to buy
/ˈbaɪ/
verb
to get something in exchange for paying money
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Examples

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.
to fall
/ˈfɑɫ/, /ˈfɔɫ/
verb
to quickly move from a high place toward the ground
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1Snow is falling, and the sky is darker.
2Every ten billion years one single grain of sand falls to the bottom.
3Don't fall victim to dogma.
4- Falling.
5The fat one falls.
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.
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?
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.
to read
/riːd/
verb
to look at written or printed words and understand their meaning
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1The two men read the letter again.
2And I'm going to read a poem first, an elegy called "Burial."
3During 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!
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.
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.

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