verbs 1 - 10; Chapter III, p. 41, 1 - 2; Flashcards
liberate
toliberatesomeonefromsomething means tohelpthemescapefrom it orovercomeit, andleadabetterwayoflife.
Ex.: I’ll be glad to provide a copy of this.[VERBnoun]
They would not provide any details.[VERBnoun]
The government was not in a position to provide them with food.[VERBnoun +with]
argue
if youarguethatsomething istrue, you state it and give the reasons why youthinkit is true.
Ex.: His lawyers are arguing that he is unfit to stand trial.[VERBthat]
It could be argued that the exam questions were too difficult.[beVERB-ed that]
qualify
toqualifyassomething or tobe qualifiedassomething means to have all thefeaturesthat are needed to be that thing.
Ex.: 13 percent of American households qualify as poor, says Mr. Mishel.[VERB+as]
These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.[VERBnoun +as]
contemplate
if youcontemplateanideaorsubject, you think about it carefully for a long time.
Ex.: As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future.[VERBnoun]
That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.[VERBnoun]
confine to
toconfinesomethingtoa particular place or group means topreventit fromspreadin beyond that place or group.
Ex.: Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.[VERBnoun +to]
The U.S. will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.[VERBnoun]
provide
if youprovidesomething that someoneneedsorwants, or if youprovidethemwithit, you give it to them or make itavailableto them.
Ex.: I’ll be glad to provide a copy of this.[VERBnoun]
They would not provide any details.[VERBnoun]
The government was not in a position to provide them with food.[VERBnoun +with]
encounter
if youencounterproblemsordifficulties, youexperiencethem.
Ex.: Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another.[VERBnoun]
Thousands of customers have encountered problems.[VERBnoun]
exist
if somethingexists, it is present in the world as arealthing.
Ex.: He thought that if he couldn’t see something, it didn’t exist.[VERB]
Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology.[VERB]
analyse
if youanalysesomething, you consider it carefully or usestatisticalmethods in order tofullyunderstandit.
Ex.: McCarthy was asked to analyse the data from the first phase of trials of the vaccine.[VERBnoun]
This book teaches you how to analyse what is causing the stress in your life.[VERBwh]
classify
toclassifythings means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
Ex.: It is necessary initially to classify the headaches into certain types.[VERBnoun]
Rocks can be classified according to their mode of origin.[VERBnoun]
The coroner immediately classified his death as a suicide.[VERBnoun +as]
precede
If one event or period of timeprecedesanother, ithappensbefore it.
[formal]
