English English Dictionary

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to get bigger in English:

1. swell swell


If your knee continues to swell, try putting ice on it.
my heart swelled
The toothache made his face swell up.
In addition to a thick fog, there was a heavy swell.
This band is swell.
Mark swells up like a ballon when he has got a temperature.
The staff is expected to swell to 350 by next summer.
The sea may swell.
to look swell
swell to a murmur
The swell is too big, we cannot go swimming.

2. to expand to expand


to expand the horizont
We are planning to expand our business.

English word "to get bigger"(to expand) occurs in sets:

Lesson 9A: 28.05.2018