✳ rail (verb)

Forms:
- rails (present, singular, third-person)
- railing (participle, present)
- railed (participle, past)
- railed (past)

rail (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive) To travel by railway.
2. (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
3. (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

I have been learning about sustainable gardening practices.

💡 Example 💡 at school

at school (prep_phrase): […] and at length got a Promise, and shall, I think, have these six at School as soon as Hunting-season (now commencing) is at an End; and there is a Prospect of our having the Schools at both Places attended as commonly as any Schools in New-England are.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- I'm just calling to see if you have made any decision about the position.
- Sorry, we haven't made the decision at all.
- Do you have any idea when you might arrive at a decision?
- We will let you know probably next Monday. I hope to give you a positive reply.
- I'm willing to wait until you have come to a decision.

✳ overcome (verb)

Sounds:
- /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/ (UK)
- /ˌoʊvɚˈkʌm/ (US)

Forms:
- overcomes (present, singular, third-person)
- overcoming (participle, present)
- overcame (past)
- overcome (participle, past)

overcome (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
2. (intransitive) To prevail.
3. (transitive) To recover from (a difficulty), to get over
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✳ overcome (noun)

Forms:
- overcomes (plural)

overcome (noun) senses:
1. (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
2. (Scotland) A surplus.

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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He played the guitar at the party.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Here you are. You left the medicine here.
- Sorry. I was too worried.
- I firmly believe that you love your brother very much.
- Absolutely. By the way, do you sell any traditional Chinese medicine?
- Yes, we have some Chinese medicine for common cold.
- I heard Chinese medicine has a better lasting effect in cure.
- It depends. It's true that you can take some for prevention.

🌜 Past Simple 🌛

The horse galloped freely in the meadow.

💡 Example 💡 daid

daid (adj): "Why, he's daid!" he exclaimed, poking the lion with the muzzle of his gun.

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✳ protect (verb)

Sounds:
- /pɹəˈtɛkt/

Forms:
- protects (present, singular, third-person)
- protecting (participle, present)
- protected (participle, past)
- protected (past)

protect (verb) senses:
1. (transitive, intransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
2. (travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Were you late for work this morning?
- Yes, I was. I was almost an hour late.
- What did you say to your boss?
- I said I was terribly sorry. But he said it was quite all right.
- Your boss was really nice.
- No, he didn't scold me because he was late, too.