Verbs 5

to form or express an uncertain estimate or conclusion (about something), based on insufficient information

guess

If you ... a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself 🇬🇧

rear

If something ... you, it makes you angry.

rile (up)

If something such as someone's behaviour... on you or..., it makes you feel annoyed.

grate

When something..., it rubs against something else making a harsh, unpleasant sound.

grate

If one thing... another, the first thing causes the second thing to start happening.

spark

If something ..., little visual signs of fire or light come from it.

spark

If you ... someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult.

impede

If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is..., you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not being properly recognized or dealt with.

fester

If something ... it makes a repeated sharp banging noise.

knock

When you say that vehicles such as trains and buses ... from one place to another, you mean they regularly travel along that route.

run

If something ... an event or process, it prevents it or slows it down.

hinder/ inhibit/ crack down on something/ arrest

If something such as clothing or cloth is... with a design, the design is stitched into it.

embroider

If you ... with someone, you reach an agreement with them in which you both give up something that you originally wanted.

compromise

When you ... in a vehicle such as a car, you travel in it.

ride

To ... printed text means to adjust the spaces between the words so that each line of type is exactly the same length.

justify

to package again, esp. in or as in a better or more attractive package

repackage

If you are... by something, you are so interested in it or so attracted to it that you cannot think about anything else.

mesmerize

to evade an obligation, duty, or the like; renege

weasel

To ... a person or organization means to criticize them severely, usually in public.

excoriate

If a situation, a rule, or a person ... you to do something, they force you to do it.

compel

If you ... (away) from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.

shrink

to make weak; deprive of strength

enfeeble

If someone ... you from something, they rescue or save you from it. Used in common prayer.

deliver

If something interesting or surprising ... your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully.

arrest

If something ... a light or shadow somewhere, it causes it to appear there.

cast a shadow/ light over/on something

indulgent in matters of sex

permissive

If one person ... with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people...

concur

If you are... by an animal, you are violently attacked by it and badly injured.

maul

If someone is..., they are attacked aggressively, and often harmed in some way.

maul

If a situation, attitude, or custom ... in a particular place at a particular time, it is normal or most common in that place at that time

prevail

If someone is... by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.

drop

If you ... someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement

shove

If you ... on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.

eavesdrop

to try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant:

brown-nose

If a person or vehicle ... somewhere, they move fast and in an uncontrolled way.

career 🇬🇧 / careen 🇺🇸

To ... doubt on something means to cause people to be unsure about it.

cast

If you ... from doing something or ... at the idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much.

recoil

If something makes you ..., you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you

recoil

If a vehicle... the road well, it remains in close contact with the road and can be controlled safely and easily

hold

... is used with nouns such as 'party', 'meeting', 'talks', 'election', and 'trial' to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity.

hold

If you ... at something, you react to it angrily, and show this in your expression or the way you move.

bristle

If someone or something is... by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely

beset

If you... someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong.

reproach

If you ... a particular policy, cause, or belief, you become very interested in it and give your support to it.

espouse

If you ..., you move slightly, for example because you are uncomfortable or beginning to wake up.

stir

If you do not ... from a place, you do not move from it.

stir

If something ... or if the wind ... it, it moves gently in the wind.

stir

If you ... yourself, or if something...... you into action, you move in order to start doing something.

stir

If something ... you, it makes you react with a strong emotion.

stir

If you are... by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing.

stymie

When people ... somewhere, they walk together in a formal group or a line, usually with other people watching them.

parade

When passengers ... from a ship, aeroplane, or bus, they leave it at the end of their journey

disembark

If you say that someone ... something such as a distinctive item of clothing, you mean that they wear it without any shyness.

sport

If you... your hopes or faith on something or you hope very much that it will produce the result you want.

pin

to repair or mend, esp in a makeshift manner

doctor

If you ... something, you avoid it by quickly moving aside or out of reach so that it cannot hit or reach you.

dodge

If you ... you feel that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.

despair

to yield (an advantage or concession) to (one's opponent 🇺🇸

spot

When a plant or tree ..., it produces flowers. When a flower ..., it opens.

bloom

If you ... a picture, you copy it by covering it with a piece of transparent paper and drawing over the lines underneath.

trace

If people are... somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home.

quarter

If you ... something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.

bungle

To be the victim of a conspiracy; to lose a seemingly fair contest because of deceit

get jobbed

If you ... someone about something such as a possible danger or problem, you tell them about it so that they are aware of it.

warn

If you... your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.

pick

If you ... a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse

plead something

When someone... a particular age, they pass that age. When it... a particular time, it passes that time.

turn

to hold, catch, carry, or balance precariously; almost drop and then catch hold again

juggle

If you ... something that is closed, tied, or held together, you loosen or remove the thing holding it.

undo

If you are... on something, you are strongly determined to do or have it. If you are ... against something, you are strongly determined not to do or have it.

set

To... a trap means to prepare it to catch someone or something.

set

If you ... a law or moral principle, you agree not to break it.

respect

To ... something means to improve its value, quality, or attractiveness.

enhance

If you ... somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual way.

saunter

A place that is... with people or activity is full of people who are very busy or lively.

bustling

If someone... a wild animal or bird, they train it not to be afraid of humans and to do what they say.

tame

If you... someone or something that is dangerous, uncontrolled, or likely to cause trouble, you bring them under control.

tame

If you ..., you cannot decide about something or you consider changing your mind about something.

waver

If something..., it shakes with very slight movements or changes.

waver

If something ..., it makes a rapid series of short, harsh noises.

crackle

to confine, squeeze, or painfully press (toes, fingers, etc) because of lack of space

pinch

If you ... yourself or your reputation, you do something that makes people have a good opinion of you again after you have behaved or performed badly.

redeem

When something... an unpleasant thing or situation, it prevents it from being completely bad.

redeem

to emphasize or reinforce (an argument, demand, etc)

enforce

If you ... a substance such as ink, paint, or make-up that has been put on a surface, you make it less neat by touching or rubbing it.

smudge

If you say that you can or will ... for someone, you mean that you can guarantee their good behaviour.

vouch for somebody

If you say that you can... for something, you mean that you have evidence from your own personal experience that it is true or correct.

vouch for something

If you say that someone is ... for information or praise, you disapprove of the fact that they are trying to get it from someone in an indirect way.

fish

If someone ... a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true.

feign

If you ... something such as a pair of shoes, you tighten the shoes by pulling the laces through the holes, and usually tying them together.

lace (up)

To... a person or animal means to capture or confine them. 🇺🇸

corral

If part of a plant, animal, or human... a liquid, it produces it.

secrete

To ... means to come out from an enclosed or dark space such as a room or a vehicle, or from a position where you could not be seen.

emerge

If a fact or result... from a period of thought, discussion, or investigation, it becomes known as a result of it.

emerge

If an organization ... members or customers from another organization, they secretly or dishonestly persuade them to join them or become their customers.

poach

When you..., you suddenly take in your breath and then blow it down your nose noisily without being able to stop yourself, for example because you have a cold. 🤧

sneeze

If someone ... fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property.

poach

If you... a plot or a scheme, you think of it and work it out.

hatch

If you... an area of grass, you cut it using a machine called a lawnmower.

mow

If cloth or clothing ..., it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed

shrink

If something..., it becomes smaller.

shrink

When someone... a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they suck the smoke from it into their mouth and blow it out again. If you..., you regularly... cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe.

smoke

If you... on something, you spend a lot of money, usually on things that you do not need.

splurge

When something that you are looking at ..., it slowly becomes less bright or clear until it disappears.

fade/ fade away