[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Alsopast perfect. a verb construction, in English made up of the past tense auxiliary verbhadfollowed by the past participle past participleof the main verb, used to express an action or state that was already complete before a particular point of reference in the past, such as Hehad cleanedthe place up before I arrivedand Yesterday she told me shehad beenin the hospital for a week."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["past perfect.Grammar.designating a verb construction used to express an action or state that was already complete before a particular point of reference in the past.", "more than perfect:He spoke the language with pluperfect precision."]}]