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If you ... an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. start learning
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The announcement appeared designed to assuage concerns at home and abroad
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If people or animals ..., they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident. start learning
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Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn. / ... the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished
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If a court, report, or person in authority ... someone, they officially say or show that that person is not responsible for something wrong or unpleasant that has happened. start learning
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An investigation exonerated the school from any blame.
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If you ... to an idea or way of behaving, you continue to believe in its value or importance, even though it may no longer be valid or useful. start learning
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They're clinging to the past
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To ... something, or to ... that something happens, means to make certain that it happens. start learning
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Ensure that it is written into your contract
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If someone's feelings or beliefs are..., their feelings or beliefs are made to seem wrong or foolish, especially when this makes the person feel disappointed or upset. start learning
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His enthusiasm for fishing had been punctured by the sight of what he might catch
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If someone ... something, they get it in a clever way, perhaps by deceiving people. start learning
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Police are hoping the images will help snare the gang.
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If you ... to do something or ... for something, you make a great effort to do it or get it. start learning
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The region must now strive for economic development as well as peac
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If you ... someone, you gain power over them, especially by using dishonest or deceitful methods. start learning
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We find ourselves ensnared in employment acts which do not help resolve industrial disputes
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If you ... someone who is angry or upset, you make them feel calmer start learning
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It did not take long for the central bank to ... investors' fears
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If you ... that something is true, you discover facts that show that it is definitely true start learning
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An autopsy was being done to establish the cause of death
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If someone will not ... on a matter, or if nothing ... them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement. start learning
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The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point
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If you ... something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct. start learning
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Mr. Chapman conceded the need for Nomura's U.S. unit to improve its trading skills
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To ... something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful. start learning
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... ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion
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release from a restraining or inhibiting force start learning
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his imagination is unfettered by the laws of logic
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If you ... something such as paper or cloth, or if it ..., it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. start learning
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She crumpled the paper in her hand./ The front and rear of the car will crumple during a collision.
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If you ... an idea, fact, or theory, you consider that it is not true, not important, or not relevant. start learning
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However, traders tended to discount the rumor.
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If you ... a situation or problem, you understand it and know what it involves start learning
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He appreciates that co-operation with the media is part of his professional duties
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If someone or something... (away), they become very weak. start learning
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When he went into retirement, he visibly withered.
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To ... someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them. start learning
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The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, and every other type of document
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You can use... when saying what is written on something or in something. For example, if a notice... ' Entrance', the word 'Entrance' is written on it. start learning
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The sign on the bus read 'Private: Not In Service
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If something is... in a particular way, it is understood or interpreted in that way. start learning
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Now how do you read his remarks on that subject?
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If you ... something, you do it even though there is a risk that you may not succeed or that something bad may happen start learning
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He decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd.
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If someone is... (off), they are not working as hard as they should. disapproval start learning
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You shouldn't be slacking at work.
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If someone..., they shout angrily in a loud, deep voice. start learning
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He bellowed information into the mouthpiece of the phone
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To spread dirty tracks or footprints across the surface of something. start learning
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A noun or pronoun can be used between "track" and "up." Who tracked the corridor with mud?!/ The dog bolted into the house and began tracking the floors up with muddy paw prints.
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If you ... for something or your heart ..., you want something very much, and feel very unhappy because you cannot have it. start learning
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... couples aching for a child
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When smoke or cloud ..., it moves slowly upwards or across the sky. start learning
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1. Steam billowed from under the bonnet 2... billowing clouds of cigarette smoke.
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If someone ... something such as a banknote, a document, or a painting, they copy it or make it so that it looks genuine, in order to deceive people. start learning
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He admitted seven charges including forging passports.
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If you say that someone or something ... a quality or characteristic, or ... with it, you mean that they show it very strongly. start learning
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Manchester United were by now oozing with confidence.
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When food, wood, or another substance ..., or when something ... it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed. start learning
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1. If we don't unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos. 2. Sugary canned drinks rot your teeth.
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When you ..., you remove the hair from your face or another part of body using a razor so that your face is smooth. start learning
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To ... something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it. start learning
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bestrode- bestridden America's media companies bestride the globe.
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If you ... leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a... 2 or a similar tool. 2 = a tool which bearing the same name as verb start learning
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A country that ... another country, a sea, or a river is next to it start learning
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... the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean
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When land or a building... something or... on something, it is next to it. start learning
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He was born in 1768 in the house abutting our hotel.
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If you ... in the sunshine, you lie somewhere sunny and enjoy the heat. start learning
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1. All through the hot, still days of their holiday Amy basked in the sun. 2. Crocodiles bask on the small sandy beaches.
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If you... in someone's approval, favour, or admiration, you greatly enjoy their positive reaction towards you. start learning
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He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica.
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to crush something that is soft start learning
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Squish the ripe bananas with a potato masher.
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If someone ... from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission. start learning
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He was ordered to appear the following day, but absconded.
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to shirk duty or evade responsibilities start learning
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to exist or be present in, among, etc. start learning
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Floods occur in this region every year.
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You can talk about where something such as a problem, solution, or fault ... to say what you think it consists of, involves, or is caused by. start learning
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1. The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence. 2. He realised his future lay elsewhere.
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If you... with someone, you try to persuade them to forgive someone or end their disagreement with them. start learning
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1. They asked my father to intercede with the king on their behalf. 2. He had occasionally tried to intercede for me
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When you are... of something, someone tells you about it. start learning
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Have customers been fully apprised of the advantages?
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If someone... (down) their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. start learning
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He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese
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If you ... in/ with something, you take part in it but not very seriously. start learning
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... a designer who dabbled with digital imagery
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If you ..., you speak with difficulty, hesitating and repeating words or sounds. start learning
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'Forgive me,' I stammered 2. Five per cent of children stammer at some point.
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If something such as a building or window... (out) somewhere, it has a view of a particular place. start learning
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1. The castle looks over private parkland. 2. Each front door looks across a narrow alley to the front door opposite.
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If you are... to do something, you are aiming to do it. start learning
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... young mums looking to get fit after having kids.
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You use... with 'I' or 'we' during a speech or piece of writing to say what you are going to discuss or explain later. start learning
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The building, as we shall see, is very different in its internal planning.
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You use... when you are referring to the likely result or consequence of a particular action or situation. start learning
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When large finance companies cut down on their entertainments, we shall know that times really are hard.
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You use... to indicate that something must happen, usually because of a rule or law. You use... not to indicate that something must not happen. start learning
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The bank shall be entitled to debit the amount of such liability and all costs incurred in connection with it to your Account.
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You use..., usually with 'I' and 'we', when you are referring to something that you intend to do, or when you are referring to something that you are sure will happen to you in the future. start learning
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We shall be landing in Paris in sixteen minutes, exactly on time.
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You use... with 'I' and 'we' in questions in order to make offers or suggestions, or to ask for advice. start learning
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1. Well, shall we go? 2. Let's have a nice little stroll, shall we? 3. What shall I do?
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If someone... behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen. start learning
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I have never encouraged nor condoned violence
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If you... someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. start learning
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Start trying to coax the rabbit out of its hutch.
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to ignore or be unresponsive towards (someone) slang start learning
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the crowd blanked her for the first four numbers
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If a person or company is... by something, they are very badly affected by it. start learning
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The construction industry was clobbered by recession
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If you ... something such as a problem or challenge, you deal with it satisfactorily or do what is required. start learning
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British manufacturing failed to meet the crisis of the 1970s
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When you ... with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people... start learning
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He conferred with Hill and the others in his office
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Something that ... you puts you in danger. start learning
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You imperilled the lives of other road users by your driving.
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If someone or something ... you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists. start learning
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It is difficult to convince the public of the need for change.
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If you say that something is ... of a particular thing, you mean that is what people call it or that is their opinion of it. start learning
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I don't know how to term this phenomenon.
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If something ... your life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If something ... an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive. start learning
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An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.
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If you ... someone to do something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it. start learning
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Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence.
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To ... something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to them. start learning
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The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent state
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If you ... something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. start learning
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He yesterday revealed he had acquired a 2.98 per cent stake in the company
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If people ... a place, they are present there in great numbers. start learning
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City centres were never designed to have unlimited numbers of cars thronging their streets
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When people... somewhere, they go there in great numbers. start learning
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The crowds thronged into the mall.
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If you ... an exam or a course, you fail to reach the required standard. 🇺🇸 start learning
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If a government or a group of people in power ... a law or agreement, they officially withdraw it and state that it is no longer valid. start learning
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Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.
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If you ... something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you. informal start learning
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Mind if I bum a cigarette?
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To... someone or something somewhere means to put them or leave them there. start learning
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Someone was seen depositing a packet.
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If you... something somewhere, you put it where it will be safe until it is needed again. start learning
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You are advised to deposit valuables in the hotel safe.
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If you... that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have. start learning
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I inferred from what she said that you have not been well.
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Some people use... to mean 'imply', but many people consider this use to be incorrect start learning
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The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious
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If you ... something, you take it or pick it up suddenly and roughly. start learning
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1. I grabbed him by the neck. 2. He was clumsily trying to grab at Alfred's arms.
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If you ... someone who is walking past, you succeed in getting their attention. start learning
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Grab that waiter, Mary Ann
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If you ... someone's attention, you do something in order to make them notice you. start learning
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I jumped on the wall to grab the attention of the crowd
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If you ... something such as food, drink, or sleep, you manage to get some quickly. start learning
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At night the kids grabbed a pizza from Frankie's.
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If you ... something such as a chance or opportunity, or ... at it, you take advantage of it eagerly. start learning
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He grabbed at the opportunity to buy his castle.
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A ... for something such as power or fame is an attempt to gain it. start learning
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... a grab for personal power.
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If the police ... a river or lake, they pull nets or hooks across the bottom of it in order to look for something. start learning
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Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common.
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If a period of time or an event ..., it is very boring and seems to last a long time. start learning
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The minutes dragged past.
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If you say that you ... yourself somewhere, you are emphasizing that you have to make a very great effort to go there. start learning
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I find it really hard to drag myself out and exercise regularly.
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If someone ... you somewhere, they pull you there, or force you to go there by physically threatening you. start learning
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The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles.
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If you...... something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty. start learning
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He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
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If someone ... you somewhere you do not want to go, they make you go there. start learning
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I've been dragged back from Australia for no sufficient reason.
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If you ... someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful. formal start learning
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He did what he could to allay his wife's fears
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to show signs of; indicate, start learning
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to reveal unintentionally start learning
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his grin betrayed his satisfaction
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to disappoint the expectations of; fail start learning
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his tired legs betrayed him
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If you ... new or secret information, you tell people about it. start learning
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Neither side would disclose details of the transaction.
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If you ... a heavy or awkward object somewhere, you carry it there with difficulty informal start learning
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Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes.
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If you ... something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. formal start learning
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Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he eschewed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
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If you ..., you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable. start learning
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If you ... an idea or suggestion, you allow yourself to consider it as possible or as worth thinking about seriously. formal start learning
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I wouldn't entertain the idea of such an unsociable job.
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If you ... someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. start learning
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He eluded the military draft for 3 years.
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If a fact or idea ... you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it start learning
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The appropriate word eluded him
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If you ... someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. start learning
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She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love
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Things that ... something cover it completely. start learning
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Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
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If an activity or process is ..., it is prevented from continuing or developing. start learning
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Intellectual life in France was smothered by the Occupation
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If something ... an object or place, it destroys it completely. start learning
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Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over
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