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🌜 Past Continuous πŸŒ›

She was writing a heartfelt letter to her childhood friend who lived far away.
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- i got laid off last week.
- just you?
🌜 Past Continuous πŸŒ›

The scientists were conducting groundbreaking experiments in the state-of-the-art lab.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ contest

contest (verb): The troops contested every inch of ground.

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✴ JOB
✳ job (noun)

Sounds:
- /dΝ‘Κ’Ι’b/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /dΝ‘Κ’Ι‘b/ (General-American)

Forms:
- jobs (plural)

job (noun) senses:
1. A task.
2. An economic role for which a person is paid.
3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
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✳ job (verb)

Forms:
- jobs (present, singular, third-person)
- jobbing (participle, present)
- jobbed (participle, past)
- jobbed (past)

job (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
2. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
3. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
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Cameron hammered their way home from inside of a dark tunnel so that they could survive.
- (Cameron) It was a really difficult situation to get free from that tunnel.
- How did you do it?
- I just used a pipe I found and hammered away at some of the lighter debris.
- Wow. You saved a lot of lives.
- I'm just glad all of the people that were with me are okay.
- I'm sure they're glad you were there.
🌜 Future Simple πŸŒ›

Tomorrow, I will volunteer at a local shelter to help the homeless community.
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- I used to be down on the sales people until I saw her in action.
- She means business, for sure.
- Most salespeople seem like half-brains. Zina's definitely an exception.
- We'd better get back to work.
- Yeah, I'm not too worried about Vince, but I'd hate to face Zina if we don't deliver ...
✴ RESTRICTION
✳ restriction (noun)

Sounds:
- /ΙΉΙͺˈstΙΉΙͺkΚƒΙ™n/

Forms:
- restrictions (plural)

restriction (noun) senses:
1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
2. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
3. (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
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🌜 Present Simple πŸŒ›

The cat sleeps on the couch.
πŸ’‘ Example πŸ’‘ self-inflicted

self-inflicted (adj): When the salarians discovered them, the krogan were a brutal, primitive species struggling to survive a self-inflicted nuclear winter. The salarians culturally uplifted them, teaching them to use and build modern technology so they could serve as soldiers in the Rachni War.

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