artist
/ˈɑɹtəst/, /ˈɑɹtɪst/
nounsomeone who creates drawings, sculptures, paintings, etc. either as their job or hobby
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1. Artists have well documented the extremes of our climate, as well as average temps and beautiful vistas.
2. Artists depicted cityscapes, ball games, and field hands at work.
3. Artists produced many works of art in his honour.
4. Artists produced many works of art in his honour.
5. People are still supporting artists.
photographer
/fəˈtɑɡɹəfɝ/
nounsomeone whose hobby or job is taking photographs
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1. We just got a really good photographer.
2. Photographers do.
3. Iranian photographer Kaveh Golestan witnessed the gas attacks from a helicopter.
4. Photographers spread.
5. Photographers often use motor oil instead of actual syrup.
actor
/ˈæktɝ/
nounsomeone whose job involves performing in movies, plays, or series
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1. Movies are usually labeled as the work of the actors or director.
2. Appropriate actions include warning, suspending or terminating a bad actor's account.
3. Joke-busters Before the cameras roll, actors carefully memorize their lines.
4. Actors performed a show.
5. In the classical world, actors wore masks.
politician
/ˌpɑɫəˈtɪʃən/
nounsomeone who works in the government or a law-making organization
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1. Politicians subsidize energy production.
2. So, should politicians have no filter on social media?
3. But politicians now have a completely different approach, completely different relationship with their constituency.
4. Politicians make promises all the time.
5. Politicians often read their speech from a teleprompter.
builder
/ˈbɪɫdɝ/
nounsomeone who builds or repairs houses and buildings, often as a job
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1. - Builders are so in demand right now.
2. The builder built a building by the school.
3. Alright, builders, hands off.
4. The builders finally show up.
5. Suddenly we have loads of contractors, builders above us.
accountant
/əˈkaʊntənt/
nounsomeone whose job is to keep or check financial accounts
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1. My mom is an accountant.
2. "My accountant handles that."
3. Some of those titles include accountants, biochemists, loggers, foresters, geologists, designers, tree planters, engineers, and marketers.
4. This accountant is passive aggressive in company conflicts.
5. "Does your accountant know?"
economist
/iˈkɑnəmɪst/, /ɪˈkɑnəmɪst/
nounsomeone who is an expert in economics
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1. Economists shape the system of online advertising, especially online auctions.
2. So economists made a tremendous mistake.
3. Economists study the patterns of production, distribution, and consumption of resources, goods, and services.
4. Economists are expecting another increase for February of around 185,000 jobs.
5. Second, what economists call "opportunity costs."
musician
/mjuˈzɪʃən/
nounsomeone who plays a musical instrument or writes music, especially as a profession
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1. So musicians talk about deliberate practice.
2. With the first black president in the White House, musicians took up the empowerment song.
3. Musicians are at least as neurotic as everybody else, easily.
4. Indeed, ten generations of Bachs were musicians.
5. Soon, other musicians joined their group.
interpreter
/ˌɪnˈtɝpɹətɝ/
nounsomeone who verbally changes the words of a language into another
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1. And the woman writes, 'Interpreter?'
2. So many protests, so many protests do not have interpreters.
3. So the first guy is acting as the interpreter, and, first of all, he's not even really a professional interpreter.
4. So the first guy is acting as the interpreter, and, first of all, he's not even really a professional interpreter.
5. Finally, interpreters work in pairs.
translator
/tɹænˈsɫeɪtɝ/, /tɹænzˈɫeɪtɝ/
nounsomeone whose job is to change written or spoken words from one language to another
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1. The translator went viral.
2. Translator: A CHANGE IN THE SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEM IS NEEDED.
3. Translator: I DID A HARVEST OF APPLES, CHERRIES, NECTARINES, PEACHES, PEARS, ALL OF THAT.
4. Translator: FRENCH PEOPLE IN GENERAL ARE WEARY.
5. Then my translator left.
inventor
/ˌɪnˈvɛntɝ/
nounsomeone who makes or designs something that did not exist before
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1. Inventors have proposed plenty of ideas.
2. Other inventors created bulbs with platinum filaments or other carbonized materials.
3. Every invention has an inventor.
4. But inventors have made great improvements to the bicycle.
5. But its inventors foresaw a different purpose.
electrician
/ɪɫɛkˈtɹɪʃən/
nounsomeone who deals with electrical equipment, such as repairing or installing them
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1. My father was an electrician.
2. A sparkie is an electrician.
3. A sparky is an electrician.
4. So you need electricians.
5. Here is Parker's electrician.
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1. Farmers did hard physical work.
2. The animals that farmers raised and the crops they planted depended on where they lived.
3. Farmers monitor the weather closely.
4. Farmers could raise different genetic varieties of different crops.
5. Farmers use pesticides as a necessary tool in rice cultivation.
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1. Flight assistant mentioned pressurizing.
2. Teacher assistants have a high rate of illnesses and injuries.
3. Occupational therapy assistants need an associate's degree from an accredited program, and, in most states, a license.
4. At the end of the trick, the assistant puts the mirror back in place.
5. Leaders have assistants.
receptionist
/ɹiˈsɛpʃənɪst/, /ɹɪˈsɛpʃənɪst/
nouna person who greets and deals with people arriving at or calling a hotel, office building, doctor's office, etc.
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1. I'm a receptionist.
2. I'm a receptionist.
3. The receptionist loved it too.
4. That poor receptionist never stood a chance.
5. The receptionist is a great person.
reservation
/ˌɹɛzɝˈveɪʃən/
nouna protected area of land where wild animals can live without being hunted or disturbed by human activities
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1. Even this pediatrician had reservations.
2. Reservation are exempt from property taxes.
3. They had reservations.
4. - We have reservations.
5. We have reservations.
to reserve
/ɹiˈzɝv/, /ɹɪˈzɝv/
verbto set something aside and keep it for future use
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1. Potential buyers can reserve one of Tesla's new affordable vehicles.
2. I follow a group of firefighters with one of Brazil’s environmental agencies into a biological reserve.
3. The military-written constitution reserved 25 percent of Parliament for military officers.
4. Reserve your applause.
5. Reserve a room in an eco-friendly hotel.
fame
/ˈfeɪm/
nouna state of being widely known or recognized, usually because of notable achievements, talents, or actions
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1. Fame is relative.
2. This one designed by Brian McCutcheon of Customize It fame.
3. Yes, get fame.
4. Some people want fame.
5. - What is fame?
explanation
/ˌɛkspɫəˈneɪʃən/
nouninformation or details that are given to make something clear or easier to understand
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1. It defies explanation.
2. Here's the explanation.
3. so is this explanation better than my chromatic mediant analysis from last time?
4. Then came the explanations.
5. Connor, did you here that explanation?
to explain
/ɪksˈpɫeɪn/
verbto make something clear and easy to understand by giving more information about it
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1. We explained why this should be our current calendar in our A new calendar for humanity video.
2. Your summary should explain your greatest accomplishments.
3. - Parents explain masturbation.
4. Explain. -
5. Phosphor also explains its plans for multiplayer modes.
difference
/ˈdɪfɝəns/, /ˈdɪfɹəns/
nounthe way that two or more people or things are different from each other
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1. It's a stark difference when you are just one of everybody else versus being the black guy.
2. Well, countries have differences.
3. I defer difference.
4. We have differences.
5. Difference is celebrated.
different
/ˈdɪfɝənt/, /ˈdɪfɹənt/
adjectivenot like another thing or person in form, quality, nature, etc.
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1. As a result, people in different locations had different local times.
2. Apparently, the human nose has about one thousand different types of olfactory neurons.
3. The grandmothers speak a different language.
4. People draw different conclusions from this.
5. Your fetid flatulence affliction is from a different source.
invitation
/ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
nouna written or spoken request to someone, asking them to attend a party or event
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1. One of my favorite parts of party planning is making the invitation.
2. Amongst others the two young ladies of the house received invitation.
3. True rule breakers don't just receive invitations.
4. Platforms are invitations.
5. Pretty sure the invitation said "cocktail dress."
to invite
/ˌɪnˈvaɪt/
verbto make a formal or friendly request to someone to be present somewhere or to participate in something
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1. During his lifetime, his work invited its share of criticism.
2. Our very strength invites challenge.
3. You guys can totally invite yourselves.
4. Invite your sister Beth as well.
5. Koening invites this speculation in many ways.
dangerous
/ˈdeɪndʒɝəs/
adjectivecapable of harming or injuring a person or destroying or damaging a thing
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1. Acrylics are dangerous.
2. What makes meningitis so dangerous compared to other diseases is the sheer speed with which it invades a person’s body.
3. Migrants are not dangerous.
4. This journey is dangerous.
5. This guy is dangerous.
to decide
/ˌdɪˈsaɪd/
verbto think carefully about different things and choose one of them
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1. The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2. One day they decided to play a joke on their professor.
3. In 1947 Franco announced a referendum to let the Spanish people decide.
4. Okay guys, the final round will decide.
5. You guys decide?
success
/səkˈsɛs/
nounthe fact of reaching or achieving what one tried for or desired
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1. Success requires context.
2. Smashing success.
3. To me success is happiness.
4. The army was also having success.
5. Success takes the right resources, encouragement and support.
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1. His most successful business as a teenager was running a lottery.
2. The flyer mission is successful.
3. What types of businesses were successful?
4. These people were successful.
5. Not every attempt is successful.
student
/ˈstudənt/
nouna person who is studying at a school, university, or college
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1. Teachers wondered why some students were good at math but other students were not.
2. Teachers wondered why some students were good at math but other students were not.
3. He was a grad student in Moscow during the days of Perestroika and collapse of the Soviet Union.
4. These teachers also instruct students on weight training, flexibility, aerobics, and other workout styles, often developing programs for people with special needs or goals.
5. - Students come back on.
study
/ˈstədi/
nouna detailed and careful consideration and examination
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1. Dozens of studies have confirmed that psychotherapy is both effective and efficacious.
2. Study medieval Church history.
3. Study modern Church traditions.
4. So Saul's daughter studied law.
5. Study the script.
collection
/kəˈɫɛkʃən/
nouna group of particular objects put together and considered as a whole
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1. Tax collections were down about one percent last year.
2. The collection features nearly 700 pairs of vintage sneakers.
3. Corporate art collections usually have had organizing principles.
4. 'A set' can mean 'a collection'.
5. Take collections up high too.
to collect
/kəˈɫɛkt/
verbto gather or bring together things from different places or people
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1. CSIs might even vacuum the entire area to collect tiny samples.
2. Museums help preserve human history by collecting works of art.
3. And Beatle fans collect different things.
4. Law enforcement will collect representative samples for court.
5. Collect his data.
argument
/ˈɑɹɡjəmənt/
nouna discussion, typically a serious one, between two or more people with different views
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1. Here's my argument to you, Destin nashe Okay.
2. The argument I'm going to give traces back to Descartes, the great early modern philosopher.
3. They win arguments.
4. You have arguments.
5. They have arguments.
to argue
/ˈɑɹɡju/
verbto speak to someone often angrily because one disagrees with them
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1. Trump's lawyer, Alan Dershowitz himself once argued the opposite during the Clinton impeachment.
2. As historians and economists argue the criteria, adjustments due to inflation and the values of commodities and services.
3. Realistically, the man can argue three legal theories for a lawsuit.
4. Proponents of immunity would also argue logistical problems.
5. The loser of this round has to argue the next round with their feet in ice water.
to execute
/ˈɛksəkˌjut/
verbto kill someone, especially as a legal penalty
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1. More specifically, executing his uncle.
2. Ditching is purposely executed landing on water.
3. Execute your prime function.
4. GreenSky's platform executes the entire transaction cycle of credit arrangement.
5. Every player in here can execute a shot or a pass.
to announce
/əˈnaʊns/
verbto make plans or decisions known by officially telling people about them
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1. In November 2020, the Emirates group announced half year net losses of three point eight billion dollars.
2. In 1947 Franco announced a referendum to let the Spanish people decide.
3. Some systems, like ferries, will announce on the loudspeakers when you’ve reached your destination.
4. A Washington Post reporter by the name of Ted Gup announced the facility to the world 25 years ago, actually this May.
5. Two other proud bakers announce the availability of their fine pretzels in this picture from around 1660.
to avoid
/əˈvɔɪd/
verbto try to stay away from someone or something; to stop doing something
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1. Only the intervention of a senior Marshal could avoid a shootout amongst fellow lawmen.
2. Untold pain, fear, and death avoided.
3. Number three, avoid office gossips and politics.
4. Avoid Smoking:
5. - Avoid all contact.
to invade
/ˌɪnˈveɪd/
verbto enter a territory using armed forces in order to occupy or take control of it
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1. What makes meningitis so dangerous compared to other diseases is the sheer speed with which it invades a person’s body.
2. It invades the brain like meningitis.
3. the Marvel 616 villains have invaded his world.
4. Soon after this, a terrible sickness invaded the Ottawa camp.
5. Malaysian timber companies are invading their world.
tax
/ˈtæks/
nouna sum of money that has to be paid, based on one’s income, to the government so it can provide people with different kinds of public services
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1. Syrian refugees tax an overburdened system.
2. Tax the remittances.
3. Tax the remittances.
4. That income is taxed.
5. Only one of them could properly tax some rich people.
reminder
/ɹiˈmaɪndɝ/
nounan experience that causes you to remember something
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1. Reminders will have different things.
2. Reminder: any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. -
3. So just a couple history reminders that 2015, 2016, that was Black Monday in China, as well as the oil crash.
4. Turn off Reminders.
5. Reminder, get on my email newsletter.
sewage
/ˈsuədʒ/, /ˈsuɪdʒ/
nounthe wastewater or used water that contains various types of contaminants, including human and household waste, from residential, commercial, or industrial sources
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1. In Yemen, for instance, a massive outbreak of cholera began in 2016 during a Civil War as the sewage system fell apart.
2. The solution for that is sewage.
3. It carried sewage.
4. Electricity and sewage could come to a halt along with transportation.
5. - A storm dr-- - There was no sewage.
possibility
/ˌpɑsəˈbɪɫəˌti/
nounthe quality of having the capacity to improve, succeed, or develop into something in the future
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1. My mother believed in dreams and possibilities.
2. Jasper is possibility.
3. It unlocks possibilities.
4. Another possibility is there's problems with inhibition.
5. Possibility is endless.
to capture
/ˈkæptʃɝ/
verbto catch an animal or a person and keep them as a prisoner
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1. So our panel this morning captures this plural meaning of feminisms.
2. These diseases have long captured our imagination and our fears.
3. Furthermore, in the aftermath of the battle of Talas in 751, the empire captured several Chinese prisoners of war.
4. Shift/Command/3 will capture a picture of the entire screen.
5. Her daughters, Delilah and Amelia , also quickly captured fans' attention.
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1. Ashley identifies what frustrates customers on board and comes up with possible solutions.
2. Thanks to modern science a second chance is possible.
3. All things are possible.
4. Another world is possible.
5. That world is possible.
discussion
/dɪˈskəʃən/
nouna conversation with someone about a serious subject
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1. So it generates discussion.
2. But finally, the jury instruction issue merits discussion.
3. Discussion has opportunities.
4. Now, this discussion also brings up Don Quixote's knowledge of classical Rome and its architecture.
5. Where is discussion?
to discuss
/dɪˈskəs/
verbto talk or have a discussion about something with someone
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1. In a 2020 interview with Women's Health, the then 46-year-old actress discussed her healthy diet, her action star-worthy fitness regime and her 2021 Amazon Prime Video action movie, "Jolt."
2. Discuss interests with him.
3. Discuss your interest with Eugene.
4. People discussed the matter.
5. First lets discuss the price drop.
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1. Google began organizing its health initiatives under the name Google Health in 2018, and now it boasts over 500 employees.
2. Health just takes more time.
3. Particularly gut health.
4. The word health is a noun.
5. Health to the ocean means health for us.
