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25 Cards in this Set
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THWART |
To prevent sb from doing what they want to do. |
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MULL |
To spend time thinking carefully about a plan or proposal |
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RIPPLE |
1. To move or make sth move in very small waves. 2. (of feeling, etc) to spread through a person or group of people like a wave. |
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RALLY |
1. (sb/sth) (around/behind/to sb/sth) to come together or bring people together in order to help or support sb/sth. 2. To become healthier, stronger, etc. After a period of illness, weakness, etc. 3. (finance) to increase in value after falling in value. (esp. Shares) |
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SWIVEL |
1. To turn or make sth turn around a fixed central point. 2. To turn or move your body, eyes, or head around quickly to face another direction. |
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FLAIL |
1. (sth) (about/around) to move around without control. To move your arms and legs around without control. 2. To hit sb/sth very hard, esp. with a stick. |
He was running along, his arms flailing wildly. |
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HARRUMPH |
(informal) to express disagreement or disapproval, esp. by making a sound in your throat like a cough. |
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ASCERTAIN |
(formal) to find out the true or correct information about sth. |
Age is always hard to ascertain from a picture. |
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BRIM |
(with sth) to be full of sth; to fill with sth |
The team were brimming with confidence before the game. |
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GUSH |
1. Out of/from/into sth - to flow or pour suddenly and quickly out of a hole in large amounts. 2. (of a container/vehicle/etc.) To suddenly let out large amounts of liquid. 3. (disapproving) to express so much praise or emotion about sth/sb that it doesn't seem sincere. |
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CHURN |
1. (sth) (up) if water, mud, etc. churns, or of sth churns it up, it moves or is moved around violently. 2. If your stomach churns or if sth churns your stomach, you feel a strong, unpleasant feeling of worry, disgust or fear. 3. (sb) (up) to feel or to make sb feel upset or emotionally confused. 4. To turn and stir milk in a special container in order to make butter. |
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BELLOW |
1. (sth) (at sb) to shout in a loud deep voice, esp. because you're angry. 2. When a large animal such as a bull bellows, it makes a loud deep sound. |
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ABUT |
(on/onto) sth (formal) (of a land or a building) to be next to sth or to have one side touching the side of sth. |
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VEER |
1. (Esp. of a vehicle) to change direction suddenly. 2. (of a conversation or a way of behaving or thinking) to change in the way it develops. 3. (technical) (of the wind) to change direction. |
The debate veered away from the main topic of discussion. |
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CRANE |
To lean or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck. |
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PRIME |
1. Sb (for/with sth) to prepare sb for a situation so that they know what to do, esp. by giving them special information. 2. To make sth ready for use or action. |
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GOAD |
Sb/sth (into sth/into doing sth) to keep irritating or annoying sb/sth until they react. |
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DITHER |
(over sth) to hesitate about what to do because you are unable to decide. |
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FLOUNDER |
1. To struggle to know what to say or do or how to continue with sth. 2. To have a lot of problems and to be in danger of failing completely. |
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RASP |
1. (sth) (out) to say sth in a rough unpleasant voice 2. To make a rough unpleasant sound. 3. To rub a surface with a rasp or with sth rough that works or feels like a rasp. |
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WALTZ |
1. To dance a waltz. 2. (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident way. 3. (through sth) to complete or achieve sth without any difficulty. |
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SKEW |
To change or influence sth with the result that it's not accurate, fair, normal, etc. |
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RECTIFY |
(Formal) to put right sth that is wrong. |
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HUDDLE |
1. (up) (of people or animals) to gather closely together, usually because of cold or fear. 2. To hold your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you're cold or frightened. |
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SWOOP |
1. (of a bird or plane) to fly quickly and suddenly downwards, esp. in order to attack sb/sth. 2. (On sb/sth) (esp. of police or soldiers) to visit or attack sb/sth suddenly an without warning. |
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