Vocabulary
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Common words · 2,355 · 1881–1920
to print
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to rust; to become rusty
to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to administer; to preside over
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to seem; to appear
to point at
to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to cease; to stop; to be over
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.)
to be conceited
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to shine
to be boiled; to be cooked
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to trade
to take in; to gather in
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed
to kick
to gather; to crowd round; to swarm; to flock
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone)
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea)
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to liken to; to compare to
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
to remove; to get rid of; to take away; to eliminate