be
verb
used for forming the progressive tenses of verbs, that are used for showing actions that are in progress at a particular point in time
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do
verb
used in a question tag at the end of a sentence when you are asking someone to agree with you, or when you are asking for information
have
verb
used for forming the perfect tenses of verbs. The perfect tenses are used for talking about what happened or began before now or another point in time
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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