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meal (verb)

Forms:
- meals (present, singular, third-person)
- mealing (participle, present)
- mealed (participle, past)
- mealed (past)

meal (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To yield or be plentiful in meal.
2. (transitive) To defile or taint.
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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

She has been advocating for the protection of coral reefs and marine biodiversity.
💡 Example 💡 ess

ess (noun): these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- Room service. What can I do for you?
- I would like to have an international call to Paris. Can you tell how to do it?
- Yes. In that case, you should connect the operator and he will connect you with the one you want.
- Well, what is the operator's number?
- 543210.
- Fine. Thank you.
🌜 Future Simple 🌛

In the future, 3D printing will be a common method for manufacturing goods.
MEETING
meeting (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ (UK)
- /ˈmitɪŋ/ (US)
- [ˈmiɾɪŋ] (US)

Forms:
- meetings (plural)

meeting (noun) senses:
1. (gerund, uncountable) The act of persons or things that meet.
2. A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
3. (collective) The people at such a gathering.
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meeting (verb)

meeting (verb) senses:
1. present participle of meet
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🌜 Present Continuous 🌛

The construction workers are building a new school in the neighborhood.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

Tracy thought they left the oven on. Tracy quickly rushed home.
- (Tracy) I'm sorry I'm late. I had to go back home because I thought I left the oven on.
- I do that sometimes too. It's really nerve-wracking.
- Yes but it's weird because I wasn't even using it this morning.
- I think it was because you baked all yesterday.
- Right, I was tired this morning when I left so I was just having anxiety about it.
- Well I'm glad you checked anyway. Better safe than sorry.
💡 Example 💡 growing

growing (noun): Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.

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ATMOSPHERE
atmosphere (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈæt.məsˌfɪə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (US)

Forms:
- atmospheres (plural)

atmosphere (noun) senses:
1. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
2. The air in a particular place.
3. (figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
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