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hello everyone and welcome back to english with Lucy today I am going to teach you
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50 advanced verbs that are going to make you sound more intelligent when you
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speak and they're going to dramatically increase your vocabulary quickly before
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vocabulary lesson please note that lots of these verbs have multiple meanings
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I'm focusing on one meaning per verb and I'm using them in a more advanced
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context number one is to alter to alter this means to make somebody or something
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different for example you shouldn't feel the need to alter your appearance
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number two is to amend to amend this means to change a law document or
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statement slightly in order to correct a mistake or to improve it for example
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would you mind amending those documents I sent you number three is to amplify to
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laughs I this means to add details to a story or a statement for example she
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refused to amplify further she refused to tell us any more details number four
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is to balloon to balloon this means to suddenly swell out or to get bigger
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for example employment rates ballooned to 90 percent number five is to blab to
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blab this means to tell someone information that should be kept secret
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for example someone must have blabbed to the police
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number six is too brief to brief this means to give someone information about
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something so that they are prepared to deal with it
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for example the officer briefed her on what to expect number seven is to
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capture to capture this means to film record or paint somebody or something
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this is usually used in the passive form for example the robbery was captured on
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film by the security cameras number eight is to clasp to clasp this means to
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hold something tightly in your hand for example she clasped her hands
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together as she waited number nine is to clutch to clutch this means to hold
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somebody or something tightly for example I clutched onto his shoulder for
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support number nine is to collide to collide this means to disagree strongly
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for example my partner and I often collide over political differences
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number eleven is to command to command this means to tell somebody what to do
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for example she commanded the release of the prisoners number twelve is to cower
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to our this means to bend low and/or move
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backwards because you're frightened for example the dog whimpered and cowered at
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his feet number thirteen is to crave to crave this means to have a very strong
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desire for something for example I've always craved excitement number fourteen
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is - - - - this means to go somewhere very quickly for example I must - it was
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lovely to see you it's a good one to use if you're trying to escape an unwanted
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conversation number 15 is to detect to detect this is to discover or notice
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something especially if that something isn't easy to see or hear
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for example the tests are designed to detect the disease this is impossible I
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need to include this in a tongue-twister video for example the tests are designed
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to detect bacteria number 16 is to deviate to deviate this is to do
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something in a different way from what as usual or expected or to be different
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from something for example let's not deviate from the original idea number 17
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is to discern to discern this is to see or hear something
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usually with difficulty for example I quickly discerned that something was
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wrong number 18 is to dismantle to dismantle this is to take something
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apart usually a machine or a structure so that it's in separate pieces for
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example I had to dismantle the printer in order to repair it number 19 this is
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a lovely one it's to eavesdrop to eavesdrop this means to listen secretly
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to what other people are saying for example we caught her eavesdropping
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outside the window number 20 is to escort to escort
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this is to go with somebody either to protect them or to show them the way for
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example let me escort you to your room number 21 is to expose to expose this is
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to tell the true facts about a person or a situation and show it or them to be
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illegal or immoral for example she was exposed as a liar and a fraud number 22
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is to glare to glare this is to look at somebody or something in an angry way
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for example she didn't shout she just glared at me number 23 is to gravitate
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to gravitate this is to move towards something or someone that you are
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attracted to for example many young people gravitate
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towards London in search of work number 24 is - gosh - gosh this is to express
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so much praise for someone or something that it doesn't seem sincere
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for example Rachel is always gushing about how much he values Prue's
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friendship number 25 is hobble to hobble this means to walk with difficulty
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especially because your legs or your feet hurt for example she was hobbling
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around on crutches yesterday number 26 is to hover to hover this means to wait
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somewhere especially near someone in an uncertain or shy manner for example he
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hovered over her waiting for an answer number 27 is to ignite to ignite this
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means to start to burn or to make something start to burn for example
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tempers ignited when the redundancy packages were announced number 28 is to
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intertwine to intertwine this means to become very closely connected with
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somebody or something for example their political careers became very closely
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and find number 29 is to lurk to lurk this
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means to wait somewhere secretly especially because you're going to do
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something illegal or bad for example she saw someone lurking in the doorway and
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decided to leave immediately number 30 is to mimic to mimic this means to look
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or behave like someone or something else for example his behavior mimicked that
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of his mother number 31 is to oppress to oppress this
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means to make someone only able to think about worrying or sad things for example
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he was beginning to feel oppressed by his surroundings number 32 is to peer to
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peer this is to look closely at something especially if you can't see it
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properly for example he peered closely at the photograph number 33 is to
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pinpoint to pinpoint this means to be able to give the exact reason for
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something or to be able to describe something exactly for example the report
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pinpointed the areas most in need of development
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number 34 is to prune to prune this means to make something smaller by
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removing parts for example please could you go through the report and prune out
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any unnecessary details number 35 is to recoil to recoil this means to move your
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body quickly away from something or someone because you find it or them
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frightening or unpleasant for example she recoiled in horror after he tried to
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kiss her number 36 is to reverberate to reverberate this means to have a strong
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effect on people for a long time or over a large area for example repercussions
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of the case continue to reverberate through the financial world number 30
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is to saunter to saunter this means to walk in a slow relaxed way
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for example she sauntered down the corridor looking as if she had all the
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time in the world 38 is to seize to seize this means to take someone or
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something suddenly using force for example he seized hold of my hand and
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led me to the exit number 39 is to shatter to shatter this means to destroy
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something completely especially someone's hopes dreams or expectations
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for example he shattered her confidence when he told her how he really felt
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about her singing voice number 40 is to shrivel to shrivel I love saying that
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one to shrivel this means to make something become dry and wrinkled as a
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result of heat cold or being old for example the long baths had shriveled my
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fingers and toes number forty one is to slump to slump this means to fall in
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value price or number suddenly by a large amount for example profits have
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slumped by over 12% this quarter number 42 is to struggle to struggle
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this means to try very hard to do something when it's very difficult or
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there are a lot of problems for example I'm really struggling to pay all of my
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bills on time number 43 is to stumble to stumble this means to walk or move in an
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unsteady way for example we stumbled around in the dark trying to find the
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light switch number 44 is to trim to trim this is to make something better
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smaller or neater by cutting parts away from it for example staff numbers have
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just been trimmed to 15 number 45 is to upstage to upstage this is to say or do
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something that makes people notice you more
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than the person they should be interested in for example how dare you
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upstage me at my own wedding number 46 is to withdraw to withdraw
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this is to stop giving or offering something to someone for example unless
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you sign the contract within seven days the offer will be withdrawn number 47 is
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to wrestle to wrestle this means to struggle to deal with something that is
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difficult for example we wrestled for hours with the problem of which task to
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start first number 48 is to yank to yank this means to pull something or someone
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hard and suddenly for example I yanked the door open and ran outside someone's
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dog barking number 49 is to yearn to yearn this means to want something very
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much especially when it's very difficult to get or achieve for example I've
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always yearned to escape from office life and number 50 is to zap to zap this
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means to do something very quickly it's often used to replace the word to read
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for example I'll zap through this report and I'll get back to you in the morning
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right that was my lesson on 50 advanced verbs
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that you can now use and impress people with don't forget to check out the lingo
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I shall see you soon for another lesson