to decide
/ˌdɪˈsaɪd/
verbto think carefully about different things and choose one of them
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1. The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2. One day they decided to play a joke on their professor.
3. In 1947 Franco announced a referendum to let the Spanish people decide.
4. Okay guys, the final round will decide.
5. You guys decide?
to forget
/fɝˈɡɛt/, /fɔɹˈɡɛt/
verbto not be able to remember something or someone from the past
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1. Don went out for a walk in the morning but he forgot to put on his watch.
2. Lost in the world of imagination, I forgot my sad, lonely existence for a while, and was happy.
3. Forget the watch, Jon!
4. Forget the outside noise.
5. Forget quarantine.
to hope
/ˈhoʊp/
verbto want something to happen or be true
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1. I even wrote a letter to Chris just kind of hoping that maybe the message could be relayed.
2. Hope these help!
3. Hope you guys like it.
4. Hoping the last one's yours.
5. This DC fangirl sure hopes so.
to learn
/ˈɫɝn/
verbto gain knowledge of or skill in something by experience, by study, or by being taught
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1. As a result, they never learn to deal with disappointment or failure.
2. About ten thousand years ago, humans learned to farm.
3. I learned a hard lesson today about the judgment and discrimination and retaliation against people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
4. We moved on to oil refineries and chemical factories, learning about the unit operations behind them.
5. Once your dog has learned an exercise, you wean them off of the food.
to need
/ˈnid/
verbto want something or someone that we must have if we want to do or be something
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1. Railroads needed to create an official time system to link the rail system together.
2. I need a hug.
3. So we needed refineries, which were basically giant chemical plants.
4. We do not need psychotherapy.
5. But, crucially, the company needs to answer for what happened here.
to plan
/ˈpɫæn/
verbto decide on the details of a future activity or event
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1. Marketing is a company's plan for selling a product.
2. The company's marketing plan will be aimed at the parents, specifically the mothers.
3. You guys, none of this was planned at all!
4. - Planned my speech.
5. The kids are planning this restaurant for our Valentine's Day feast.
to promise
/ˈpɹɑməs/
verbto tell someone that something will certainly happen or that we will certainly do something
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1. The numbers and projections showed promise with a gross merchandise value, a strong number of campaigns and solid potential for user growth.
2. According to Leary, the results showed promise.
3. The 28 year old boss promised the young traders lavish lifestyles.
4. Instead, the authority promises educational campaigns.
5. Annie's mother promised a powerful demon the body of a male member of her family as a host, in exchange for great riches.
to remember
/ɹiˈmɛmbɝ/, /ɹɪˈmɛmbɝ/
verbto bring a type of information from the past to our mind again
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1. Remember, I am a bad enemy.
2. - Remember the Luther house?
3. - Remember that thing?
4. Remember that thing?
5. So just remember, my girlfriend's mom.
to try
/ˈtɹaɪ/
verbto make an effort or attempt to do or have something
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1. One day he was trying to draw a picture of his father on the blackboard.
2. We don't really have time dealing with random people coming up to us and trying to show off their signing skills.
3. You can get to this point if you try and push through your fears and inhibitions and force the social interactions.
4. We tried to have the Coast Guard interrupt those boats, but they would have capsized.
5. And at the same time, I'm on a journey of spirituality, trying to figure out my roots, being based in evangelical Christianity.
to want
/ˈwɑnt/, /ˈwɔnt/
verbto wish to do or have something
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1. After a while, companies wanted to find a way to include more information in the bar code.
2. He wants to look for water.
3. She doesn't want to lose her grandmother again.
4. I want to get a good job!
5. But at the same time, you want to also have some controls over utilization.
