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pea ~ pee
[the same pronunciation, with a long ‘e’ sound, as in ‘bee’]
“Pea” (noun) is ‘a kind of green seed with a long covering called ‘pod’ grown on different kinds climbing plants or bushes and eaten as a vegetable’,
green pea(s)
e.g.
They were given a simple meal of bread and boiled peas.
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“Pee”, as a verb, means ‘to piss; to pass urine (the waste liquid matter from the body – not the ‘sweat’)’; and as a noun, it mans ‘the waste liquid substance form the body and the act of passing urine’,
this little one is peeing
e.g.
The little boy was so frightened of that big dog that he peed in his shorts.
People usually go for a pee more often in winter than in summer.
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