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Vocabulary for IELTS General Training (Band 5) /

Regret and Sadness

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to apologize
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to regret
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to suffer
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to sigh
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to repent
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to cry
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to weep
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to miss
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to mourn
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to compensate
to apologize
to apologize
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to tell a person that one is sorry for having done something wrong

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When realizing the mistake, he promptly apologized to his friend for the misunderstanding.
It is important to apologize if you accidentally hurt someone's feelings, even unintentionally.

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to regret
to regret
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to feel sad, sorry, or disappointed about something that has happened or something that you have done, often wishing it had been different

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to suffer
to suffer
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to experience and be affected by something bad or unpleasant

enjoy

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transitive
to sigh
to sigh
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aɪ
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to release a long deep audible breath, to express one's sadness, tiredness, etc.

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intransitive
to repent
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to feel sincere regret or remorse for a past action or failure

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transitive
to cry
to cry
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to have tears coming from your eyes as a result of a strong emotion such as sadness, pain, or sorrow

laugh

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intransitive
to weep
to weep
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p

to shed tears due to strong feelings of sadness

laugh

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intransitive
to miss
to miss
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to feel sad because we no longer can see someone or do something

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transitive
to mourn
to mourn
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to feel deeply sad usually due to someone's death

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transitive
to compensate
to compensate
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to give something, particularly money, to make up for the difficulty, pain, damage, etc. that someone has suffered

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transitive

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