Vocabulary
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Common words · 2,355 · 441–480
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together
to send in
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to transfer
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)
to run; to dash; to race
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
to drop in (at); to drop by; to call at; to stop by; to stop off; to stop in
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to face
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fix one's eyes (on)
to storm in with a yell
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to cool; to chill; to refrigerate
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to delude; to mislead; to deceive
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to impress (someone)
to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)
to employ; to hire; to take on