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to cause to exist doubts
Her answers causes to exist doubts in my mind
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raise doubts
Her answers raised doubts in my mind. This discussion has raised many important issues/problems.
to cause something to increase or become bigger, better, higher, for example taxes
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raise taxes
The government plan to raise taxes
to lift something to a higher position, for example hands
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raise your hands
Raise your hand if you have a question, please.
talk about if you have a question
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raise a question
I want to raise two problems/questions with you.
to become more or greater in amount, size, or degree, for example price
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rise
Real estate prices have risen rapidly.
to move upwards for example sun
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rise
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. We watched the sun rise over the bay
to start to happen or exist
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arise
If the opportunity arises, I'd love to go to China. Problems arise when the payment is late.
to give something to someone and receive something from that person
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exchange
We exchanged greetings before the meeting. We can exchange addresses when we see each other
change one currency for another
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exchange money
when people share their thoughts about something
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exchange ideas
We exchange ideas all the time.
to cause small changes
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make adjustments
I made a few adjustments to the gears and my bike works much better now.
to cause changes to improve something
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make modifications
We’ve made a few modifications to the software so that it suits our systems better.
to cause a slight change
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make an alteration
We’ve had to make a slight alteration to our plans for the evening.
to form a new opinion or make a new decision about something that is different from your old one
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change your mind
to start talking about a different subject
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change the subject
Whenever Flora talks about marriage, Adam changes the subject.
to be in another person's situation
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change places
I wouldn't change places with him for the world!
to start be available or successful
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become available or successful
to leave your home in order to live in a new one
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move house
I don't want a job that requires me to move house. We're moving house next week.

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