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to warn people that something bad is happening in English:

1. raise raise


raise questiones
If you raise an eyebrow, it can mean "I want to have sex with you", but also "I find that what you just said is completely idiotic."
The first question we must raise is whether a cultural barrier existed between those groups.
To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.
In the first section of this review I raise the question of how brain processes cause our conscious experiences.
The aim of our first appeal this year is to raise at least Ł50,000 for the young research centre into neuroendocrine tumours.
Some psychologists raise doubts about Pepperberg's research.
A year of record earnings for investment banks has done little to raise hopes. Treating obesity would cost too much and would substantially raise health care premiums.
While long-term credit banks are authorized by law to issue bonds to raise fund, they are not allowed to take deposits the way ordinary banks are.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.
When the tip was a lone dime thrown into a glass, the waitress would raise the glass while hastily preparing the table for the next customer. She would then spill the water and that would be it.
Even the periodical pay raise could not keep abreast of higher living costs.
Today's agenda concerns the re-election of the student council. If anybody wishes to stand as a candidate, please raise your hand.
B2 to collect money from other people: They're raising money for charity. raise your voice ​ to speak loudly and angrily to someone

English word "to warn people that something bad is happening"(raise) occurs in sets:

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2. sound sound


Rugs absorb sound.
A person who makes an easy matter sound difficult does not seem to be so smart.
If you want to sound like a native speaker, you must be willing to practice saying the same sentence over and over in the same way that banjo players practice the same phrase over and over until they can play it correctly and at the desired tempo.
Although the man's ideas are sound, because he can't express them well, he doesn't have a ghost of a chance of getting them accepted.
Killing is forbidden; every murderer is punished, unless he has killed accompanied by many men and to the sound of trumpets.
As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
Please prepare a CD player so that you can quickly playback the sound you want to record.
You can make sounds by combining letters in Modern Greek. For example you can use μπ to make the sound "b", ντ to make the sound "d", γκ to make the sound "g" and τζ to make the sound "dj".
MPEC-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too.
The ticket clerk found baggage placed under a bench in the hall, and the ticking sound inside it made him worried.
This is not about my capabilities. Even if I never had heard the slightest sound of english, I still could kneel down and put my face on the ground to show my submission. But who can force me into that?
As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.
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