🌜 Future Perfect Continuous 🌛
I will have been saving money for a trip around the world for five years.
I will have been saving money for a trip around the world for five years.
💡 Example 💡 parthenophile
parthenophile (noun): evolution is not 'interested': it does not proceed from the intentions of individual actors, be they scheming women or parthenophile (virgin-loving) men
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parthenophile (noun): evolution is not 'interested': it does not proceed from the intentions of individual actors, be they scheming women or parthenophile (virgin-loving) men
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✳ desk (noun)
Sounds:
- /dɛsk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Forms:
- desks (plural)
desk (noun) senses:
1. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
3. A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
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Sounds:
- /dɛsk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Forms:
- desks (plural)
desk (noun) senses:
1. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
3. A department tasked with a particular topic or focus in certain types of businesses, such as newspapers and financial trading firms.
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✳ desk (verb)
Forms:
- desks (present, singular, third-person)
- desking (participle, present)
- desked (participle, past)
- desked (past)
desk (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
2. (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.
Forms:
- desks (present, singular, third-person)
- desking (participle, present)
- desked (participle, past)
- desked (past)
desk (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
2. (transitive) To equip with a desk or desks.
🗣 Conversation 🗣
- What would you like to drink?
- I feel like a cup of black tea.
- Wouldn't you like something to eat?
- Yes, I'd like a portion of that strawberry tart.
- Right. I'll see if I can catch the waitress's eye.
- What would you like to drink?
- I feel like a cup of black tea.
- Wouldn't you like something to eat?
- Yes, I'd like a portion of that strawberry tart.
- Right. I'll see if I can catch the waitress's eye.
🌜 Future Perfect 🌛
In a few months, she will have launched her own fashion line.
In a few months, she will have launched her own fashion line.
✳ beneath (adv)
Sounds:
- /bɪˈniːθ/
beneath (adv) senses:
1. Below or underneath.
Sounds:
- /bɪˈniːθ/
beneath (adv) senses:
1. Below or underneath.
✳ beneath (prep)
beneath (prep) senses:
1. Below.
2. In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
3. Covered up or concealed by something.
beneath (prep) senses:
1. Below.
2. In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
3. Covered up or concealed by something.
💡 Example 💡 usher
usher (noun): He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’ Oxford 2008 edition, page 33
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usher (noun): He began to learn Latin with Mr. Hawkins, usher, or under-master of Lichfield school, ‘a man (said he) very skilful in his little way.’ Oxford 2008 edition, page 33
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🗣 Conversation 🗣
Skylar was never a good math student, so when they took it in college they struggled. However, Skylar accomplished their work and received a B.
- (Skylar) I've always sucked at math. This college math is hard.
- My worst subject too. I'm struggling but thanks to you I got a B on the exam.
- That was rough and hard. Thanks to my tutor.
- And then you taught me.
- Just keep doing the work. If we have issues, I'll ask her if I don't know it.
- Thanks for helping me.
Skylar was never a good math student, so when they took it in college they struggled. However, Skylar accomplished their work and received a B.
- (Skylar) I've always sucked at math. This college math is hard.
- My worst subject too. I'm struggling but thanks to you I got a B on the exam.
- That was rough and hard. Thanks to my tutor.
- And then you taught me.
- Just keep doing the work. If we have issues, I'll ask her if I don't know it.
- Thanks for helping me.
🌜 Future Simple 🌛
By next year, renewable energy will have become the dominant source of power.
By next year, renewable energy will have become the dominant source of power.