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gradually disappear in English:

1. wear off wear off


The anaesthetic is starting to wear off
the painkillers wear off after one hour
She was told that the eye drops would cause blurred vision, but the effect would soon wear off.
The effects of the drug will soon wear off. The smell of the perfume wears off after only an hour. The novelty of married life was beginning to wear off.
Your nervousness will wear off when the exams are over.
I hope the drugs don't wear off in the middle of birth.
It took hours for the effects of the anaesthetic to wear off.
The pain should wear off in two or three hours.
The numbness in his shoulder was starting to wear off. I got bored with the job once the novelty wore off.
the feeling of sadness will wear off, I promise.

English word "gradually disappear"(wear off) occurs in sets:

PET for Schools - phrasals
Sprawdzian 26.01

2. fade


Her beauty will fade in time.
The color won't fade.
Over time, memories can fade or disappear.
The picture began to fade suddenly.
Flowers soon fade when they have been cut.
Some people are easy to remember, but others sort of fade into the background.
Marie’s smile slowly faded.
The advantages of writing in ink instatead of in pencil are that ink does not fade as pencil does.
With time, memories of that painful summer would fade away. The music began to fade. The walls had been faded by the sun.
My favourite black dress has faded.
If you ​hang ​your ​clothes out in the ​bright ​sun, they will fade.
The person becoming reliant on computers; because they are not exercising their own talents, those talents begin to fade.
It gradually becomes thinner and fades into space.
He stood over her, watching the life fade from her eyes.
Today, however, many of them hope the issue will quickly fade

English word "gradually disappear"(fade) occurs in sets:

L9 'Do we need each other?'

3. fade out



English word "gradually disappear"(fade out) occurs in sets:

Phrasal verbs part 11-15