✳ hardly (adv)
Sounds:
- /ˈhɑːdli/ (UK)
- /ˈhɑɹdli/ (US)
Forms:
- hardlier (comparative)
- more hardly (comparative)
- hardliest (superlative)
- most hardly (superlative)
hardly (adv) senses:
1. (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
2. (now rare) With difficulty.
3. (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
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Sounds:
- /ˈhɑːdli/ (UK)
- /ˈhɑɹdli/ (US)
Forms:
- hardlier (comparative)
- more hardly (comparative)
- hardliest (superlative)
- most hardly (superlative)
hardly (adv) senses:
1. (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
2. (now rare) With difficulty.
3. (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
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office (noun): In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣
Aubrey was a difficult person so no one knew if they should introduce her or if she suited one's friend.
- (Aubrey) Sometimes I think I'm to fussy.
- Yeah, you can be difficult sometimes.
- Yeah, I think that's why its hard for me to make friends.
- I'd think about it if I were you.
Aubrey was a difficult person so no one knew if they should introduce her or if she suited one's friend.
- (Aubrey) Sometimes I think I'm to fussy.
- Yeah, you can be difficult sometimes.
- Yeah, I think that's why its hard for me to make friends.
- I'd think about it if I were you.
✳ variation (noun)
Sounds:
- /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
- /ˌvæɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
- /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
Forms:
- variations (plural)
variation (noun) senses:
1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
2. A related but distinct thing.
3. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
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Sounds:
- /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
- /ˌvæɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
- /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ (General-American)
Forms:
- variations (plural)
variation (noun) senses:
1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
2. A related but distinct thing.
3. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
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The scientists will be developing new technologies for space exploration.
The scientists will be developing new technologies for space exploration.
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carbocyclization (noun): Further studies on the tandem carbocyclization mechanism are ongoing in our laboratory and will be reported in due course.
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carbocyclization (noun): Further studies on the tandem carbocyclization mechanism are ongoing in our laboratory and will be reported in due course.
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- no, not recently.
- i want to go to see a movie this weekend.
- no, not recently.
- i want to go to see a movie this weekend.
🌜 Past Perfect Continuous 🌛
By the time we got to the cinema, the movie had been running for an hour.
By the time we got to the cinema, the movie had been running for an hour.