English Result Upper-Intermediate "Unit 4 - 4D" Vocabulary

to quail

Verb

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to experience or express the feeling of fear

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She began to quail at the thought of speaking in front of a large audience.

The soldiers quailed in the face of the enemy's overwhelming numbers.

gourd

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a hard-shelled container made from the dried fruit of a gourd plant, often used for holding liquids or as a decorative item

drinking

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the process of consuming liquids through one's mouth

waymark

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a sign that shows the route of a path or trail

to disappear

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to no longer be able to be seen

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to misbehave

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to act in an improper or unacceptable way

behave

to reclaim

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/ɹiˈkɫeɪm/

to get back something that has been lost, taken away, etc.

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transitive

to recover

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/rɪˈkʌvɚ/

to regain complete health after a period of sickness or injury

devolve

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intransitive

to overcome

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/ˌoʊvɚˈkʌm/

to succeed in solving, controlling, or dealing with something difficult

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transitive

to agree

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to hold the same opinion as another person about something

disagree

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intransitive

to disagree

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to hold or give a different opinion about something

agree

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to calculate

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to find a number or amount using mathematics

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to miscalculate

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to judge a situation by mistake

to charge

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to ask a person to pay a certain amount of money in return for a product or service

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to discharge

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to give off or release a substance like gas or liquid

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to recharge

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/ɹiˈtʃɑɹdʒ/

to refill an electronic device with energy

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transitive

to recycle

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/riˈsaɪkəl/

to make a waste product usable again

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to dislike

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to not like a person or thing

like

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to mispronounce

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to say a word or words incorrectly, especially with regards to the proper pronunciation

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to oversleep

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/ˌoʊvɝˈsɫip/

to wake up later than one intended to

to retake

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/ˈɹiˈteɪk/, /ɹiˈteɪk/

to claim and capture something again after losing it

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transitive

plow

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a large farm tool with heavy blades used to turn over soil and prepare it for sowing

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