Vocabulary

Common words first. Switch to Full dictionary for the complete list. Tap a word for details.

Common words · 333 · 121–160

to guess; to sense; to presume; to judge

N1 Verb

to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to seize; to occupy; to usurp

N1 Verb

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to call back

N1 Verb

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

N1 Verb

to exchange glances; to look at each other

N1 Verb

to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet

N1 Verb

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

N1 Verb

to face on; to look out on to

N1 Verb

to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

N1 Verb

to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at

N1 Verb

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to die away

N1 Verb

to amuse oneself; to make merry

N1 Verb

to twine; to get tangled; to get entangled; to get caught (in)

N1 Verb

to spend; to expend; to consume

N1 Verb

to choose at one's own discretion

N1 Verb

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

N1 Verb

to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to

N1 Verb

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into

N1 Verb

to become stiff (of muscles)

N1 Verb

to wake up; to awake

N1 Verb

to cramp up; to tighten; to stiffen

N1 Verb

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)

N1 Verb

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

N1 Verb

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone

N1 Verb

to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand)

N1 Verb

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

N1 Verb

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

N1 Verb

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake)

N1 Verb

to omit; to leave out; to skip

N1 Verb

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one

N1 Verb

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer

N1 Verb

to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use

N1 Verb

to show off; to flaunt

N1 Verb

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

N1 Verb

to be distant

N1 Verb

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

N1 Verb

to fall in love (with); to love

N1 Verb

to accept; to receive (an application); to take up

N1 Verb

to aspire to; to aim for; to intend; to resolve

N1 Verb

to be dyed

N1 Verb