friend
/ˈfɹɛnd/
nounsomeone we know well, like a lot, and trust, but normally they are not part of our family
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1. When he finally went on his sleepy way home, Tom felt sure that he had just made an excellent new friend.
2. Some faithful friends of Stalin even admitted to having disloyal thoughts if not deeds, which was adequate sin to justify execution.
3. On top of that, Bertha’s friends would fuss over him as a toddler and compliment his skin wherever he went.
4. Friends just got here.
5. - Make friends.
to send
/ˈsɛnd/
verbto take something to a specific location or making arrangements for it to be taken there, particularly by post
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1. Muslims 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.
2. Do your friends send those pictures?
3. - Send a couple of emails.
4. Time to accidentally send these texts.
5. Send those texts.
text message
/tˈɛkst mˈɛsɪdʒ/
nouna written message that one sends or receives using a mobile phone
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1. Text message scams are also illegal.
2. And the same thing happens with text messages.
3. Here are the text messages.
4. Text messages are very short.
5. text message from the guy she’s into.
to upload
/ˈəˌpɫoʊd/
verbto send an electronic file such as a document, image, etc. from one digital device to another one, often by using the Internet
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1. Upload a video.
2. - Upload these photos of my nephew.
3. Upload the photo.
4. First, Upload a trailer video describing your series.
5. And a number of sopranos uploaded their parts.
video
/ˈvɪdioʊ/
nouna recording of sounds and images that are moving
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1. The CEOs of Match Group and Tinder both declined to participate in this video.
2. We explained why this should be our current calendar in our A new calendar for humanity video.
3. The gender reveal video?
4. Then external sources suggested videos.
5. The number one most viewed video on YouTube!
to message
/ˈmɛsədʒ/, /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/
verbto send someone a brief text, image, etc. in an electronic form
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1. I even wrote a letter to Chris just kind of hoping that maybe the message could be relayed.
2. - Message received.
3. That message obviously is not reaching a lot of migrants.
4. Mirror neurons send messages through the brain.
5. Mirror neurons send messages through the brain.
to post
/ˈpoʊst/
verbto publish, display, or make available online or in a physical location for others to see or read
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1. My ex Bridget just posted a picture at a bar down the street.
2. Girls will post half-naked pictures.
3. Post, give us a fire.
4. Post some pictures of your playful side, too.
5. - Post a 30 second Tiktok dance in your underwear on your Tiktok account.
tweet
/ˈtwit/
nouna message or post on Twitter
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1. YouTube videos, news articles, Tumblr posts, tweets get lots of attention.
2. Tweets also include video replays and periscopes from different vantage points.
3. And The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson also tweeted his condolences.
4. A Starbucks employee tweeted out a photo of a customer's extremely complicated order.
5. -Tweet tweet.
email
/iˈmeɪɫ/
nouna digital message that is sent from one person to another person or group of people using a system called email
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1. Police lieutenants exchanged email on the case.
2. Can this thing do email, actually?
3. People email longer messages to friends or co-workers.
4. Email does.
5. Emails take up very little space on the server.
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.
direction
/daɪˈɹɛkʃɪn/, /dɝˈɛkʃən/, /diˈɹɛkʃɪn/, /dɪˈɹɛkʃɪn/
nounthe position that someone or something faces, points, or moves toward
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1. Giant bar codes on highway billboards give directions to rest stops.
2. Their inner sun compass somehow flips direction.
3. Complete countries, like Mongolia or Saudi Arabia, have only ever used directions.’
4. Tornadoes can change direction very quickly.
5. At least this one has directions.
to read
/riːd/
verbto look at written or printed words and understand their meaning
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1. The two men read the letter again.
2. And I'm going to read a poem first, an elegy called "Burial."
3. During a 60 hour playthrough the kill counter reads precisely 21,369 space aliens , murderous robots and giant insects.
4. - Read a book, Leo.
5. - Read a book, people!
book
/ˈbʊk/
nouna set of printed pages that are held together in a cover so that we can turn them and read them
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1. I'm a travel writer, and I'm doing a book on mountains in North America.
2. He wrote the definitive book on Tesla's life.
3. Errol Morris wrote a really great book.
4. He wrote a very important book on cyberwar.
5. Books make a great gift for babies of all ages.
to share
/ˈʃɛɹ/
verbto have or use something with someone else at the same time
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1. It was a very calm response and I just wanted to share my love for the song.
2. Sharing the flu.
3. - Should fathers and mothers share parenting responsibilities evenly?
4. Her closet shared the wall with our parents' bathroom.
5. Sharing kindness Video:
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.
photo
/ˈfoʊˌtoʊ/
nounan image captured by a camera
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1. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
2. Photos only has one widget.
3. Another tip, add photos.
4. Take photos.
5. Photos always saves the original version of this.
on
/ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn/
prepositionused to show a day or date
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1. A young person was standing on the other side of the pond.
2. She quickly puts a golden apple on the table.
3. She quickly puts some wax on the scales.
4. The jogger puts his hand on the old woman’s arm.
5. Addiction overall is tough on any human being.
social media
/sˈoʊʃəl mˈiːdiːə/
nounwebsites and applications enabling users to share content and build communities on their smartphones, computers, etc.
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1. Kids can interact with strangers on social media.
2. Social media built my business.
3. Social media changed Chinese mindset.
4. Hashtag clawlife sweeps social media.
5. Con number two is social media.
website
/ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
nouna group of related data on the Internet with the same domain name published by a specific individual, organization, etc.
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1. I maintain websites.
2. Click website.
3. Some suggested websites.
4. In some states, websites crashed.
5. People love websites.
to download
/ˈdaʊnˌɫoʊd/
verbto add data to a computer from the Internet or another computer
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1. First, download the cross-reference tool and the NISPOM Rule.
2. Download the app.
3. My magazine downloaded newspapers and catalog.
4. Currently, about 5,000 people have downloaded his mobile app.
5. So download these things.
application
/ˌæpɫəˈkeɪʃən/
noun(computing) a piece of software programmed to perform a specific task
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1. Applications only start with zero.
2. Wisdom is application.
3. Application is a two-step process.
4. - Another way is applications.
5. Application has four syllables.
to Skype
/skˈaɪp/
verb(trademark) to contact someone using the Skype application
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1. Skype alone has 40 million daily active users, a 70 percent jump month over month.
2. You were Skyping.
3. Another tip is: Skype with people around the world.
4. Another tip is: Skype with people around the world.
5. Live via Skype.
to listen
/ˈɫɪsən/
verbto give our attention to the sound a person or thing is making
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1. We listened to the laughing and talking in the hall, as the guests were welcomed by their host and his housekeeper.
2. Why do we listen to her?
3. And 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.
to
/ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/
prepositionused to say where someone or something goes
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1. The tall lady speaks to Alissa.
2. The unemployment rate declined to 13.3 percent.
3. Every ten billion years one single grain of sand falls to the bottom.
4. The control wire connects to a coil of wire inside the relay.
5. A client is entitled to zealous advocacy.
song
/ˈsɔŋ/
nouna piece of music that has words
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1. It was a very calm response and I just wanted to share my love for the song.
2. He didn’t sing, but instead delivered a monologue during one of the band’s songs.
3. this process of enculturation can even transform songs.
4. People sang songs.
5. Songs have lyrics.
attachment
/əˈtætʃmənt/
nouna part or accessory that does a particular task when it is connected to something
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1. Attachment is vital.
2. I had attachment to past relationships.
3. Show attachments in different ways.
4. Bottle attachments vary.
5. Okay, and of course, babies need attachment.
broadband
/ˈbɹɔdˌbænd/
adjectivecapable of processing or responding to a wide range of signals or frequencies
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1. My broadband operator would take his cursor.
2. Over 50 percent of residents lack broadband Internet altogether.
3. Is broadband going to affect those people right out of the gate?
4. Overall, 10 percent of Americans don't have broadband.
5. Imagine broadband absolutely everywhere and anywhere. -
to log in
/lˈɔɡ ˈɪn/
verbto start using a computer system, online account, or application by doing particular actions
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1. Log in. -
2. Iíll log in to thinkorswim Web.
3. Over 500 class members log in to Zoom.
4. That evidence was logged in.
5. The doctors from anywhere can log in.
to search
/ˈsɝtʃ/
verbto try to find something or someone by carefully looking or investigating
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1. The store computer searches its memory.
2. One day, Mr Smith came to the airport, and the men searched him and his luggage first.
3. She was late and in a hurry, but the people searched her and her bag carefully.
4. Search the Internet.
5. So search my Home directory.
Wi-Fi
/ˈwaɪˌfaɪ/
nounthe technology that allows computers, cell phones, etc. to access the Internet or exchange data wirelessly
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1. Wi-fi radiation is everywhere.
2. Wi-Fi is faster too.
3. Wi-Fi units need a C wire.
4. The short answer is through Wi-Fi.
5. Is your name wi-fi?
