🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

We have been spending more time with our family.

💡 Example 💡 behelm

behelm (verb): He went to the Thing in gold-reddened helm, and all his company was behelmed.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

After the teacher gave the final date, Robin raised their hand in protest.
- (Robin) I thought it was enough time for us to read all the books before the final date. They teacher had just told us the date, so I raised my hand in protest.
- Did the teacher change the date?
- The final date cannot be changed. It's already on the last day of school.
- What's going to happen?
- My teacher agreed that the workload for the class was too much and we probably have time to get to the last book. He removed a book from our reading list.
- Cool. One less book to read.

🌜 Past Perfect 🌛

They had packed their bags before the trip.

✳ monitor (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈmɒ.nɨˌtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmɔn.ɪˌtɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈmɔn.əˌtɚ/ (General-American)

Forms:
- monitors (plural)

monitor (noun) senses:
1. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
2. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
3. (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
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✳ monitor (verb)

Forms:
- monitors (present, singular, third-person)
- monitoring (participle, present)
- monitored (participle, past)
- monitored (past)

monitor (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To watch over; to guard.

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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

He played the saxophone at a jazz festival.

💡 Example 💡 behest

behest (noun): And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Lee has been a great asset to the church, he read the Lord's word.
- (Lee) The pastor said I've be a great asset to the church.
- Wow! What did you do to make him say that?
- I've been reading the Lord's word.
- You're very inspirational. I should stop by one Sunday.
- You're always welcome to join me.

✳ reduce (verb)

Sounds:
- /ɹɪˈdjuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹɪˈduːs/ (General-American)

Forms:
- reduces (present, singular, third-person)
- reducing (participle, present)
- reduced (participle, past)
- reduced (past)

reduce (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
2. (intransitive) To lose weight.
3. (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

She painted her bedroom walls a vibrant color.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

Rylie is teaching Sasha how to swim. Riley told Sasha to hold her breath.
- (Riley) I was teaching Sasha to swim.
- How did that go?
- Really well, it took a lot of practice but after a while she could hold her breath.
- That's great progress..
- Next I will teach her how to tread water.
- Good luck with that.

💡 Example 💡 cinder

cinder (noun): Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine, Tom, that you had been a coal-heaver. Had you said soda and cinder, I would have seconded the motion.

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