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  • 21been vs gone —   been is the past participle of be   gone is the past participle of go   Been can be used to describe completed journeys. So if you have been to England twice, you have travelled there and back twice.   For example: I ve been to Africa, but I ve …

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  • 22been vs gone —   been is the past participle of be   gone is the past participle of go   Been can be used to describe completed journeys. So if you have been to England twice, you have travelled there and back twice.   For example: I ve been to Africa, but I ve …

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  • 23have yet to do something — phrase used for saying that something has not happened or been done up to the present time, especially when you think it should have happened or been done The Scottish Office has yet to make a formal announcement. The film, starring Robert… …

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  • 24have a chip on your shoulder — phrase to be likely to become angry or offended very easily, especially about something that other people think should not upset you Bert had always had a chip on his shoulder because of his accent. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who… …

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  • 25have — have1 W1S1 [v, əv, həv strong hæv] auxiliary v past tense and past participle had [d, əd, həd strong hæd] third person singular has [z, əz, həz strong hæz] [: Old English; Origin: habban] 1.) used with past participles to form ↑perfect tenses ▪… …

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  • 26have — 1 strong, auxiliary verb past tense had, strong, third person singularpresent tense has; strong, negative short forms: haven t, hadn t, hasn t 1 used with the past participle of another verb to make the perfect tense of that verb: We have… …

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  • 27have */*/*/ — strong UK [hæv] / US weak UK [əv] / US UK [həv] / US verb Word forms have : present tense I/you/we/they have he/she/it has strong UK [hæz] / US weak UK [əz] / US UK [həz] / US present participle having past tense had strong UK [hæd] / US weak UK… …

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  • 28Have I Got News for You — Infobox television show name = Have I Got News for You caption = The titlescreen format = Comedy panel game picture format = 4:3 (1990 – 1998) 16:9 (1998 – present) runtime = 30 minutes (standard) 40 minutes (extended) location = The London… …

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  • 29have — /hav/; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/; for 26 usually /haf/, v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have, 2nd have or (Archaic) hast, 3rd has or (Archaic) hath, pres. pl …

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  • 30have */*/*/ — weak [əv] , weak [həv] , strong [hæv] (3rd person singular has weak [əz] ; [həz] ; strong [hæz] ; past tense and past participle had weak [əd] ; [həd] ; strong [hæd] ) verb 1) used for forming perfect tenses [auxiliary verb] used for forming the… …

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