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Run is the base verb form for the noun runner.

Speak is the base verb form for the noun speech.

Spelling is the noun form representing the act or skill of forming words with letters, corresponding to the verb spell.

Love is both a noun and a verb. In this context, it serves as the base verb form.

The English alphabet consists of 26 letters, which are categorized into 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 21 consonants.

Though we use both 'under' and 'below' to refer to a place/thing lower than the other, but 'below' is used for greater distances and 'under' for smaller gaps.

To perform beyond one's expectations means on or to the far side of something; farther than expectations. Further is not the correct usage.

Phrasal usage. 'To crawl along' means to move across something on hands and knees.

Case of idiomatic usage. 'To come across someone or something' means to find someone or something. 'Come around' means to revive; recover.

The clue here is 'and he arrived' which shows that 'I was just going to call him when he arrived'. Preposition 'about' is the best usage in this case.

For specific point of time we use preposition 'since', while 'for' is used for period of time'.

Idiomatic usage. 'Fan out' means to spread over a wide area .

To refer to a specific point of time of the past we use preposition 'since', while 'for' is used to refer to a period of time.

'To be through something' means to reach the end/destination or to achieve success.

The sentence implies that all the efforts were fruitless. Preposition 'but' is the correct usage here.