manage (verb)

  • 51pull off — verb 1. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 2) pluck the flowers off the bush • Syn: ↑pluck, ↑tweak, ↑pick off • Derivationally related forms: ↑tweak (for: ↑ …

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  • 52negociate — verb 1. be successful; achieve a goal She succeeded in persuading us all I managed to carry the box upstairs She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it The pianist negociated the difficult runs • Syn: ↑pull off, ↑bring off …

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  • 53carry off — verb 1. kill in large numbers the plague wiped out an entire population • Syn: ↑eliminate, ↑annihilate, ↑extinguish, ↑eradicate, ↑wipe out, ↑decimate • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 54make out — verb 1. detect with the senses (Freq. 8) The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can t make out the faces in this photograph • Syn: ↑spot, ↑recognize, ↑recognise, ↑distinguish, ↑ …

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  • 55carry on — verb 1. direct the course of; manage or control (Freq. 9) You cannot conduct business like this • Syn: ↑conduct, ↑deal • Derivationally related forms: ↑deal (for: ↑de …

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  • 56make do — verb come to terms with (Freq. 1) We got by on just a gallon of gas They made do on half a loaf of bread every day • Syn: ↑cope, ↑get by, ↑make out, ↑contend, ↑grapple, ↑ …

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  • 57get — verb (gets, getting; past got; past participle got, N. Amer. or archaic gotten) 1》 come to have or hold; receive.     ↘experience, suffer, or be afflicted with (something bad). 2》 succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain. 3》 move… …

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  • 58administer — verb ( istered; administering) Etymology: Middle English administren, from Anglo French administrer, from Latin administrare, from ad + ministrare to serve, from minister servant more at minister Date: 14th century transitive verb 1 …

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  • 59succeed — verb 1 manage to achieve what you want; do well ADVERB ▪ admirably, beautifully (esp. AmE), brilliantly, marvellously/marvelously (esp. AmE), well, wildly (esp. AmE), wonderfully ▪ …

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  • 60bring sth about phrasal — verb (T) to make something happen: Computers have brought about many changes in the workplace. bring sb/sth around/round phrasal verb (T) 1 bring the conversation around/round to to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a… …

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