Vocabulary

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to be transferred

to prosper; to flourish; to thrive

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

to concern; to be related

to teach; to instruct

to approach; to draw near

to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)

to mix; to stir; to blend

to finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for

to manage; to control; to supervise; to oversee; to command

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

to grant; to give; to confer; to award

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

to arrange; to agree (on); to prearrange

to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat

to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to bundle up; to dress warmly

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

to take off; to jump; to leap

to thrust down; to push off

to burn out

to be sticky; to be adhesive

to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase

to float; to rise to the surface

to come back; to return