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English word

shift

B1Academic AWL-3Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ʃɪft/US /ʃɪft/
noun

a period of time worked by a group of workers who start work as another group finishes

verb

to move, or move something, from one position or place to another

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The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED video example

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But because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye, I went through a mental shift in my perception of literature.

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