to become
/bɪˈkəm/
verbto start or grow to be
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1. Measuring time became important when people lived in towns and cities.
2. One day one of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
3. In the past, they were a major stabilizing force during downturns, but during the Great Recession, they became a big drag because of this.
4. Becoming none of them.
5. The male bottlenose dolphin becomes sexually mature at 14 1/2 years.
famous
/ˈfeɪməs/
adjectiveknown by a lot of people
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1. Bugs is famous.
2. Afghan cuisine is very famous.
3. Some kids said "famous."
4. Some diary writers are famous.
5. Franklin’s experiment is quite famous.
to get
/ˈɡɛt/, /ˈɡɪt/
verbto receive or come to have something
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1. Have you got any hobbies?’
2. My sister's got a little hotel by the sea.
3. - You get a whole bunch of clothes in that washing machine!
4. We just got a really good photographer.
5. It got a laugh.
a
/ˈeɪ/, /ə/
determinerused when we want to talk about a person or thing for the first time or when other people may not know who or what they are
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1. A girl brings back some oranges.
2. A woman brings back some bananas.
3. His most successful business as a teenager was running a lottery.
4. Every grain tells a story.
5. A colleague was physically there.
new
/ˈnju/, /ˈnu/
adjectiverecently built, invented, made, etc.
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1. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small.
2. I must start a new life among strangers.'
3. His new mommy had medical professional training and it's a really good fit.
4. I bought new equipment.
5. Purchase prices have stabilized recently due to new policies, political unrest, and the global pandemic.
job
/ˈdʒɑb/, /ˈdʒoʊb/
nounthe work that we do regularly to earn money
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1. Money from a city job helped them buy these things.
2. Lack of jobs and new marriage patterns are causing changes in many countries.
3. Spain experienced the country's single biggest job loss on record.
4. The decline in trading jobs and revenue hurt the big banks and large investment firms.
5. You now have a broader portfolio after a sojourn in Seattle in a similar job.
to get married
/ɡɛt mˈæɹɪd/
phraseto legally become someone's wife or husband
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1. You've seen people accomplish dreams, Get Married, MOVE into their houses.
2. You've seen people accomplish dreams, Get Married, MOVE into their houses.
to meet
/ˈmit/
verbto be introduced to a person; to see and talk to a person for the first time
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1. Merchants from all over the continent met to trade their goods, but there was one problem: too many currencies in circulation.
2. Meanwhile his halting, gauche attempts to seduce women were met by ridicule and rejection.
3. Guys, meet video game researcher and level-30 demon slayer, Dr. Patrick Markey.
4. yes guys, meet my blogging camera. -
5. - Meet a giant fish like a boss.
somebody
/ˈsəmˌbɑdi/, /ˈsəmbəˌdi/
pronouna person whose identity is not specified or known
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1. Somebody get these proteins a movie contract.
2. "Somebody That I Used To Know."
3. They 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.
5. Somebody sent our condolences card.
to fall in love
/fˈɔːl ɪn lˈʌv/
phraseto start loving someone deeply
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1. You can see me kind of fall in love with her on camera.
2. She's gonna fall in love with me, as every actress I've ever worked with falls in love with me.
3. And just when it seems like the SPELL is BROKEN for HARLEY, the JOKER sends her a get-well soon CARD, which makes her fall in love all over again, resetting the deeply disturbing cycle.
4. Where am I supposed to watch Charlotte fall in love now, The Learning Annex?
5. The worst thing you can do is fall in love with a crown PRINCE.
a lot of
/ɐ lˈɑːt ʌv/
phrasepeople or things in large numbers or amounts
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1. These guesses make a lot of sense.
2. They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs Hermann bought a lot of things.
3. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time.
4. A lot of Scottish Americans go back to Scotland as tourists.
5. That message obviously is not reaching a lot of migrants.
money
/ˈməni/
nounsomething that people use to buy and sell goods and services, can be in the form of coins or paper bills
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1. They saw many ways to earn money in a city.
2. Money from a city job helped them buy these things.
3. The amount of money in circulation continues to grow.
4. Money runs out fast.
5. Maybe today's grads are at least making more money.
to have
/ˈhæv/
verbto undergo or experience something
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1. The arrangement had mutual benefits for the public and the museum.
2. Apparently, the human nose has about one thousand different types of olfactory neurons.
3. One clan in the USA - Clan Donald - has 4,000 families.
4. Another brilliant physicist, Alexander Friedmann, had also reached the same conclusion.
5. The city has a massive migrant workforce.
surprise
/səˈpɹaɪz/, /sɝˈpɹaɪz/
nouna mild feeling of shock we have when something unusual happens
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1. Surprise calls attention.
2. I surprise attack a demon army!
3. after all, in the wild, surprises often mean death.
4. In fact, North Korea’s sudden diplomatic effort surprises the U.S. negotiators.
5. Sometimes, surprises happen.
to be
/bi/
verbused when naming, or giving description or information about people, things, or situations
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1. Lack of jobs and new marriage patterns are causing changes in many countries.
2. A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
3. One farm in Sweden is even making moose cheese.
4. The lunatics are running the asylum.
5. A colleague was physically there.
lucky
/ˈɫəki/
adjectivehaving or bringing good luck
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1. Humans got lucky.
2. That one got lucky.
3. Maybe this onesie is lucky.
4. This ant is lucky.
5. The team was lucky.
to travel
/ˈtɹævəɫ/
verbto go from one location to another, particularly to a far location
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1. Some cities have even passed laws that allow Segways to travel only on sidewalks.
2. He is travelling to Paris on the Eurostar train.
3. I'm a travel writer, and I'm doing a book on mountains in North America.
4. Or some people just travel the world and stuff.
5. - Travel the world.
to move
/ˈmuv/
verbto go from one place to another; to change position
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1. As the earth turns each day, the sun appears to move across the sky.
2. His determination and devotion moved the princess.
3. Now, they chain them at the neck so tightly because they don't want them to move.
4. Pollen 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. Move my phone please.
house
/ˈhaʊs/
nouna building where people live, especially as a family
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1. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small.
2. 'Why don't we go to a warm room in my house for a talk then?
3. There's a party at my house tonight.
4. If the President vetoes a law, Congress, with a two thirds vote in both houses, can override the veto.
5. Its 18 levels could house 20,000 people!
