🗣 Conversation 🗣

- yes, he went through the red light.
- can we call the police?

✳ employee (noun)

Sounds:
- /ɛmplɔɪˈiː/
- /ˌɛmˈplɔɪiː/
- /(ˌ)ɪm-/

Forms:
- employees (plural)

employee (noun) senses:
1. An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
2. One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives.

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🌜 Future Simple 🌛

By 2045, humans will have developed the technology for interstellar travel.

💡 Example 💡 acrimonious

acrimonious (adj): That would be a way more acrimonious custody battle than the one my parents had over me.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Front desk. May I help you?
- I'm going to check out tomorrow but will be back in a week's time. Can I leave my luggage here?
- Yes, sure. We do have a storage service. When will you be checking out tomorrow?
- About nine-thirty in the morning.
- Then shall we arrange the bellboy to pick up your luggage at 9:00?
- Sure.
- May I have your room number, please?
- 1218.
- 1218. We'll collect you luggage at 9:00 tomorrow. Would you then come to the Front Desk to get your storage receipt, please?
- Thank you very much, bye!
- You're welcome. Goodbye.

🌜 Past Simple 🌛

We visited the zoo and saw exotic animals.

✳ enterprise (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈɛntɚˌpɹaɪz/

Forms:
- enterprises (plural)

enterprise (noun) senses:
1. A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.
2. An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.
3. (uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.
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✳ enterprise (verb)

Forms:
- enterprises (present, singular, third-person)
- enterprising (participle, present)
- enterprised (participle, past)
- enterprised (past)

enterprise (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
2. (transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
3. (transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

Taylor willed definitely to succeed at all costs, even if it meant being a bad person.
- (Taylor) You know, I'm getting tired of being a doormat.
- You're a nice and thoughtful person, what's wrong with that?
- Plenty. Things are about to change. No more Mister Nice Guy.
- What are you going to do?
- I'm going to claw my way to the top no matter who I have to step on to get there.
- That sure isn't like you at all! I'm not sure I like the new you!

🌜 Future Perfect 🌛

The students had participated in the science fair before the judges evaluated.

💡 Example 💡 deerstealer

deerstealer (noun): À propos of the bloodhounds, a good story is told of how they were hunting some deerstealers, and how they came to a check at some cottages by three cross roads — possibly the Robin Hood at the top of Marchington Cliff. […] the deerstealers escaped.

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✳ court (noun)

Sounds:
- /kɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kɔɹt/ (General-American)
- /ko(ː)ɹt/
- /koət/

Forms:
- courts (plural)

court (noun) senses:
1. (Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
2. (Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme.
3. (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
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✳ court (verb)

Forms:
- courts (present, singular, third-person)
- courting (participle, present)
- courted (participle, past)
- courted (past)

court (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
2. (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
3. (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
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