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shoves

/ʃʌvz/

Meanings
noun
A rough push.

Examples :

"The bully gave the smaller boy a series of shoves to make him drop his lunch. "
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Illustration lamented

lamented verb

/ləˈmɛntɪd/ /ləˈmɛnəd/

To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

"The students lamented the cancellation of the school trip due to the bad weather. "

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especially adverb

/əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

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sometimes adjective

/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

Former; sometime.

"My sometimes neighbor, a retired teacher, still visits the school occasionally. "

Illustration movement

movement noun

/ˈmuːv.mənt/

Physical motion between points in space.

"I saw a movement in that grass on the hill."

Illustration arrested

arrested verb

/əˈɹɛstɪd/

To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

"The sudden loud noise arrested the child's movement, causing him to freeze in place. "

Illustration smaller

smaller adjective

/ˈsmɑlɚ/ /ˈsmɔːlə/ /ˈsmɔlɚ/

Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

"A small group."

Illustration starting

starting verb

/ˈstɑːtɪŋ/ /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/

To begin, commence, initiate.

"Starting tomorrow, I will wake up an hour earlier to exercise. "

Illustration threatened

threatened verb

/ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/

To make a threat against someone; to use threats.

"He threatened me with a knife."

Illustration everything

everything pronoun

/ˈɛvɹiθɪŋ/

All the things under discussion.

"I checked the list again and everything is done."

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ellipsis noun

/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/

A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, or more recently a single character “…” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.

"Instead of writing out the entire recipe, the cookbook used an ellipsis "..." to show that some steps were skipped for brevity. "

Illustration counterfeit

counterfeit noun

/ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/

A non-genuine article; a fake.

"The store owner discovered a counterfeit bill in the customer's payment. "

Illustration dangerous

dangerous adjective

/ˈdeɪnd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəs/ /ˈdeɪnd͡ʒəɹəs/

Full of danger.

"Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous."