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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
sugar
/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/
noun1 of 2
white sweet substance used to make foods sweeter
- “He preferred his coffee black, without any cream or sugar.”Tatoeba
- “Please take the sugar pot down from the upper shelf.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
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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)