有些动词后面接状语是必须的，这个状语叫obligatory adverbial
比如He put the coffee on the table.
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- abide (vi.)
May joy and peace abide in us all.
- act (vi.)
They acted unreasonably when they turned down Jill’s application.
- ally (vt.)
Some of the northern cities allied themselves with the emperor.
- amble (vi.)
An old man came out and ambled over for a chat.
- appear (vi.)
Two faces appeared at our window.
She has already appeared in a number of films.
The story appeared in all the national newspapers.
The new range will be appearing in shops in the autumn.
The three men are due to appear in court tomorrow. - ask (vt.)
Let’s ask them to have dinner with us some time.
- back (vi.)
She backed into a doorway to let the crowds pass by.
- bang (vi.)
- bank (vi.)
I’ve always banked at First Interstate.
- barge (vi.)
She ran outside, barging past bushes and shrubs.
- bash (vi.)
Police bashed down the door to get in.
- batter (vi.)
People were battering at the door.
- be (vi.)
How long has she been here?
The party is on Saturday. - beam (vt.)
In the 1960's, U.S. astronomer Frank Drake started the first real search for alien radio signals being beamed across the Universe.
- beat (vi.)
Waves beat against the cliffs.
- beetle (vi.)
He went beetling off down the corridor.
- behave (vi.)
- be heading (vi.)
Forecasters predict the region’s economy is heading for disaster.
- belong (vi.)
I don't really feel I belong in the movies.
- belt (vi.)
We were belting down the motorway at 95 miles per hour.
- bicycle (vi.)
- bike (vi.)
She bikes to work every day.
- blow (vt.)
The wind blew the rain into our faces.
He blew the smoke right in my face.
A bomb like that could blow you to bits. - blunder (vi.)
Someone was blundering about in the kitchen.
Somehow we blundered into the war. - board (vi.)
Several students boarded with Mrs. Smith.
- bob (vi.)
Mrs Foster bobbed about, gathering up her things.
- bomb (vi.)
Suddenly a police car came bombing down the high street.
- bop (vi.)
We spent the afternoon just bopping around town.
- bounce (vi.)
Olivia came bouncing into the room.
- bound (vi.)
Suddenly a huge dog came bounding towards me.
- bowl (vi.)
We were bowling along at about 90 miles per hour.
- breeze (vi.)
She just breezed into my office and said she wanted a job.
- bring (vt.)
Bring your arm up slowly until it’s level with your shoulder.
The discovery of gold brought thousands of people to the Transvaal. - brush (vt./vi.)
Ella brushed the crumbs off her jacket.
I felt her hair brush against my arm.
Brush the pastry with milk. - bump (vi./vt.)
I ran after him, bumping against people in my hurry.
A police car bumped down the track.
Flora was bumping her bags down the steps. - bundle (vt./vi.)
They bundled Perez into the car and drove off.
Six of us bundled into a taxi. - bung (vt.)
Can you bung these clothes in the washing machine?
- burn (vi.)
Our car burns up the road.
- burrow (vi./vt.)
Mother turtles burrow into the sand to lay their eggs.
She burrowed her head into his shoulder.
Helen burrowed in her bag for a handkerchief. - burst (vi.)
Jo burst into the room.
- bustle (vi.)
Madge bustled round the room, putting things away.
- buzz (vi.)
Bees were buzzing around the picnic tables.
Pamela buzzed around checking that everything was ready. - cannon (vi.)
She came hurtling round the corner and cannoned straight into me.
- caper (vi.)
The dancers capered across the stage.
- careen (vi.)
The car careened around the corner.
- career (vi.)
The truck careered down the hill and into a tree.
- carry (vt.)
He had a way of carrying his head on one side.
- cart (vt.)
Household waste is carted away by the city’s Sanitation Department.
We carted all the furniture upstairs. - carve (vt.)
The company carved $1 million from its budget.
- cascade (vi./vt.)
Her thick black hair cascaded down below her waist.
This information will be cascaded down to employees through their line managers. - cast (vt.)
Sparks leapt as he cast more wood on the fire.
Memet should, in her opinion, be cast into prison. - catapult (vt.)
Sam was catapulted into the air by the force of the blast.
- charge (vi.)
The boys charged noisily into the water.
- chase (vt./vi.)
The men were chased off by troops, who fired warning shots.
I was chasing around getting everything organized. - chip (vt.)
- chug (vi.)
The boat chugged out of the harbour.
The economy just keeps chugging along. - clamber (vi.)
They clambered over the slippery rocks.
- clamour (vi.)
The audience cheered, clamoring for more.
- clamp (vt.)
She clamped her hands over her ears.
Clamp the two parts together until the glue dries. - clatter (vi.)
The children clattered downstairs.
- cleave (vt.)
The wooden door had been cleft in two.
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climb (vi.)
The wall is too high to climb over.
John climbed through the window into the kitchen. - cling (vi.)
He wailed and clung to his mother.
His wet shirt clung to his body. - clip (vi./vt.)
- close (vi.)
The dollar closed at 64p against the pound.
Her left hand closed over his arm. - clump (vi.)
The kids clumped up the stairs in their boots.
- cluster (vt.)
Industries in Britain tend to be clustered together.
- coast (vi.)
Bev coasted downhill on her bicycle.
- cogitate (vi.)
- come (vi.)
The water came up as far as my chest.
This particular sofa comes in four different colours.
She came first in the 200 metres. - conduct (vt.)
On arrival, I was conducted to the commandant’s office.
- commiserate (vi.)
I just wanted to commiserate with you.
- course (vi.)
Tears coursed down his cheeks.
His smile sent waves of excitement coursing through her. - cram (vt./vi.)
Jill crammed her clothes into the bag.
We all crammed in and Pete started the car. - crane (vt.)
He craned his neck above the crowd to get a better view.
- crash (vt.)
- creep (vi.)
- crowd (vi.)
Hundreds of people crowded into the church for the funeral.
- cruise (vi.)
We were cruising along at 50 miles per hour.
- crunch (vi.)
The dog was crunching on a bone.
- curl (vi./vt.)
Morning mists curled across the river.
He curled his arm around Claudia’s waist. - cut (vi.)
I usually cut through the car park to get to work.
At the crucial moment, the camera cuts away and we don't see the murder. - dart (vi.)
Jill darted forward and pulled him away from the fire.
- dash (vi./vt.)
Olive dashed into the room, grabbed her bag, and ran out again.
The ship was dashed against the rocks. - delve (vi.)
He delved into his pocket and brought out a notebook.
- deposit (vt.)
The female deposits her eggs directly into the water.
- dig (vt.)
He dug his hands deep into his pockets.
- direct (vt.)
The machine directs an X-ray beam at the patient’s body.
- disaffiliate (vi.)
He disaffiliated himself from the political party he had once led.
- discharge (vi.)
Rainwater collects here and then discharges into the river Kennett.
- dispose (vt.)
Chinese vases are disposed around the gallery.
- dive (vi.)
Jackson dived after the ball.
- drag (vt.)
He grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room.
Mom dragged us to a classical music concert. - drain (vi.)
I watched the bath water drain away.
- draw (vi./vt.)
She drew away, but he pulled her close again.
Bobby drew a chair up to the table. - drop (vi.)
He dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table.
I just dropped by to see how you were getting on.
The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below. - dribble (vi./vt.)
Blood from the wound dribbled down the side of his face.
Money is finally dribbling back into the country now.
Dribble a few drops of olive oil over the pizza. - drive (vi./vt.)
After the accident, the other car just drove off.
She drove Anna to London.
The rain was driving down hard.
They drove a tunnel through the mountains. - drizzle (vt.)
Drizzle the soy sauce over the chicken.
- drop (vi.)
He dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table.
I just dropped by to see how you were getting on.
The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below. - duck (vi.)
The two men ducked into a block of flats and disappeared.
- dump (vt.)
He found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.
- dwell (vi.)
They dwelt in the forest.
- ease (vt.)
She eased her shoes off.
- edge (vt.)
- encroach (vi.)
Bureaucratic power has encroached upon the freedom of the individual.
The fighting encroached further east. - engage (vi.)
Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
- entangled (vt.)
Small animals can get entangled in the net.
They lost all their money after getting entangled in a bad real estate deal. - extend (vi.)
Some of our courses extend over two years.
The River Nile extends as far south as Lake Victoria.
My duties at the school extend beyond just teaching. - fall (vi.)
Many illnesses fall into the category of stress-related illnesses.
His dark hair fell over his face.
The last rays of sunlight were falling on the fields.
I’d like to dedicate this record to all whose anniversaries fall at this time of year.
The first punch fell on his nose. - feed (vt.)
Figures are fed into the computer, which then predicts the likely profit.
- ferret (vi.)
He started ferreting around in his desk.
- ferry (vt.)
The ship was used to ferry supplies to Russia during the war.
- fetch up (vi.)
I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
- file (vi.)
The Morrisons have filed for divorce.
We began to file out into the car park.
File down the sharp edges. - filter (vi.)
Chattering noisily, the crowd began to filter into the auditorium.
The news gradually filtered through from Bombay last night.
Moonlight filtered in through the frosted window. - fish (vi.)
She fished around in her purse and pulled out a photo.
- fit (vt.)
She fitted the last piece into the jigsaw puzzle.
- flare (vi.)
The dress flares out from the hips.
- flash (vi./vt.)
Images of the war flashed across the screen.
Reporters at the scene flashed the news to their offices.
A meteor flashed through the sky.
Our vacation seemed to just flash by. - flick (vt.)
Papa flicked the ash from his cigar.
Jackie flicked her long hair back. - flicker (vi.)
A puzzled smile flickered across the woman’s face.
- fling (vt.)
- flip (vt.)
He flipped the top off the bottle and poured himself a drink.
- flit (vi.)
Birds flitted about in the trees above them.
- float (vi.)
I looked up at the clouds floating in the sky.
The sound of her voice came floating down from an upstairs window. - flock (vi.)
People have been flocking to the exhibition.
- flood (vi.)
Refugees are still flooding across the border.
Memories of my time in Paris flooded back. - flop (vi.)
He flopped down onto the bed.
His head flopped back pathetically. - flounce (vi.)
She flounced out of the room.
- flounder (vi.)
I could hear them floundering around in the dark.
- flow (vi.)
Money has been flowing into the country from Western aid agencies.
- fold (vt.)
Some old pennies were folded in the handkerchief.
- force (vt.)
Strong winds forced the ship off course.
- forge (vi.)
He forged into the lead in the fourth set.
- fork (vt.)
He forked some bacon into his mouth.
In November, the soil should be forked over. - frogmarch (vt.)
- funnel (vt.)
Police at the barriers funnelled the crowd into the arena.
His office funneled millions of dollars in secret contributions to the re-election campaign. - gab (vi.)
You two were gabbing so much you didn’t even see me!
- gallop (vi.)
Ian came galloping down the stairs.
- galumph (vi.)
Children were galumphing around the stage.
- gaze (vi.)
Nell was still gazing out of the window.
- get (vi./vt.)
We didn’t get home until midnight.
I’ve got as far as chapter 5.
Get out of my house!
I couldn’t get the disk out of the computer. - glance (vi.)
The man glanced nervously at his watch.
Can you glance through these figures for me? - glare (vi.)
The sun glared down on us.
- glide (vi.)
- gnaw (vt.)
A rat had gnawed a hole in the box.
- go (vi.)
There’s nothing more we can do here. Let’s go home.
The party went well.
The road goes through the middle of the forest.
The book goes on the top shelf.
She went like this with her hand.
The argument goes like this.
The day seemed to go so slowly. - go out (vi.)
March went out with high winds and rain.
- gravitate (vi.)
Most visitors to London gravitate to Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square.
- grind (vt./vi.)
- group (vt.)
We were grouped into six age bands.
- grovel (vi.)
I saw him grovelling in the road for his hat.
- grub (vi.)
Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.
- gum (vt.)
A large label had been gummed to the back of the photograph.
- gush (vi.)
Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- hack (vi.)
- hang (vt./vi.)
Philip hung his coat on a hook behind the door.
An old-fashioned gas lamp hung from the ceiling.
There was a family photograph hanging on the wall.
The smoke from the bonfires hung in the air. - hare (vi.)
He hared off down the road.
- hasten (vi.)
- head (vi./vt.)
- herd (vt.)
The prisoners were herded together.
- hitch (vt.)
He hitched our pick-up to his trailer.
- hobble (vi.)
He hobbled into the room on crutches.
- hold (vt.)
Hold the picture up so we can see it.
- honeymoon (vi.)
She was to honeymoon in Paris.
- hook (vt.)
Just hook the bucket onto the rope and lower it down.
Ruth hooked her arm through Tony’s.
Computers from different manufacturers can often be hooked together. - hop (vi.)
Patrick hopped out of bed and quickly got dressed.
- hover (vi./vt.)
The dollar has been hovering around the 110 yen level.
When you hover the cursor over the image, the title of the image appears. - huddle (vi.)
She huddled under the blankets.
- hunch (vi.)
He had to hunch over the steering wheel to see anything.
- hurl (vt.)
Demonstrators were hurling bricks through the windows.
- hurry (vt.)
Emergency supplies have been hurried to the areas worst hit by the famine.
- hurtle (vi.)
All of a sudden, a car came hurtling round the corner.
- hurry (vt.)
Emergency supplies have been hurried to the areas worst hit by the famine.
- inch (vt.)
- incise (vt.)
It is incised in the child and in the fertile mysteries of childhood as these survive in adults.
- infiltrate (vi.)
Rebel forces have been infiltrating into the country.
- jam (vt.)
He jammed his foot on the accelerator and the car sped off.
- jet (vi.)
- jibe (vi.)
- jig (vi.)
- journey (vi.)
They left the town and journeyed south.
- jump (vi.)
Matt jumped up to answer the phone.
- jut (vi.)
Tall jagged rocks jutted out over the beach.
- keep (vt.)
George kept a bottle of whiskey under his bed.
He was kept in prison for a week without charge. - knock (vt.)
As I got up, I knocked a pencil out of its holder.
He knocked her to the ground and kicked her.
The aim is to knock the ball into the opposing goal. - labour (vi.)
I could see the bus labouring up the steep, windy road.
- land (vi.)
A large branch landed on the hood of my car.
Just when I thought my problems were over, this letter landed on my desk. - lash (vt./vi.)
The oars were lashed to the sides of the boat.
The wind lashed violently against the door. - last (vi.)
The hot weather lasted for the whole month of June.
If you go into the job with that attitude, you won’t last long.
She feared she might not be able to last out the afternoon in court without fainting. - lay (vt.)
He laid his hand on my shoulder.
- laze (vi.)
We spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
- lead (vt.)
A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair.
The riverside path leads visitors to a small chapel.
I tried to lead the conversation back to the subject of money. - leak (vi.)
Sea water was leaking into the batteries which powered the electric motors.
- lean (vi./vt.)
They were leaning forward, facing each other.
He was leaning on the bridge, watching the boats go by.
He leant his bicycle against the fence. - leap (vi.)
The smaller animals can easily leap from tree to tree.
I leapt up the stairs three at a time. - leave (vt.)
Did anybody leave a jacket behind last night?
- lie (vi.)
She lay back against the pillows.
The papers were lying neatly on his desk.
Part of the blame must lie with social services.
The town lies in a small wooded valley.
How will we cope with the difficulties that lie ahead?
Here lies Percival Smythe. - lift (vt.)
More troops are being lifted into the area as the fighting spreads.
- limp (vi.)
The damaged liner limped into New York.
- linger (vi.)
There’s no need to linger over this stage of the interview.
- live (vi.)
They lived in Holland for ten years.
These particular birds live on only one island in the Pacific.
He lived in the eighteenth century.
The people in this country just want to live in peace.
He lives in a fantasy world.
Those big dishes live in the cupboard next to the fridge. - lob (vt.)
The kids were lobbing pine cones into the neighbor’s yard.
Nadal lobbed the ball high over Murray’s head. - locate (vi.)
We are offering incentives for companies to locate in our city.
- lock (vt.)
Lock the cat in the kitchen.
- lodge (vi.)
The fishbone lodged in her throat.
John lodged with a family in Bristol when he first started work. - loll (vi.)
He lolled back in his chair.
- lollop (vi.)
The dog came lolloping up the path.
- look (vi.)
The cabin looks east, so we get the morning sun.
- loom (vi.)
Suddenly a mountain loomed up in front of them.
- lope (vi.)
He loped off down the corridor.
- lounge (vi.)
Nathan was lounging on the grass bank outside the cottage.
- lumber (vi.)
They lumbered along slowly.
- luxuriate (vi.)
He ran a hot bath and luxuriated in it for half an hour.
- manoeuvre (vt.)
Josh manoeuvred himself out of bed and hobbled to the door.
- march (vi./vt.)
An estimated 5,000 people marched through the city to demonstrate against the factory closures.
Brett marched out of the office, slamming the door behind him.
Mr Carter marched us to the principal’s office. - meander (vi.)
Cows still meander through these villages.
- mince (vi.)
She was mincing about in her high-heeled shoes.
- mosey (vi.)
I guess I’ll mosey on down to the store now.
- motor (vi.)
Bertie is motoring down from London.
- nail (vt.)
The lid was firmly nailed down.
- narc (vi.)
- nestle (vt./vi.)
- nip (vt.)
I’ve got to nip home and change my clothes.
- nose (vt.)
She carefully nosed the car forward through the traffic.
- nudge (vt.)
She nudged the glass towards me.
I started to nudge my way to the front of the crowd.
We’re trying to nudge them towards a practical solution. - nuzzle (vi.)
The horses were nuzzling up against each other.
- occur (vi.)
Whooping cough occurs mainly in young children.
- ooze (vi.)
The ice cream was melting and oozing out of its wrapper.
- operate (vi.)
Check that the equipment is operating in a safe manner.
- originate (vi.)
A lot of our medicines originate from tropical plants.
- pace (vt.)
I found Mark at the hospital, pacing restlessly up and down.
- pack (vt.)
Fifty thousand fans packed into the stadium.
- pad (vi.)
The cat came padding silently back to its home.
- pan (vi.)
The camera panned slowly across the crowd.
- parachute (vi./vt.)
They parachuted into Vietnam in 1968.
Supplies have been parachuted into the area. - parade (vi./vt.)
The marchers paraded peacefully through the capital.
A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down.
The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras. - pass (vi./vt.)
He passed along the corridor to a small room at the back of the building.
He passed the rope carefully around the post.
The road passes right through the town centre.
I’ll pass the information on to our sales department.
A glance of recognition passed between them.
The land will pass to my son when I die.
The chemical passes from a liquid to a solid state during the cooling process. - paste (vt.)
A notice had been pasted to the door.
- pedal (vt./vi.)
- peek (vi.)
The moon peeked out from behind the clouds.
- peel (vt.)
Peel away the waxed paper from the bottom of the cake.
- peep (vi.)
I could see her toes peeping out from under the sheet.
- peer (vi.)
He was peering through the wet windscreen at the cars ahead.
- pelt (vi.)
Three huge dogs came pelting into the street.
- perch (vi.)
The young bird has to perch upright on the rim while it grows its feathers.
- percolate (vi.)
Rainwater percolates down through the rock.
- permeate (vi.)
Rain permeates through the ground to add to ground water levels.
- pick (vt.)
Ahmed picked the melon pips from his teeth.
- pierce (vt.)
- pile (vt.)
He piled bread and milk into his basket.
- pillow (vt.)
His head was pillowed on his arm.
- pin (vt.)
He pinned the name tag on his jacket.
He pinned her arms to her sides. - pinion (vt.)
My arms were pinioned behind me by the policemen.
- pitch (vt./vi.)
She crumpled up the page and pitched it into the fire.
Without a seat belt, you can easily be pitched right through the windscreen.
Her voice is pitched a little too high.
The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house. - place (vt.)
She poured the doctor a cup of tea and placed it on the table.
The government is being placed under pressure to give financial help to farmers.
I would place health quite high on my list of priorities. - plant (vt.)
She planted her feet firmly to the spot and refused to move.
- play (vt./vi.)
- plod (vi.)
The horse plodded up the hill.
- plonk (vt.)
You can plonk those bags down anywhere in my room.
- plop (vt.)
The frog plopped back into the pond.
- plough (vi.)
We ploughed through the thick mud.
- pluck (vt.)
Some refugee children were plucked out of the country in a number of mercy missions.
- plump (vt.)
Plump the bags down anywhere you like.
- plunge (vt.)
- plunk (vt.)
I plunk down a dollar and confront my deepest fears.
- ply (vt.)
- poke (vt./vi.)
He poked a hand into one of his pockets.
Ella looked at the tiny face poking out of the blanket. - point (vt./vi.)
He stood up and pointed his gun at the prisoner.
There were TV cameras pointing at us.
She pointed me towards an armchair.
My teachers were all pointing me towards university.
Everything seemed to point in one direction. - poise (vt.)
He poised the bottle over her glass. ‘More wine?’
- poke (vt./vi.)
He poked a hand into one of his pockets.
Ella looked at the tiny face poking out of the blanket. - pop (vi./vt.)
The top button popped off my shirt.
I need to pop into the drugstore for a second.
I’ll just pop these cookies into the oven. - position (vt.)
Position the cursor before the letter you want to delete.
- pound (vi.)
Runners will be pounding the pavement this weekend during the London Marathon.
- pour (vi.)
Smoke was pouring out of the upstairs windows.
The crowds began pouring out of the stadium.
Light was pouring into the courtyard. - power (vi.)
His strong body powered through the water.
- prance (vi.)
We used to prance around our bedroom pretending to be pop stars.
- precipitate (vt.)
- press (vt./vi.)
He pressed a card into her hand before leaving.
The car rocked as the crowd pressed hard against it. - prise (vt.)
I tried to prise the lid off.
- proceed (vi.)
assengers for Miami should proceed to gate 25.
- process (vi.)
- prop (vt.)
He propped his bike against a tree.
- pry (vt.)
We finally managed to pry the door open with a screwdriver.
- puff (vi.)
Steam puffed out of the chimney.
The train puffed steadily across the bridge. - pull (vt.)
Ben pulled a pen from his pocket.
He pulled off his damp shirt.
She tried to pull her hand free, but it was held fast. - pump (vt./vi.)
The fire department is still pumping floodwater out of the cellars.
Blood pumped from the wound. - push (vt./vi.)
The law would push even more children into poverty.
New technology has pushed the cost of health care even higher.
We pushed deep into enemy territory. - put (vt.)
He put the coffee on the table.
Don’t put yourself into a situation you can’t handle.
So it was an accident, an ‘act of God’ if you want to put it like that.
A recent poll put Dr Martens among the world’s top thirty designer labels.
Pneumonia put him in the hospital for a week. - putter (vi.)
I puttered around for a while, cleaning up the kitchen.
A little boy puttered along the sidewalk.
A motor boat puttered by. - race (vt.)
She was raced to hospital.
- radiate (vi.)
Heat radiated from the glowing coals.
There were tiny lines radiating from the corners of her eyes. - rake (vi.)
I’ve been raking through my drawers looking for those tickets.
- ram (vt.)
First, you’ll have to ram the posts into the ground.
- ramble (vi.)
There’s plenty to discover as you ramble around this little island.
- range (vi./vt.)
The show had a massive audience, ranging from children to grandparents.
There were 120 students whose ages ranged from 10 to 18.
Cattle ranged over the pastures in search of food.
In the dining room, team photographs were ranged along the wall. - rank (vi.)
We rank among the safest countries in the world.
- reach (vt./vi.)
- read (vt.)
She shook her head, and I read this as a refusal.
- reel (vi.)
Andy reeled away from the bar and knocked over his stool.
- reflect (vi.)
The sound reflected back in one tenth of a second.
- remain (vi.)
Despite the job losses, Parker remained as manager.
- repose (vi.)
This seam of coal reposes on a layer of clay.
The body of her grandmother reposes in the churchyard. - reside (vi.)
Her family has resided in New York for more than ten years.
- rest (vt./vi.)
Rest your head on my shoulder.
My mother rests beside my father in the family graveyard. - ride (vi.)
They mounted their bikes and rode off.
We got onto the bus and rode into San Francisco.
I rode up to the tenth floor.
The moon was riding high in the sky. - rip (vt.)
Gilly ripped out a sheet of paper from her notebook.
- ripple (vi.)
Panic rippled through Hollywood as the murders were discovered.
Anger was rippling through him so fiercely that his whole body shook. - roam (vi.)
His eyes roamed over the bookshelves.
- roar (vi.)
The car roared off down the road.
- rocket (vi.)
The train rocketed through the tunnel.
Their new album rocketed to number one in the charts. - roll (vi./vt.)
The ball rolled into the street.
I tried to roll him onto his side.
Her car was slowly rolling away from the curb.
Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Mist rolled in from the sea. - romp (vi.)
They could hear the children romping around upstairs.
- root (vi.)
Pigs often root about in the mud for their food.
He rooted about in all his drawers and found the lost ball-pen at last. - rope (vt.)
Suitcases were roped to the top of the car.
- rub (vt.)
Can you rub some sun cream on my back for me?
- rule (vi.)
The Supreme Court has yet to rule on the case.
- rumble (vi.)
We watched the tanks rumbling past the window.
- rummage (vi.)
Looks like someone’s been rummaging around in my desk.
- run (vi./vt.)
Her car ran off the road and into a tree.
Let me run you to the station.
Run the cables under the carpet.
Charles ran his fingers through her hair.
Tears started to run down her cheeks.
A feeling of excitement ran through her body as they touched. - rush (vi./vt.)
A small girl rushed past her.
The Red Cross rushed medical supplies to the war zone.
Water rushed through the gorge. - sail (vi.)
She always wanted to sail around the world.
A ball came sailing over the fence.
She sailed into the room. - sashay (vi.)
Models sashayed down the aisle.
- saunter (vi.)
He came sauntering down the road with his hands in his pockets.
- scamper (vi.)
The monkeys scampered down the tree, anxious to investigate what was happening on the ground.
- scoop (vt.)
She bent down and scooped up the little dog.
- scorch (vi.)
He scorched out of the gate, almost crashing his new sports car.
- scrabble (vi.)
He scrabbled for the light switch.
- scramble (vi.)
They tried to scramble up the cliff.
Alan scrambled out of the way. - scrape (vt.)
I scraped my knee painfully on the concrete.
- scratch (vi./vt.)
A few chickens scratched around in the yard.
I scratched away a little of the paint with my fingernail.
I have scratched his name from the list.
His pen scratched away on the paper. - screw (vt.)
The chairs were screwed to the floor.
She carefully screwed the cap back onto the toothpaste.
She screwed the letter up and threw it in the bin. - scroll (vi.)
He scrolled through the document.
- scud (vi.)
if clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly
- scuffle (vi.)
- scurry (vi.)
People were scurrying off to work.
- scuttle (vi.)
A little lizard scuttled across the path.
- sear (vi.)
- see (vt.)
My mother used to see me across the road.
- seep (vi.)
Blood seeped down his leg.
His tension was seeping away. - send (vt.)
I can’t afford to send my kid to private school.
The blaze sent smoke over much of the city.
His lectures always send me to sleep. - set (vt.)
She set the tray down on a table next to his bed.
Gates should be hung on sturdy posts set well into the ground.
The novel is set in France.
These casualty totals have to be set against the continuing growth in traffic. - settle (vi./vt.)
Many Jewish people settled in the Lower East Side.
Donna did not dare settle herself too comfortably into her seat, in case she fell asleep.
An uneasy silence settled over the room.
A disapproving frown settled on her face. - shamble (vi.)
The old man shambled out of the room muttering to himself.
- sheer (vi.)
The boat sheered away and headed out to sea.
- shelve (vi.)
The garden shelves gently towards the sea.
- shephard (vt.)
The tour guides shepherded the rest of the group onto the bus.
- shift (vt.)
- shoo (vt.)
He shooed the kids out of the kitchen.
- shoot (vt./vi.)
The fountain shoots water 20 feet into the air.
A sharp pain suddenly shot along his arm. - shove (vt.)
Tidying the room seems to mean shoving everything under the bed!
- shower (vi.)
The top shelf broke and books showered down.
- shrink (vi.)
She listened, shrinking under the blankets, to their shouts.
- shuffle (vi.)
The official signaled to one of the waiters, who shuffled forward.
- shuttle (vi.)
Susan shuttles between Rotterdam and London for her job.
- sidle (vi.)
A woman sidled up to us and asked if we wanted to buy a watch.
- sing (vi.)
A bullet sang past my ear.
- sink (vi.)
They lost all their money and sank into desperate poverty.
- siphon (vt.)
Crews began siphoning oil from the leaking boat.
I found she had siphoned thousands of dollars from our bank account. - sit (vi./vt.)
He came over and sat beside her.
I gently led her to the chair and sat her on it.
He’s got a computer sitting on his desk, but he doesn’t use it.
I spent half the morning sitting in a traffic jam.
The cat likes to sit on the wall outside the kitchen. - skip (vi.)
It’s difficult to have a conversation with her because she skips from one topic to another.
The ball skipped off Bond’s glove and bounced toward the fence. - skitter (vi.)
Something skittered across the alley.
- skulk (vi.)
He was still skulking around outside when they left the building.
- slam (vt./vi.)
Henry slammed the phone down angrily.
All 155 passengers died instantly when the plane slammed into the mountain. - slap (vt./vi.)
Giles slapped his cards down on the table.
Small waves slapped against the side of the boat. - slash (vt.)
- slather (vt.)
Dearest Ethel, I can imagine myself kissing your pretzel-like body and slathering you with various oils and oatmeal.
- slave (vi.)
I’ve been slaving away at this report.
- sleek (vt.)
His hair was sleeked back with oil.
- slew (vt.)
- slice (vt./vi.)
Slice the eggs in two and arrange them on a serving dish.
The boat was slicing through the sparkling waves. - slide (vt.)
He slid the gun into his pocket.
- sling (vt.)
Sam was slung into jail for punching a cop.
- slink (vi.)
Edward was hoping to slink past unnoticed.
- slip (vi./vt.)
Ben slipped quietly out of the room.
Ann slipped the book into her bag.
He had begun to slip into debt.
Peter was already at the door slipping on his shoes.
The hours slipped past almost unnoticed. - slither (vi.)
A snake slithered across the grass.
- slog (vi./vt.)
He’s been slogging round the streets delivering catalogues.
He started to slog his way up the hill. - slop (vi./vt.)
Coffee slopped over the rim of her cup.
She put the glass down, slopping beer onto the table. - slosh (vt./vi.)
- slot (vt.)
Mary slotted the key into the lock.
- sluice (vi.)
- smack (vt.)
He smacked the money down on the table and walked out.
- smash (vt.)
He smashed his fist down on the table.
- smear (vt.)
His face was smeared with mud.
- smooch (vi.)
- smooth (vt.)
She smoothed suntan lotion over her legs.
- snake (vt.)
The train was snaking its way through the mountains.
- snap (vt.)
The policeman snapped the handcuffs around her wrist.
- sneak (vi.)
They sneaked off without paying!
- snuggle (vi.)
She snuggled up in Lea's lap to listen to the story.
- soak (vi.)
The blood soaked through the bandage.
- space (vt.)
They used three microphones spaced several yards apart.
- speak (vi.)
I spoke to her last Wednesday.
He emphasized that he was speaking as a private citizen, not in any official capacity. - speed (vi./vt.)
The car sped along the dusty highway.
An ambulance sped her to the hospital. - spew (vi.)
- spill (vi.)
Crowds from the theatre were spilling onto the street.
- spin (vi.)
Barbara spun past in her new sports car.
- spiral (vi.)
The damaged plane spiralled to the ground.
- splash (vt.)
He splashed cold water on his face.
- splatter (vi.)
Paint splattered all over the carpet.
- splosh (vi.)
A line of cars sploshed with mud and passed by me.
- sponge (vt.)
I’ll go and sponge this juice off my dress.
- spoon (vt.)
Spoon the mixture carefully into the bowls.
- spout (vi.)
Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm.
- sprawl (vi.)
He sprawled out on the sofa.
The town seemed to sprawl for miles. - spray (vi.)
Champagne sprayed from the bottle.
- spread (vi.)
A slow smile spread over her face.
- spring (vi)
Tom sprung out of bed and ran downstairs.
he branch sprang back and hit him in the face. - spurt (vi.)
He suddenly spurted ahead of the others.
- squash (vt.)
We can probably squash another couple of things in.
- squeak (vi.)
She just squeaked through her math test.
- squeal (vi.)
I arrested him on whom someone had squealed.
- squeeze (vt./vi.)
We could probably squeeze in a few more people.
Greece just squeezed through into the next round. - squish (vi.)
The soaking wet sneakers squished as he walked.
- stagger (vi.)
The old man staggered drunkenly to his feet.
- stalk (vi.)
Yvonne turned and stalked out of the room in disgust.
- stamp (vi.)
My mother stamped off down the stairs.
- stand (vi./vt.)
She stood back to let him in.
Don’t stand in that puddle!
Can you stand that pole in the corner for now?
How do their sales stand in relation to those of similar firms? - stand up (vi.)
Most of the plants stood up well to the heat.
- start (vi.)
The festivities started with a huge fireworks display.
She started as a dancer in the 1950s.
The trail starts immediately behind the hotel.
Room prices start from £25 a night. - stash (vt.)
He has money stashed away in the Bahamas.
- stay (vi.)
Stay away from my daughter!
- steal (vi.)
He dressed quietly and stole out of the house.
- steam (vi.)
The damaged liner limped into New York.
- steer (vt.)
McKinney steered the company through the recession.
- step (vi.)
He stepped back to let me through.
- stick (vt.)
The boy stuck his finger up his nose.
Just stick it in the microwave for a few minutes.
The baby stuck his legs in the air. - stomp (vi.)
Alex stomped angrily out of the meeting.
- storm (vi.)
Alan stormed out of the room.
- stow (vt.)
I stowed my bag under the seat.
- strap (vt.)
He was only ten when he strapped on a guitar for the first time.
- streak (vi.)
Two jets streaked across the sky.
- stream (vi.)
Water came streaming out of the burst pipe.
People streamed past us on all sides.
The first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the open doorway.
Elise ran, her hair streaming out behind her. - stretch (vi./vt.)
Ann stretched across the couch and grabbed the phone.
With a goal in the second half, Spurs stretched their lead to 3–0.
Row after row of orange trees stretched to the horizon. - stretcher (vt.)
Ward was stretchered off early in the game.
- stride (vi.)
He strode toward her.
- strike out (vi.)
She struck out for the side of the pool.
- string (vt.)
Christmas lights were strung from one end of Main Street to the other.
- stroke (vt.)
He lifted her face and stroked her hair from her eyes.
He stroked the ball into an empty net, with a minute to go. - stuff (vt.)
She stuffed two more sweaters into her bag.
- surge (vi.)
The taxi surged forward.
A wave surged up towards them. - swagger (vi.)
He swaggered over towards me.
- swan (vi.)
He’s gone swanning off to Rome for the weekend!
- swarm (vi.)
Photographers were swarming around the princess.
- sweep (vt./vi.)
- swim (vi.)
Tropical fish swam slowly around in the tank.
- swing (vt.)
Kate swung her legs out of bed.
- switch (vt.)
Switch the freezer to ‘defrost’.
- tack (vt.)
A handwritten note was tacked to the wall.
- take (vt.)
I was joking, but he took me seriously.
The latest raise takes his salary into six figures. - tamp (vt.)
The old man tamped down the tobacco with his thumb.
- tear (vi./vt.)
She tore back into the house.
He tore the letter from my hand. - tend (vi.)
Interest rates are tending upwards.
- thrash (vi.)
The girl was thrashing about in the water.
- thread (vt.)
Will you thread the needle for me?
- throng (vi.)
Fans thronged to the entrance of the theatre to see the famous actress.
- throw (vt.)
He threw a handful of money onto the table.
The bus stopped suddenly and we were all thrown forwards.
I threw my arms around her and kissed her. - thrust (vt.)
She thrust a letter into my hand.
- thud (vi.)
The stone thudded to the ground.
A horse thudded over the frozen grass. - thump (vt./vi.)
He thumped his cup down on the table.
Stella came thumping down the stairs. - thunder (vi.)
Huge lorries thundered past us.
- tip (vt.)
Tip the onions and oil into a large ovenproof dish.
- tiptoe (vi.)
His mother tiptoed into the room.
- toddle (vi.)
Every afternoon, Marge would toddle down to the library.
- toil (vi.)
I’ve been toiling away at this essay all weekend.
They toiled slowly up the hill. - tool (vi.)
He spent the afternoon tooling around town.
- tootle (vi.)
We spent the afternoon tootling along the coast.
- trail (vi.)
Susie trailed along behind her parents.
- traipse (vi.)
I’ve been traipsing around the shops all morning.
- tramp (vi.)
The walk involved tramping through mud.
- trample (vi.)
There was a small fence to stop people trampling on the flowers.
Don’t let people trample all over you. - transmit (vt.)
The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite.
- transmute (vt.)
Art is about creativity, transmuting the humblest subjects into the sublime.
- transport (vt.)
The statue was transported to London.
- transpose (vt.)
- travel (vi.)
His gaze travelled over her face.
- tread (vi./vt.)
- treat (vt.)
She treats me like one of the family.
Please treat this information as completely confidential. - trek (vi.)
The elevator was broken, so we had to trek up six flights of stairs.
For five days he trekked across the mountains of central China. - trickle (vi.)
The tears trickled down her cheeks.
The first few fans started to trickle into the stadium. - trip (vi.)
- troop (vi.)
After rehearsals, we’d all troop off to the cafeteria.
- trot (vi.)
She came trotting down the steps from the library.
He trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later, holding a parcel. - truck (vi.)
We were trucking on down to Jack’s place.
- trudge (vi.)
We trudged home through the snow.
- trundle (vi.)
Two large wagons trundled by.
- tuck (vt.)
She tucked an unruly lock of hair behind her ear.
Giles was tucking his pile of books under his arm. - tug (vt.)
Alice was tugging on a sweater.
- tumble (vi.)
She lost her balance and tumbled backwards.
We tumbled out into the street.
Her long dark hair tumbled over her shoulders.
A narrow stream tumbled over the rocks. - tunnel (vt.)
They were tunnelling into the mountainside.
- turn (vt.)
You may turn over your exam papers now.
- twist (vt.)
She twisted a silk scarf round her neck.
- urge (vt.)
He urged her forward, his hand under her elbow.
- usher (vt.)
He ushered her into the room.
- veer (vi.)
A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway.
This latest proposal appears to veer in the direction of Democratic ideals. - venture (vi.)
When darkness fell, he would venture out.
- voyage (vi.)
They spent a year voyaging around the world.
- wade (vi.)
They waded across the river.
- waft (vt./vi.)
- waltz (vi.)
Jeff just waltzed up to the bar and helped himself to a drink.
- wash (vt.)
- wave (vt.)
Peter waved them back to their seats.
- weave (vi.)
The river weaves through the valleys.
- wedge (vt.)
The phone was wedged under his chin.
- weekend (vi.)
We’re weekending on the coast.
- weigh (vi.)
This unfortunate experience will weigh heavily against further investment in the area.
- weld (vt.)
His job is now to weld the players into a single team.
- wheel (vt.)
Kate wheeled her bike into the garage.
Two nurses were wheeling him into the operating theatre. - whip (vt.)
The wind whipped her hair into her eyes.
Annie whipped off her apron and put it into the drawer. - whisk (vt.)
The waitress whisked our coffee cups away before we’d had a chance to finish.
- whistle (vi.)
Bullets and shells were whistling overhead.
- whizz (vi.)
An ambulance whizzed past.
Let’s just whizz through it one more time. - whoosh (vi.)
- winch (vt.)
The two men were winched out of the sinking boat by an RAF helicopter.
- wind (vt./vi.)
- wing (vi.)
The plane winged over the Alps.
- winter (vi.)
Last year, over 11,000 Canadians wintered in Arizona.
- wipe (vt.)
Kim wiped the sweat from her face.
- wobble (vi.)
Cindy wobbled along the street on her bike.
- work (vi./vt.)
The arrangement works well for everyone involved.
Slowly he worked the screwdriver into the crack. - wrench (vt.)
I wrenched the packet from his grasp.
- wrest (vt.)
They are fighting to wrest control of the party from the old leaders.
I managed to wrest the photograph from his grasp. - wring (vt.)
They are always trying to wring additional funds from the government.
- zing (vi.)
He could hear the bullets zinging past his head.
- zip (vi.)
We zipped through customs in no time.
- zoom (vi.)
Brenda jumped in the car and zoomed off.