English verbs 3 Flashcards

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to force SO to serve in an army or in a country’s armed forces

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to conscript

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To prtotect SO or sth (at first, in the past, a large, flat object made of metal or leather that soliders held in front of their bodies to protect themselves

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To shield/a shield

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to stop fighting and admit defeat

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To surrender

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to give official permission for something to happen

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To mandate (UN for instance)

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to add something decorative to a person or thing

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To adorn

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to add something decorative to a person or thing/to do sth to show that you have power

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To assert (yourself)

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to force someone to leave an important job or a position of power because they have behaved badly or not in a way you approve of

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To remove (sby)

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to (cause to) come together in order to provide support or make a shared effort/to return to a better condition

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To rally

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Engine:it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen/
to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage/
to stop making progress

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To stall

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to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others/ (formal) to say that sth is certainly true/
Définition de assert en anglais

assert
verb [ T ]
UK /əˈsɜːt/ US /əˈsɝːt/
assert yourself

C2
to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others:
I really must assert myself more in meetings.
Don’t be afraid to assert yourself and make your views clear.
Refusing to help with the housework was his way of asserting himself.
Things began to change when women asserted themselves politically.
Boarding school was a tough environment, and she quickly learned to assert herself.
Plus d’exemples
She very quickly asserted her authority over the class.
Tough new policies are needed if the authorities are to assert control over a crime-ridden city.
The book asserts that the 1969 moon landing was a hoax.
The prime minister asserted that he had no intention of resigning.
He made a special appearance on television asserting that the allegations against him were false.

C1 formal
to say that something is certainly true:
[ + that ] He asserts that she stole money from him.
Dictionnaire des synonymes et antonymes avec exemples

C2
to do something to show that you have power

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To assert

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If you … a mysterious, unknown, or complicated subject, you make it known or understood, and if it …, it becomes known or understood:

[ usually passive ]
If a process or achievement that was slow and complicated … or is …, it is destroyed

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To unravel
We have a long way to go before we unravel the secrets of genetics.

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To (make a positive feeling or quality) become less strong/bright

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To dim (under sth).

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To change direction

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To veer (towards).

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to persuade someone to believe or do one thing rather than another/to cause something to move or change/to move slowly from side to side.

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To sway.
Her speech failed to sway her colleagues into supporting the plan

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