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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arouse interest/expectations etc | |
| Matt's behavior was arousing the interest of the neighbors. | |
| arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc | |
| A great deal of anger was aroused by Campbell's decision. | |
| She felt aroused by the pressure of his body so close to hers(= excite) | |
| Anne had to be aroused from a deep sleep. | |
| Violence erupted after police shot a student during the demonstration.=brak out | |
| A political row erupted over the MP's comments. | |
| They were angry to the point of erupting into riot. | |
| Their conversations often erupted into minor squabbles. | |
| He erupted into loud, desperate sobs(to suddenly start laughing, shouting etc) | |
| the e(i)ruption of violence | |
| Shall we drive or take the bus? | |
| They drove back to Woodside | |
| She drove Anna to London-I'll drive you home | |
| I drove myself to hospital | |
| Torrential rain drove the players off the course. | |
| With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure. | |
| The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide. | |
| Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife. | |
| The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her. | |
| This cough is driving me mad! | |
| The mosquitoes drive me to distraction. | |
| The factory had been driven into bankruptcy. | |
| We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground. | |
| She drove her heels into the sand. | |
| drive yourself(to make a person or animal work hard)= Don't drive yourself too hard. | |
| The treatment will not affect your sex drive9strong natural need or desire) | |
| Let's go for a drive along the coast. | |
| Taylor took me for a drive through the town. | |
| How do you normally dress for work? | |
| We usually dress for dinner (=wear formal clothes for our evening meal) . | |
| She dressed Louis in his best blue jersey. | |
| Dress warmly if you're going out for a walk. | |
| Versace dressed some of the most famous people in Hollywood. | |
| He went to the party dressed up as a Chicago gangster. | |
| I keep a box of old clothes for the children to dress up in. | |
| We dressed him up as a gorilla. | |
| Little could be done to redress the situation . | |
| Affirmative action was meant to redress the balance (=make the situation fair) for minorities. | |
| those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights | |
| More vaccines are needed to replenish our stocks | |
| Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him. | |
| I repressed a smile. | |
| The police were widely criticized for their role in repressing the protest movement. =supress | |
| repress a disturbance =subdue | |
| injustice was repressed =curb | |
| innumerable injustices against the black population | |
| The movie deals with injustices suffered by Native Americans. | |
| He had developed a deep sense of social injustice | |
| To say that you are a poor cook is to do yourself an injustice. | |
| Her behaviour was insupportable.= extremely bad or annoying. insupportable pain = unbearable |
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mehran
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