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stand for in English:

1. represent represent


Who represent the executive management?
This figure is supposed to represent Marilyn Monroe, but I don't think it does her justice.
What does it represent?
The lion represents bravery.
In the religious-cult trial, the ambitious lawyer will represent the cult leader.
Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.
Totem poles consist of a group of figures that represent animals, birds, fish, mythological beings and supernatural beasts.
He was accredited to the United States to represent Japan.
I began to draw the letter "K" like an incomplete star, because it's one of the symbols that represent Kylie Minogue.
The horse does not just represent energy, high spirits, prosperity, development, but also stands for a national spirit of struggling on without stopping, and of striving on without giving up.
These places represent everything their owners miss about their home country.
We represented our grievances/demands to the boss.
Fat should not represent more than 20% of this cheese.
The sign above the door represents Heracles and the lion that he killed in Nemea.
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

English word "stand for"(represent) occurs in sets:

multi-word verbs 3.2, english-english
phrasal verbs 1 michura
Dział II english-english
3.2 A LIFE IN SIX WORDS
Phrasal verbs

2. tolerate tolerate


I can't tolerate this noise any longer.
We will not tolerate anyone who engages in terrorism.
She didn't tolerate his selfishness.
How can you tolerate that rude fellow?
His pride wouldn't allow him to tolerate such insults.
I cannot tolerate naughty children.
There is a limit to how much one can tolerate.
Do you tolerate homosexuals?
He could not by any means tolerate the ghastly smell of rotting onion.
There was nothing for it but to tolerate it.
The bright child can tolerate failure.
My artisan pride cannot tolerate such sloppiness.
The hostess couldn't possibly tolerate his arrogance.
You think that people are okay, but I allow one to think that people and all societies are bad. No one wants other people to tolerate their mischief. People give grief to people because their viewpoints vary.

English word "stand for"(tolerate) occurs in sets:

phrasal verbs
phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs