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Paul Giamatti Practiced His Speech in Case He Won an Oscar (2006)

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bore

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US / bɔ:(r) /

UK / bɔr, bor /

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  • verb
  • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
  • To accept or suffer the weight of difficulties
  • To show (sign of something)
  • To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge
  • To make a deep hole in the ground with a drill
  • To make someone not interested in something

everybody

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US / ˈevribɒdi /

UK / ˈɛvriˌbɑdi, -ˌbʌdi /

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  • pronoun
  • Every person; everyone

well

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US / wel /

UK / wɛl /

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  • 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

buddy

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US / 'bʌdɪ /

UK / ˈbʌdi /

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  • noun
  • Friend, usually male

earth

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US / ɜ:θ /

UK / ɚθ /

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  • noun
  • Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
  • The planet we live on
  • Soil in which we grow plants

laugh

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US / lɑ:f /

UK / læf, lɑf /

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  • noun
  • Happy noise you make when something is funny
  • verb
  • To make a happy sound when something is funny

sideway

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US / ˈsaɪdweɪ /

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  • other
  • From the side; obliquely

definitely

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US / ˈdefɪnətli /

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  • adverb
  • Without question; beyond doubt

job

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US / dʒɒb /

UK / dʒɑ:b /

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  • noun
  • Something that must be done
  • Regular work at which you earn money

sorry

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US / ˈsɒri /

UK / ˈsɑ:ri /

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

sound

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US / saʊnd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Sensible, dependable and reliable
  • Unbroken or undisturbed, as of sleep
  • Firm or solid in structure
  • Sane; not mentally ill
  • Clearly reasoned; involving sense, good judgment
  • noun
  • Unique quality that characterizes a style of music
  • Waves traveling in air or water that can be heard
  • verb
  • To seem or appear to be, from what was said
  • To say in a clear deliberate manner
  • To make a noise, e.g. to ring a bell

such

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US / 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)

hello

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US / hə'ləʊ /

UK / hɛˈlo, hə- /

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  • exclamation
  • What you say when you meet someone

for

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US / fə(r) /

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

time

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US / taɪm /

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  • 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

never

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  • adverb
  • Not ever; not at any time

just

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US / dʒʌst /

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  • 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)

talk

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US / tɔ:k /

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  • 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

memorize

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US / ˈmeməraɪz /

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  • verb
  • To study something so that you remember it

yes

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US / jes /

UK / jɛs /

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

all

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US / ɔ:l /

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

everyone

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US / ˈevriwʌn /

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  • pronoun
  • Every person; everybody

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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

room

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US / ru:m /

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  • noun
  • All of the people inside a particular room
  • Part of building enclosed by walls, e.g. kitchen
  • Opportunity to exist, happen, or be true
  • verb
  • To share a home with someone

they

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US / ðeɪ /

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

bit

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  • noun
  • Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
  • Small piece of something
  • verb
  • (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

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

nice

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US / naɪs /

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

thank

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  • verb
  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

space

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  • noun
  • Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • Empty area with nothing in it
  • Area in the sky where the stars are
  • Area between written words on a page
  • verb
  • To make a certain distance or time between

list

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  • noun
  • Lean of a boat to one side
  • Series of written names, words or numbers
  • verb
  • To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
  • To present for sale for a specific price
  • To write a series of names, words, or numbers

honestly

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US / ˈɒnɪstli /

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  • adverb
  • With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you

pretty

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  • adjecitve
  • Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • adverb
  • Very; to a great degree

gentleman

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US / 'dʒentlmən /

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  • noun
  • Man who has good manners and is considerate

not

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

preparation

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  • noun
  • Cream or substance applied onto the skin
  • Act of making ready for a purpose or activity

faint

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  • adjecitve
  • Lacking strength; weak; lacking clarity
  • Very small, as in a chance or hope
  • verb
  • To suddenly become unconscious and fall down

now

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  • 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

but

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US / bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

cut

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  • noun
  • Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
  • Small opening made using a sharp object, knife
  • A wound on someone's skin caused by a sharp object
  • verb
  • To reduce the size or amount of something
  • To use knife or scissors to divide, open surfaces

good

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US / ɡʊd /

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  • 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

nobody

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US / ˈnəʊbədi /

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  • pronoun
  • No person; no one; not any person

piss

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US / pɪs /

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  • verb
  • To be angry

somebody

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US / 'sʌmbədɪ /

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  • noun
  • Important well-respected person
  • pronoun
  • Person who is not known or named

award

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US / ə'wɔ:d /

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  • noun
  • Prize given to you because you did something well
  • verb
  • To give a prize for doing something well

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

would

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US / wʊd /

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  • 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

want

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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

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

also

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US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /

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  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

live

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US / lɪv /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

how

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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)

you

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US / jʊ /

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

big

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  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

little

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  • 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

let

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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

the

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US / ðə /

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  • 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

wow

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  • exclamation
  • Sound people make when they make are impressed
  • verb
  • (Informal) to greatly impress someone

favourite

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  • adjecitve
  • Best liked or most enjoyed
  • noun
  • A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most

able

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US / 'eɪbl /

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

bad

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  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled

asshole

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  • noun
  • Insulting term for stupid or irritating people
  • Anus, the hole your backside where feces comes out

into

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US / 'ɪntə /

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  • preposition
  • Moving or going inside something
  • In the same direction as; in the direction of
  • So as to become; taking the state of

other

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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

one

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US / wʌn /

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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

than

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US / ðən /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

deep

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US / di:p /

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  • adjecitve
  • Complex and important
  • Extreme or intense
  • Going far down from the surface
  • Low in pitch, as a sound
  • adverb
  • At a certain distance beneath the surface

man

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  • 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.)

inevitably

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  • adverb
  • (Happening) with complete certainty

prepare

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  • verb
  • To make something ready for use

real

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US / rɪəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • Being important or special

sometimes

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  • adverb
  • Only at certain times; occasionally

and

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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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  • noun
  • Man; boy; any person

lot

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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

come

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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

think

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

front

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  • adjecitve
  • Opposite of back; the forward part of an object
  • noun
  • Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • Area where fighting in a war is happening
  • Place where air of different temperatures meets
  • verb
  • To have the forward part facing something
  • To lead a group of people, usually a band

anything

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  • pronoun
  • A thing of any kind

out

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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

keep

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  • noun
  • Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • Money spent on you so you can live in a place
  • verb
  • To continue doing something; not to stop
  • To stop balls going in a goal in sports
  • To not give back or return something
  • (Of food) to not spoil or not rot
  • To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
  • To have and continue to hold something
  • To do something that you have promised or agreed
  • To stay in a certain place or condition
  • To maintain the rules

name

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  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
  • To state what someone is called, e.g. John

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

far

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US / fɑ:(r) /

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  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

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

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

lose

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  • verb
  • To be unable to keep in check or control something
  • To decrease in value or quantity (e.g. weight)
  • To stop having certain qualities or abilities
  • To stop having or being entitled to
  • To fail to win something that is being contested
  • To be unable to find something you once had
  • To be dependent on someone (used with 'not')

try

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US / traɪ /

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  • 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

consult

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  • verb
  • To ask the advice, opinion of a (paid) specialist
  • To discuss something to make a decision
  • To look at a book or map for information

feel

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  • verb
  • To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • To sense through direct contact; touch

shock

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  • noun
  • The passage of an electricity through the body
  • Sudden bad feeling caused by something unexpected
  • verb
  • To affect someone with an electrical current
  • To cause great surprise, horror, or anger

exactly

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  • adverb
  • No more and no less than; precisely

sort

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  • 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

should

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  • other
  • Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable

actually

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US / ˈæktʃuəli /

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

deserve

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  • verb
  • To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention

write

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  • verb
  • To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • To create a song or piece of music

guess

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US / ɡes /

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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

lady

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  • noun
  • Another way of saying 'woman'
  • Official title of a woman with high social rank

will

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  • 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

have

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A1
  • 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

part

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US / pɑ:t /

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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

honest

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US / ˈɒnɪst /

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  • adjecitve
  • Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy

mirror

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A2
  • noun
  • Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
  • An accurate impression or picture of something
  • verb
  • To reflect (an image)
  • To have similar qualities to something else

screw

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B1
  • noun
  • Long metal nail with a spiral thread
  • verb
  • To cheat someone, as out of money/property
  • To close something by turning it into place
  • To attach things together by twisting
  • To twist something out of shape, e.g. paper

with

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A1
  • 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

hear

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A1
  • verb
  • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • To be told or find out information or facts
  • To consider or listen to a court case

remember

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A1
  • verb
  • To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
  • To bring a previous image or idea to your mind

tearful

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UK / ˈtɪrfl /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Seeming as though you are about to cry

academy

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A2
  • noun
  • School that specializes in certain subjects

writer

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  • noun
  • Professional who writes books, articles etc.

cinderella

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UK / ˌsɪndəˈrɛlə /

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  • noun
  • A fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a
  • other
  • A woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition

could

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  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

know

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  • 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

terrify

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UK / ˈtɛrəˌfaɪ /

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  • verb
  • To scare or greatly frighten

practice

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  • noun
  • The office and place for legal or medical work
  • Doing something many times to become better at it
  • verb
  • To work as a doctor or lawyer
  • To live according to the teachings of a religion
  • To do something many times to improve a skill

then

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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

evening

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  • noun
  • Last part of the day and early part of night
  • A social event in the early part of the night
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

get

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  • 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

hard

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  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

win

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  • noun
  • Success in beating the other team or competitors
  • Success in a game or contest
  • verb
  • To get something as a prize because of a success
  • To gain something you want because of your efforts
  • To succeed in a game or contest

laundry

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B2
  • noun
  • Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
  • Clothes etc., that are to be washed, already washed

nominate

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UK / ˈnɑməˌnet /

B2
  • verb
  • To choose someone to fill a certain position

yeah

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UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

about

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  • 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)

even

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

oscar

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  • noun
  • Annual award given in the movie industry

like

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  • 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

people

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

second

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  • adjecitve
  • 2nd; the one following first
  • noun
  • Unit of time; one sixtieth of a minute
  • Short period of time that you wait for someone
  • (Do) soon

what

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  • 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

that

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  • 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’

absolutely

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UK / ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally; very

anyone

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UK / ˈɛniˌwʌn, -wən /

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  • pronoun
  • Any person

find

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  • noun
  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

great

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

mean

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  • adjecitve
  • Being good at
  • Nasty; unkind
  • Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
  • noun
  • Average of a set of numbers
  • verb
  • To express a particular idea or thought
  • To intend to do something in particular
  • To have a particular meaning or value

snub

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C1
  • noun
  • Ignoring someone in a rude way; put down
  • verb
  • To treat someone rudely by ignoring them

house

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  • noun
  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • verb
  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

right

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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

she

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

interesting

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UK / ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ, -tərɪstɪŋ, -təˌrɛstɪŋ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Taking your attention; making you want to know
  • verb
  • To make someone want to know about something
  • To persuade to do, become involved with something
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  • Now you were the odds on favorite to get the Oscar for Cinderella Man.
  • That's what everyone was saying.
  • Did you want that Oscar real bad?
  • Be honest.
  • No, no, it would have been nice.
  • The thing I was terrified about was if I had to actually go up and say something.
  • What would you have said?
  • I don't know.
  • No idea.
  • No preparation.
  • I tried to prepare something.
  • Did you practice?
  • A little bit.
  • Where did you do that?
  • In your house?
  • Yeah, in my living room.
  • Did you do it in front of your wife?
  • No, never.
  • No, she would have just... Laughed.
  • Oh my God.
  • I would have felt such an asshole doing that in front of my wife.
  • You found a private space.
  • I guess.
  • I would do it when nobody was around and sort of do it in the living room.
  • In the mirror?
  • No, no, because I would have thought I looked like an asshole.
  • So you got up and you went like, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this award.
  • I don't remember exactly what I was trying to think of, but I was trying to think of like, you can't just do the laundry list of people's names.
  • That's boring.
  • But then if you do the other thing, you're really, you inevitably look like an asshole.
  • Right.
  • So where were you going with this?
  • I don't know.
  • I don't really remember.
  • How far into it did you get into the fantasy?
  • I got pretty far.
  • I got pretty far.
  • I got pretty deep into it sometimes because there definitely were times you're like, wow, I could win this.
  • I could.
  • And then you're up.
  • I did.
  • I did think I could, so I better have something to say.
  • You absolutely could.
  • I thought I could, so I better not screw it up.
  • Now, did you feel, you know, because there was a lot of, when Sideways came out, there was also a lot of talk and then there was the big snub.
  • You didn't even get nominated.
  • The big snub.
  • You were shocked about that.
  • No, not really.
  • Come on.
  • I wasn't.
  • You did a good job.
  • What was hard was everybody being all like, oh, buddy, I'm sorry.
  • That was bad.
  • That was the worst.
  • But I didn't actually think I deserved one for that, honestly.
  • Really?
  • I think I'm better in private parts than I am in that one.
  • Let me hear your Academy Award speech.
  • I'm trying to think.
  • What do you say the second you get up?
  • Good evening?
  • Are you a good evening guy?
  • No.
  • That would have been good.
  • Did you consult with anyone?
  • Because you know a lot of writers.
  • My wife kept saying, get somebody to write it for you.
  • I was like, then I'll really sound like an asshole because I won't be able to memorize it or anything.
  • I should have been like, hello, peoples of Earth.
  • That would have been great.
  • I mean, it wasn't anything interesting.
  • Who would you thank?
  • Would my name have been in there?
  • Yes, I was going to thank you.
  • I was going to thank you.
  • No, no, no.
  • I was going to thank you.
  • Yes.
  • But I was like, who am I going to lose if I thank you?
  • So who do I cut?
  • And then thank you and they'll get pissed at me.
  • But I was gonna, I was.
  • Wow.
  • I would've.
  • Do you know that would've knocked me on my ass?
  • I would've been great.
  • That would've been the best thing.
  • You would have fainted.
  • I would have, yes.
  • And when I did it in front of the mirror, all tearful, your name came out.