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.
to have
/ˈhæv/
verbto hold, possess, or own an object or a quality
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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.
to lose
/ˈɫuz/
verbto be deprived of or stop having someone or something
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1. Mr. Todd lost all his investment, and after that both he and Smell-O-Vision were out of the movie business.
2. She doesn't want to lose her grandmother again.
3. Lost in the world of imagination, I forgot my sad, lonely existence for a while, and was happy.
4. It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst.
5. But this just kind of feels like a hideous way to lose your sword.
to meet
/ˈmit/
verbto come together in a place with others to do something special
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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.
to win
/ˈwɪn/
verbto become the most successful, the luckiest, or the best in a game, race, fight, etc.
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1. - The sub wins.
2. - The sub wins.
3. Your mom won.
4. All right, next cup wins.
5. Your sister won this round.
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. Is the poor man one of your family then?
3. A society of surveillance is just one step away from a society of submission.
4. One farm in Sweden is even making moose cheese.
5. His most successful business as a teenager was running a lottery.
to do
/ˈdu/
verbto perform an action or activity that is not mentioned by name
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1. Long ago, people did not understand infection.
2. Do you believe the allegations against Roy Moore?
3. In the larger scheme of things, those things don't change your narrative.
4. She does that little laugh.
5. Moreover, the death of a presidential candidate does not create a vacancy.
to eat
/ˈit/
verbto put food into the mouth, then chew and swallow it
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1. They are eating breakfast.
2. 'It's not my fault that I can't eat or rest.
3. Do you eat something when you're working on a tedious project?
4. Even the cats eat good cheese here.
5. Eat more chicken.
to speak
/ˈspik/
verbto use one's voice to express a particular feeling or to communicate information
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1. The tall lady speaks to Alissa.
2. Actions speak louder than words.
3. The grandmothers speak a different language.
4. The statistics speak for themselves.
5. She speaks her mind.
to sing
/ˈsɪŋ/
verbto use our voice in order to produce musical sounds in the form of a tune or song
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1. He didn’t sing, but instead delivered a monologue during one of the band’s songs.
2. Let´s sing a song together.
3. In most music, the performer sings the words.
4. A Bollywood actor sang a line on a DVD in a cafe.
5. ♫ hotdogs ♫ hotdogs Sing it.
