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Contend something
Contend for something
- Spitting factual things
- = compete in/for something
Prompting
= Initiating = Establishing = Start/begin something
out-of-pocket expenses
= extravagant, overpay, expensive
grumble about
= unfair, annoyed, complain
insurmountable
= imperishable issues
exclusive
for specific/limited usages, purposes,…
edifice
a long-ago initiated system (ex: national education ministry)
coined something
= set something up, set in stone
disparage/disparaging
= disregard = underestimate
despise
= strongly dislike something = detest
verb + -ing form/noun
admit, adore, advocate, appreciate, avoid, can’t help, carry on, compare, consider, contemplate, delay, deny, detest, discuss, dislike, end up, endure, enjoy, escape, face, fancy, feel like, finish, foresee, give up, include, involve, justify, keep on, mention, mind, miss, postpone, practise, put off, recommend, resent, resist, risk, suggest, take up, insist on, looking forward to
verb + object + ing form
catch, feel, find, glimpse, observe, overhear, see, smell, watch
verb + to infinitive
afford, agree, aim, appear, apply, arange, aspire, attempt, beg, cease, choose, claim, come, dare, decide, demand, deserve, desire, expect, fail, happen, help, hesitate, hope, learn, manage, need, neglect, ofer, opt, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, resolve, rush, seem, strive, tend, undertake, volunteer, vote, wait, want, work, yearn
verb + object + to infinitive
advise, allow, ask, assign, asist, authorise, beg, cause, challenge, choose, command, compel, convince, dare, decide, defy, desire, employ, empower, enable, encourage, expect, force, free, help, hire, inspire, instruct, intend, invite, lead, motivate, move, need, nominate, order, permit, persuade, pick, prepare, prompt, qualify, raise, recommend, recruit, remind, request, select, send, signal, teach tell, tempt, trust, want, warn
verb + object + bare infinitive
help, let, make, feel, hear, notice, overhear, sê, watch