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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
beat
/biːt/
verb1 of 2
to win against another person or team; defeat
- “The sound of her heart beating was calming to him.”Tatoeba
- “As long as we live, our heart never stops beating.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A stroke; a blow.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)