to come
/ˈkəm/
verbto reach or arrive at a particular place; to approach a specific place
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1. Last month a pretty girl came to work for him.
2. People from every town and city in Scotland come here to talk about their country.
3. But in the afternoon, some customers come back.
4. When the fire happened, didn't the firefighters come?
5. The time has come to answer for your mortal crimes, Makasu!
to go
/ˈɡoʊ/
verbto travel or move from one location to another location
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1. After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park.
2. A lot of Scottish Americans go back to Scotland as tourists.
3. They went up to the eighth floor.
4. Jake went back to his apartment.
5. The butcher goes through about 15,000 pounds of beef and 9,700 pounds of chicken each week.
to take
/ˈteɪk/
verbto remove something or someone from a specific place
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1. The company will begin taking pre-orders for the Model 3 in March.
2. Addicts take drugs to escape their problems.
3. When I do fieldwork, I always take photos.
4. It is their take on the dual-screen devices trend that has been building up for a time.
5. We didn’t even have time to take evasive action.
to bring
/ˈbɹɪŋ/
verbto take someone or something to a place or to come to a place with someone or something
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1. When he saw that the restaurant had some nice fresh rolls, he asked the waitress for one, and she brought it.
2. Then he asked for some butter and jam, and she brought a very small serving of butter and a very small jar of jam.
3. Age brings perspective.
4. - No, bring me my phone.
5. - People from Europe are bringing diseases.
to take away
/tˈeɪk ɐwˈeɪ/
verbprovide food, drink, or items for take-out or delivery consumption
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1. The body is subsequently taken away for a detailed examination that will establish the cause and time of the victim's death.
2. But three vowels take away 300 points altogether.
3. Then take away the top half.
4. Take away my royalty?
5. These vegan companies are taking away our market share.
to take back
/tˈeɪk bˈæk/
verbto return a purchased item to a seller or retailer in order to receive a refund or reimbursement
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1. Later, Ali Baba's wife takes back the scales.
2. Take back pain for instance.
3. - Take back.
4. Takes back scissors.
5. take back your TV.
to bring together
/bɹˈɪŋ təɡˈɛðɚ/
verbto make people become closer together or become friendlier, or to help them end their argument
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1. This conference has brought together an even broader range of people in today's audience.
2. Today's program will bring together even more people virtually.
3. JFK's nephew Stephen Kennedy Smith and historian Doug Brinkley bring together Kennedy's greatest speeches and essays and stories by political thinkers, writers, and artists.
4. Docking programs bring together the protein of interest with each compound.
5. We bring together each summer about 100 very talented students from around the world.
to go to sleep
/ɡˌoʊ tə slˈiːp/
verbto transition from being awake to being asleep
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to come true
/kˈʌm tɹˈuː/
phraseto become a reality or be realized, typically in reference to a previously hoped for or desired outcome
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1. Some people have a clear goal, but they lack the ambition to make their dream come true.
2. That night, all the different old prophecies from before come true.
3. That night, all the different old prophecies from before come true.
4. But Saladin wanted to make Nuradin's dream of winning back the Holy Land come true.
5. Nuradin wanted to bring Muslims together to win it back, and I want to make his great hope come true!'
to double
/ˈdəbəɫ/
verbto make something experience a twofold increase
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1. The first half of the 20th century saw the world’s population almost double.
2. Unemployment nearly doubled.
3. In just three years, nurse vacancies nearly doubled.
4. Doubling the amount of chocolate lessens the amount of batter per cookie.
5. The sprawl version of California almost doubles the urban physical footprint.
coincidence
/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
nouna situation in which two things happen simultaneously by chance that is considered unusual
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1. "A coincidence," stammered the old man.
2. That's coincidence.
3. - Mind blowing coincidences.
4. Was this coincidence?
5. The parallels between CloudKitchens and Silicon Valley are no coincidence.
row
/ˈɹoʊ/
nouna sequence of related items, events, or actions that follow one after the other in a particular order
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1. - That really rows my boat.
2. But these special Category rows here.
3. Install row one on the starting line.
4. Row, rowed.
5. Row, rowed.
to flip
/ˈfɫɪp/
verbto turn over quickly with a sudden move
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1. Flip that scenario around.
2. Flip the desk!
3. Flip your guys.
4. Now, flip the assembly again.
5. The hair flips.
risky
/ˈɹɪski/
adjectivehaving the potential of loss, danger, harm, or failure
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1. Investing is risky.
2. My name is risky.
3. Stocks are riskier.
4. One is more risky.
5. Watermelons are risky.
lack
/ˈɫæk/
nounthe absence or insufficiency of something, often implying a deficiency or shortage
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1. Lack of jobs and new marriage patterns are causing changes in many countries.
2. It was lack of communication from him.
3. Circulation grew quickly, partly because of the magazine's lack of competition.
4. A barber by trade, Raymond was also lacking in formal education.
5. Dan: Do not bemoan your lack of sleep!
on average
/ˌɑːn ˈævɹɪdʒ/
adverbused to describe the typical or average value or amount based on a set of data or observations
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1. Residents spent On Average 84 hours of traffic in 2019.
2. On average, about 357,000 U.S. adults have gotten at least one shot every day in the last week.
3. On average, they have about 26 days of cash.
4. Our police officers send over 50,000 people to the er On Average.
5. The deductibles in Obama Care are so high, On Average $7,000.
logical
/ˈɫɑdʒɪkəɫ/
adjectivecapable of following rules of logic and forming ideas based on facts that are true
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1. Up to this point, their expansion sounds logical.
2. The layout is more logical.
3. Is very logical.
4. Now, again, this argument sounds completely logical.
5. The right thing is logical thing.
gambler
/ˈɡæmbɫɝ/
nouna person who participates in games of chance or bets on uncertain outcomes, often with the aim of winning money or other prizes
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1. They are gamblers.
2. The gambler made the right move here.
3. A gambler can take money off the table.
4. Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.
5. Said every gambler ever.
to confuse
/kənˈfjuz/
verbto create confusion or uncertainty in the mind
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1. Most people confuse Elon's management style with his vision in a sense.
2. People do confuse the numbers 1.1 billion and two all the time.
3. Ever confuse similar concepts?
4. So, this one can confuse some people.
5. People confuse footprint with spacing.
