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if you XXX something, or if it XXX, it becomes bigger in amount, number, or degree
The population XXX dramatically in the first half of the century. political tensions that might XXX the likelihood of war |
increase
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увеличивается
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increase to increase in number, amount, or value
Sales XXX by 20% over the Christmas period. The research budget XXX from £175,000 in 1999 to £22.5 million in 2001 |
rise
past tense - rose past participle- risen [intransitive] |
[= go up; ≠ fall]
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a smooth steady movement of liquid, gas, or electricity
flow of He struggled to swim against the XXX of the water. I tied a towel round his leg to try to stem the XXX of blood. |
flow
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поток
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he planet that we live on:
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earth
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Земля
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many times
Graham was XXX warned not to work so hard. |
repeatedly
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adverb
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to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where they should go [= propose]:
They keep XXX ways to keep my weight down. She wrote to me and XXX a meeting. |
suggest
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предлагать
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to say firmly and often that something is true, especially when other people think it may not be true
Mike XXX that he was right. His friends XXX he had no connection with drugs |
insist
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настаивать, требовать
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to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do:
She asked him to leave, but he XXX . I absolutely XXX to take part in anything illegal. |
refuse
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отказывать, отвергать
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to make something happen, especially something bad:
Heavy traffic is XXX delays on the freeway. The fire XXX £15,000 worth of damage |
cause
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причина, повод , как главгол _ вызывать вызвать, причинять
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to be angry about something
She sat in the car, silently XXX about what he'd said. 'You've no right to be here,' he XXX |
fume
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кипеть от гнева
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