English verbs 3 Flashcards
to force SO to serve in an army or in a country’s armed forces
to conscript
To prtotect SO or sth (at first, in the past, a large, flat object made of metal or leather that soliders held in front of their bodies to protect themselves
To shield/a shield
to stop fighting and admit defeat
To surrender
to give official permission for something to happen
To mandate (UN for instance)
to add something decorative to a person or thing
To adorn
to add something decorative to a person or thing/to do sth to show that you have power
To assert (yourself)
to force someone to leave an important job or a position of power because they have behaved badly or not in a way you approve of
To remove (sby)
to (cause to) come together in order to provide support or make a shared effort/to return to a better condition
To rally
Engine:it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen/
to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage/
to stop making progress
To stall
to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others/ (formal) to say that sth is certainly true/
Définition de assert en anglais
assert
verb [ T ]
UK /əˈsɜːt/ US /əˈsɝːt/
assert yourself
C2
to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others:
I really must assert myself more in meetings.
Don’t be afraid to assert yourself and make your views clear.
Refusing to help with the housework was his way of asserting himself.
Things began to change when women asserted themselves politically.
Boarding school was a tough environment, and she quickly learned to assert herself.
Plus d’exemples
She very quickly asserted her authority over the class.
Tough new policies are needed if the authorities are to assert control over a crime-ridden city.
The book asserts that the 1969 moon landing was a hoax.
The prime minister asserted that he had no intention of resigning.
He made a special appearance on television asserting that the allegations against him were false.
C1 formal
to say that something is certainly true:
[ + that ] He asserts that she stole money from him.
Dictionnaire des synonymes et antonymes avec exemples
C2
to do something to show that you have power
To assert
If you … a mysterious, unknown, or complicated subject, you make it known or understood, and if it …, it becomes known or understood:
[ usually passive ]
If a process or achievement that was slow and complicated … or is …, it is destroyed
To unravel
We have a long way to go before we unravel the secrets of genetics.
To (make a positive feeling or quality) become less strong/bright
To dim (under sth).
To change direction
To veer (towards).
to persuade someone to believe or do one thing rather than another/to cause something to move or change/to move slowly from side to side.
To sway.
Her speech failed to sway her colleagues into supporting the plan
