bag
/ˈbæɡ/
nounsomething made of leather, cloth, plastic, or paper that we use to carry things in, particularly when we are traveling or shopping
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1. She was late and in a hurry, but the people searched her and her bag carefully.
2. The old woman looks in her bag.
3. Kenny gets off the bus with his bag.
4. Apple bags?
5. Sleeping bag.
bottle
/ˈbɑtəɫ/
nouna glass or plastic container that has a narrow neck and is used for storing drinks or other liquids
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1. Popping juice bottles.
2. We poppin' bottles.
3. The production line at Pallini's distillery in Rome bottles 9,000 liters every half hour.
4. Now, my spray bottle.
5. Basically, this bottle travels a long way.
box
/ˈbɑks/
nouna container made of wood, thick card, metal, etc. with a flat base and sides, often square or rectangular and having a lid
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1. The man was so surprised that he nearly dropped the box on his feet.
2. I threw out the ex-box. -
3. People put boxes under your feet.
4. Then I organize those note cards in, basically, boxes.
5. So the updated recipe for this, as always will be in the description box down below.
bunch
/ˈbəntʃ/
nouna group of things sharing the same quality, usually connected to each other
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1. - You get a whole bunch of clothes in that washing machine!
2. Sell a bunch.
3. - Mark Twain and me both chew food a bunch.
4. we took a bunch a legs off there.
5. We learned a bunch.
can
/ˈkæn/, /kən/
nouna container, made of metal, used for storing food or drink
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1. Samples of voices from security camera tapes, telephone answering machines, or other recording devices can be scanned electronically.
2. The consequences of chronic sleep deprivation can be truly disastrous.
3. Here you can see sea animals like seals.
4. It can fill up 270 pints a minute.
5. They can offer suggestions.
pair
/ˈpɛɹ/
nouna set of two matching items that are designed to be used together or regarded as one
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1. Anyway, the producers paired the dancers with a totally incomprehensible play about black magic and fairies and a really weird New Year’s Eve.
2. The lone pairs repelling.
3. Pairs, singles.
4. Pair sesame seeds with legumes!
5. Both sisters paired the look with an oversized belt around their waist.
piece
/ˈpis/
nouna part of an object, broken or cut from a larger one
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1. The Postal Service delivers 430 (sic) pieces of mail every day.
2. Even whether you're a piece of bacteria, piece a good word?
3. Era ethos piece off your addresses are so weird.
4. And this one is matching pieces?
5. I want pieces.
slice
/ˈsɫaɪs/
nouna small cut of a larger portion such as a piece of cake, pizza, etc.
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1. Finely slice these chilies.
2. Slice the chilli.
3. So, the components are sliced white bread, some Swiss cheese, mortadella, turkey.
4. Slice some scallions.
5. Slice the onion.
banana
/bəˈnænə/
nouna soft fruit that is long and curved and has hard yellow skin
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1. A woman brings back some bananas.
2. As of each company's most recent public filing, bananas comprised significant portions of their sales.
3. Bananas do make some seeds.
4. In the United States, bananas cost an average of just 56 cents a pound.
5. Banana: 1 large banana contains 1.5 grams of protein.
bread
/ˈbɹɛd/
nouna type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked
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1. Every meal needs bread.
2. A bakery usually make bread.
3. Your mom used to make bread.
4. - Everybody's mom used to make bread.
5. A real baker and his wife make bread.
cake
/ˈkeɪk/
nouna sweet food that is made by mixing flour, butter or oil, sugar, eggs and other ingredients and then backing it in an oven
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1. The rabbit ate cake.
2. So cake batter in the rice cooker.
3. My momma smashed cake in my face.
4. Cake crumbs everywhere.
5. Cake can actually bring people together.
chewing gum
/tʃjˈuːɪŋ ɡˈʌm/
nouna substance for chewing with different tastes such as strawberry, mint, etc.
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1. Who built a chewing gum castle?
2. Chewing gum might even help your health.
3. Rubber flavored chewing gum.
4. Chewing gum burns about 11 calories per hour.
5. - Chewing Gum, if you guys haven't seen that.
crisp
/ˈkɹɪsp/
nouna thin, round piece of potato, cooked in hot oil and eaten cold as a snack
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1. Lines became crisp.
2. I love crisps.
3. hey Lena, do you guys have chili crisp?
4. Fish and chips, And by chips I mean fries not crisps.
5. That cheese crisp is everything.
flower
/ˈfɫaʊɝ/
nounthe colored or white part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops
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1. There are beautiful flowers in it, and twelve tall trees.
2. Wear flowers?
3. Pollen is moved from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower, then fertilisation can happen causing fruit to grow.
4. Pollen is moved from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower, then fertilisation can happen causing fruit to grow.
5. - Loves flowers.
milk
/ˈmɪɫk/
nounthe white liquid we get from cows, sheep, or goats that we drink and use for making cheese, butter, etc.
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1. In 1859, Louis Pasteur developed a procedure to make milk from farm animals safe to drink.
2. Milking the yaks.
3. Purchase minimally processed milk.
4. Milking a cow.
5. Adding milk.
match
/ˈmætʃ/
nouna small stick used to start fires by striking it against a rough surface, typically coated with a flammable substance on one end
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1. The Athenians can’t match the formidable Spartan army on land.
2. This one matches the drapes.
3. So fourteen items match
4. An ax Matches Some water A nail and some vinegar.
5. Does the plaid shirt match the underwear?
paper
/ˈpeɪpɝ/
nounthe thin sheets on which one can write, draw, or print things, also used as wrapping material
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1. Paper can really have tremendous differences.
2. Wrapping paper?
3. Scissors beats paper!
4. Scissors beats paper again!
5. Nowadays, most people just put paper inside.
sweets
/ˈswits/
nouna small piece of food that contains sugar and sometimes chocolate
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1. We're at Stick With Me Sweets with Susanna Yoon, and today we're gonna stick a whole marjolaine cake into a bonbon.
2. Don't get hooked on SWEETS.
3. Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets.
4. Toot Sweets became a reality in 1975 thanks to Spangler Candy Company.
5. For a sweet treat, I chose this Sweets from the Earth, local company in Canada, caramel almond shortbread.
tissue
/ˈtɪsˌju/, /ˈtɪʃu/
nouna piece of soft thin paper that is disposable and is used for cleaning
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1. If this necrosis, or tissue death, happens after a sting, permanent scars may remain on a victim's skin.
2. Normally, cells work together to form structures like organs, tissue or elements of the immune system.
3. Women over 21 can undergo a regular pap smear, where a sample of tissue is gently scraped from the lining of the cervix to test for abnormal cells.
4. This involves a doctor examining the cervix through a microscope, and possibly taking a small biopsy of tissue for closer examination.
5. Then people want tissues.
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1. They went to a lot of shops, and Mrs Hermann bought a lot of things.
2. Mr. Miller had a shop in a big town.
3. After a few days, Mr Miller saw a young man come into the shop.
4. There's a butcher shop.
5. They even have a pig-shaped one in a butcher shop display.
newsagent
/nˈuːzeɪdʒənt/
nouna person or a shop that sells newspapers, magazines, and other items related to reading materials, such as stationery, cards, and sometimes snacks
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1. There were more newspapers in public libraries than there were books, newsagents popped up everywhere, and newsboys hawked the latest edition with the help of signs proclaiming the day's headlines.
2. Or you would go into the local newsagent's to buy a paper, and you're looking at the man behind the till, thinking you'd better not say anything.
3. What do newsagents sell that makes people suddenly want to vote Tory ? Is it going to be the Daily Mail?
4. No this is a very um odd thing but newsagents sell them, What about The Sun?
5. And the very last thing that I've got to for his stocking is two scratch cards that I just picked up at the local newsagents.
delicatessen
/ˌdɛɫɪkəˈtɛsən/
nouna shop or part of one that sells high-quality foods, such as types of cooked meat, cheese, and unusual foods that come from other countries
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1. This is the Stage Delicatessen
2. Now I love classic old-school delicatessens but they present too many choices.
3. Katz's Delicatessen is a legend and icon in New York.
4. Katz's Delicatessen has been a New York institution for over 130 years.
5. This was a Jewish delicatessen about 15 minutes ago.
