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

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die

N2 Verb

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

N1 Verb

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

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to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do

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to be related; to be connected; to be joined together

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to send in

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to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to transfer

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to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

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to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)

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to run; to dash; to race

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to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

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to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink)

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to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

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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)

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to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody

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to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway

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to drop in (at); to drop by; to call at; to stop by; to stop off; to stop in

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to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

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to face

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from

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to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

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to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

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to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fix one's eyes (on)

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to storm in with a yell

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to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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to begin a trip; to depart; to embark

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to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

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to cool; to chill; to refrigerate

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to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

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to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to delude; to mislead; to deceive

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to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

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to impress (someone)

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to copy; to duplicate; to reproduce; to trace; to transcribe

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to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides)

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to employ; to hire; to take on

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