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Dave Sends Billy Dee Williams To Meg Parsont For Valentine's Day | Letterman

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blind

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US / blaɪnd /

UK / blaɪnd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
  • Lacking in judgment or awareness
  • Be unable to see the truth about a situation
  • noun
  • Window covering that you can pull up and down
  • verb
  • To cause someone to lose the ability to see
  • To be unable to see the truth about a situation

dinner

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US / ˈdɪnə(r) /

UK / ˈdɪnɚ /

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  • noun
  • Main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening

believe

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UK / bɪˈliv /

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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
  • To have a particular opinion about something

doorway

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  • noun
  • The space that a door can close

christmas

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UK / ˈkrɪsməs /

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  • noun
  • Christian holiday celebrated on December 24-26

fourteenth

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UK / fɔrˈtinθ, for- /

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  • noun
  • 14th

everything

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UK / ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ /

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  • pronoun
  • All of the things mentioned

malt

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UK / mɔlt /

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  • noun
  • Grain used in brewing and distilling

they

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UK / ðe /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

gurney

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US / ˈgɜ:ni /

UK / ˈgɜ:rni /

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  • other
  • A metal stretcher with wheels

their

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US / ðɛː /

UK / ðer /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

take

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

work

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  • adjecitve
  • Activity completed in order to make money
  • noun
  • The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • Everything created by an author, artist, musician
  • Activity you do in order to make money
  • Place of employment
  • Final product or result of a some labor or effort
  • verb
  • To bring into a specific state of success
  • To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
  • To do your job in your company or workplace
  • To make an effort to do something
  • To operate a machine or device

old

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  • adjecitve
  • Having existed for a long time, not young or new
  • Age of a person since birth

america

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  • noun
  • The United States of America; North America and/or South America

rag

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US / ræɡ /

UK / ræɡ /

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  • noun
  • Piece of old cloth, usually used for cleaning
  • Worn or damaged old clothing
  • Newspaper with low standards or poorer quality
  • verb
  • To make fun of someone; joke about

drop

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  • noun
  • Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • Act of letting something fall (from your hand)
  • A decrease in quantity or quality; reduction
  • Tiny amount of liquid, with rounded bottom
  • verb
  • To drive someone to a place and then drive away
  • To let something fall from your hand
  • To fall or lie down quickly, as when shot
  • To decide to stop something e.g. a course)
  • To (cause to) reduce in quantity or quality

general

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  • adjecitve
  • Widespread, normal or usual
  • noun
  • Top ranked officer in the army

figure

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US / ˈfiɡə /

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  • noun
  • Your body shape
  • Numbers in a calculation
  • Doll-like thing meant to represent a person
  • Picture or diagram giving information in a text
  • Person who is very important or famous
  • Shape of a person seen indistinctly or in outline
  • Amount that is expressed in numbers
  • verb
  • To appear in a game, play or event
  • To calculate how much something will cost
  • To understand after thinking; work out

show

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US / ʃəʊ /

UK / ʃo /

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  • noun
  • False display of love, emotion or action
  • An event for displaying or promoting goods
  • Play, opera or theater production
  • Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
  • verb
  • To be easily seen or displayed
  • To display your emotions or feelings
  • To let someone see something; display
  • To explain or teach how something is done
  • To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
  • To prove something to be true, correct
  • To reveal or allow something to be seen

else

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US / els /

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  • adverb
  • Otherwise; if you fail to
  • (Of person place thing etc.) besides; in addition

nice

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  • adjecitve
  • Being attractive or of high quality or value
  • Good or enjoyable
  • Being kind or friendly

excuse

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  • noun
  • Note explaining why someone cannot do or attend
  • Reason why you did or didn't do something
  • verb
  • To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
  • To explain acting in a bad or impolite manner
  • To forgive someone for something bad or impolite

staff

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  • noun
  • Employees of a company
  • Long stick that a person uses to help them walk
  • verb
  • To hire workers for a business

yes

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  • adverb
  • Way to say you agree or will do something

newspaper

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UK / ˈnuzˌpepɚ, ˈnjuz- /

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  • noun
  • Sheets of paper (or online) containing the news

build

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US / bɪld /

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  • noun
  • Your physical shape; physique
  • verb
  • To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
  • To construct a house, office, factory

red

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US / red /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being the color of blood

super

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  • adjecitve
  • Of the highest quality; great; marvelous

thank

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

look

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  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

both

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time
  • pronoun
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time

very

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UK / ˈvɛri /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

all

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US / ɔ:l /

UK / ɔl /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

neighbour

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  • noun
  • Person who lives, or is near, you

miss

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US / mɪs /

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  • noun
  • Action of not hitting something or someone
  • Form of address to unmarried girl or woman
  • verb
  • To be absent
  • To fail to hit something e.g. a ball
  • To do without something
  • To fail to see or sense something
  • To fail to understand someone's message
  • To be too late to ride on something e.g. train
  • To feel you want to see someone who is not there

come

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US / kʌm /

UK / kʌm /

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  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

midtown

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  • noun
  • The central part of a city between the downtown and uptown areas.

leave

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US / li:v /

UK / liv /

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  • noun
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere

dave

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hair

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UK / her /

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  • noun
  • Long thin strands growing on your head or body
  • Short distance; a very small amount

out

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US / aʊt /

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

forty

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US / 'fɔ:tɪ /

UK / ˈfɔrti /

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  • number
  • 40

photo

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US / ˈfəʊtəʊ /

UK / ˈfoʊtoʊ /

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  • noun
  • Short for photograph; a picture taken by a camera

drink

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  • noun
  • A liquid that you put in your mouth
  • verb
  • To put water in your body through your mouth

something

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  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

floor

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US / flɔ:(r) /

UK / flɔr, flor /

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  • noun
  • Large area used for a particular purpose
  • Part of a room on which you stand
  • Particular level in a building; storey
  • verb
  • To hit or push someone to the ground
  • To surprise or confuse someone who can't respond

back

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US / bæk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

manhattan

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US / mæn'hætn /

UK / mæn'hætn: /

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  • noun
  • A cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters
  • other
  • One of the five boroughs of New York City

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

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  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

arrive

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US / əˈraɪv /

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  • verb
  • To reach the place you are traveling to

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

guy

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US / ɡaɪ /

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  • noun
  • Man; boy; any person

docker

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  • noun
  • Laborer who loads and unloads boats in a port

think

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  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

picture

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  • noun
  • General situation or state of being
  • Mental image of what something is or looks like
  • Movie; film
  • Painting, drawing or photograph on paper or screen
  • verb
  • To understand or imagine something
  • To imagine someone or something in an image

hate

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  • noun
  • Severe, deep sense of dislike or anger
  • An object that you hate
  • verb
  • To have a very strong feeling of dislike for

external

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US / eksˈtə:nl /

UK / ɪkˈstɚnəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning foreign countries
  • Concerning the outside of something; outer
  • Coming from the outside

ninth

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  • noun
  • 9th

hey

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  • exclamation
  • What you say when you want someone's attention

nine

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US / naɪn /

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  • number
  • 9

another

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US / əˈnʌðə(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

where

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US / hwɛə /

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  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

simon

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pose

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US / pəʊz /

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  • noun
  • False behavior to gain respect or liking
  • verb
  • To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
  • To suggest an idea, question or solution
  • To sit or stand while being painted or drawn
  • To put someone in a position to be photographed

hope

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  • noun
  • When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • verb
  • To expect and want something to happen

drunk

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  • adjecitve
  • Not behaving normally because of drinking alcohol
  • noun
  • A person who drinks too much alcohol
  • verb
  • To put liquid in your body through your mouth

poor

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  • adjecitve
  • Inferior; below the normal standard
  • Deserving of pity or sympathy
  • Without money; not rich

most

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US / məʊst /

UK / most /

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  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

call

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  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

hang

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  • verb
  • To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
  • To float, move softly, or remain in the air
  • To kill by putting a rope around neck and dropping
  • To remain undecided, unsolved or unclear

kid

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US / kɪd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Made from young goat skin
  • noun
  • Child or young person
  • Young goat
  • verb
  • To make fun of someone in a gentle way; to tease

couple

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US / 'kʌpl /

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  • noun
  • Two people in a romantic relationship
  • Two of something; two people; a pair
  • verb
  • To join something to something else
  • (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
  • To put two people or things together

bible

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  • noun
  • Book of collected Christian writings

from

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US / frəm /

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  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

knock

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  • noun
  • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • Action of something solid hitting something hard
  • verb
  • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
  • To hit something to get people's attention
  • To strike something hard, causing damage

gig

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  • noun
  • Show; performance; job for a musician or performer
  • Job that lasts for a short amount of time

over

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  • adverb
  • Finished; no longer happening
  • Towards the ground/away from a standing position
  • noun
  • A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
  • other
  • Finished
  • preposition
  • Showing the relation when a thing is above another
  • On or covering something
  • Above or across something
  • More than you need
  • From one side to the other
  • In the direction of; toward

effort

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  • noun
  • Amount of work used trying to do something

wonderful

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  • adjecitve
  • Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight

any

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  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

put

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  • phrasal verb
  • to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch
  • verb
  • To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • To rate something in importance or value
  • To write or say something in a certain manner

wave

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  • noun
  • Movement of sound, air or energy
  • Deep and strong emotion that is suddenly felt
  • Slightly curved shape in hair
  • Frequency of movement of objects together
  • Up and down movement of water in a lake or sea
  • Signal with your hand to say hello or goodbye
  • verb
  • To cause to move side to side or back and forth
  • To swing back and forth as a result of the wind
  • To move your hand or arm to say hello or goodbye

make

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  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

one

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  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

kind

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US / kaɪnd /

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  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

mention

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US / 'menʃn /

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  • noun
  • Act of referring to or talking about something
  • verb
  • To refer to or talk or write about something

answer

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  • noun
  • Reply to a question someone asks
  • Solution to a problem or test question
  • verb
  • To reply to a question someone asks
  • To solve a test question or a problem

graciously

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  • adverb
  • In a manner showing good taste and refinement

toast

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  • noun
  • Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
  • verb
  • To grill bread to make it brown and crisp
  • To raise a glass (of alcohol) to celebrate

commercial

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US / kəˈmə:ʃəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • noun
  • Radio or television advertisement

division

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  • noun
  • How many times a number is contained in another
  • One part of an organization
  • Act of dividing or separating into parts
  • Something that acts as a separating line or point

fine

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US / faɪn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • Of high quality; made with great skill
  • In a careful or exact manner; into small pieces
  • Being of high quality
  • Good; okay; no problem
  • (Of weather) good; not raining
  • noun
  • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
  • verb
  • To pay money because you broke a law

how

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US / haʊ /

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  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

woman

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US / ˈwʊmən /

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  • noun
  • Adult female human being

this

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US / ðɪs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

tony

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US / ˈtəuni /

UK / ˈtoni /

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  • adjective
  • Fashionable among wealthy or stylish people.
  • noun
  • Any of a number of awards given annually in the US for outstanding achievement in the theater in var

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

man

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US / mæn /

UK / mæn /

A1
  • noun
  • Humans in general, including male and female
  • An adult male human being
  • Male who acts in a masculine way; not like a woman
  • verb
  • To control or operate (a machine); be in charge of
  • To operate a machine (a boat, etc.)

let

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US / let /

UK / lɛt /

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  • verb
  • To allow someone to do something
  • Introducing a suggestion to do something together
  • To rent a house, etc. to others

across

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US / əˈkrɔs /

UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /

A1
  • adverb
  • Distance from one side to another
  • (Go) from one side to the other of something

able

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US / 'eɪbl /

UK / ˈebəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Skilled; good at something
  • Having the ability to do something

might

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US / maɪt /

UK / maɪt /

A1
  • other
  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

phone

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US / fəʊn /

UK / foʊn /

A2
  • noun
  • Machine used to talk to someone who is far away
  • verb
  • To talk to someone using a telephone

pant

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UK / pænt /

C1
  • noun
  • Short, loud breath, taken with the mouth open
  • verb
  • To breathe loudly and rapidly, with an open mouth

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

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  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

awkward

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US / ˈɔ:kwəd /

UK / ˈɔkwəd /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Lacking smooth movement
  • Causing embarrassment or trouble
  • Difficult to deal with

colleague

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US / 'kɒli:ɡ /

UK / ˈkɑlˌiɡ /

A2
  • noun
  • Person you work or cooperate with

bowl

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US / bəʊl /

UK / bol /

A2
  • noun
  • Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
  • Round container used for holding rice, soup etc.
  • Round Building to watch sports events, concerts
  • Low-lying land with higher ground around it
  • verb
  • To roll a ball in the sport of bowling
  • To throw a ball in a game such as cricket

big

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  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

little

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US / 'lɪtl /

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being short in length of time
  • Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
  • Being very young or younger than others
  • adverb
  • By an amount or degree that is not very much
  • Not often; rarely
  • noun
  • A person's name

turn

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US / tɜ:n /

UK / tɚn /

A1
  • noun
  • Place where changing of direction happens
  • Your time or chance to perform a duty
  • Your chance to play or do in say a game
  • Unexpected change, as in the weather
  • verb
  • To become (a particular age)
  • To become a different quality, color, etc.
  • To change the direction of something, e.g. a car
  • To move in an opposite direction or position
  • To shape metal with a spinning tool

actually

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US / ˈæktʃuəli /

UK / ˈæktʃuəli /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to add new (often different) information

doll

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US / dɒl /

UK / dɑl /

A2
  • noun
  • Toy looking like a person used for play

boyfriend

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US / ˈbɔɪfrend /

UK / ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd /

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  • noun
  • Man (boy) romantically involved with girl

himself

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US / hɪmˈself /

UK / hɪmˈsɛlf /

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  • pronoun
  • The same (male) person who did the action

new

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US / nju: /

UK / nu, nju /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not old, recently born, built or made
  • Being or doing something for the first time
  • Not felt, seen or known previously
  • Having been recently bought or obtained

here

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

A1
  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

publish

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US / 'pʌblɪʃ /

UK / ˈpʌblɪʃ /

A2
  • verb
  • To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
  • To release information to the general public

williams

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US / ˈwɪljəmz /

UK / ˈwɪljəmz /

A1
  • noun
  • A dessert pear of an early green variety.

sort

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US / sɔ:t /

UK / sɔrt /

A1
  • noun
  • Group or class of similar things or people
  • verb
  • To organize things by putting them into groups
  • To deal with things in an organized way

four

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US / fɔ:(r) /

UK / fɔr, for /

A1
  • number
  • 4

beat

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US / bi:t /

UK / bit /

A2
  • noun
  • Regular movement or rhythm (e.g. heart or music)
  • verb
  • To move in regular motions in order to push blood
  • To strike or hit repeatedly and with great force
  • To mix ingredients together with a fork or machine
  • To play a drum
  • To win against another person or team; defeat

ourselves

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US / ɑ:ˈselvz /

UK / aʊrˈsɛlvz, ɑr- /

A2
  • pronoun
  • (Showing speaker is affected by their own action)

quick

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Using very little time; moving far in little time
  • Learning and understanding rapidly and easily

walk

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  • noun
  • Journey on foot done for pleasure or exercise
  • verb
  • To move with your legs at a slowish pace

velvet

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UK / ˈvɛlvɪt /

B2
  • noun
  • Type of smooth cloth which is soft to the touch

director

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US / də'rektə(r) /

UK / dɪˈrɛktɚ, daɪ- /

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  • noun
  • Senior person who manages part of an organization
  • Person who controls the acting in a movie or play

try

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US / traɪ /

UK / traɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

bag

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US / bæɡ /

UK / bæɡ /

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  • noun
  • Soft container to put things in and carry with you
  • verb
  • To catch an animal while hunting
  • To put an item or items into a bag

avon

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US / ˈeivɔn /

UK / ˈevɑn, ˈevən, ˈævən /

A1
  • noun
  • A county in southwestern England

probably

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US / ˈprɒbəbli /

UK / ˈprɑbəbli /

A1
  • adverb
  • That is likely to happen or be true

taste

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US / teɪst /

UK / test /

A2
  • noun
  • (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
  • Flavor in your mouth from food or drink
  • A liking for something; preference
  • Brief experience of something
  • verb
  • To experience something
  • To experience the flavor of food, drink
  • To briefly experience to see if you like something

will

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US / wɪl /

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A1
  • noun
  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
  • To influence someone to do something
  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

surround

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US / səˈraʊnd /

UK / səˈraʊnd /

A2
  • other
  • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
  • verb
  • To be all the way around something
  • To be closely connected to and have an effect on
  • To move closer on all sides of something

niece

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US / ni:s /

UK / nis /

A2
  • noun
  • Daughter of your brother or sister

while

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US / waɪl /

UK / hwaɪl, waɪl /

A1
  • conjunction
  • In spite of the fact that; although
  • During the time that; at the same time
  • noun
  • Short amount of time

should

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US / ʃʊd /

UK / ʃʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable

truth

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US / tru:θ /

UK / truθ /

A2
  • noun
  • Real facts about something

day

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US / deɪ /

UK / de /

A1
  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

idiot

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US / 'ɪdɪət /

UK / ˈɪdiət /

B2
  • noun
  • A person who is foolish or not very smart

folk

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US / fəʊk /

UK / fok /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
  • noun
  • Ordinary common people

clock

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UK / klɑ:k /

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  • noun
  • A device that shows the time
  • verb
  • To measure the time something takes

guess

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US / ɡes /

UK / ɡɛs /

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  • noun
  • Answer given when you don't know if it is correct
  • verb
  • To give an answer without knowing if it is correct

bus

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UK / bʌs /

A1
  • noun
  • A large road vehicle used for carrying many people
  • verb
  • To move people by coach or bus

cab

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US / kæb /

UK / kæb /

A2
  • noun
  • A taxi

true

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US / tru: /

UK / tru: /

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  • adjecitve
  • Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual

undeniable

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US / ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbl /

UK / ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbəl /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Certainly true; impossible to prove false

everybody

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US / ˈevribɒdi /

UK / ˈɛvriˌbɑdi, -ˌbʌdi /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Every person; everyone

home

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US / həʊm /

UK / hom /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A sports team's own field or place of play
  • adverb
  • Into the correct or intended position
  • noun
  • House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
  • Institution for sick or elderly people
  • Place where a person or a family lives
  • Country where a person lives or was born
  • Region that is native to peoples, plant or animals
  • verb
  • To move towards a particular target location

load

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US / ləʊd /

UK / lod /

A2
  • noun
  • Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
  • A burden; heavy responsibility
  • Many or much of something; a lot of
  • Items that fill a truck, machine
  • verb
  • To put in items for use (e.g. bullets in a gun)

valentine

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US / ˈvæləntaɪn /

UK / ˈvælənˌtaɪn /

B2
  • noun
  • The person you date on Valentine's Day

anyway

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US / ˈeniweɪ /

UK / ˈɛniˌwe /

A1
  • adverb
  • A word used to change the topic of a conversation

those

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US / ðəʊz /

UK / ðoz /

A1
  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

hell

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US / hel /

UK / hɛl /

A2
  • noun
  • Any place of pain and suffering

few

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US / fju: /

UK / fju /

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

loiter

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US / ˈlɔɪtə(r) /

UK / ˈlɔɪtɚ /

C1
  • verb
  • To hang around a place in an aimless way

street

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US / stri:t /

UK / strit /

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  • noun
  • Road in a city with buildings and places to walk

never

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US / 'nevə(r) /

UK / ˈnɛvɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Not ever; not at any time

though

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US / ðəu /

UK / ðo /

A1
  • adverb
  • Although, despite the fact that

just

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US / dʒʌst /

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

much

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US / mʌtʃ /

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

hoffman

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US / /

UK / /

A1
  • other
  • Versatile United States film actor (born in )

shoot

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US / ʃu:t /

UK / ʃut /

A2
  • noun
  • Emerging new part of a plant
  • verb
  • To kick or throw a ball at a goal
  • To fire a gun; injure or kill someone with a gun
  • To (cause to) fly away forcefully
  • To use a camera to record a film/take a photograph

check

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US / tʃek /

UK / tʃɛk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Decorated with squares made up of lines
  • noun
  • Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
  • Printed piece of paper you sign to pay for things
  • A mark on a form, equivalent to 'yes'; tick
  • Mark used to show that something is correct
  • Procedure to prevent errors or control something
  • verb
  • To confirm the details of something are correct
  • To leave your things with staff who look after it
  • To examine something to see if something is wrong
  • To examine in order to prevent errors/a problem

hello

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US / hə'ləʊ /

UK / hɛˈlo, hə- /

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  • exclamation
  • What you say when you meet someone

split

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US / splɪt /

UK / splɪt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • No longer married or in a relationship
  • (Injured) by cutting it open, as in someone's lip
  • (Of a decision) when people cannot decide a winner
  • noun
  • Difference of opinion in a group causing a break
  • Separation or a break in something
  • verb
  • To become divided or broken along a straight line
  • To cause a cut in (lip, etc.)
  • To have difference of opinion in a group
  • To separate into two or more pieces
  • To divide something in an even or fair way

line

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US / laɪn /

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A1
  • noun
  • Border that divides two places or regions
  • Long crease in the skin, often from age
  • Mark that is long, straight and very thin
  • Row of words, letters or numbers that are written
  • Telephone connection
  • People waiting one behind the other; queue
  • Long thin wire, e.g. for electrical signal
  • verb
  • To put material along the inside of something

dress

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US / dres /

UK / drɛs /

A1
  • noun
  • Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
  • Clothing suitable for a time period or occasion
  • verb
  • To prepare food (e.g. salad) before cooking or eating
  • To decorate something for display e.g. a mannequin
  • To put clothes on
  • To clean, care for and apply a cover to a wound

question

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US / 'kwestʃən /

UK / ˈkwɛstʃən /

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  • noun
  • Issue or problems you are dealing with
  • What you ask about; issue
  • verb
  • To ask for or try to get information
  • To have or express concerns or uncertainty

fact

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US / fækt /

UK / fækt /

A1
  • noun
  • Something that is known or proved to be true

for

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US / fə(r) /

UK / fɔr,fə /

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

stuff

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US / stʌf /

UK / stʌf /

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  • noun
  • Generic description for things, materials, objects
  • verb
  • To push material inside something, with force

such

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UK / sʌtʃ /

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  • determiner
  • Being similar to
  • (Thing) as previously stated or referred to
  • adverb
  • (Used to emphasize the quality of an adjective)

liquor

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US / ˈlɪkə(r) /

UK / ˈlɪkɚ /

B2
  • noun
  • Strong alcoholic beverage

fan

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US / fæn /

UK / fæn /

A2
  • noun
  • Thing you wave in front of your face to stay cool
  • Someone who admires a famous person, sport etc.
  • verb
  • To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
  • To use a device to cool yourself, something

time

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US / taɪm /

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A1
  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

herself

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US / hɜ:ˈself /

UK / hɚˈsɛlf /

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  • pronoun
  • Female person that did the original action

special

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US / 'speʃl /

UK / ˈspɛʃəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being additional or extra
  • Different, better or greater than normal
  • noun
  • Heavily discounted sales item

well

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US / wel /

UK / wɛl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

lately

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US / ˈleɪtli /

UK / ˈletli /

B1
  • adverb
  • In the recent period of time; recently; just now

send

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US / send /

UK / sɛnd /

A1
  • verb
  • To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
  • To cause mail or packages to go to another place
  • To move something quickly in a particular way
  • To give information or greetings to someone

sweet

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US / swi:t /

UK / swit /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having a gentle, likable nature
  • Making one feel happy, pleased or content
  • Cute in appearance
  • Tasting like sugar; containing sugar
  • noun
  • Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar

window

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US / ˈwɪndəʊ /

UK / ˈwɪndoʊ /

A1
  • noun
  • Opening in a wall or door to let in light
  • Opening in a wall through which people do business

steam

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US / sti:m /

UK / stim /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • (Train, engine) powered by boiling water
  • noun
  • Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
  • Source of stamina, strength or energy
  • Mist of water in the air formed when water boils
  • verb
  • To cover a surface with steam, so as to clean it
  • To cook in mist of tiny drops from boiling water
  • To produce or give off a hot gas by boiling liquid
  • To travel or move using steam as a force

eight

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UK / et /

A1
  • number
  • 8

sorry

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US / ˈsɒri /

UK / ˈsɑ:ri /

A1
  • exclamation
  • What you say to admit you were wrong
  • adjecitve
  • Causing others to feel pity; poor
  • Feeling regret or sympathy about wrong thing

talk

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US / tɔ:k /

UK / tɔk /

A1
  • noun
  • Style of speaking
  • Discussion between two countries
  • Giving information in front of people; lecture
  • Saying things or ideas to someone with words
  • verb
  • To make a formal speech about something
  • To say things or ideas to someone with words

news

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US / nju:z /

UK / nu:z /

A1
  • noun
  • Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
  • Information about recent events

parson

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US / ˈpɑ:sn /

UK / ˈpɑ:rsn /

B2
  • noun
  • Christian priest or minister

colt

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US / kəʊlt /

UK / kolt /

B2
  • noun
  • Young male horse

right

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UK / raɪt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

A1
  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

A1
  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

impressed

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US / ɪmˈprest /

UK / ɪmˈprest /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Feeling an emotional impact
  • verb
  • To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
  • To press into a soft material to make a pattern

family

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US / 'fæməlɪ /

UK / ˈfæmli /

A1
  • noun
  • Close group of people or organizations
  • A group of people who are related through blood
  • Group of related plants or animals

hit

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US / hɪt /

UK / hɪt /

A1
  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • Time when a website is accessed
  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

must

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US / məst /

UK / mʌst /

A1
  • noun
  • Something that is necessary or required
  • other
  • (Used to state that something ought to be true)
  • Used to say something is required or necessary

tell

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US / tel /

UK / tɛl /

A1
  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

billy

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US / 'bɪlɪ /

UK / ˈbɪli /

A1
  • noun
  • Male goat

criticize

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US / ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz /

UK / ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz /

B1
  • verb
  • To assess the work of others
  • To say that someone or something is bad

great

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US / ɡreɪt /

UK / ɡret /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Very large in size
  • Very important
  • Very good; fantastic; wonderful
  • adverb
  • Very good; better than before
  • noun
  • Successful and well-admired person

she

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US / ʃɪ /

UK / ʃi /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Female person or animal mentioned before
  • (Refers to female person mentioned before)

junkie

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US / ˈdʒʌŋki /

UK / ˈdʒʌŋki /

B2
  • noun
  • Person that is addicted to taking drugs

nothing

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US / 'nʌθɪŋ /

UK / ˈnʌθɪŋ /

A1
  • noun
  • Item of little or no value, importance, interest
  • Number or value of zero
  • pronoun
  • Not anything, not a single thing

downtown

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US / ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn /

UK / ˈdaʊnˌtaʊn /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Located in the business part of a town

number

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US / ˈnʌmbə(r) /

UK / ˈnʌmbɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • Particular song or dance performed during a show
  • Total quantity or amount of things
  • verb
  • To put numbers on things
  • To assign a sequence within a group, series, set
  • To claim to be part of a larger group, series, set

sally

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US / 'sælɪ /

UK / ˈsæli /

A1
  • other
  • A venture off the beaten path

cute

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US / kju:t /

UK / kjut /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Attractive in a pretty or endearing way

fragrance

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US / ˈfreɪgrəns /

UK / ˈfreɪgrəns /

B2
  • noun
  • Sweet, enjoyable, often flowery or fruity smell

like

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US / laɪk /

UK / laɪk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

everywhere

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US / ˈevriweə(r) /

UK / ˈevriwer /

A1
  • adverb
  • Every place

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

A1
  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

dead

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US / ded /

UK / dɛd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not alive
  • Being bored or not interested
  • Unable to operate because electricity etc. ran out
  • Being unable to feel, physically or emotionally
  • adverb
  • Completely; absolutely

lovely

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US / ˈlʌvli /

UK / ˈlʌvli /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Attractive or beautiful

yeah

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US / jeə /

UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

A1
  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

boat

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US / bəʊt /

UK / bot /

A1
  • noun
  • Small form of transport for traveling on water
  • verb
  • To travel on a lake or river

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

what

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US / wɒt /

UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

fun

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US / fʌn /

UK / fʌn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Amusing and enjoyable
  • noun
  • Enjoyable or amusing quality or feeling

romance

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US / rəʊˈmæns /

UK / ˈroʊˈmæns /

B1
  • noun
  • Emotion or feeling of being in love with someone
  • Qualities that make something attractive etc.
  • Very exciting, emotional, relationship lovers
  • Exciting love story, often set in the past
  • verb
  • To court someone into a love relationship
  • To describe more attractively than the reality

presentation

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US / ˌpreznˈteɪʃn /

UK / ˌprɛzənˈteʃən, ˌprizən- /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of giving a formal talk about something
  • Talk to show or describe something on a screen
  • Way in which something is displayed or shown
  • Ceremony to give an award or prize to someone

maybe

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US / ˈmeɪbi /

UK / ˈmebi /

A1
  • adverb
  • Possibly but not certainly; perhaps

want

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US / wɔnt /

UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /

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  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

friend

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US / frend /

UK / frɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • Person who you like and enjoy being with

good

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US / ɡʊd /

UK / ɡʊd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

understand

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US / ˌʌndə'stænd /

UK / ˌʌndɚˈstænd /

A1
  • verb
  • To know the meaning of language, what someone says

plain

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US / pleɪn /

UK / plen /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Obvious; clearly so, true
  • Very simple, ordinary; not decorated; not striped
  • noun
  • Wide open area of flat, dry land

represent

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US / ˌreprɪ'zent /

UK / ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt /

A2
  • verb
  • To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
  • To show or describe something in a particular way
  • To act on behalf of others in government
  • To act or speak for another person or other people

exclusively

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US / ɪk'sklu:sɪvlɪ /

UK / ɪkˈsklusɪvlɪ /

B2
  • adverb
  • For the use of only one person or group

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

save

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US / seɪv /

UK / sev /

A1
  • noun
  • Preventing a player in a game from scoring a goal
  • preposition
  • Except; not including
  • verb
  • To make your computer keep a file
  • To keep for future use
  • To make something unnecessary; prevent
  • To keep money so that you will have it later
  • To keep something for future use, such as money
  • To keep or rescue someone or something from harm
  • To prevent a player in a game from scoring a goal
  • To avoid the unnecessary waste of energy, etc.

quite

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US / kwaɪt /

UK / kwaɪt /

A1
  • adverb
  • Not very; fairly
  • Very; In a complete or total manner

inordinate

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US / ɪnˈɔːdɪnət /

UK / ɪnˈɔːrdɪnət /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Too large, or exceeding limits

blue

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US / blu: /

UK / blu /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Color of the clear sky
  • Feeling sad or down

our

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

flower

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US / ˈflaʊə(r) /

UK / ˈflaʊɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Plant with a pretty head, e.g. a rose
  • verb
  • (Of flowers) to emerge into full shape; to bloom
  • To develop successfully or fully

become

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US / bɪ'kʌm /

UK / bɪˈkʌm /

A1
  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

same

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US / seɪm /

UK / sem /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in quality and amount
  • Identical; not different
  • Not changing; constant

dee

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US / di: /

UK / di: /

A1
  • proper noun
  • A river in northeastern Scotland that rises in the Grampian Mountains and flows east past Balmoral C
  • A river that rises in North Wales and flows into England, past Chester and on into the Irish Sea.

give

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US / ɡɪv /

UK / ɡɪv /

A1
  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,kæn /

A1
  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

A1
  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

schedule

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US / ˈʃedju:l /

UK / ˈskedʒu:l /

A2
  • noun
  • A list of events and their times
  • A plan to do something at a certain time
  • verb
  • To plan to do something at a certain time

dream

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US / dri:m /

UK / drim /

A1
  • noun
  • A wish or hope for something to happen
  • Imagination or image of something you want
  • Images, thoughts, feelings experienced when asleep
  • verb
  • To wish for something to happen
  • To experience thoughts, images while asleep

would

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US / wʊd /

UK / wʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

yet

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US / jet /

UK / jɛt /

A1
  • adverb
  • At a later time (used after ‘not’)
  • (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
  • Eventually; at a future time
  • Until now; up to the present
  • conjunction
  • Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

compare

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US / kəm'peə(r) /

UK / kəmˈpɛr /

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  • verb
  • To consider how similar and different things are

now

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US / naʊ /

UK / naʊ /

A1
  • adverb
  • At the present time or moment
  • Right away or in the next possible moment
  • Used to refer to something that just happened
  • Time between the present and a moment in the past
  • conjunction
  • Resulting from or because of something

really

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US / ˈri:əli /

UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

deliver

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US / dɪ'lɪvə(r) /

UK / dɪˈlɪvɚ /

A2
  • verb
  • To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
  • To save someone from a problem or crisis
  • To keep a promise; do what you say you would
  • To present something to a group, as a speech
  • To take something to a person or place

boss

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US / bɒs /

UK / bɔs, bɑs /

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  • noun
  • Person in charge of you at work
  • verb
  • To give orders to someone in an unpleasant way

alive

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US / ə'laɪv /

UK / əˈlaɪv /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Living; not dead

damn

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US / dæm /

UK / dæm /

B2
  • exclamation
  • A mild swear word used to express annoyance
  • verb
  • To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
  • To threaten with everlasting punishment

mind

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US / maɪnd /

UK / maɪnd /

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  • noun
  • One's opinion or way of thinking about something
  • Part of humans that allows us to think or feel
  • verb
  • To be bothered or upset by something
  • To take care of someone e.g. as a bodyguard

weasel

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US / ˈwi:zl /

UK / ˈwizəl /

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  • noun
  • Small, thin animal that eats meat
  • Person who lies and tricks other people

thrill

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US / θrɪl /

UK / θrɪl /

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  • noun
  • Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
  • verb
  • To feel sudden excitement or pleasure

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

cologne

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US / kəˈləʊn /

UK / kəˈloʊn /

C1
  • noun
  • Perfume or fragrance that you apply to your skin

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

A1
  • verb
  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

full

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US / fʊl /

UK / fʊl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Containing all the parts; complete
  • Containing or holding as much as possible
  • Having had enough food
  • adverb
  • In a direct manner; completely

chat

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US / tʃæt /

UK / tʃæt /

A2
  • noun
  • A friendly and relaxed talk with friends
  • verb
  • To talk in a friendly and relaxed manner

pocketbook

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US / ˈpɒkɪtbʊk /

UK / ˈpɑkɪtˌbʊk /

C2
  • noun
  • A purse, wallet or handbag

last

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US / lɑ:st /

UK / læst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Most recent; the latest
  • The one before
  • adverb
  • Final; with nothing following; after all others
  • Most recent; the latest
  • determiner
  • The one at the end
  • verb
  • To remain or continue for a certain period of time

part

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US / pɑ:t /

UK / pɑ:rt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • To some degree; half; not fully
  • noun
  • Division of a book
  • Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
  • A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
  • Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
  • Some, but not all of a specific thing
  • Role in causing something to happen
  • verb
  • To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
  • To move two things apart creating a space
  • To leave someone, or to break off a relationship

meg

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US / ˈbɒbi /

UK / ˈbɑ:bi /

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sicken

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US / ˈsɪkən /

UK / ˈsɪkən /

B2
  • verb
  • To shock, disgust or upset

clear

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US / klɪə(r) /

UK / klɪr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Empty; without anything in it or on it
  • Being certain and without doubt
  • Being without any streaks, spots, or cracks
  • Easy to understand; well-explained; obvious
  • adverb
  • Completely; entirely; through the whole of
  • Away from; free from
  • verb
  • To recover from or remove a problem
  • To get rid of the entire contents of
  • To give permission for something to happen
  • To make a place or surface empty by removing
  • To prove that someone is not guilty or to blame

moment

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US / 'məʊmənt /

UK / 'moʊmənt /

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  • noun
  • Very short or brief period of time
  • A particular period in time

enjoy

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US / ɪnˈdʒɔɪ /

UK / ɛnˈdʒɔɪ /

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  • verb
  • To take pleasure in something

tonight

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US / təˈnaɪt /

UK / təˈnaɪt /

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  • adverb
  • Night following this day
  • noun
  • This evening; the night of today

air

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US / eə(r) /

UK / er /

A1
  • noun
  • Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
  • A person's manner intended to impress others
  • verb
  • To expose to the outside, to dry or freshen
  • To broadcast a TV or radio show
  • To open a subject to discussion and debate

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

A1
  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

sad

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US / sæd /

UK / sæd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Unhappy; wishing something hadn't happened

before

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US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /

UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /

A1
  • adverb
  • At a time earlier than the present; previously
  • conjunction
  • In advance of something happening
  • preposition
  • In front of someone or something
  • Subtitles section
  • Hal!
  • Hal, are you in there?
  • Hal, turn on that external camera, will ya?
  • That's Hal Ernie Gurney, our director.
  • And this is looking out the fourteenth floor across Forty Ninth Street here in Midtown Manhattan.
  • Okay, let's take a look at the building.
  • There's Meg, our good friend Meg Parsante over there.
  • The hell does she work for?
  • Pocketbooks, a division of Simon & Schuster Publishing.
  • Okay, let's call her.
  • You know, we had our big, uh... What did we have?
  • We had our anniversary party.
  • You were at the anniversary party.
  • Yeah, for our ninth anniversary.
  • And I believe Meg was there.
  • Here, in fact, we have a picture of Meg at the party.
  • I'll save that.
  • All right, let's call Meg and chat with the lovely Meg Parson.
  • Where's that damn number?
  • Where the hell is that damn number?
  • Where's that damn number, anyway?
  • Where'd you kids put that damn number?
  • I'll come out there and beat the hell out of you kids if you give me that damn number.
  • This should be the lovely... Look at that hair, man.
  • Hey Meg, it's me, your friend Dave.
  • How's it going?
  • Okay.
  • Can we put you on the air?
  • Yes.
  • Okay, wave to America.
  • Hey, there you go.
  • Meg, Meg, Meg, how have you been?
  • I've been fine.
  • What's new with you?
  • That's such a general question.
  • Um things have been fine.
  • Don't criticize the questions.
  • All right, you just answer them Okay, and a let's see Super Bowl did we talk about the Super Bowl?
  • Yeah, what'd you think of that?
  • You enjoy that?
  • Have you had any time off lately?
  • How's your boyfriend Tony?
  • Everything good there.
  • Yeah, and your family family is wonderful.
  • I sent a doll to my
  • That's very sweet.
  • How old is your niece?
  • She's four.
  • Four years old.
  • What kind of a doll was it?
  • It was a little rag doll with a velvet, red velvet dress.
  • That's very cute.
  • I think they should probably be thrilled with that.
  • I hope so.
  • Now who are all those people loitering out there in the doorway?
  • I have no idea.
  • It looks like some sort of, it looks like one of those Dockers commercials.
  • Those idiots are walking around talking about being guys and how they enjoy their pants and that sort of thing.
  • Yeah, that's a pants commercial.
  • Meg, I understand you were at the big Christmas party.
  • I'm sorry, the anniversary party.
  • Oh, I was, yes.
  • Yeah, and how long were you there?
  • Um, for quite a while, actually.
  • You know, I didn't get to see you.
  • I'm sorry, what time did you arrive?
  • I guess I arrived at about eight something.
  • Yeah, that's when I arrived.
  • I got there about eight o'clock.
  • Yeah.
  • Yeah, and I didn't see you.
  • Did you make an effort to find me?
  • I did see you, actually.
  • You did see me?
  • Yes.
  • And did you come over and say hello?
  • Well, you were surrounded by colleagues.
  • Well, thank you very much, Meg.
  • It's not that I didn't want to.
  • Now, did you have a nice time at the party?
  • I had a very good time.
  • Weren't you impressed and at the same time troubled by what seemed to be an inordinate number of weasels at the party?
  • Can't say that I was.
  • Oh man, do you have weasels in publishing?
  • Yeah, I think there are weasels everywhere.
  • Well, that's the sad truth.
  • That's what the Bible tells us, Meg.
  • Well, you know, it's true.
  • Yeah, but that's what sickened me about that party.
  • It was the staff and the crew.
  • That's fine.
  • They're great.
  • And then plain loads of weasels.
  • You had a good time?
  • I had a very good time.
  • Yeah, were you drunk?
  • Um, maybe just a little.
  • What were you drinking, Meg?
  • Uh, actually I wasn't really drinking very much.
  • Yeah, okay.
  • Here, we have a picture of you at the party, and it's you and another woman, and I've been told that this is a friend of yours.
  • Who is the friend, do you know?
  • Uh, Sally Hoffman, probably.
  • Sally Hoffman?
  • What does Sally do?
  • She works in another part of Simon & Schuster.
  • Yeah, well it's clear to me from this photo that Sally is in the bag.
  • So then then I told my boss I said look if I can't have Thursday's off.
  • I'm not coming in I've got to have a new schedule
  • A lot of that all night.
  • Meg, I'm glad everything is good with you.
  • I'm glad you were able to come to the party.
  • I'm sorry I missed you.
  • And you know, you mentioned it.
  • You mentioned it that in a couple of days it is Valentine's Day.
  • That's true.
  • And if you don't mind, because you've been such a wonderful friend and neighbor to us over the last year, I would like to send you my very special Valentine.
  • And here tonight to deliver it to you is the man who most represents both romance and malt liquor, Mr. Billy D. Williams.
  • Oh, I don't know if I should have that in the awkward pose.
  • Okay Meg, I think you have to give the phone there to Billy for the presentation.
  • Oh, I will.
  • I'm going to put you on the phone for a moment.
  • Undeniable, this is my new fragrance.
  • Oh, some cologne.
  • This is a fragrance for women and a fragrance for men.
  • Exclusively from Avon.
  • Well, then you know it must be very, very good.
  • Hey, Billy, what else do you have for Meg over there?
  • Oh, she's fanning herself.
  • What else do you have for her?
  • What else do I have for her?
  • Well, I might have to close this blind.
  • In your dreams, you're closing that blind.
  • Don't make me come over there.
  • All right, but you have some flowers?
  • You have flowers for her?
  • I just gave her the flowers, and I just gave her a Colt .
  • Oh, the malt liquor.
  • OK, look, thanks, Billy.
  • You gonna be around over there for a while?
  • For a couple of minutes.
  • OK, all right, we'll check back with you in a couple of minutes ourselves.
  • We got other things to do.
  • Hey, will you folks knock it off?
  • I'm on the phone here!
  • Man alive!
  • What bus did you come in on?
  • All right, Meg, thank you very much.
  • Don't hang up.
  • We'll be with you, I guess, in a minute.
  • Oh, man.
  • See that?
  • Like boat in the blue, isn't it?
  • What are we doing here, Morty?
  • All right, we'll do a... Oh, damn, I just hung up on her.
  • Quick, get her back.
  • Can we get her back?
  • Quick, get her back.
  • Thank you very much.
  • Hal, take a shot of the window, Hal.
  • See what's going on over there.
  • Oh, look, they're becoming friends.
  • Isn't that nice?
  • Is Meg still on the line here?
  • Is this Meg right here?
  • Hello, Meg?
  • Hello?
  • Meg, it's me, Dave.
  • Can you talk?
  • Hi, Dave.
  • Yes.
  • How's everything going over there?
  • Everything's just really wonderful.
  • Are you enjoying some malt liquor?
  • Well, I haven't really had any yet, but, um... Try a little malt liquor.
  • Yeah, a lovely toast.
  • Very nice.
  • Uh... How does that stuff taste, Meg?
  • It's really okay.
  • You know, I never had this before.
  • Really okay compared to what?
  • What?
  • Nothing, nothing.
  • All right, you kids have fun.
  • All right, we have to go.
  • I don't know what's going on here tonight.
  • I think Billy is steamed.
  • He would like to go home.
  • He doesn't know how to graciously excuse himself and leave.
  • He said he had a few minutes to figure out.
  • He says, when the hell do I get out of here?
  • Is the phone dead?
  • You know, I hate to think of Meg full of that malt liquor though.
  • I hate to think of me full of that malt liquor coming to think of it.
  • Let's see, let's take a look and see if Billy Dee has split the gig yet.
  • Hal, turn him on.
  • This poor guy, he's thinking, yeah I'll drop by, I'll do eight minutes and then I'll be in a cab.
  • I'll be downtown having dinner by the time this show hits and there he is over there talking with Meg.
  • And our thanks to Meg and Billy D. Williams.
  • You know, I read nine newspapers a day.
  • Good God.
  • Oh, yeah, nine newspapers every day.
  • Oh, yeah, I'm a moratious reader.
  • I'm kind of a news junkie.
  • Yeah.
  • All right, that's the show for tonight.
  • Good night, everybody.
  • Yeah!