🗣 Conversation 🗣

- my lease ends next month, so I have to find a new place.
- I feel sorry for you. It's a jungle out there.
- Do you know any places?
- well. I guess I can ask around to see if anyone's got a room or apartment available.
- thank you. I think I should also have a look at the Internet to see if anyone's got a sublet.
- how much do are you looking to spend?
- I can only afford about 1,000 yuan a month.
- looks like you'll have to get a place in the suburbs.
- it doesn't matter, but it needs to be close to the subway or on a convenient bus route.
- anything you need to have in the place?
- I want a bedroom with full bath, and it'll be better if the bedroom is on the sunny side.
- you can also check out university bulletin boards.
- why? Will those be students who are leaving?
- not really, but landlords put up notices to attract students and they often have low rent.
- thank you. I'll be sure to take a look.
- good luck.

✳ consume (verb)

Sounds:
- /kənˈsjuːm/ (General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation, UK)
- /kənˈʃuːm/ (General-Australian, UK)
- /kənˈsum/ (US)

Forms:
- consumes (present, singular, third-person)
- consuming (participle, present)
- consumed (participle, past)
- consumed (past)

consume (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To use up.
2. (transitive) To eat.
3. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
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🌜 Past Simple 🌛

The children played with their toys happily.

🗣 Conversation 🗣

- I ' m interested in all kinds of your products, but this time I would like to order some fireworks and mosquito coil incense. Please quote us C. I. F. Rangoon.
- Please let us know the quantity required so that we can work out the premium and freight charges.
- I ' m going to place a trial order for 1,000 units of a dozen fireworks and 500 cartons of mosquito coil incense.
- All right. Here are our F. O. B. price lists. All the prices are subject to our final confirmation.
- Your price is reasonable but I wonder if you would give us a discount. You know for the products like yours we usually get 2 % or 3 % discount from European suppliers.
- We usually offer on a net basis only. Many of our clients have been doing very well on this quoted price.
- Discounts will more or less encourage us to make every effort to push sales of your products.
- The quantity you ordered is much smaller than those of others. If you can manage to boost it a bit, we ' ll consider giving you a better discount.
- As far as a trial order is concerned, the quantity is by no means small. And generally speaking, we like to profit from a trial order. I hope you ' ll be able to meet our requirements.
- Well, as this is the first deal between us, we agree to give you an one-percent discount as a special encouragement.
- 1 %? That ' s too low a rate. Could you see your way to increase it to 2 %? .
- I ' m afraid we have really made a great concession, and could not go any further.
- It seems this is the only proposal for me to accept. I ' ll come again tomorrow to discuss it in detail.
- All right. See you tomorrow.

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December bride (noun): Marguerite: She's afraid y'all will laugh at 'em and make fun of 'em for getting married when they're so old. . . . Mr Mingo: Oh, we'll laugh a little bit. They have to expect that. A December bride has to expect some teasing.

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🌜 Future Simple 🌛

They will discover a new method for sustainable fishing and marine conservation.

✳ waste (noun)

Sounds:
- /weɪst/

Forms:
- wastes (plural)

waste (noun) senses:
1. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
2. Excrement or urine.
3. A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
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✳ waste (adj)

Forms:
- more waste (comparative)
- most waste (superlative)

waste (adj) senses:
1. (MTE, slang, derogatory) Useless and contemptible.
2. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
3. Barren; desert.
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✳ waste (verb)

Forms:
- wastes (present, singular, third-person)
- wasting (participle, present)
- wasted (participle, past)
- wasted (past)
- waste (infinitive)

waste (verb) senses:
1. (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
2. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
3. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Do you plan to further your study?
- Yes, I have been always learning the Economics on my own. My dream is to get a master's degree in Economics.
- If you make every effort to the company, you will have a great chance to attend the on-the-job postgraduate. The tuition fee will be financed by our company.
- Really? It is amazing. I will apply for a position in your company.

🌜 Future Perfect Continuous 🌛

By the time the party starts, she will have been cooking for hours.

💡 Example 💡 squirrel grip

squirrel grip (noun): 'Wootton tells me you put the squirrel grip on one of his commissioners, Jack,' Harry said.

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