to buy
/ˈbaɪ/
verb
to get something in exchange for paying money
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1Money from a city job helped them buy these things.
2They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs Hermann bought a lot of things.
3To get cheap tickets, buy them an hour or two before it begins.
4I bought new equipment.
5It was something that wasn't in their branding when I bought my car in 2012 at all.
newspaper
/ˈnuzˌpeɪpɝ/
noun
a printed publication or a set of large folded sheets of printed paper that contain news, articles, ads, etc., usually issued daily or weekly
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1People were just buying newspapers.
2Newspapers went out of business.
3The Venetian gazette was a precursor to the modern newspaper.
4Newspapers had circulations in the low thousands.
5Newspapers also have sections.
to call
/ˈkɔɫ/
verb
to telephone a place or person
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1This is called 'Trooping the Colour'.
2So, he calls and apparently this woman never got a reply.
3What we call behavior is the cognitive inhibition on a biochemical drive.
4His attorney called the charges wholly without merit.
5A male baby horse is called a colt.
to phone
/ˈfoʊn/
verb
to make a phone call or try to reach someone on the phone
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1He answers the phone.
2No wonder phones cost so much these days!
3Five billion of those people now have phones.
4Or phone your love’s Mom
5Phone dies.
taxi
/ˈtæksi/
noun
a car that has a driver who gets paid for taking people to places
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1And now, with the rise of Lyft and Uber, taxis represent just 12.5%.
2Just taxiing.
3Jo maxi simply means taxi.
4You use taxi.
5Soon, even flying taxi.
to dance
/ˈdæns/
verb
to move the body to music in a special way
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1The tanks danced.
2- Dance the waltz!
3My colors dance.
4And blue light means dance.
5Break dance!
tango
/ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
noun
a piece of music written for a South American dance called tango in which a male and female hold hands tightly and walk in the same direction
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1Give me two tangos.
2This process, this blueprint for meta-learning, applies to tango.
3You got eight tangos north of you.
4This is Tango.
5Dance the tango with them instead.
to draw
/ˈdɹɔ/
verb
to make a picture of something using a pencil, pen, etc. without painting it
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1One day he was trying to draw a picture of his father on the blackboard.
2People draw different conclusions from this.
3When he speaks about matters of chivalry he uses archaic words drawn from the romances of chivalry.
4- Drawing a hat?
5- Drawing a turtle first.
picture
/ˈpɪktʃɝ/
noun
a visual representation of a scene, person, etc. produced by a camera
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1The police can also look at pictures made by security cameras.
2One day he was trying to draw a picture of his father on the blackboard.
3He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them.
4This stands in stark contrast to the picture we get from Camus, who said that we are all the determiners of the value of our own lives.
5His pictures described as archaic, tribal, and of elemental power.
to find
/ˈfaɪnd/
verb
to randomly discover someone or something, particularly in a way that is surprising or unexpected
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1After a while, companies wanted to find a way to include more information in the bar code.
2Then he drove into London, but he didn't find his hotel.
3Ellen, please ask a maid to find some dry clothes for me, and then I'll go on to the village.
4An improvised explosive device has been found at the Capitol.
5His suggestions never made any impact, until King Leopold II found Stanley’s work.
parking space
/pˈɑːɹkɪŋ spˈeɪs/
noun
an area designed so that people could leave their cars or other vehicles there for a period of time

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to forget
/fɝˈɡɛt/, /fɔɹˈɡɛt/
verb
to not be able to remember something or someone from the past
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1Don went out for a walk in the morning but he forgot to put on his watch.
2Lost in the world of imagination, I forgot my sad, lonely existence for a while, and was happy.
3Forget the watch, Jon!
4Forget the outside noise.
5Forget quarantine.
somebody
/ˈsəmˌbɑdi/, /ˈsəmbəˌdi/
pronoun
a person whose identity is not specified or known
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1Somebody get these proteins a movie contract.
2"Somebody That I Used To Know."
3They bilked people out of a million dollars, and when they just went broke recently, they still owe somebody else another million euros.
4- Somebody lost their thing.
5Somebody sent our condolences card.
name
/ˈneɪm/
noun
the word someone or something is called or known by
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1His name was Franz Joseph Gall.
2The new girl was eight years old too, and her name was Joan.
3The new girl was eight years old too, and her name was Joan.
4Her name is Sara.
5Google began organizing its health initiatives under the name Google Health in 2018, and now it boasts over 500 employees.
to give
/ˈɡɪv/
verb
to offer a thing to a person
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1The brain not only gives signals to the missing arm, it receives them as well.
2Open an incognito window if you don't want to give them credit and do your transaction that way.
3That sheer expansion of scale gives me perspective.
4When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
5It's pliant but it doesn't give like a yeast dough.
flower
/ˈfɫaʊɝ/
noun
the colored or white part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops
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1There are beautiful flowers in it, and twelve tall trees.
2Wear flowers?
3Pollen is moved from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower, then fertilisation can happen causing fruit to grow.
4Pollen is moved from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower, then fertilisation can happen causing fruit to grow.
5- Loves flowers.
to hear
/ˈhiɹ/
verb
to notice the sound a person or thing is making
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1There is now a surgical alternative to improve hearing without an external device.
2Suddenly he hears some men.
3Can you imagine if I put a big loudspeaker hooked up to your brain, and I could hear all your thoughts right now?
4I never heard you rant like that.
5When people hear your accent?
noise
/ˈnɔɪz/
noun
sounds that are usually unwanted or loud
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1Only the trees made noises above him.
2Mostly noise complaints.
3Any mouth noises.
4Make noise!
5These things are making noise again.
to help
/ˈhɛɫp/
verb
to give someone what they need or to make doing something easier or possible for them
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1Some bacteria help humans in many ways.
2The penicillin helped the patient's body destroy harmful bacteria.
3Money from a city job helped them buy these things.
4Dad is going to need help when he leaves hospital.
5Children must help their parents.
to leave
/ˈɫiv/
verb
to go away from somewhere or someone
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1Dad is going to need help when he leaves hospital.
2'You shouldn't leave a stranger with them.
3They use enzymes to digest their food, and what they leave behind are byproducts of that process.
4Many migrants had left to escape poverty and violence.
5You cover for them at work while they're on sick leave.
bag
/ˈbæɡ/
noun
something made of leather, cloth, plastic, or paper that we use to carry things in, particularly when we are traveling or shopping
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1She was late and in a hurry, but the people searched her and her bag carefully.
2The old woman looks in her bag.
3Kenny gets off the bus with his bag.
4Apple bags?
5Sleeping bag.
train
/ˈtɹeɪn/
noun
a series of connected carriages or wagons pulled along a railroad line by a locomotive
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1A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.
2He is travelling to Paris on the Eurostar train.
3Across the road, a train waited.
4Training the abs.
5Train, train, train some more.
to look for
/lˈʊk fɔːɹ/
verb
to try to find something or someone
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1He wants to look for water.
2But I was looking for someone else.
3Look for the City men with their dark suits and umbrellas!
4Looking for?
5More adaptive types look for a solution inside the box.
key
/ˈki/
noun
a specially shaped piece of metal used for locking or unlocking a door, starting a car, etc.
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1- Yeah. - System keys quick guide.
2Occasionally, composers will change keys.
3So composers do change keys.
4Do you guys want keys?
5Confidence is key.
to meet
/ˈmit/
verb
to come together in a place with others to do something special
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1Merchants from all over the continent met to trade their goods, but there was one problem: too many currencies in circulation.
2Meanwhile his halting, gauche attempts to seduce women were met by ridicule and rejection.
3Guys, meet video game researcher and level-30 demon slayer, Dr. Patrick Markey.
4yes guys, meet my blogging camera. -
5- Meet a giant fish like a boss.
friend
/ˈfɹɛnd/
noun
someone we know well, like a lot, and trust, but normally they are not part of our family
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1When he finally went on his sleepy way home, Tom felt sure that he had just made an excellent new friend.
2Some faithful friends of Stalin even admitted to having disloyal thoughts if not deeds, which was adequate sin to justify execution.
3On top of that, Bertha’s friends would fuss over him as a toddler and compliment his skin wherever he went.
4Friends just got here.
5- Make friends.
to paint
/ˈpeɪnt/
verb
to cover a surface or object with a colored liquid, usually for decoration
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1He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them.
2Again, contemporary science paints an interesting portrait here.
3Let´s paint a big yellow sun.
4And in fact, students, one Halloween, painted his parking place that light blue.
5Narrator: Aramayo's measurements painted a vivid picture of the sloth in motion.
to remember
/ɹiˈmɛmbɝ/, /ɹɪˈmɛmbɝ/
verb
to bring a type of information from the past to our mind again
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1Remember, I am a bad enemy.
2- Remember the Luther house?
3- Remember that thing?
4Remember that thing?
5So just remember, my girlfriend's mom.
to run
/ˈɹən/
verb
to move using our legs, faster than we usually walk, in a way that both feet are never on the ground at the same time
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1The government effectively runs the whole thing.
2In 2009, two researchers ran a simple experiment.
3The lunatics are running the asylum.
4His most successful business as a teenager was running a lottery.
5Sylvia Woods' family still runs the place.
race
/ˈɹeɪs/
noun
a competition between people, vehicles, animals, etc. to find out which one is the fastest and finishes first
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1That first race began one of the richest histories in international motor sport.
2Race the car?
3Races just threaded through.
4Race clearly matters.
5This sack, race combines strength, speed and stamina.
to see
/ˈsi/
verb
to notice a thing or person with our eyes
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1Here you can see sea animals like seals.
2After three months, the governor saw that Yusuf learned quickly.
3Jake sees a camera on the table.
4The governor saw a surge in popularity.
5Meanwhile, China's megacities have seen explosive growth in the last few decades.
film
/ˈfɪɫm/
noun
a story shown on television or in a cinema with sound and a series of pictures that move
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1Five soldiers filmed the entire time.
2Film burns.
3Maybe film some musicallys.
4Filming a video.
5Do you guys have film?
to send
/ˈsɛnd/
verb
to take something to a specific location or making arrangements for it to be taken there, particularly by post
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1Muslims believe that God sent Muhammad as the final prophet to bring people back to the one true religion, which involves the worship of, and submission to, a single and all-powerful God.
2Do your friends send those pictures?
3- Send a couple of emails.
4Time to accidentally send these texts.
5Send those texts.
text message
/tˈɛkst mˈɛsɪdʒ/
noun
a written message that one sends or receives using a mobile phone
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1Text message scams are also illegal.
2And the same thing happens with text messages.
3Here are the text messages.
4Text messages are very short.
5text message from the guy she’s into.
to sing
/ˈsɪŋ/
verb
to use our voice in order to produce musical sounds in the form of a tune or song
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1He didn’t sing, but instead delivered a monologue during one of the band’s songs.
2Let´s sing a song together.
3In most music, the performer sings the words.
4A Bollywood actor sang a line on a DVD in a cafe.
5hotdogs hotdogs Sing it.
song
/ˈsɔŋ/
noun
a piece of music that has words
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1It was a very calm response and I just wanted to share my love for the song.
2He didn’t sing, but instead delivered a monologue during one of the band’s songs.
3this process of enculturation can even transform songs.
4People sang songs.
5Songs have lyrics.
to swim
/ˈswɪm/
verb
to move through water by moving parts of the body, especially the limbs
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1Imagine that a boat capsizes, and 10 survivors swim to shore on a deserted island.
2Swim the river.
3Swim your way out
4People swim here.
5These tuna swim the entire ocean.
sea
/ˈsi/
noun
the salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface and surrounds its continents and islands
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1There is oil and gas in the sea between Scotland and Norway.
2Here you can see sea animals like seals.
3My sister's got a little hotel by the sea.
4Can sea lice actually kill salmon?
5"see | sea".
photo
/ˈfoʊˌtoʊ/
noun
an image captured by a camera
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1When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
2Photos only has one widget.
3Another tip, add photos.
4Take photos.
5Photos always saves the original version of this.
to talk
/ˈtɔk/
verb
to tell someone about the information, feelings, or ideas that we have
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1We can talk about the intensity of an odor or the persistence of an odor.
2A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.
3People from every town and city in Scotland come here to talk about their country.
4They have a talk with him.
5And he had kind of a drawl when he talked.
to tell
/ˈtɛɫ/
verb
to use words and give someone information
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1She told me that my mother died in hospital.
2During that time, his mother told him folktales and true tales of horror, including her experiences during an outbreak of cholera in 1832.
3We're told that the sum of three consecutive odd integers is 231.
4Every grain tells a story.
5Becky tells the guys to join her in aerobics class.
secret
/ˈsikɹət/, /ˈsikɹɪt/
noun
a thing or fact that is known and seen by only one person or a few people and hidden from others
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1- This dude has secrets.
2"Women have secrets."
3We all have secrets.
4Number two, secrets create friends.
5Your nose has secrets too.
to try
/ˈtɹaɪ/
verb
to make an effort or attempt to do or have something
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1One day he was trying to draw a picture of his father on the blackboard.
2We don't really have time dealing with random people coming up to us and trying to show off their signing skills.
3You can get to this point if you try and push through your fears and inhibitions and force the social interactions.
4We tried to have the Coast Guard interrupt those boats, but they would have capsized.
5And at the same time, I'm on a journey of spirituality, trying to figure out my roots, being based in evangelical Christianity.
to do
/ˈdu/
verb
(dummy verb) to work on something in order to realize it or bring it to a desired state
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1Long ago, people did not understand infection.
2Do you believe the allegations against Roy Moore?
3In the larger scheme of things, those things don't change your narrative.
4She does that little laugh.
5Moreover, the death of a presidential candidate does not create a vacancy.
something
/ˈsəmθɪŋ/
pronoun
used to mention a thing that is not known or named
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1Art thieves believe they can easily steal something from a small museum without being seen.
2What I do worry about is something else, which is a geopolitical cold war.
3It was something that wasn't in their branding when I bought my car in 2012 at all.
4Do you eat something when you're working on a tedious project?
5- What if I go to a polo match or something
difficult
/ˈdɪfəkəɫt/
adjective
needing a lot of work or skill to do, understand, or deal with
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1Today's word is difficult.
2Life remained difficult.
3Travel is difficult!
4Life is difficult.
5Life becomes difficult.
to use
/ˈjus/, /ˈjuz/
verb
to employ a particular thing or do something with an object, method, etc. to achieve a specific result
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1Many years ago, people used the sun to set their clocks.
2She would use hand gestures too.
3So, basically, you can use it as a regular alarm clock.
4They use enzymes to digest their food, and what they leave behind are byproducts of that process.
5When he speaks about matters of chivalry he uses archaic words drawn from the romances of chivalry.
the Internet
/ˈɪntɚnˌɛt/
noun
‌a global computer network that allows users around the world to communicate with each other and exchange information
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1I’m addicted to internet personality tests.
2Internet is good for this.
3Some people have to use the internet.
4Internet likes colorful dessert.
5The internet has its own set of laws.
to wait
/ˈweɪt/
verb
to not leave until a person or thing is ready or present or something happens
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1Some people wait in line for hours for their favorite rides.
2Oh, wait a minute.
3Across the road, a train waited.
4The family waited in the sitting room.
5Wait a minute.
bus
/ˈbəs/
noun
a large vehicle that carries many passengers by road
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1Kenny gets off the bus with his bag.
2I miss buses.
3People use buses every day.
4Then our final word is bus.
5Bus is coming.
to go
/ˈɡoʊ/
verb
to travel or move from one location to another location
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1After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park.
2A lot of Scottish Americans go back to Scotland as tourists.
3They went up to the eighth floor.
4Jake went back to his apartment.
5The butcher goes through about 15,000 pounds of beef and 9,700 pounds of chicken each week.
gym
/ˈdʒɪm/
noun
a place with special equipment that people go to exercise or play sports
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1The gym launched the Planet Fitness app in the summer of 2019.
2But people hate gyms.
3create a gym.
4Many gyms have smoothie or juice bars.
5The other big question is gym clothes.
exercise
/ˈɛksɝˌsaɪz/
noun
a mental or physical activity that helps keep our mind and body healthy
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1Once your dog has learned an exercise, you wean them off of the food.
2Domestic slaves exercised a degree of human agency.
3Good test inputs should exercise the boundary conditions in your inputs and your algorithm.
4Exercise is in there.
5Sometimes, the best treatments are breathing exercises.
to watch
/ˈwɑtʃ/, /ˈwɔtʃ/
verb
to look at a thing or person and pay attention to it for some time
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1Don went out for a walk in the morning but he forgot to put on his watch.
2Sara is watching her father.
3They watch the people in the street.
4If you haven't had a chance to watch El Camino on Netflix yet, make a U-turn and queue it up.
5Watch the video.
TV
/ˈtiˈvi/, /ˌtɛɫəˈvɪʒən/
noun
an electronic device that shows images and videos and plays sounds and people use to watch different programs
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1Watching TV.
2TV lied.
3Just watching TV.
4Just watching TV.
5Watching TV.
to play
/ˈpɫeɪ/
verb
(of a music player, a musical instrument, etc.) to generate recorded images or sounds
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1One day they decided to play a joke on their professor.
2And nobody can play here - only me!'
3They don't like playing in the road.
4If the carpet isn’t too dirty, the safer play is probably to just vacuum.
5You may not put much thought into the music playing over the loudspeaker, but the retailer probably has.
guitar
/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/
noun
a musical instrument, usually with six strings, played by pulling the strings with the fingers or with a plectrum
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1I play guitar.
2Maybe one of you could learn guitar?
3Play guitar badly.
4-Flamethrowing guitar.
5-Flamethrowing guitar.
to listen
/ˈɫɪsən/
verb
to give our attention to the sound a person or thing is making
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1We listened to the laughing and talking in the hall, as the guests were welcomed by their host and his housekeeper.
2Why do we listen to her?
3And there's also a whole other category of treatment that's pretty different from the talking and listening that goes on in psychotherapy.
4- Listen.
5- Listen.
music
/ˈmjuzɪk/
noun
a series of sounds made by instruments or voices, arranged in a way that is pleasant or exciting to listen to
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1He began to compose music at age three.
2Scans show that the brain is much more actively engaged with music than with speech.
3You may not put much thought into the music playing over the loudspeaker, but the retailer probably has.
4Music can brighten up a boring clip.
5One, play music.
to have
/ˈhæv/
verb
to eat or drink something
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1The arrangement had mutual benefits for the public and the museum.
2Apparently, the human nose has about one thousand different types of olfactory neurons.
3One clan in the USA - Clan Donald - has 4,000 families.
4Another brilliant physicist, Alexander Friedmann, had also reached the same conclusion.
5The city has a massive migrant workforce.
coffee
/ˈkɑfi/, /ˈkɔfi/
noun
a drink that is made from mixing water with some crushed seeds, called coffee beans, usually hot and brown in color
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1Coffee fires a few shots at Thomas.
2Also coffee, coffee is extremely important.
3The incompetent steward is about to pour tepid coffee into your crotch.
4Other people may love coffee.
5"Some people drink coffee that late!"

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