Verbs 2 Flashcards
to stretch
to make something longer, looser, or wider, especially by pulling it OR to make your body or your arms and legs straight so that they are as long as possible, in order to exercise the joints (= place where two bones are connected) after you have been in the same place or position for a long time
hat elastic band will snap if you stretch it too far.
Yoga is a great way to stretch your body.
to estimate
to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something
They estimate (that) the journey will take at least two weeks.
to benefit
to gain something good from something or someone
The discovery of oil brought many benefits to the town.
to pursue
to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it OR The car was pursued by helicopters. OR to try to discover information about a subject
The car was pursued by helicopters.
I don’t think this idea is worth pursuing any further.
преследовать, продолжать, заниматься, гнаться за
to investigate
to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover the truth
We are of course investigating how an error like this could have occurred.
расследовать, изучать
to crush
to press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed
The package had been badly crushed in the post.
раздавить
to crack
to break something so that it does not separate, but very thin lines appear on its surface, or to become broken in this way
A stone hit the window and cracked the glass.
трещина, щель
to trade
to buy and sell or exchange items of value
Our books are traded throughout Asia.
торговля, сделка, торговать
to enable
to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible
Computerization should enable us to cut production costs by half.
разрешать, давать возможность, облегчать
to absorb
to take something in, especially gradually
In cold climates, houses need to have walls that will absorb heat.
to threaten
to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want
They threatened to kill him unless he did as they asked.
угрожать, грозить
to deny
to say that something is not true
Neil denies that he broke the window, but I’m sure he did.
отрицать, отказывать
there’s no denying
it is true
There’s no denying that this has been a difficult year for the company.
to float
to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink
You can float very easily in the Dead Sea because it’s so salty.
плавать, всплывать
to edit
to make changes to a text or film, deciding what will be removed and what will be kept in, in order to prepare it for being printed or shown
Janet edited books for a variety of publishers.
