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chief (adj)

Forms:
- chiefer (comparative)
- more chief (comparative)
- chiefest (superlative)
- most chief (superlative)

chief (adj) senses:
1. Primary; principal.
2. (Scotland) Intimate, friendly.
chief (verb)

Forms:
- chiefs (present, singular, third-person)
- chiefing (participle, present)
- chiefed (participle, past)
- chiefed (past)

chief (verb) senses:
1. (US, slang) To smoke cannabis.
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💡 Example 💡 the devil a one

the devil a one (pron): […] I met just as strange a man, and he sitting on his hat on the banks of the Fairy Lake of Lisnavarna, watching the moon’s reflection in the clear waters, and the devil a one of him knew that he was contrary at all.

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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He helped his friend with a difficult physics problem.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

- How do you like your work?
- The work is rather hard, but it's interesting.
- What do you do?
- I work in a publishing house. How about you?
- Mine isn't hard, but it's not interesting.
- What do you do then?
- I'm a clerk in a shop.
WHEEL
wheel (noun)

Sounds:
- /ʍiːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ʍil/ (General-American)
- /wil/ (General-American)

Forms:
- wheels (plural)

wheel (noun) senses:
1. (informal, with "the") A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
2. (nautical) The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
3. A spinning wheel.
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wheel (verb)

Forms:
- wheels (present, singular, third-person)
- wheeling (participle, present)
- wheeled (participle, past)
- wheeled (past)

wheel (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To roll along on wheels.
2. (transitive) To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.
3. (intransitive, dated) To ride a bicycle or tricycle.
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🌜 Future Simple 🌛

She will win an Oscar for her outstanding performance in a movie.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Hi! Fiona? I almost didn't recognize you. You are much thinner since I last saw you.
- Yes. I have lost about ten kilos.
- How did you do it?
- I am on a diet. And I do more exercise regularly.
- What's the secret then?
- It lies in perseverance.
- Well. It's hard for me. I can't keep doing exercise.
- You should have a try.
💡 Example 💡 sleazy

sleazy (adj): Hilma donned her oldest dress, carried pick and shovel to a flower-blown knoll above the creek and there chose a site for the grave. […] Soon the sleazy dress clung to her back with a sweat of toil, and its stretched web undulated to the smooth play of muscles from shoulder to midback.

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🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

By the time the party begins, she will have prepared all the food.
REMEMBER
remember (verb)

Sounds:
- /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈmɛmbɚ/ (General-American, dialectal, uncommon)
- /ˈɹɪmbɚ/ (General-American, dialectal, uncommon)
- /ɹɪˈmɛmbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Forms:
- remembers (present, singular, third-person)
- remembering (participle, present)
- remembered (participle, past)
- remembered (past)
- remember (infinitive)

remember (verb) senses:
1. To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
2. To memorize; to put something into memory.
3. To keep in mind, be mindful of
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