Be and Continue

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Be

Be verb - To have life.

Usage example: stories that begin with the familiar line “once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden”

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Continue is a synonym for be in remain topic. In some cases you can use "Continue" instead a verb "Be", when it comes to topics like state, stay, physical condition, last.

Continue

Continue verb - Continue in a place, position, or situation.

Usage example: She continued as deputy mayor for another year

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Be is a synonym for continue in state topic. You can use "Be" instead a verb "Continue", if it concerns topics such as stay, physical condition, remain.

Nearby Words: continued, continuing, continuation, continuity, continuance

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Common collocations

life	be life	continue life
work	be work	continue work
role	be role	continue role
idea	be idea	continue idea
Other words: job, race, relationship, turn, time, way, level, species, game, times.

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