badger: to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times (Synonym) pester
(Phrase)
(1) badger someone to do something
(2) badger someone into doing something
(Example)
(1) It is difficult to change someone's opinion by badgering him.
We usually make the simple past by adding -ed to the end of the verb.
(Example)
(1) I walk --> I walked
(2) we wait --> we waited
(3) they jump ---> they jumped
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paradox: a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different
(Collocations)
(1) apparent/ great paradox
(2) explain/ resolve a paradox
(Example)
(1) It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.
We make the present progressive by using a form of the verb be in the present tense, followed by the main verb with nd -ing ending, for example, I am writing, you are waiting.
The present progressive tense is used in the following ways:
(1) To talk about something which is happening at the time you are speaking or writing. The words and phrases which are used in this tense:
