to do sth at sb's urging

  • 1urge — urge1 W3 [ə:dʒ US ə:rdʒ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: urgere] 1.) to strongly suggest that someone does something urge sb to do sth ▪ I got a note from Moira urging me to get in touch. urge that ▪ He urged that a referendum should be… …

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  • 2bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… …

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  • 3give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… …

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  • 4Trade — A verbal (or electronic) transaction involving one party buying a security from another party. Once a trade is consummated, it is considered done or final. Settlement occurs 1 5 business days later. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I …

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  • 5trade — An oral (or electronic) transaction involving one party buying a security from another party. Once a trade is consummated, it is considered done or final. settlement occurs 1 5 business days later. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A trade is a deal …

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  • 6authority — noun 1 (often authorities) people with responsibility for making decisions ADJECTIVE ▪ central, district, federal, local, municipal, regional ▪ government, pu …

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  • 7walk — walk1 W1S1 [wo:k US wo:k] v 1.) [I and T] to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other ▪ How did you get here? We walked. ▪ Doctors said he d never walk again. walk into/down/up etc ▪ Carrie walked into the room and sat down in her… …

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  • 8follow — fol|low W1S1 [ˈfɔləu US ˈfa:lou] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go after)¦ 2¦(happen after)¦ 3¦(come after)¦ 4 as follows 5¦(do what somebody says)¦ 6 follow the signs/somebody s directions 7¦(do the same thing)¦ 8¦(believe in something)¦ 9¦(go in particular… …

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  • 9review — ▪ I. review re‧view 1 [rɪˈvjuː] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] when a situation or process is examined and considered carefully to see if it can be improved: review of • The company is conducting an internal review (= done by employees of the… …

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  • 10package — ▪ I. package pack‧age 1 [ˈpækɪdʒ] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT an amount of something or a number of things, packed together and wrapped up ready to be sent somewhere ; = PARCEL: • The company delivers 300,000 packages overnight …

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