to witness to sth

  • 101reliable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ consider sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, f …

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  • 102shift — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change ADJECTIVE ▪ distinct, dramatic, fundamental, huge, important, major, marked, massive, profound, pronounced …

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  • 103signature — noun 1 written name ADJECTIVE ▪ illegible ▪ handwritten ▪ valid ▪ forged ▪ digital, electronic …

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  • 104summon — verb 1 order a person to come to a place ADVERB ▪ hastily, urgently ▪ duly (esp. BrE) ▪ She was duly summoned for an interview. ▪ back PREPOSI …

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  • 105testimony — noun 1 formal statement that sth is true ADJECTIVE ▪ credible, reliable ▪ uncorroborated ▪ false, perjured ▪ sworn ▪ …

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  • 106tragedy — noun 1 event/situation that causes great sadness ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, appalling (esp. BrE), awful, big, enormous, great, horrible, horrific, major, rea …

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  • 107admonish — ad|mon|ish [ədˈmɔnıʃ US ˈma: ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: admonester, from Latin admonere to warn , from ad to + monere to warn ] formal to tell someone severely that they have done something wrong admonish sb for (doing) sth ▪ …

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  • 108defence — de|fence W1S2 BrE defense AmE [dıˈfens] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(protection)¦ 2¦(military)¦ 3¦(against criticism)¦ 4¦(in a law court)¦ 5¦(emotions)¦ 6¦(sport)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(PROTECTION …

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  • 109disregard — dis|re|gard1 [ˌdısrıˈga:d US a:rd] v [T] to ignore something or treat it as unimportant ▪ He ordered the jury to disregard the witness s last statement. ▪ Mark totally disregarded my advice. disregard 2 disregard2 n [singular, U] when someone… …

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  • 110doubt — doubt1 W1S1 [daut] n 1.) [U and C] a feeling of being not sure whether something is true or right ▪ Ally was confident that we would be ready on time, but I had my doubts . doubt about ▪ Elizabeth had no doubts at all about his ability to do the… …

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