to make sth move

  • 121herd — herd1 [hə:d US hə:rd] n [: Old English; Origin: heord] 1.) a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together →↑flock herd of ▪ a herd of cattle ▪ herds of elephants 2.) the herd people generally, especially when thought of as being …

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  • 122angle*/*/ — [ˈæŋg(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) the shape that is made where two lines or surfaces join each other An angle that measures 90 degrees is a right angle.[/ex] 2) the direction from which something comes, or the direction from which you look at something,… …

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  • 123crank — [kræŋk] noun [C] I 1) British informal someone whose ideas or behaviour are very strange 2) a piece of equipment that turns to make something move or start II verb crank [kræŋk] crank sth up …

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  • 124go — 1 verb past tense went, past participle gone, 3rd person singular present tense goes TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SPEAKER 1 LEAVE SOMEWHERE (I) to leave a place to go somewhere else; depart: I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay. | It s late; I must… …

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  • 125work — work1 W1S1 [wə:k US wə:rk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(do a job for money)¦ 2¦(do your job)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(do an activity)¦ 5¦(try to achieve something)¦ 6¦(machine/equipment)¦ 7¦(be effective/successful)¦ 8¦(have an effect)¦ 9¦(art/style/literature)¦ …

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  • 126throw — throw1 W1S1 [θrəu US θrou] v past tense threw [θru:] past participle thrown [θrəun US θroun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(throw a ball/stone etc)¦ 2¦(put something carelessly)¦ 3¦(push roughly/violently)¦ 4¦(make somebody fall)¦ 5¦(move hands/head etc)¦ 6¦(confuse …

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  • 127put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… …

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  • 128back — back1 W1S1 [bæk] adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(return to place)¦ 2¦(as before)¦ 3¦(previous place)¦ 4¦(backwards)¦ 5¦(reply/reaction)¦ 6¦(return something to somebody)¦ 7¦(in the past)¦ 8¦(again)¦ 9 sit/lie/lean back 10¦(away)¦ …

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