🌜 Past Perfect Continuous 🌛
By the time we arrived, they had been playing basketball for an hour.
By the time we arrived, they had been playing basketball for an hour.
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- I believe we ' Ve met before. My name's David.
- Yes, at your company, I think. I'm Frank.
- Oh, I remember now.Very nice to meet you again.
- Nice meeting you, too.
- I believe we ' Ve met before. My name's David.
- Yes, at your company, I think. I'm Frank.
- Oh, I remember now.Very nice to meet you again.
- Nice meeting you, too.
💡 Example 💡 hangtail
hangtail (adj): Most bridegrooms look ashamed and hangtail.
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hangtail (adj): Most bridegrooms look ashamed and hangtail.
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✳ advertising (noun)
Sounds:
- /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Forms:
- advertisings (plural)
advertising (noun) senses:
1. Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
2. The industry or profession made up of such communications.
Sounds:
- /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Forms:
- advertisings (plural)
advertising (noun) senses:
1. Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
2. The industry or profession made up of such communications.
✳ advertising (verb)
advertising (verb) senses:
1. present participle of advertise
advertising (verb) senses:
1. present participle of advertise
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Lee saw a trapped and hungry dog, so he pushed the fence open.
- (Lee) I was walking and saw a dog appear to be hungry in side a fence.
- what did you do about the dog?
- seem like no one was home, so I push the gate and went in.
- did you had any food to feed the dog?
- not at that time, so went to get some milk feed the dog before I got him proper food.
- that was so nice of you.
Lee saw a trapped and hungry dog, so he pushed the fence open.
- (Lee) I was walking and saw a dog appear to be hungry in side a fence.
- what did you do about the dog?
- seem like no one was home, so I push the gate and went in.
- did you had any food to feed the dog?
- not at that time, so went to get some milk feed the dog before I got him proper food.
- that was so nice of you.
🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛
We have been celebrating cultural diversity in our school.
We have been celebrating cultural diversity in our school.
✳ scholar (noun)
Sounds:
- /ˈskɒlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈskɑlɚ/ (General-American)
Forms:
- scholars (plural)
scholar (noun) senses:
1. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
2. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
3. A learned person; a bookman.
Sounds:
- /ˈskɒlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈskɑlɚ/ (General-American)
Forms:
- scholars (plural)
scholar (noun) senses:
1. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
2. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
3. A learned person; a bookman.
💡 Example 💡 undoctor
undoctor (verb): My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself.
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undoctor (verb): My brother-in-law is a paragon of the class, but he is so by—in as much as possible—undoctoring himself.
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- i would never want to be president.
- but think about all the power you'd have.
- i would never want to be president.
- but think about all the power you'd have.
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- Small world, isn't it?
- Indeed, it is.
- I never imagined meeting you here.
- It's really a surprise.
- Small world, isn't it?
- Indeed, it is.
- I never imagined meeting you here.
- It's really a surprise.