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high (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˈhaɪ/
- [haɪ̯]

Forms:
- higher (comparative)
- highest (superlative)

high (adj) senses:
1. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
2. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
3. (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
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high (adv)

Forms:
- higher (comparative)
- highest (superlative)

high (adv) senses:
1. In or to an elevated position.
2. In or at a great value.
3. At a pitch of great frequency.
high (noun)

Forms:
- highs (plural)

high (noun) senses:
1. A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
2. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
3. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
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high (verb)

Forms:
- highs (present, singular, third-person)
- highing (participle, present)
- highed (participle, past)
- highed (past)

high (verb) senses:
1. (obsolete) To rise.
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”)
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She designs websites for clients.
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- no, the white walk sign was blinking.
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

The chef cooked a five-course meal for the guests.
🌜 Past Simple 🌛

She solved the puzzle quickly.
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set the world aflame (verb): There is no danger that these visionary cranks will set the world aflame, but a compelling world is tucked away within their music, a world that sets them apart, too, from the bland and homogeneous conventions that mark the path to pop stardom.

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ADMIRE
admire (verb)

Sounds:
- /ədˈmaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ədˈmaɪɹ/ (General-American)

Forms:
- admires (present, singular, third-person)
- admiring (participle, present)
- admired (participle, past)
- admired (past)

admire (verb) senses:
1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
3. (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

They have been learning a new language together.
💡 Example 💡 lieutenantess

lieutenantess (noun): Here I never see a white woman, save two Irish lieutenantesses.

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LADY
lady (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈleɪdi/
- /ˈleɪ.ɾi/ (General-American)

Forms:
- ladies (plural)

lady (noun) senses:
1. (historical) The mistress of a household.
2. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
3. The feminine of lord.
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