CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 11

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20 min
Here you will learn some English verbs, such as "manipulate", "seize", "hook", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
to dip
to dipverb

to momentarily put something into a liquid

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to hookverb

to fasten something using a hook

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to crush
to crushverb

to forcibly push something against a surface until it breaks or is damaged or disfigured

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to stabverb

to push a knife or other sharp object into someone to injure or kill them

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to slashverb

to violently cut with a quick move using a knife, etc.

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to tortureverb

to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them

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to whipverb

to violently hit a person or animal with a whip

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to leak
to leakverb

to let gas or liquid flow through a crack or small hole

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to manipulateverb

to skillfully control or work with information, a system, tool, etc.

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to seizeverb

to suddenly and forcibly take hold of something

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to plugverb

to tightly fill or block a hole with something

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to popverb

to make a sudden light sound like a small explosion

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to rip
to ripverb

to violently be torn

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to resideverb

to live in a specific place

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to rockverb

to gently move from one side to another

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to rotateverb

to turn or move around a center

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to pumpverb

to make gas or liquid move in a certain direction using a pump

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to probeverb

to examine or look for something, particularly using a small long instrument

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to screw
to screwverb

to tighten or fasten something with a screw

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to shatterverb

to break suddenly into several pieces

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to shedverb

to get rid of something that is not wanted or needed anymore

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to shrinkverb

(of clothes or fabric) to become smaller when washed with hot water

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to tightenverb

to hold, fasten, or turn something firmly

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to shrug
to shrugverb

to momentarily raise one's shoulders to express indifference

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to sighverb

to release a long deep breath that can be heard, to express sadness, tiredness, etc.

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to smash
to smashverb

to forcibly break something into several pieces

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to snapverb

to suddenly break with a sharp noise

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to soar
to soarverb

to go higher while flying

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to spanverb

to cover or last the whole of a period of time

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to sparkverb

to emit small flashes of electricity or fire

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to spin
to spinverb

to turn or make someone or something turn around over and over very fast

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to stumble
to stumbleverb

to accidentally hit something with one's foot and almost fall

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to steerverb

to control the direction of a moving object, such as a car, ship, etc.

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to suck
to suckverb

to pull air, liquid, etc. into the mouth by using the muscles of the mouth and the lips

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to swing
to swingverb

to move or make something move from one side to another while suspended

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to trailverb

to pull or be pulled along behind someone or something

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to twist
to twistverb

to bend an object into a particular shape, such as wire, cloth, etc.

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to unveilverb

to remove a cover from a statue, painting, etc. for the people to see, particularly as part of a public ceremony

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to yell
to yellverb

to shout very loudly

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