My EVerbs 1

to accidentally slide a small distance, and usually then fall down: She slipped and hurt her wrist.

to move smoothly across a surface. You can talk about people, objects, or liquids sliding

to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems:Traffic was disrupted by a hoax bomb.

deceive someone in order to get something from them or to make them do something

to move across a smooth surface in an uncontrolled way. You usually use it to talk about vehicles • Cars skidded on the snow.

to officially ask for something

to ask for something very forcefully

to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a trial in a law court [≠ acquit]

to start sth, usually sth big or important: The Canadian police plan to launch an investigation into the deal

inf. to ask someone a lot of difficult questions

make sthing continue in the same way or at the same standard as before:Britain wants to maintain its position as a world power.

to make a problem or situation more difficult: The situation is complicated by the fact that I've got to work late on Friday.

to fasten sth, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it. or to be fastened like this:Did you lock the car?

to be different from something in some way: The two systems differ in many respects. verb+ from/between/widely/greatly/significantly

to ask someone for advice

to copy something exactly in order to deceive people [= fake]:They admitted counterfeiting documents.

to ask a lot of people for their opinion about something

to have a meeting, party, election etc in a particular place or at a particular time:This year's conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel.A thanksgiving ceremony was held to mark the occasion.

to stop for a short time in order to have a rest or eat something:Shall we break for lunch now?

to touch someone or something quickly and hard with your hand, a stick.crash into something.

have or use something with other people,let somebody use something

used to say that someone can decide about something:You can pay weekly or monthly - it's up to you

to describe something correctly and thoroughly.to explain exactly the meaning of a particular word or idea.

to ask someone questions in court - used about lawyers

if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container

to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall[= trip]

to walk in an unsteady way and often almost fall [= stagger]He stumbled upstairs and into bed.

to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall [= stumble]:He tripped and fell.

to hit something hard, making a loud noise:Stop banging on the door!

to hit a part of your body or something you are carrying against something, by accident [= bump]:I fell and banged my head on the pavement.

to close something violently, making a loud noise, or to be closed in this way [= slam]: I ran out, banging the door behind me.

to sleep for longer than you intended

to slide a short distance accidentally, and fall or lose your balance slightly:Wright slipped but managed to keep hold of the ball.

impossible or unable to move from a particular position

if someone or something appeals to you, they seem attractive and interesting.The idea of working abroad really appeals to me.

to steal money or property from a person, bank etc They killed four policemen while robbing a bank. A 77-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint.

Someone can rob a person or place, but you cannot say that they rob an object or amount of money.

take sth that belongs to someone else: Boys broke into a shop and stole £45 in cash.

also litter up. if things litter an area, there are a lot of them in that place, scattered in an untidy way: Clothes littered the floor.

if s.o. scatters a lot of things, or if they scatter, they are thrown or dropped over a wide area in an irregular way.The flowers fell and scattered on the ground.

to sell something at an auction

to find out the facts about something [= establish]2if something determines something else, it directly influences or decides it

to state something in an exact and detailed way:

to keep asking for something many times, in an annoying way

to ask for something in an anxious or urgent way, because you want it very much

to ask someone questions - used especially about the police or the army

to take something or someone illegally from one country to another

to take someone somewhere illegally by force, often in order to get money for returning them

to deliberately make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not guilty, by lying to the police or in a court of law [= set up]: Needham's lawyers claimed that he had been framed by the police.

to get money from someone by deceiving them: a businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds