to buy
/ˈbaɪ/
verbto get something in exchange for paying money
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1. Money from a city job helped them buy these things.
2. They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs Hermann bought a lot of things.
3. To get cheap tickets, buy them an hour or two before it begins.
4. I bought new equipment.
5. It was something that wasn't in their branding when I bought my car in 2012 at all.
clothes
/ˈkɫoʊðz/, /ˈkɫoʊz/
nounthe things we wear to cover our body, such as pants, shirts, and jackets
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1. He sold ladies' clothes, and he always had two or three shopgirls to help him.
2. Ellen, please ask a maid to find some dry clothes for me, and then I'll go on to the village.
3. - Wear clothes.
4. - You get a whole bunch of clothes in that washing machine!
5. Sharing clothes!
to go out
/ɡˌoʊ ˈaʊt/
verbto leave the house to go somewhere, usually to do something enjoyable
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meal
/ˈmiɫ/
nounthe food that you eat on regular occasions during the day, especially breakfast, lunch, or dinner; or any of these occasions
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1. Meals rarely enjoyed.
2. Meal conversation.
3. Meal minded.
4. Meal worms.
5. Never skip meals.
in
/ˈɪn/, /ɪn/
prepositionused before a specific period of time to show when or at what time something happens or how long it takes for it to happen
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1. Some bacteria help humans in many ways.
2. The old woman looks in her bag.
3. In 2009, two researchers ran a simple experiment.
4. Our story begins in the year 1963.
5. My mother believed in dreams and possibilities.
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.
at
/ˈæt/
prepositionexpressing the exact time when something happens
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1. Sara's father stays at home.
2. Some deaf people do not speak at all.
3. The high yield market is now at bubble levels.
4. The cells of the cervix are especially at risks.
5. You all laughed at me.
when
/ˈhwɛn/, /ˈhwɪn/, /ˈwɛn/, /ˈwɪn/
adverbused when we want to ask at what time something happens
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1. What color does a woman wear in this country when she marries, Mary?'
2. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
3. When the lamp is off, the wax is slightly denser than the liquid around it.
4. When the fire happened, didn't the firefighters come?
5. When his ammunition ran out, he threw his gun at Pugliese.
to see
/ˈsi/
verbto notice a thing or person with our eyes
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1. Here you can see sea animals like seals.
2. After three months, the governor saw that Yusuf learned quickly.
3. Jake sees a camera on the table.
4. The governor saw a surge in popularity.
5. Meanwhile, China's megacities have seen explosive growth in the last few decades.
film
/ˈfɪɫm/
nouna story shown on television or in a cinema with sound and a series of pictures that move
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1. Five soldiers filmed the entire time.
2. Film burns.
3. Maybe film some musicallys.
4. Filming a video.
5. Do you guys have film?
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
/ˈtɛkst/
nounanything that is in written form
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1. Most people always just text.
2. Text ya lader.
3. Now my last slide here has text.
4. 100 percent are using text.
5. - Text your coworkers an accidental sext.
to play
/ˈpɫeɪ/
verbto enjoy yourself and do things for fun, like children
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1. One day they decided to play a joke on their professor.
2. And nobody can play here - only me!'
3. They don't like playing in the road.
4. If the carpet isn’t too dirty, the safer play is probably to just vacuum.
5. You may not put much thought into the music playing over the loudspeaker, but the retailer probably has.
sport
/ˈspɔɹt/
nouna physical activity that has special rules, needs effort and skill, and can be a competitive game as well as entertainment and exercise
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1. That first race began one of the richest histories in international motor sport.
2. People of every nationality, culture, income level, gender and age love to watch sports.
3. Fathers play sport.
4. Fathers play sport.
5. Sports have an important place in any community.
to do
/ˈdu/
verbto perform a particular activity or task
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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.
exam
/ɪɡˈzæm/
nouna way of testing how much someone knows about a subject
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1. And undercover agent gets an exam.
2. In 1941, just 10,000 people took the exam.
3. Exams suck.
4. Exams are like that sucky vacuum.
5. What are exams?
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.
holiday
/ˈhɑɫəˌdeɪ/, /ˈhɑɫɪˌdeɪ/
nouna period of recreation away from home or work
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1. Holidays are a lot of work.
2. The next topic is holidays.
3. I hate holidays.
4. Holidays are the time for Zen photographs on secluded beaches.
5. We had holidays.
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.
present
/ˈpɹɛzənt/, /pɝˈzɛnt/, /pɹiˈzɛnt/
nounsomething given to someone as a sign of appreciation or on a special occasion
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1. The Corona virus presents a public health emergency in the United States.
2. That means that during emergencies, the plant will cool and stabilize itself without an operator present.
3. Major PC companies are also presenting their own concepts.
4. However, a crisis can also present new opportunities for growth and innovation.
5. Presenting the butter stick.
date
/ˈdeɪt/
nouna specific day in a month or sometimes a year, shown using a number and sometimes a name
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1. Here the calendar date shifted.
2. His stance was dating your cousins, not a big deal.
3. The tour dates alone!
4. Dates have loads of magnesium in them.
5. My ex-girlfriend is now dating my ex-best friend.
today
/təˈdeɪ/, /tuˈdeɪ/
adverbon the present day not tomorrow or yesterday
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1. Today, there is a new man at the market.
2. Your fruit isn't fresh today.
3. Today, over 70% of all heroin addicts in Switzerland receive treatment.
4. People still write forgeries today.
5. Maybe today's grads are at least making more money.
tomorrow
/təˈmɑˌɹoʊ/, /tuˈmɑˌɹoʊ/
adverbthe day after the present day
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1. Tomorrow, the House impeachment managers wrap up their opening arguments.
2. Ladies, tomorrow is Debspringa!
3. A matter of fact, tomorrow has already made up its mind.
4. Eleanor: TOMORROW IS OUR HIGHLAND GAMES DAY.
5. Bailey has two performances tomorrow.
when
/ˈhwɛn/, /ˈhwɪn/, /ˈwɛn/, /ˈwɪn/
adverbused when we want to ask at what time something happens
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1. What color does a woman wear in this country when she marries, Mary?'
2. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
3. When the lamp is off, the wax is slightly denser than the liquid around it.
4. When the fire happened, didn't the firefighters come?
5. When his ammunition ran out, he threw his gun at Pugliese.
birthday
/ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/
nounthe day and month of your birth in every year
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1. 'I always forget birthdays.
2. Some months later Sara had her eleventh birthday.
3. Printers, caterers, and merchants also commercialized birthdays.
4. Birthday wish as a kid.
5. I like birthdays.
year
/ˈjɪɹ/
nouna period of time that is made up of twelve months, particularly one that starts on January first and ends on December thirty-first
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1. Mechanical clocks first appeared in China about 800 years ago.
2. Her son, Peter, was twenty years old then.
3. Every ten billion years one single grain of sand falls to the bottom.
4. Our story begins in the year 1963.
5. In just three years, nurse vacancies nearly doubled.
born
/ˈbɔɹn/
adjectivebrought to this world through birth
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1. So, this is the Born This Way Multi-Use Sculpting Concealer.
2. Just Born was actually looking for jelly bean technology.
3. Just Born decided to ramp up production of these gooey treats.
4. James: NOW YOU'RE A FULLY-FLEDGED BORN AND BRED ANGELINO.
5. So maybe the majority of first borns are all successful perfectionists, like myself.
o'clock
/əˈkɫɑk/
adverbput after the numbers one to twelve to show or tell what time it is, only when it is at that exact hour
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1. In the West, 12 o'clock means 12 o'clock.
2. In the West, 12 o'clock means 12 o'clock.
3. In the East, 12 o'clock means 12 o'clock or 12:10, around that.
4. Baby making o'clock.
5. So the clock is striking five o'clock.
evening
/ˈivnɪŋ/
nounthe time of day that is between the time that the sun starts to set and when the sky becomes completely dark
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1. It is Monday evening.
2. In the evening, their girlfriend breaks up with them, and they're suicidal.
3. Evening falls.
4. Evening drew on.
5. Enjoy your evening.
