| Verbs
| Examples
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| to admit
| Brian admitted taking the money.
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| to anticipate
| They anticipate moving to another premises by the end of the year.
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| to appreciate
| I don’t appreciate being treated like a second-class citizen.
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| to avoid
| They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.
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| can’t face
| I can’t face seeing this awful man again.
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| can’t help
| I can’t help thinking he knows more than he told us.
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| can’t stand
| Mrs. Perry couldn’t stand being kept waiting.
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| to consider
| They are considering buying a new car.
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| to contemplate
| I have never contemplated living abroad.
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| to delay
| He delayed telling her the news waiting for the right moment.
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| to deny
| He denies attempting to rob the bank.
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| to detest
| They detest seeing each other.
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| to dislike
| I dislike being away from my family.
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| to dread
| She dreads her husband finding out.
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| to enjoy
| He hardly enjoys dealing with these people.
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| to envisage
| I can’t envisage her coping with this job.
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| to escape
| He narrowly escaped being killed.
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| to excuse
| Excuse my interrupting you.
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| to fancy
| Do you fancy going out this evening?
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| to feel like
| I don’t feel like going out tonight, let’s stay at home and watch a video.
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| to forgive
| Forgive my interrupting but I really don’t agree with you.
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| to imagine
| I can’t imagine him saying that!
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| to involve
| The test will involve answering 50 question on the topics learnt.
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| to justify
| How can they justify asking to pay such huge taxes?
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| to keep
| Keep smiling, you look so nice when you smile.
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| to mention
| Did she mention attending classes in Oxford?
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| to mind
| Do you mind going there instead of me?
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| to miss
| She narrowly missed hitting him.
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| to postpone
| It was an unpopular decision to postpone building the new hospital.
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| to practise
| Practise pronouncing this word correctly.
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| to prevent
| Nothing could prevent his (him) speaking against that plan.
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| to propose
| How do you propose getting home?
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| to put off
| Don’t keep putting off going to the doctor!
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| to recollect
| I recollect him (his) saying that it was dangerous.
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| to resent
| He bitterly resents being treated like a child.
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| to resist
| The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.
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| to risk
| The conspirators knew they risked being arrested.
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| to spend
| The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.
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| to suggest
| I suggest going in my car.
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| to tolerate
| She refused to tolerate being called a liar.
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| to understand
| I just can’t understand him taking the money.
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| to quit
| If only he could quit smoking!
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