ›

I have been experiencing new cultures during my travels.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ ear trumpet

ear trumpet (noun): The second student is a hard-of-hearing, eighty-year-old man with a long, white beard and a huge ear trumpet.

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- Good morning. I'd like to check out right now.
- May I have your room number . Sir?
- Room 103.
- Just a minute, Sir.Are you Mr Wang from China?
- Yes.Wang Bin.
- Mr Wang, did you sign any bill in the last two hours in our hotel?
- No.
- Have you used any hotel services this morning?
- No, I have not.
- Here is your bill.It totals 3250 dollars.
- All right. Can I pay with credit cards?
- What kind of card?
- American Express.
- Yes, we do. Here is your bill and receipt.
🌜 Present Perfect πŸŒ›

He has written a best-selling novel.
✴ QUOTE
✳ quote (noun)

Sounds:
- /kwΙ™ΚŠt/

Forms:
- quotes (plural)

quote (noun) senses:
1. A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
2. A quotation mark.
3. A summary of work to be done with a set price.
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