Insight Pre-Intermediate "Unit 10 - 10C" Vocabulary

to reduce

Verb

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to make something smaller in amount, degree, price, etc.

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The company decided to reduce the prices of its products to attract more customers.

Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help reduce the risk of certain diseases.

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to use up

Verb

/jˈuːs ˈʌp/

to entirely consume a resource, leaving none remaining

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transitive

Phrasal Status

separable

phrase's verb

use

phrase's particle

up

to support

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u

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to provide someone or something with encouragement or help

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to conserve

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c

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ɜ

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to keep something from change or harm

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to ban

Verb

b

a

æ

n

to officially forbid a particular action, item, or practice

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transitive

to destroy

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r

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ɪ

to cause damage to something in a way that it no longer exists, works, etc.

Grammatical Information:

transitive

environment

noun

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the natural world around us where people, animals, and plants live

to cut down

Verb

/kˈʌt dˈaʊn/

to cut through something at its base in order to make it fall

Grammatical Information:

transitive

Phrasal Status

separable

phrase's verb

cut

phrase's particle

down

to protect

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p

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to prevent someone or something from being damaged or harmed

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transitive

to survive

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aɪ

v

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to remain alive after enduring a specific hazardous or critical event

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

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