to arrive
/ɝˈaɪv/
verbto reach a location, particularly as an end to a journey
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1. He quickly goes behind a tree before the men arrive.
2. He sees a girl arrive on a motorcycle.
3. You fill up your tank and jump forward again, arriving with 10 units of fuel in your tank.
4. Even before he arrived, the wily Loki was already scheming how he would get the dwarves to do his bidding.
5. In the lions' territory, The cubs' father arrives back from his sojourn.
to close
/ˈkɫoʊs/, /ˈkɫoʊz/
verbto move something like a window or door into a position that people or things cannot pass through
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1. This involves a doctor examining the cervix through a microscope, and possibly taking a small biopsy of tissue for closer examination.
2. He sulked for a week and then closed his detective agency.
3. - Singing with her mouth closed.
4. Close the door!
5. Close the d-
to come
/ˈkəm/
verbto move or travel toward something or someone
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1. Last month a pretty girl came to work for him.
2. People from every town and city in Scotland come here to talk about their country.
3. But in the afternoon, some customers come back.
4. When the fire happened, didn't the firefighters come?
5. The time has come to answer for your mortal crimes, Makasu!
to hate
/ˈheɪt/
verbto really not like something or someone
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1. If you were mad, I wouldn't hate you.
2. I hate those devices.
3. Except for Marie's fabled love for Dewey Prince, these women hated men, all men, without shame, apology or discrimination.
4. Some people like it, others hate it.
5. - I freaking hate you guys right now.
to kill
/ˈkɪɫ/
verbto end the life of someone or something
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1. Excessive rainfall can dilute the salt in the water, which could kill the oysters.
2. Structures kill people.
3. Kill contestants.
4. Kill control. -
5. Kill people?
to sit
/ˈsɪt/
verbto be in or on a chair or seat, or on the ground, resting our weight on our bottom with a straight back
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1. Now she is sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree.
2. It is a hot afternoon and Jake is sitting on a bench in Notting Hill.
3. Sit down with me on this bench, Jane.
4. Sit. -
5. The monkey sits.
to sleep
/ˈsɫip/
verbto rest our mind and body, with our eyes closed
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1. The consequences of chronic sleep deprivation can be truly disastrous.
2. So it goes back under the ground and sleeps again.
3. Dan: Do not bemoan your lack of sleep!
4. Sleeping bag.
5. -I sleep well.
to speak
/ˈspik/
verbto use one's voice to express a particular feeling or to communicate information
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1. The tall lady speaks to Alissa.
2. Actions speak louder than words.
3. The grandmothers speak a different language.
4. The statistics speak for themselves.
5. She speaks her mind.
