smile (verb)

  • 41say cheese — verb Used imperatively to elicit a smile from someone for a photograph by their saying cheese (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile shaped mouth) …

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  • 42grin — verb (grins, grinning, grinned) 1》 smile broadly. 2》 grimace grotesquely in a way that reveals the teeth. noun a broad smile. Phrases grin and bear it suffer pain or misfortune in a stoical manner. Derivatives grinner noun grinning …

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  • 43simper — verb smile in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner. noun such a smile. Derivatives simpering adjective simperingly adverb Origin C16: of unknown origin; cf. Ger. zimpfer elegant, delicate …

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  • 44manage — verb 1 DO STH DIFFICULT (I, T) to succeed in doing something difficult, especially after trying very hard: manage to do sth: Jenny managed to pass her driving test on the fifth attempt. | How do you manage to stay so slim? | We eventually managed …

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  • 45attract — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere, from ad + trahere to pull, draw Date: 15th century transitive verb to cause to approach or adhere: as a. to pull to or draw toward oneself or itself < a magnet&#8230; …

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  • 46manage — verb 1 succeed in doing sth ADVERB ▪ nicely, perfectly well (esp. BrE), very well ▪ I can manage perfectly well on my own, thank you. ▪ successfully ▪ skilfully/skillfully …

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  • 47falter — verb ADVERB ▪ slightly ▪ never ▪ His courage never faltered. ▪ momentarily ▪ badly ▪ …

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  • 48hesitate — verb ADVERB ▪ a little, slightly ▪ briefly, momentarily ▪ (for) a minute, (for) a moment, (for) a second, etc …

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  • 49relax — verb ADVERB ▪ completely, fully, totally ▪ a little, slightly ▪ just, simply ▪ Just relax and take it …

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  • 50respond — verb 1 react ADVERB ▪ immediately, instantly ▪ promptly, quickly, rapidly, swiftly ▪ slowly ▪ …

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