| Verbs
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| to afford
| I can't afford to buy it.
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| to agree
| They agreed to help us.
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| to appear
| Sue appears to be tired.
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| to arrange
| I'll arrange to meet you at the airport
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| to ask
| He asked to come with us.
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| to attempt
| Do not attempt to repair the computer yourself.
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| to beg
| He begged to come with us.
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| to bother
| He didn’t even bother to ask for permission.
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| to care
| I don't care to see that show.
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| to choose
| We chose to go by train.
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| to claim
| She claims to know a famous movie star.
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| to consent
| She finally consented to marry him.
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| to decide
| I have decided to leave on Monday.
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| to demand
| I demand to know who is responsible.
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| to deserve
| She deserves to win the prize.
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| to endeavour (= to try)
| I will endeavour to do my best for my country.
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| to expect
| I expect to enter graduate school in the fall.
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| to fail
| She failed to return the book to the library on time.
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| to guarantee
| The bank guaranteed to pay all his debts.
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| to hesitate
| Don't hesitate to ask for my help.
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| to hope
| Jack hopes to arrive next week.
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| to neglect
| She neglected to mention the name of her previous employer.
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| to offer
| They offered to help us.
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| to omit
| She omitted to mention that they were staying the night.
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| to plan
| I am planning to throw a party when I come back from my holiday.
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| to prepare
| We prepared to welcome them.
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| to pretend
| He pretends not to understand.
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| to promise
| I promise not to be late.
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| to refuse
| I refuse to believe his story.
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| to resolve
| He resolved not to tell her the truth.
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| to seem
| Your cat seems to be friendly.
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| to struggle
| He struggled to stay awake.
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| to swear
| She swore to tell the truth.
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| to threaten
| She threatened to tell my parents about that.
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| to volunteer
| He volunteered to help us.
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| to wait
| I will wait to hear from you.
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| to want
| I want to tell you something. What do you want to do tomorrow?
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| to wish
| She wishes to come with us. This course is designed for people wishing to update their computer skills.
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| Verbs
| Examples
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| can’t stand
| Lily can't stand working in an office. She can't stand to hear them arguing.
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| to bear (can’t bear)
| I can’t bear having /to have cats in the house.
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| to begin
| Have you begun reading / to read the book yet?
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| to bother
| He didn’t even bother to let me know he was coming. Why bother asking if you’re not really interested?
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| to cease
| You never cease to amaze me! The company ceased trading in June.
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| to continue
| Will you continue attending / to attend these classes?
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| to encourage
| Banks actively encourage people to borrow money. / Banks actively encourage people’s borrowing money.
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| to endure
| He can’t endure to be / being defeated.
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| to finish
| She finished reading /to read the book and put it away.
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| to intend
| I intended to pay for all the damage done. We intend looking at the situation again.
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| to start
| It started raining /to rain.
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| advise smb to do smth
| She advised me to wait until tomorrow.
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| to allow smb to do smth
| She allowed me to use her car.
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| to ask smb to do smth
| I asked John to help us.
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| to beg smb to do smth
| They begged us to come.
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| to cause smb to do smth
| Her laziness caused her to fail.
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| to challenge smb to do smth
| She challenged me to race her to the corner.
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| to convince smb to do smth
| I couldn't convince Ann to accept our help.
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| to dare smb to do smth
| He dared me to do better than he had done.
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| to encourage smb to do smth
| He encouraged me to try again.
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| to expect smb to do smth
| I expect you to be on time.
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| to forbid smb to do smth
| I forbid you to call him.
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| to force smb to do smth
| They forced him to tell the truth.
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| to hire smb to do smth
| She hired a boy to mow the lawn.
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| to instruct smb to do smth
| He instructed them to be careful.
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| to invite smb to do smth
| Harry invited the Johnsons to come to his party.
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| to order smb to do smth
| The judge ordered me to pay a fine.
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| to permit smb to do smth
| He permitted the children to stay up late.
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| to persuade smb to do smth
| I persuaded him to come for a visit.
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| to remind smb to do smth
| She reminded me to lock the door.
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| to require smb to do smth
| Our teacher requires us to be on time.
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| to teach smb to do smth
| My brother taught me to swim.
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| to tell smb to do smth
| The doctor told me to take these pills.
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| to urge smb to do smth
| I urged her to apply for the job.
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| to want smb to do smth
| I want you to be happy.
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| to warn smb to do smth
| I warned you not to drive too fast.
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