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Action verbs Flashcards

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till

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Till is defined as to prepare land for crops to be planted by plowing and fertilizing

till the land properly

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Dart

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Dash/rush

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Inch

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move along slowly and carefully

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Jar

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Jolt/Jerk.

Strike against something with an unpleasasnt vibration /jolt

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Jab

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Poke, vaccine

Eg. A jab of envy

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Harass

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Disturb

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Jam

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Stuck

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Knife

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To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand mean

  • to move like a knife in
    birds knifing the autumn sky
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Stick the knife in

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be malicious or vindictive towards (someone)

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keel

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  • Capsize

- bottom of the boat ( steel supporting backbone of the boat)

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Leap

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Jump over/ vault over

Phrasal verb - A leap of leopards

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Nick

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  • Catch someone doing something wrong
  • Steal something
  • a cut in a surface on an edge
  • good condition
  • also means prison
  • to jot down
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Just in the nick of time

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at the last possible moment

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Pander

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A PIMP/ Procuring
- Do immoral things, procuring prostitute

-Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or other sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer.

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raid

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Attack

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16
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Rally

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reassemble

17
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Ransack

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Go through a place stealing things and causing damage

18
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Ram

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Thrust

19
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Ravage

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Ruin or cause severe damage

20
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Sap

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to weaken or destory

21
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Scale

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Flake off

22
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Ravage

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Ruin or cause severe damage

23
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Scamper

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Run with small quick steps in fear or excitement

24
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vault

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  • Arch ( noun )

- Jump over something

25
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Wade

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walk with effort through water

paddle

26
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Wedge

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Squeeze

27
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Yank

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Sudden hard pull

Pull with a jerk

28
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Yield

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Submit to urging,
persuasion , or entreaty ( an earnest or humble request)

To give way to pressure or influence

29
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Zap

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destory or obliterate

30
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hurl

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throw

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