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wasn

v.
A1 Beginner wasn

v. the short way to say 'was not'. You use it to say that something was not true in the past.

v. the contracted form of 'was not'. Used to express a negative state or action in the past tense.


SIMPLE

I wasn't at home when you called.

CONTEXTUAL

The weather wasn't as bad as we expected, so we decided to go for a walk anyway.

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