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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
shift
/ʃɪft/
verb1 of 2
to change in position or direction
- “But I have to take night shifts twice a week.”Tatoeba
- “The city's convention center was converted into a make-shift hospital.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
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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)