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adore
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Don't you just adore lying in a hot bath?
appreciate
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I appreciate you making the effort to come.
avoid
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I try to avoid going shopping on Saturday's.
can't face
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Let's eat out, shall we? I can't face cooking a meal today.
can't help
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I think Tom is very amusing. I can't help laughing at his funny stories.
can't resist
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The dress was so beautiful that Cleire couldn't resist buying it.
can't stand
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I never go in the bank if it's busy. I can't stand waiting in a queue.
carry on
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Just carry on stirring the mixture until is boils.
consider
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We're considering selling thw house.
delay
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I think we should delay deciding about this until next year.
deny
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Neil denies breaking the window.
detest
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I detest having to get up when it's dark outside.
dislike
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I dislike walking and I hate camping.
don't mind
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I don't mind having a dog in the house so long as it's clean.
mind
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Do you mind me smoking?
enjoy
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I want to travel because I enjoy meeting people and seeing new places.
fancy
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I didn't fancy swimming in that water.
feel like
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I feel like having a nice cool glass of lemonade.
finish
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Have you finished reading that magazine?
give up
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Nick say's he's given up smoking.
imagine
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She imagined herself sitting in her favourit chair back home.
involve
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The operation involves putting a small tube into your heart.
keep
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Nick keeps ringing Rita and asking her out.
mention
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My wife mentioned seeing you the other day.
mind
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Do you mind waiting a moment?
miss
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I haven't missed smoking like I expected to.
postpone
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I had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.
practise
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His written French is very good but he needs to practise speaking it.
put off
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I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
resent
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He resent having to explain his work to other people.
risk
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It's always a risk starting up a new business.
suggest
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I suggested putting the matter to the committee.
afford
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I can't afford to ​buy a ​house.
help
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The $10,000 ​loan from the ​bank helped her to ​start her own ​business.
agree
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The ​bank has agreed to ​lend me £5,000.
hope
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They hope to ​visit us next ​year.
aim
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I aim to be a ​millionaire by the ​time I'm 35.
learn
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I'm learning to ​play the ​piano.
appear
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There appears to be some ​mistake.
manage
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A ​small ​dog had ​somehow managed to ​survive the ​fire.
arrange
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They arranged to have ​dinner the ​following ​month.
offer
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My ​father offered to take us to the ​airport.
ask
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You should ask ​your ​accountant to give you some ​financial ​advice.
plan
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My plan is to ​sell the ​house and ​buy an ​apartment.
attempt
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He attempted to ​escape through a ​window.
prepare
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Are the ​players ​mentally and ​physically prepared to ​play a ​tough ​game?
can't afford
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We can't afford to make any ​mistakes at this ​stage in the ​project.
pretend
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Were you just pretending to be ​interested?
can't wait
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I can't wait to ​see you.
promise
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He promised ​faithfully to ​call me every ​week.
choose
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The firm's ​directors chose Emma to be the new ​production ​manager.
refuse
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On ​cold ​mornings the ​car always refuses to ​start.
claim
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He claims to have ​met the ​president, but I don't ​believe him.
seem
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I seem to ​know more about him than anyone ​else.
decide
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In the end, we decided to go to the ​theatre.
swear
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New ​gang ​members must swear to ​obey the ​gang ​leaders at all ​times.
demand
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I demand to ​see the ​manager.
tend
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We tend to get ​cold ​winters and ​warm, ​dry ​summers in this ​part of the ​country.
deserve
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They ​certainly deserved to ​win that ​game.
threaten
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They threatened to ​kill him ​unless he did as they ​asked.
expect
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He didn't expect to ​see me.
turn out
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The ​truth ​turned out to be ​stranger than we had ​expected.
fail
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She failed to ​reach the Wimbledon Final this ​year.
want
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What do you want to ​eat?
guarantee
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Just ​looking at a ​picture of the ​sea is guaranteed to make me ​feel ​sick.
wish
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I wish to make a ​complaint.
happen
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They happened to ​look in the ​right ​place ​almost ​immediately.
justify
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I can't really justify taking another ​day off ​work.
begin
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Jane has just begun ​learning to ​drive.
begin
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After ​waiting for ​half an ​hour she was beginning to get ​angry.
bother
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He hasn't ​even bothered to write.
bother
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Don't bother making the ​bed - I'll do it ​later.
hate
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I have always hated ​speaking in ​public.
hate
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I hate to ​interrupt, but it's ​time we ​left.
intend
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We intend to go to ​Australia next ​year.
love
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I love ​skiing.
love
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She would ​dearly love to ​start her own ​business.
prefer
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He prefers ​watching ​football to ​playing it.
prefer
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I'd prefer not to ​discuss this ​issue.
propose
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How do you propose to ​complete the ​project in such a ​short ​time?
propose
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How do you propose tackling this ​problem?
start
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They started ​building the ​house in ​January.
start
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I'd just started to write a ​letter when the ​phone ​rang.
continue
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It's said that as the ​boat went down the ​band continued to ​play.
continue
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If she continues ​drinking like that, I'll have to ​carry her ​home.

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