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be

US /bi/

verb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày Giới từ & trạng từ (Part 5, 6)

Definition

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

You will be in the meeting room until the afternoon.

Word Family

NounNoun
be gốc being
VerbVerb
be gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Collocations

  • Easy be on time
    to exist or be in a specified condition regarding on time
  • Medium be responsible for project delivery
    to exist or be in a specified condition regarding responsible for project delivery
  • Hard be subject to regulatory scrutiny
    to exist or be in a specified condition regarding subject to regulatory scrutiny
  • Very Hard to be or not to be dilemmatic crossroads
    a collocation phrase: to be or not to be dilemmatic crossroads

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