| Verb |
Example |
Paint | | the paint brushes. |
| the paint fixed itself |
| ?I?m going to paint you |
| I wanted to paint Bikash |
| Participate | | He will participate in the chess tournament. |
| Hepatocytes also participate in lipid metabolism |
| Participate They participate in the charity run. |
| ?I?m surprised I?m even allowed to participate tonight |
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Pay | | Pay for Purchase |
| Settle up Pay a debt |
| Pay into Deposit money |
| Pay back Take revenge on |
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Peel | | Scoop out any peel and discard |
| Boil peel and mash 2?3 potatoes |
| Step ,Easy Peel Address Labels is |
| or he?ll peel off your skin in strips |
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Perform | | to perform by singing |
| Carry out Perform a task |
| Operate on Perform surgery |
| to perform surgery in a hospital |
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Persuade | | verb to try hard to persuade someone |
| verb to persuade people to join a group |
| Bring around Persuade or convince someone |
| Talk into Persuade someone to do something |
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Pinch | | drop pinch splash sprinkling daydream |
| These are cells that pinch off the filament |
| Stir in 1/4 cup 35 g flour and a pinch of sugar |
| Main cucumber stem Pinch here to remove the growing tip |
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Plan | | A plan of an apartment |
| noun a plan or drawing |
| aim, intend, plan mean |
| aim intend plan mean |
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Play | | Play on Pun |
| Play out Unwind e |
| This is a play area |
| This is a play area. |
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Point | | Protheroe?s point of view |
| ?A very useful point of view |
| The point is to pick a corner |
| Chapter 39 From that point on |
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Possess | | have, keep, possess own |
| have keep possess own |
| hold, keep, own, possess have |
| hold keep own possess have |
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Postpone | | defer postpone put off shelve suspend delay |
| put off: postpone We cannot put off the meeting again |
| Norethisterone is sometimes prescribed to postpone menstruation |
| conceivable imaginable likely potential postpone verb to put off to a later time |
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Pour | | Pour down Rain hard |
| drizzle pour teem raise |
| Strain and pour into hot bathwater |
| Strain and pour into glass bottles |
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Practice | | I was in practice there then |
| see FigureFor more practice check |
| lissa I have practice after school |
| having practice at doing something |
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Prefer | | you prefer the World Wide Web, |
| ?I?d prefer to spend today alone |
| side of the page if you prefer In |
| ?I?d prefer not to wear that dress |
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Prepare | | 20. Prepare the bed. |
| Draw up Prepare a contract |
| Psych up Prepare someone mentally |
| Set up Prepare equipment, software, etc |
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Pretend | | feign pretend simulate fall |
| Play at Pretend to be something |
| adjective not trying to pretend |
| ?Stop? Stop? Don?t pretend you care |
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Prevent | | obstruct, prevent bare |
| obstruct prevent bare |
| verb to prevent something |
| verb to prevent from leaving |
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Proceed | | ?Let us proceed with order and method,? he said |
| make inroads press on proceed progress advance |
| Trend The tendency to proceed in a certain direction |
| Impossible to proceed while you conduct this argument |
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Promise | | A promise of barmen |
| I promise I?ll come back |
| a promise or guarantee |
| That promise to my mother |
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Propose | | I do not propose to go into it |
| advise advocate propose recommend suggest |
| aspire attempt intend plan propose strive aim |
| aim be determined mean plan propose resolve intend |
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Protect | | Laws protect society |
| To protect her mate Mrs |
| verb to protect or hide |
| verb to protect from harm |
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Prove | | verb to try to prove |
| demonstrate, prove show |
| verb to prove something |
| demonstrate prove show |
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Pull | | Pull down Earn |
| Pull in Attract |
| move, pull draw |
| Pull for Support |
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Punch | | 6 Punch down and knead well again |
| Hadil deserves a good punch in the jaw |
| My response was to punch one of them on the nose |
| My response was to punch one of them on the nose |
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Pursue | | hunt, pursue chase |
| verb to pursue someone |
| hound pursue stalk track follow |
| Quit She quits her job to pursue her passion. |
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Push | | to push away |
| to push strongly |
| noun a push or poke |
| making to push him away |
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Put | | Put on Get fat |
| Put off Postpone |
| Put out Broadcast |
| Put on Deceive, lie |
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