024 VERBS (22)

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DENOUNCE /dɪˈnaʊns/ 1. The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides. Amnesty International denounced the failure by the authorities to take action. 2. She denounced him to the police.	1. to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly критикувам остро, осъждам amnesty International осъди неспособността на властите да предприемат действия. 2. to give information to the police or another authority about someone’s illegal political activities издавам, изобличавам
REINSTATE /ˌriː.ɪnˈsteɪt/ 1. The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. 2. The new director has reinstated weekly finance meetings. noun: REINSTATEMENT /ˌriː.ɪnˈsteɪt.mənt/	1. to cause something to exist again, or to give someone back their previous job or position възстановявам (включително и на длъжност) 2. to bring back a rule, agreement, process, etc. that was previously stopped възобновявам
OVERFLOW /ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ/ 1. Because of heavy rain, the river may overflow its banks. 2. The bar was so full that people were overflowing into/onto the street. 3. They were overflowing with emotion at the birth of their baby.	1. When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much of it преливам 2. When a place overflows, or people or things overflow from somewhere, some people or things have to come out because it cannot contain them all преливам 3. If you overflow with thoughts or feelings, you express them strongly преливам (от чувства)
POACH /pəʊtʃ/ 1. The farmer claimed that he shot the men because they were poaching on his land. 2. Jeff always poaches my ideas, and then pretends that they're his own. 3. Rival brokers have been sniffing around in a bid to poach talent. 4. We had poached eggs for breakfast.	1. to catch and kill animals without permission on someone else's land бракониерствам 2. to take and use for yourself unfairly or dishonestly something, usually an idea, that belongs to someone else открадвам (идея, талантлив човек, играч от друг отбор и т н 3. to persuade very able and skilled employees from another organization to come and work for you (ловя глави) 4. to cook something in water or another liquid that is almost boiling задушавам
ELICITE /iˈlɪs.ɪt/ 1. I could elicit no response from him. 2. Her tears elicited great sympathy from her audience. noun: ELICITATION /ɪˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃn/	to get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty извличам, изтръгвам
DISRUPT /dɪsˈrʌpt/ Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning. I’m not going to let him disrupt my life any longer. noun: DISRUPTION /dɪsˈrʌpʃn/ The strike caused serious disruptions.	to make it difficult for something to continue in the normal way разрушавам, разстройвам, разкъсвам, разтурвам
BLEED Energy companies bleed their customers - the bills are way to high!	to make someone pay a lot of money, especially regularly over a long period of time ~ скубя
ENJOY She enjoys a good reputation because of her charity work. The hotel enjoys a magnificent view of the harbour.	(formal) to have something as a benefit or advantage радвам се (на нещо, което притежавам и оценявам като добро)
WEATHER He has weathered two corruption scandals already.	to deal successfully with a difficult situation or problem, without being seriously harmed справям се, устоявам, издържам (на бури и пр)
POUND /paʊnd/ She pounded on the door with her fists, pleading with him to let her out. The rain was pounding heavily against the windows of the apartment. I suddenly realized that my heart was pounding and beating so fast it hurt. His throat was dry, and his head was pounding like a bass drum, but otherwise he felt ok	to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush something by hitting it repeatedly удрям, блъскам, тропам тежко
BLAST The press blasted the government over it's economic policy. Union leaders blasted the government for failing to tackle the jobs crisis.	to criticize someone or something severely критикувам остро
DECIMATE /ˈdes.ɪ.meɪt/ Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.	to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely reduce large numbers in a brutal or dramatic way убивам, изтребвам думата има исторически произход: в римската армия са убивали всеки десети в редицата с цел налагане на дисциплина
INVOKE /ɪnˈvəʊk/ Police can invoke the law to regulate access to these places.	to use a law in order to achieve something, or to mention something in order to explain something or to support your opinion or action to call on something or someone, esp. God, for help позовавам се на, призовавам, зова, обръщам се към търся закрилата на закона
ENROL /ɪnˈrəʊl/ Is it too late to enrol at the college? I enrolled for/in/on the modern art course. He is enrolled as a part-time student. They want to enrol their children in their local school.	to put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college, or group записвам (се)
DILUTE /daɪˈluːt/ 1. Add some red wine to dilute the tomato sauce. 2. Opening NATO to new members may dilute its strength.	1. to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid разреждам, разводнявам 2. to make a quality, belief etc weaker or less effective отслабвам силата (на нещо)
SWEEP 1. When I arrived he was sweeping the leaves from the driveway. 2. The fire swept (= spread quickly) through the house. 3. American minesweepers are sweeping the Arabian Sea. 4. The road sweeps down to the coast.	1. to clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed мета, измитам, помитам 2. to move, especially quickly and powerfully преминавам бързо, профучавам, нося се 3. to travel across all of an area, especially when looking for something прекосявам във всички посоки, кръстосвам 4. If a road, river, range of mountains, set of steps, etc. sweeps in a particular direction, they follow a particular curved path простирам се, извивам се
SUGGEST /səˈdʒest/ 1. Are you suggesting my husband’s been drinking? 2. Opinion polls suggest that only 10% of the population trust the government. Current data suggests that there could be life on Mars.	1. to state something in an indirect way загатвам, подмятам 2. to make someone think that a particular thing is true внушавам, подсказвам
SUE /sjuː/ The railway may sue for damages (=in order to get money) because of loss of revenue. He is being sued for divorce (=in order to end a marriage) by his wife. She threatened to sue the magazine for libel.	to take legal action against a person or organization, especially by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that they have caused you давам под съд, съдя
LOOT /luːt/ verb: Shops were looted and burned. noun: 2. Two weeks later, police found the loot hidden in an abandoned warehouse. 3. Jodie came home from the mall with bags of loot.	to steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war or riot плячкосвам NOUN: 1. goods taken by soldiers from a place where they have won a battle плячка 2. informal goods or money that have been stolen 3. informal things that you have bought or been given in large amounts – used humorously
CURB The only way to curb the spread of the disease is by immunizing the entire population. The city is trying new measures to curb pollution.	to control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect ограничавам, обуздавам (и прен.)
OVERSHADOW /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/ 1. Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister. 2. My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.	to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy 1. засенчвам 2. помрачавам
PERCEIVE /pəˈsiːv/ 1. How do the French perceive the British? Women's magazines are often perceived to be superficial. 2. Bill perceived a tiny figure in the distance. I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice.	1. to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something възприемам, разбирам, схващам 2. to see something or someone, or to notice something that is obvious усещам, виждам, забелязвам

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