{"id":10975,"date":"2024-07-26T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:30:26","slug":"lebron-olympics-dream-redeem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/lebron-olympics-dream-redeem\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 olympian lebron james weighs in on dream team vs. redeem team &#038; it&#8217;s a brilliant tutorial on past modals &#x1f92f;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"memorable #english #vocabulary &amp; examples of past modals courtesy of 4-time olympian lebron james\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BghUr2XWvLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>basketball hero <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/lebron-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>lebron james<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is participating in his fourth olympic games. as the <strong>youtube short<\/strong> above indicates,\u00a0 his first participation was in athens in 2004.\u00a0 the team <em><strong>came in<\/strong><\/em> (finished the tournament) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">th<\/span>ird&#8211;good for a bronze medal\u00a0 but a major <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/disappointment-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>disappointment<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(sadness, discontent). this failure, however,\u00a0 was <strong><em>followed up<\/em><\/strong> (the next action was) at the 2008 olympics in beijing with a gold medal.\u00a0 the 2008 team is known as <strong>the redeem team<\/strong> because their objective was to <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/redemption-song-bob-marley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><em><strong>redeem<\/strong><\/em><\/a> ( <em>rescue,<\/em><em>recover, restore) <\/em>the reputation of <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>usa men&#8217;s basketball<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10986\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"redeem-team-photo-vocabulario-en-ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2008-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2008.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>the 2008 men&#8217;s olympic baseketball team&#8211;the redeem team (usab.com)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>as <strong><em>one of the biggest stars<\/em><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/superlatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">superlative<\/a>) on <strong>the redeem team<\/strong> (along with <strong>kobe bryant<\/strong>) lebron has been asked if he thinks they <em>could&#8217;ve beaten<\/em> the 1992 u.s. national men&#8217;s basketball team <em>also known as<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/aka-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>aka<\/strong><\/em><\/a>) the\u00a0 <strong>dream team<\/strong>.\u00a0 fans consider the dream team to be the greatest\u00a0 basketball team <strong><em>ever<\/em><\/strong> (in history) assembled. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/lakers\/news\/lebron-james-compares-the-1992-dream-team-to-the-2008-redeem-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">this article<\/a> by <strong>melissa rohlin<\/strong> on <strong>si.com<\/strong>, shares lebron&#8217;s reflections on the hypothetical\u00a0 clash.\u00a0 not surprisingly, they contain a LOT of examples of <strong>past modals<\/strong> starting with the headline&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1>LeBron James <em>Weighs In<\/em> On Which Team <em>Would&#8217;ve Won<\/em>: The Dream Team Vs. The <em>Redeem<\/em> Team<\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>weigh<\/em><i> in<\/i><\/strong> means <em>give an opinion<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dream-team-photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14989\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dream-team-photo-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dream-team-photo-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dream-team-photo.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>the 1992 men&#8217;s olympic baseketball team&#8211;the dream team (usab.com)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>would&#8217;ve won<\/em><\/strong> is the first example of a past modal. it&#8217;s not surprising to find so many past modals in the article because it&#8217;s the structure used to talk about hypothetical examples in the past. it&#8217;s formed by combining a <strong>modal auxiliary verb<\/strong> (would, could, should, must, might, may, or better), <strong>have<\/strong> and a verb&#8217;s <strong>past participle<\/strong>. <em>would&#8217;ve<\/em> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/contractions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong>contraction<\/strong><\/a> of <em>would have<\/em>. the first paragraph of the article describes it like this<\/p>\n<h4>lebron james discussed how <em>the two greatest<\/em> men&#8217;s national basketball teams, the 1992 dream team and the 2008 <em>redeem<\/em> team, <em>would&#8217;ve fared<\/em> against each other in an interview with uninterrupted.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>the two greatest<\/em><\/strong> is another <strong>superlative<\/strong>. <strong><em>would&#8217;ve<\/em><em> fared<\/em><\/strong> is a past modal. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/fare-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>fare<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>perform<\/em>, <em>do<\/em>. <strong>uninterrupted<\/strong> is a digital media company owned by lebron.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11085\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"kobe-and-lebron-wearing-gold-medals-in-front-ol-the-american-flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-1536x1072.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-2048x1430.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>kobe bryant &amp; lebron showing off the gold medals they won with redeem team<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>james shared his <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/humble-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><em><strong>humble<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>(modest) perspective on who would win a game between the two teams&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>it <em>would&#8217;ve been<\/em> great, that&#8217;s for <em>damn<\/em> sure. i don&#8217;t know who <em>would&#8217;ve won<\/em>. i&#8217;m going to <em>pick<\/em> us, obviously, because i&#8217;m on that team. but when <em>u got<\/em> so many good players, man, u never know. <em>whoever got<\/em> the ball last could win the game.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>would&#8217;ve been<\/em> <em>great<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>would&#8217;ve won<\/em><\/strong> are past modals. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pick-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>pick<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is used to show lebron <em>believes his team would&#8217;ve won<\/em>. <strong><em>u got<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>whoever go<\/em><\/strong>t are both <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/reductions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong>reductions<\/strong> <\/a>of the <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/have-got-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong>have got structure<\/strong><\/a>. when used this way, <em>got<\/em> is the same as have\/has. <strong><em>whoever<\/em><\/strong> means <em>the team that<\/em>. <em><strong>for damn sure<\/strong><\/em> is the same as <em>for sure<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/damn-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>damn<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is for emphasis. <em><strong>damn sure<\/strong><\/em> is widely used in song lyrics, like the second verse of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/present-perfect-in-songs-u-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">rolling stones<\/a><\/strong> classic <strong><em>sympathy for the devil<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>i was &#8217;round when jesus christ<br \/>\nhad his moment of doubt and pain<br \/>\nmade <em>damn sure<\/em> that pilate<br \/>\nwashed his hands and <em>sealed his <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/fate-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">fate<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>sealed his fate<\/em><\/strong> means <em>determined what happened<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgnClrx8N2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the media would likely <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/hype-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>hype<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>(promote) a game between the dream team and the redeem team as jordan vs lebron, but there was another scoring legend on the 2008 team too.<\/p>\n<h4><em>despite<\/em> the <em>depth<\/em> of talent on both teams, james joked that two players <em>would&#8217;ve dominated<\/em> all of the action&#8211;&#8220;mj and kobe are <em>gonna<\/em> have their own little game. it <em>ain&#8217;t gonna<\/em> be five-on-five. it&#8217;s <em>gonna<\/em> be one-on-one, four-on-four.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/despite-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>despite<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/regardless-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">regardless of<\/a>. <strong><em>depth<\/em><\/strong> is the noun equivalent of the adjective <em>deep<\/em>. <strong><em>would&#8217;ve dominated<\/em><\/strong> is another past modal. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/gonna-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><em><strong>gonna<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a reduction of <em>going too<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/aint-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>ain&#8217;t<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is an informal english replacement for <em>isn&#8217;t<\/em>. it&#8217;s used in the title of this classic rap by <strong>cypress hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/go-out-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><em><strong>go out<\/strong><\/em><\/a> in this context means <em>lose<\/em> or <em>die<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cypress Hill - I Ain&#039;t Goin&#039; Out Like That (Official HD Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q7p-ihYOG5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>lebron recognized the physical power of the dream team&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>one thing about the &#8217;92 team, they had a lot of <em>grown-ass strong men<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/ass-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>grown-ass man<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a fashionable phrase these days. it means <em>adult<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/ass-suffix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>ass<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a suffix\u00a0here and is used for emphasis. lebron is conceding that the dream team, with players like <strong>patrick ewing<\/strong>, <strong>karl malone<\/strong>, <strong>david robinson <\/strong>and <strong>charles barkley<\/strong> was bigger and stronger than the 2008 team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10990\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/images-61.jpeg\" alt=\"kevin-hart-meme-text-don't-tell-me-how-to-live-my-life-i'm-a-grown-ass-man-vocabulario-en-ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/images-61.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/images-61-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>but in defense of his team, james <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/brag-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\">brags<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>one thing about the &#8217;08 team, we&#8217;ve got a lot of <em>wiggle<\/em> to our game, u know what i&#8217;m saying, <em>we got<\/em> a lot of <em>wiggle<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/wiggle-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>wiggle<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is not necessarily a typical\u00a0 word to use to describe a basketball player, but it gives the idea that lebron and teammates like <strong>kobe<\/strong>, <strong>dwyane wade<\/strong> and <strong>chris paul<\/strong> had the athleticism and agility to counter the dream team&#8217;s strength. \u00a0maybe something like the moves <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/fruit-salad-yummy-yummy-cool-english-vocabulary-from-the-wiggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong>the wiggles<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are talking about in this video, but more directly related to basketball.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>get ready<\/em><\/strong> means <em>prepare<\/em>. it&#8217;s a great example of how <strong>get+adjective<\/strong> is used to indicate a change (<em>not ready<\/em> to<em> ready<\/em> in this case).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yjMfhNtAaM?si=C7FI3v3moIX5DvrY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>wiggle<\/em> is more commonly used to describe movements that inspire sexual attraction as in the title to this popular <strong>jason derulo<\/strong> track&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jason Derulo - Wiggle feat. Snoop Dogg [Official Music Video]\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hiP14ED28CA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>lebron affirmed the intensity of the redeem team&#8217;s practices<\/p>\n<h4>we&#8217;re literally <em>beating each other up<\/em> to the point where coach [mike krzyzewski] and the coaching staff were <em>like<\/em>, &#8216;okay, <em>bring it in<\/em> because <em>we&#8217;ve still got<\/em> a gold medal to win.&#8217;<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/beat-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>beat up<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means the redeem team practices were <em>exceptionally physical<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/like-to-introduce-dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored noreferrer\"><strong><em>like<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is used here to <em>introduce the dialogue<\/em> of the redeem team coaches in lebron&#8217;s anecdote. coaches yell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/bring-it-in-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>bring it in<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to gather their players together to talk to them, frequently at the end of practice. in lebron&#8217;s explanation, the idea is that the coaches had to end practice to stop the players from <em>beating up<\/em> on each other. at the beginning of this launch trailer for <strong>madden 20<\/strong>, the mvp of <strong>super bowls liv, lvii and lviii<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>patrick mahomes<\/strong> shouts <em>bring it in<\/em> three times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Madden NFL 20 | Launch Trailer \u2013 Bring It In | PS4\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sv81oa7kmEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and the article concludes with this observation<\/p>\n<h4>james <em>acknowledged<\/em> that he didn&#8217;t know which team <em>would&#8217;ve won<\/em>, but he said one thing is <em>undeniable<\/em>&#8211;&#8220;it definitely <em>would&#8217;ve been<\/em> a <em>hell of a<\/em> game.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p class=\"skpzhulc sk3x58id skh9fqbk\"><em><strong>would&#8217;ve won<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em>would&#8217;ve been<\/em><\/strong> are past modals. <strong><em>acknowledge<\/em><\/strong> means <em>recognize<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/hell-of-a-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>hell of a<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, sometimes written <strong><em>helluva<\/em><\/strong>, is used for emphasis. it&#8217;s used in the title of this old school <strong>travis scott<\/strong> track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travis Scott - Hell Of A Night\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8XdlQmYpVzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> youtube short<\/strong><\/span> at the top of the post contains graphics that define the following words, phrases and\/or concepts: <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/irrefutable-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>irrefutably<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/unremarkable-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>remarkable<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/as-well-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>as well<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <strong>th sound<\/strong> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">th<\/span>ird vs turd), <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/indeed-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>indeed<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and <strong><em>redemption<\/em><\/strong>. these words, phrases and concepts appear in the short AND above in this post: <em>aka<\/em>, superlatives, <em>ever<\/em> and of course <em>redeem<\/em> and past modals.<\/p>\n<p>BONUS!\u00a0 there is a second youtube short with more past modal examples inspired by lbj the basketball player, his movie<em><strong> space jam: a new legacy<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>f1<\/strong> champion <strong>max verstappen<\/strong> and another american who had the <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/nickname-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>nickname<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (affectionate or shortened name) lbj, 36th president of the united states <strong>lyndon baines johnson<\/strong>. additionally this short contains examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/charm-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>charm<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/shall-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>shall<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 and<strong><em> pull a<\/em><\/strong> and examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/suck-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>suck<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/involve-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>involve<\/em><\/strong><\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/fuck-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>fuck<\/em><\/strong><\/a> that are not marked by a graphic<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MORE memorable #english #vocabulary &amp; past modal examples courtesy of 4-time olympian lebron james\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ou8SgCES57k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>what is your opinion on the hypothetical <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/matchup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matchup<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>of dream team vs redeem team? is the 2024 u.s. men&#8217;s basketball team better than both? share your opinions under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.217.65\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>basketball hero lebron james is participating in his fourth olympic games. as the youtube short above indicates,\u00a0 his first participation was in athens in 2004.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[19,75,4,3,237],"tags":[1382,2650,3907,4421,4031,504,4376,1156,3792,3073,4372,4374,1173,3004,8,9,11,10,2485,1949,4425,521,3790,4375,4344,2826,5705,1623,4428,4429,712,379,4368,873,64,2775,4919,1292,5706,1644,24,2363,4371,714,455,784,5702,4427,1024,5704,2294,5302,1629,4369,5701,42,1679,3488,4367,4373,1993],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/d501feb3380dcbc93667804e0e9795ca-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10975"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15101,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10975\/revisions\/15101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}