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Surge

Abode

Abseiling

Aftermath

Allege

Amazement

Appealing

Appraisal

Arise

Arson

Asset

Astounded

Astride

Averse

Awe

Awkward

Backdrop

Bare

Barely

Bargain

Barter

Beacon

Beefy

Bench

Bend

Bequeath

Besides

Beyond

Bid

Bitter

Sneak

Broads

Puddle

Stutter

Lesser

Overcome

Parch

Dust

Fancy

Conceal

Leash

Lid

Lane

Crooks

Drop out

Grants

Glaring

Stare

Dropping

Hazy

Dare

Auction

Sweat

Shiverings

Imbue

Lust

Meek

Whiff

Steer

Fiend

Channel

Mellow

Hindsight

Blacken

Blame

Blend

Blunder

Blurb

Bob

Bog

Bold

Bond

Bossy

Bother

Bound

Breach

Breakthrough

Broadcast

Broker

Brook

Brunt

Budding

Bunch

Bungee jumping

Bustle

Callous

Capsize

Carve

Carving

Casket

Chart

Chase

Chest

Varsity

Socket

Scrimmaging

Shore

Drawers

Loom

Dusk

Spurt

Exert

Foreboding

Slick

Dumb

Surgeon

Scrape

Roam

Snatch

Point blank

Thump

Harvest

Fin

Edible

To get rid of

Wake

Funnel

Dropelets

Moisture

Toll

Unruly

Smuggling

Irate

Hence

Repeal

Prevent

Curtail

Chubby

Chuckle

Churn

Claim

Clammy

Clerk

Climax

Clover

Clutch

Coddle

Coffin

Comb

Commitment

Commute

Compel

Compelled

Compelling

Compulsory

Con

Conceit

Conceive

Conjure

Contemplate

Convenient

Convey

Cough

Cradle

Craft

Craftsman

Cramp

Cramped

Crawler

Creep

Crumble

Crush

Cuddle

Curl

Curse

Curtain

Dairy

Dash

Deed

Bubbly

Jar

Purse

Shatter

Crib

Gauge

Bona fide

Bald

Heedless

Stab

Weep

Strife

Grief

Limping

Limp

Concrete

Accurately

Reward(As a reward for good behaviour, People should be rewarded for special effort)

Stranded (We were stranded in Paris)

Strand (They ran a campaign that drew together these various strands)

Fume (He was still fuming over the remark)

Pour (She poured some water into the pan, It's pouring)

Coo

Stir up (She was one of those people who likes stirring things up)

Sting (I've been stung, you'll just feel a little sting)

Marquee

Collar

Pitch (The salesman launched into a long pitch about the advantages of..., Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake)

Pitch in (They all pitched in to help)

Husher
(I ushered him into the office, an usher in a theatre, an opportunity to usher in a new era of stability in Europe)

Gig
(They started out doing free gigs in bars)

Loaf
(a loaf of crusty bread)

Stir
(The sauce should be stirred constantly with a wooden spoon, The sight of them stirred him into action)

Nod
(They nodded their agreement)

Compound
(and to compound his problems, he is also under investigation, Heavy rain compounded the misery)

Handsome

Quack
(Why do intelligent people find quack remedies so appealing?)

Whilst
(whilst shopping)

Wag
(She wagged her finger in front of my face while she spoke)

Knuckle
(He had bruised knuckles on both hands)

Stagger
(The summer holidays are staggered so that we can keep the factory open)

Drawl

Dough
(He began to shape the dough into rolls, How the hell would we get enough dough?)

Spree
(to go on a spree)

Squeaky-clean
(his desire to foster a squeaky-clean image)

Scrap
(a scrap of paper, have a scrap with sb)

Leaflet

Dish
(He'd cooked dinner and washed the dishes)

Chopstick

Bow
(The usher opened the door with a bow)

Arrow

Greet

Stack
(a stack of books)

Appalled
(People were appalled by the news)

Craze
(the latest dance craze imported from America)

Maze
(The rats were trained to find their way through a simple maze)

Harsh
(The teacher had harsh words to say about my work)

Lame
(He had to withdraw after the sixth race when his pony went lame)

Fad
(Peter does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad)

Hatchback

To come to fruition

Snare
(Customers are being snared by false offers of prizes)

Canvas

Lull
(the lull before the storm)

Tow
(My car broke down but luckily someone gave me a tow)

Refurbish
(Where we have refurbished stores, we've seen sales move ahead)

Haven
(It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day)

Highbrow
(Highbrow critics claimed that the programme was `too sophisticated' to appeal to most viewers)

Undergo
(He recently underwent brain surgery)

Relief
(The news brought a sense of relief)

Understatement
(To say I'm disappointed is an understatement)

Pace
(He quickened his pace)

Scope
(He has a lot of scope)

Upswing

Embed
(The aim is to embed in the civil service the best modern management practices)

Healing

Heal
(treatment to heal a broken foot)

Trials
(I've got it on trial for three weeks)

Enhance
(We found new designs to enhance the quality of the product)

Outright
(It was an outright refusal)

Harness
(One problem with harnessing solar energy is that it is not constant)

Caveat
(With the caveat that almost every figure in this survey is suspect, it can be said that...)

Thereby

Skewing

Indeed

Delve

Untapped

Waste

Vivid
(I have a vivid memory of an excursion with my grandmother)

Ox

Stubborn

Blaze
(The family died in the blaze)

Flare
(Trouble flared in several American cities)

Bruise
(bruises on the fruit's skin, I had only bruised my knee)

Hone
(Leading companies spend time and money on honing the skills of senior managers)

Hover
(A police helicopter hovered overhead)

Grasp
(Edward grasped my arm, I could not grasp what she was talking about)

Manner

Slight

Steadily

Shallow
(Thousands of little fish swim in the shallows)

Owl

Kite

Swamp
(Sudden heavy seas swamped the ship)

Cunning
(On their second raid they were more cunning)

Wise

Skew
(Along the way subtle influences can skew the decision)

Gloomy

Tap

Drill

Dash
(the dash for gas)

Go awry

All the more so
(at a time when...)

Unlikely

Chiefly
(thanks chiefly to)

Barring
(and barring technological change...)

Plentiful
(Coal is plentiful)

Fate
(Our fate is sealed)

Plot
(and while we plot a ...)

Doom

Grinding
(grinding poverty)

Sometime
(I'll give him a call sometime next week)

Sparsely
(A sparsely populated...)

Allegedly
(Police has arrested a man who allegedly used forged credit cards)

Akin
(Akin to a dog)

Albeit
(albeit set in the highlands of scotland)

Hedge

Arguably
(it was, arguably, the first scientifically proven...)

Unfettered
(I let my mind roam unfettered)

Relentless
(a relentless worker)

Boast
(some boast about...)

Unwind
(I needed to unwind)

Vicinity
(focus on smth in your immediate vicinity)

Spin
(Spin the wheel as fast as you can)

Dawning
(I had a dawning sense of...)

Bewildered
(Her quick mind and changing moods bewildered him)

Rule out
( Murder cannot be ruled out, nobody can completely rule that out)

Put forward (Someone will put forward a logical explanation, Remember to put forward your clocks tonight)

Come across (you can come across them in most shops)

Fussy ( He was very fussy about cleanliness)

Chores (who does each of these chores in your family, household chores)

Spare (Take a spare tee-shirt)

Wander (I wandered round the city centre, A man was found wandering in the hills)

Savvy (she was savvy in that way, He doesn't have the necessary political savvy)

Tingle (I felt that tingle in my stomach, I felt a tingle of excitement)

Despise (They despise me because the way I'm living)

Ripe (At the ripe age of 38..., The nation was ripe for revolution)

Flesh (Even though I saw him in the flesh only once in a while)

Once in a while (Even though I saw him in the flesh only once in a while)

Reckless (I was reckless with my affection, He is charged with causing death by reckless driving)

Rash (I was rash at times)

Heedless (I was heedless of my relationship)

Sake (He gave up smoking for the sake of his health, For the sake of a dollar)

Forsake (A man doesn't forsake his friends)

Slant (your carreer is on an upward slant, These two papers give a completely different slant on events)

Clamber (I clambered on the motorbike)

Straw (just one large heap of straw)

Heap (just one large heap of straw, a rubbish heap)

Tame (he tames a lion)

Fathom (I can't even fathom how hard it was for you)

Frailty (it forced me to confront my own human frailty)

Overhear (you overhear a man and a woman talking about...)

Mere ( Actions really do speak louder than mere words, It's a mere formality)

Merely (We accept these ideas merely because they have never been challenged, January was merely a month away)

Hereafter ( Hereafter his name will not appear at all in anything I write, belief in the hereafter)

Preppy (is style was preppy)