001 VERBS (20)

Pregunta	Respuesta
ELUDE /iˈluːd/ 1. Financial success eluded him. 2. The details of the case elude me. 3. a criminal who eluded the authorities for six years	1. if something such as success eludes you, you do not manage to achieve it изплъзва ми се 2. if a fact, idea, or word eludes you, you cannot remember or understand it убягва ми 3. to manage to escape or hide from someone or something изплъзвам се
PERSUADE 1. What persuaded you to accept the job? 2. There was no way she could persuade him of her innocence.	1. to cause someone to do something by being a good reason for doing it убеждавам (някого да направи нещо) 2. to make someone believe that something is true убеждавам
EXEMPT Small businesses have been exempted from the tax increase.	to excuse someone or something from a duty, payment, etc. освобождавам (от задължение)
INFRINGE They infringed building regulations.	to break a rule, law, etc. нарушавам
TACKLE There are many ways of tackling this problem.	to try to deal with something or someone справям се
ANTICIPATE Police are anticipating trouble at tonight's game.	to imagine or expect that something will happen очаквам
OMIT She was omitted from the list of contributors to the report. She omitted to mention that they were staying the night.	to fail to include or do something пропускам
RESIGN He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job. She resigned as director.	to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving оттеглям се, напускам
ADOPT All three teams adopted different approaches to the problem.	adopt something = to start to use a particular method or to show a particular attitude towards somebody/something предприемам
IMPEDE /ɪmˈpiːd/ Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. A number of practical difficulties impeded the process. In what ways did economic factors impede progress?	impede something (formal) = to delay or stop the progress of something спъвам, преча
CONSENT He finally consented to go. The patient must consent to the surgery.	to agree to do something, or to allow someone to do something съгласявам се
COMPLY They refused to comply with the UN resolution. When requested to leave, they refused to comply. What sanctions can they take against us if we fail to comply?	comply (with something) = to obey a rule, an order подчинявам се спазвам
RUN He has been running his own company since he left school.	to control and organize something such as a business, organization, or event ръководя, организирам
DETER /dɪˈtɜːr/ These measures are designed to deter an enemy attack. High prices are deterring many young people from buying houses.	to prevent someone from doing something or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something by making it difficult for that person to do it or by threatening bad results if they do it възпирам, разубеждавам
FLATTER /ˈflæt.ər/ I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money. She was flattered by his attention.	to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere лаская
SUSPEND A lamp was suspended from the ceiling. The builders worked on wooden platforms, suspended by ropes from the roof of the building.	to hang something from something else окачвам, провесвам
ENCOMPASS [in'kʌmpəs] 1. The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts. 2. The fog soon encompassed the whole valley.	1. to include a large number or range of things обхващам, включвам, съдъжам 2. to surround or cover something completely обкръжавам, заобикалям
CONCEDE 1. The government has conceded (that) the new tax policy has been a disaster. 2. Federer had to concede in the ninth round due to a head injury.	1. to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true приемам, признавам, допускам 2. to stop trying to win a war, competition, or argument because you realize that you cannot win it отстъпвам
STRAND SOMEBODY The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.	to leave somebody in a place from which they have no way of leaving оставям в безизходица (някого)
EAVESDROP ON He was eavesdropping on our conversation.	to listen to someone's private conversation without them knowing подслушвам

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