parts of speech

Format as follow
A) noun
B) verb
(a) present tense: I/you/we/they (verb), he/she/it (verb)
(b) past tense: I/you/we/they/he/she/it (verb)
(c) perfect tense: I/you/we/they have/had (verb), he/she/it has/had (verb)
(d) continuous tense: I am/was (verb), You are/were (verb)
He/She/It is/was (verb), We are/were (verb), They are/were (verb)
(e) passive voice - be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) (verb)
C) adjective
D)adverb

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SPELL 有兩個意思

1)解:拼寫; 招致; 帶來; 意味

A)
spelling (singular), spellings (plural)

B)
(a) spell, spells
(b) spelt or spelled
(c) spelt or spelled
(d) spelling
(e) be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) spelt OR be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) spelled

*No adjective or adverb.

*e.g:
You spelt the word 'apple' incorrectly.
'Apple' is spelt A-P-P-L-E.

2)解: 咒語, 一段持續時間; 魔力,魅力

A)
spell (singular), spells (plural)

B)
唔可以直接用spell , 要用 to cast a spell

(a) cast a spell, casts a spell
(b) cast a spell
(c) cast a spell,
(d) casting a spell.
(e) be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) cast a spell

*No adjective or adverb.

*e.g:
Tom cast a spell on his enemy.

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MEAN 有三個意思

1) 解: 意指, 打算; 用意

A)
meaning (singular and plural)

B)
(a) mean, means
(b) meant
(c) meant
(d) meaning,
(e) be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) meant

C)
meaningful (有意圖的 / 有意義的)

D)
meaningfully (有意圖地)

*e.g:
What does the phrase mean?
You hurt the person meaningfully!


2) 解: 吝嗇的,小氣的

本身已是一個形容詞 (adjective)

A)
meanie (俚語) 係「一個好吝嗇的人」的意思。

C)
mean

*No verb or adverb.

*e.g:
Watch out for her, she's mean.


3) 解: 平均値; 中間的

A)
mean (singular), means (plural)

C)
mean

*No verb or adverb

*e.g
The mean temperature in Hong Kong during the summer months is 30 degrees celcius.
The mean for this set of data is 2.5.

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MAGIC

解: 魔法,戲法; 魔力

A)
magic (singular and plural)

B)
(a) magic, magics
(b) magicked
(c) magicked
(d) magicking
(e) be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) magicked

避免直接用magic , 最好用 perform magic

(a) perform magic, performs magic
(b) performed magic.
(c) performed magic.
(d) performing magic
(e) magic is/was performed by me/you/him/her/it/them/us.

C)
magic/magical

D)
magically

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RELEASE

解: 釋放,放鬆, 鬆開; 發行

A)
release (singular), releases (plural)

B)
(a) release, releases
(b) released
(c) released
(d) releasing
(e) passive voice - be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) released

C)
releasing

*No adverb

*e.g
I release the dog.
After my examination I had a feeling of release.

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TEASE

解: 戲弄, 取笑; 欺負;

A)
tease (singular), teases (plural) OR teasing (singular), teasing (plural)

B)
(a) tease, teases
(b) teased
(c) teased
(d) teasing
(e) be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) teased

C)
teasing

D)
teasingly

*e.g
The dog may bite you if you keep teasing him.
I was only teasing you, don't be serious.
He was talking to her teasingly.

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TRANSLATE

解: 翻譯,轉譯; 表達

A)
translation (singular), translations (plural)

B)
(a) translate, translates
(b) translated
(c) translated
(d) translating
(e) be (is/was/are/were; has/had been) translated

*No adjective or adverb

*e.g
The novel has been translated into many languages.
She is translating this document into English.


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