Group 7: Letter D-E Flashcards
dream /drim/ [Reg /Irr]
I dream - we dream you dream - you dream he dreams - they dream she dreams it dreams
1) have thoughts and images while one sleeps
2) pass time idly
3) have (thoughts and images) while one sleeps
dress /drɛs/ [Reg]
I dress - we dress you dress - you dress he dresses - they dress she dresses it dresses
1) put on / wear clothes
2) provide with clothes
3) decorate
4) apply medicine and bandages to [a wound]
drink /drɪŋk/ [Irr]
s I drink - we drink you drink - you drink he drinks - they drink she drinks it drinks
1) take q liquid in one’s mouth and swallow it
2) consume alcoholic beverages
3) consume (a liquid)
4) cause(oneself) to be in a particular state as a result of expressive alcohol consumption
drive /draɪv/ [Irr]
I drive - we drive you drive - you drive he drives - they drive she drives it drives
1) operate a vehicle
2) move with great force/speed
3) operate [a vehicle quipped with]
4) cause to go [to a specific place]
drop /drɑp/ [Reg]
I drop - we drop you drop - you drop he drops - they drop she drops it drops
1) fall
2) fall/ lie down due to exhaustion
3) decrease
4) let fall
dry /draɪ / [Reg]
I dry - we dry you dry - you dry he dries - they dry she dries it dries
1) become moisture-free
2) remove all the moisture from
eat /it/ [Irr]
I eat - we eat you eat - you eat he eats - they eat she eats it eats
1) take foo in one’s mouth and swallow it
2) consume (food)
3) bear the expense of
4) make as if by eating
eliminate /ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/ [Reg]
I eliminate - we eliminate you eliminate - you eliminate he eliminates- they eliminate she eliminates it eliminates
1) expel bodily waste
2) put an end to, eradicate
3) remove from competition
4) remove from consideration
emerge /ɪˈmɜrʤ/ [Reg]
I emerge - we emerge you emerge - you emerge he emerges - they emerge she emerges it emerges
1) appear, come into view
2) come into existence
3) become known
4) finish a contest/event in a specific condition/state
emphasize /ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz/ [Reg]
I emphasize - we emphasize you emphasize - you emphasize he emphasizes - they emphasize she emphasizes it emphasizes
1) place special importance on, stress
employ /ɛmˈplɔɪ/ [Reg]
I employ - we employ you employ - you employ he employs - they employ she employs it employs
1) hire workers
2) hire
3) have working for oneself
4) make use of
enable /ɛˈneɪbəl/ [Reg]
I enable - we enable you enable - you enable he enables - they enable she enables it enables
1) make possible/feasible
2) make it possible for [someone/something to do]
3) activate, cause to operate
encounter /ɪnˈkaʊntər/ [Reg]
I encounter - we encounter you encounter - you encounter he encounters - they encounter she encounters it encounters
1) meet/face, often by chance
2) experience, come up against
encourage /ɛnˈkɜrɪʤ/ [Reg]
I encourage - we encourage you encourage - you encourage he encourages - they encourage she encourages it encourages
1) give hope/confidence to
2) advise, urge
3) promote
4) make likely to
end /ɛnd/ [Reg]
I end - we end you end - you end he ends - they end she ends it ends
1) stop, cease
2) finish, stop