Advanced Verbs 1-50

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Elucidate
He tried to elucidate the complex problem with real life example
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Giải thích
make clear, explain thoroughly
abate
I waited for her anger to abate before responding to the message; the rain is starting to abate, we can go out now
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giảm bớt
belie
to contradict
the calm expression belied his anxiety; his actions belie his words
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không phản ánh đúng, che giấu, mâu thuẫn với
give a false impression of sth, or false idea about sth
beseech
I beseech you to reconsider your decision; she beseeched him not to leave
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tha thiết cầu xin, van nài
urgently ask sb to do sth, to beg, eagerly n anxiously ask sb for sth
coax
They coaxed the reluctant witnesses to step forwards; I finally coaxed him out of the house; She coaxed the cold into eating vegetables.
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dụ, dỗ dành, khéo léo/nhẹ nhàng thuyết phục
cower
He cowered before his abusive father, the dog cowered in the corner during the thunderstorm
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co rúm lại vì sợ
bend low and move back because of fear, crouch down in fear
decry
the activists decried the government's decision to cut funding
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lên án, công khai chỉ trích
state publicly that you don't approve of sth, publicly criticise sth, express strong disapproval of sth

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