Vocabulary

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Common words · 2,355 · 1881–1920

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to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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to rust; to become rusty

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew

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to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

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to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to administer; to preside over

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to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

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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

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to seem; to appear

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to point at

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to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend

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to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit

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to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

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to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.)

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to be conceited

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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to shine

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to be boiled; to be cooked

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to surround; to encircle; to enclose

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to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

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to exchange; to swap; to barter; to trade

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to take in; to gather in

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to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)

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to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

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to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

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to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed

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to kick

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to gather; to crowd round; to swarm; to flock

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to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone)

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

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to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink

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to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled

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to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea)

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to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

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to liken to; to compare to

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to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

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to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)

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to remove; to get rid of; to take away; to eliminate

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