Myth - verbs Flashcards

1
Q

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to cause the start of something, especially an argument or fighting

~ a wave of protests / ~ criticism / ~ fears

A

spark

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2
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to lift something to a higher position

~ the issue at the meeting / ~ fears / ~ doubts about

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raise

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3
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feel ~ to respond

having to do something, because you are forced to or feel it is necessary

be ~ to appear as a witness / feel ~ to resign

A

compelled

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4
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to give a person or animal a chemical that causes him, her, or it to lose feeling or become unconscious

~ and rob tourists / ~ someone’s drink / ~ his victims

A

drug

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5
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to appear by coming out of something or out from behind something

~ as a global power / ~ from recession / the ideas ~ from

A

emerge

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6
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to stop someone feeling upset, angry, or excited

~ the markets / ~ my nerves / ~ the angry crowd

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calm

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7
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~ the (political) party

to join together as a group, or to make people join together as a group; to combine

~ the whole community / what ~ them is …

A

unite

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8
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the trial has ~ the natiion / ~ by nation

to hold very tightly
(by interest, emotion or sth)

the country is ~ by recession

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gripped

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