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English word

try

B2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /traɪ/US /traɪ/
noun

an act of trying to do something

verb

to make an attempt or effort to do or get something

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Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022) video example

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And help us try to picture what it would take to build a future that's worth getting excited about.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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I'll try to make this as interesting as possible.

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Someone read stories to you and taught you to dream and offered up some moral code of right and wrong for you to try and live by.

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