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gerund Anglais:

1. admit


I admit he's smart, but does he have to talk over everyone's heads all the time?
admit to
In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors.
That way you keep thinking about me but are unable to admit to your feelings, that hot and cold feel is a real boom among young men!
The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.
Houses should be built so as to admit plenty of light as well as fresh air.
Why don't you just call a spade a spade and admit that she dumped you for that American guy she met at the English school?
Although Al-Sayib would never admit it, the real reason he hates noobs that much is that he got pwned by one while Dima watched and laughed his ass off.
Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility.
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
We have a fundamental interest in seeing our neighbour admitted into this Community as soon as possible.
1. I must admit, I'm somewhat concerned For you, Michael. / 2. You know, I admit, I had my doubts. / 3. At first, I admit, I was afraid.
v. to accept ("admitted to the United Nations"); to express one's guilt or responsibility ("He admitted that what he did was wrong.")
to allow someone to enter somewhere, especially to take someone who is sick into hospital przyjmować UK to be admitted to hospital/ US to be admitted to the hospital
Not even at gunpoint will Imogen of the Internet admit she only learned CSS to spruce up her Myspace profile in the 2000s.

Anglais mot "gerund"(admit) se produit dans des ensembles:

Gerund or infinitive

2. imagine


Can you imagine?
Sarah and Marsha - I love you both more than you can imagine.
There appeared at this time a lady at Court, who drew the eyes of the whole world; and one may imagine she was a perfect beauty, to gain admiration in a place where there were so many fine women.
He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.
I wonder whether Angelica Agurbash could imagine Niaklajeŭ would run for president when she sang a song with his lyrics.
Before the conquest by the Arabians, the majority of the Persians were Zoroastrians, but there were also Jews and Christians. So, who could imagine today that Iranians have Jewish or Christian ancestors?
Even if the opinions of others can be supressed, I cannot imagine to what results my speech may lead.
Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that.
She was a tiny girl, but she really held her own on the baritone sax. Nonetheless, I couldn't help but imagine the thing wrapping itself around her and devouring her like a boa constrictor.
Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.
My friend is a great guy but he is so shy. You can't imagine how difficult it is for him to start a conversation with a stranger.
For what you have written, your reaction is not justified in any manner, and I imagine it can make your life impossible.

3. suggest


What do you suggest?
Tom doesn't think there is any advantage of doing it the way you suggest we do it.
I suggest we discuss politics.
Statistics suggest that the population of this town will double in five years.
If you request a further discount, we suggest changing the terms of payment.
He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
I suggest that
The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
I suggest you to go absolutely on a trip to Ferrara and Ravenna.
If you're unhappy with your private life, I suggest you register on Facebook. It's the best way to get rid of it.
You ought to help her out. He suggested that I help her out.
Let’s go out for a walk. He suggested going out for a walk.
People who use a lot of swear words tend to be more honest and trustworthy, human behavioral studies suggest.
Should I suggest separate holidays this year?
Doctors suggest eating five pieces of fruit and vegetables every day.

4. spend


Don't spend too much money.
You might as well throw your money away as spend it on gambling.
I spend as much time working in the garden in one day as my brother does in a week.
Spend your time wisely and you'll always have enough of it.
If you spend too much time in the sun without putting on sunscreen, you are likely to get a sunburn.
Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
Obviously, Tom had a lot on his mind, but I had no choice but to ask him to spend some time helping us with our problems.
To become a professional banjo player, you need to spend thousands of hours practicing.
A normal person might spend a lifetime at it and still not succeed but faced with a determined Ren it was not greatly different from a normal cylinder lock.
Bob thinks it is a silly idea to call his mother who is so far away, to spend so much, and to say so little.
Women in their hearts think that men are intended to earn money so that they may spend it, if possible during their husband's lifetime, but at any rate after his death.
In business today, too many executives spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't even like.
Her daughter has been favoring her husband over her, so Leila has taken the opportunity to spend time with her other babies, gin and vermouth.
to give or pay money for something I usually don't spend much money on presents. How much do you spend on food?
We usually go to the mountains but this year we have talked our parents into spending two weeks at the seaside.

5. risk


At this rate, the risk is high that our country's competitive position will drop even further.
I know that interest rates are fixed in accordance to the borrower's business risk.
at risk
It's a job worth doing, but if I think about the working hours and the risk ... I could be onto a real losing proposition here.
Risk all and gain all.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, to risk their lives for us.
Calculating the risk which is involved in the event of failure, he demanded a show-down with the other party.
His style (if you were to call it that) was excessively (though I run the risk of hypocrisy) parenthetical (pardon the pun).
Risk money refers to funds placed in investments that seek high-return, although high-risk, investments.
However, it seems that just because it's a 'low risk day' doesn't mean that you won't get pregnant from intravaginal ejaculation.
I will risk drinking tea in Mrs Ewelina's house. Maybe I'll survive.
Some people's fear of flying is far out of proportion to the actual risk it involves.
Holding the Olympics where there's severe atmospheric pollution gives rise to a great risk for athletes.
Causing competitors to fail, obtaining confidential information, something that big business just can't do without - high risk but at the same time high return work.
Do you think she would risk her life... her son's life... if she wasn't certain her husband was murdered?

6. regret


When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
regret saying
With regard to our appointment on February 27, I regret to inform you that I will not be able to keep it because my business trip schedule has been changed.
After six months in China, you will realize that you regret not accepting that pizza before you left.
To my regret, my father could not recover from his long illness.
We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.
I regret the delay in writing to you to thank you for your hospitality on my visit to your country.
To my regret there are many students who cheat.
However, as soon as I saw the situation at the train station I began to regret this decision.
To our regret, we were obliged to call off the game, which we had been looking forward to.
For many years, my sister bitterly regretted
I left school at 16, but I've had a great life and I have no regrets.
If someone let me down but then showed sincere regret, I'd forgive them.
"British Airways regret to announce the cancellation of flight BA205 to Madrid."
We regret to inform you that you have not been shortlisted / I regret to say that we are unable to deliver your package this week / We regret to announce that flight LO278 is delayed.

7. recommend


I recommend Maui.
I recommend a thorough checkup for your husband.
If you've never had a pint of Guinness in a real Irish pub, I highly recommend it.
I recommend giving it to them straight, don't waffle your way around the subject.
In the cold season when you want to drink something hot I recommend this sort of thermos flask.
I would recommend to everyone that can speak German that they read "Liebesgeschichte" by Hans Peter Richter.
I think this not a method that I can really recommend unless you are willing to risk failure.
We recommend that mains water have a water-quality test carried out once a year, well water twice a year.
However, I recommend that you take the JR Narita Express (a train leaves every 30-60 minutes from the airport), to avoid the complexity of changing trains.
Can you recommend a good wine to go with this dish?; The judge is likely to recommend a long jail sentence.
I would like to recommend my friend, Tom Smith, for this position.
The new restaurand is very goood. I recommend it.
I recommend this car, it's fast and not too much expensive.
I strongly recommend we hire David Templeman to do this tricky job for us; he’s really good!
I greatly recommend reading it to anybody thinking of learning a craft.

8. practise


She practises piano every morning.
If you want to improve you must practise.
practise basketball
It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
That's just standard practise, it's not like they're cutting corners.
Just getting one-to-one guidance was enough to make it an extremely fulfilling practise session.
You need to practise more.
He sometimes practises at home too.
You should practise introducing yourself.
the more you practise speaking english the more fluent you’ll get
I practise speaking english.
His written French is very good but he needs to practise speaking it.
Paulina had a chance to practise speaking German when she went to Austria.
I practise judo twice a week.
It is normal practise to contact the company's home office in these kinds of cases.

9. postpone


Let's postpone dinner.
For the moment, we want to postpone making a decision.
I will postpone my trip to Scotland until it is warmer.
We were to be married in May but had to postpone the marriage until June.
The decision of whether to invest in new stock was postponed till the next financial year.
Can we postpone our appointment?
Our class postponed the test until Friday.
If you postpone meeting with their representatives, another chance like that might not appear in the future.
we can't postpone the decision any longer
Because of illness, the concert is postponed until further notice.
An emergency came up so Helen had to postpone our dinner-date.
They have agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date.
I postponed starting my homework until Sunday morning when the house was quiet.
procrastinate = To postpone or delay needlessly.
the visit had to be postponed for some time

10. miss


I miss you.
What if I miss the deadline? "I bet he will get mad at you!"
If this train is delayed, we shall miss our connection at Kobe.
The only person who is tired of waiting for Miss Cobb.
Miss, that dress is splendid, it has a sheer silhouette and is very classy.
Mr Yamada, may I introduce Miss Lloyd?
Miss Tanaka! You are living with gentlemen house mates! Please refrain from being pantless!
The Miss Universe contestant tripped on her gown but got up again gracefully and continued down the runway.
We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.
The head of the college, whose name was Miss Baker, therefore had a special place in the car park for her own small car.
Happy birthday, Miss Aiba!
Having been in America for many years, Miss Tanaka is a very good speaker of English.
As the young man's car was close to the fence, Miss Baker had to drive up beside it on the other side, where the girl was sitting.
Does your father miss working now that he has retired?

11. mind


Speak your mind.
His mind was filled with happy thoughts.
The thought flashed through her mind that she was going to die.
With a firm goal in mind, you will do well.
With the T.V. on, how can you keep your mind on your studies?
All during my trip I could not keep you out of my mind.
Obviously, Tom had a lot on his mind, but I had no choice but to ask him to spend some time helping us with our problems.
Bear in mind that, under such circumstances, we have no alternative but to find another buyer.
He turned the problem over in his mind for three days before he did anything about it.
Whether I'm sleeping or awake, this subject is always in my mind.
David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
I've had a lot on my mind recently and have had trouble falling asleep at night.
If we're going to play, make your mind up about the rules!
When the teacher is very strict, the students must mind their P's and Q's.
No one in their right mind would walk in those woods at night.

12. involve


What does it involve?
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. To involve means to connect.
To involve means to connect. When you get involved in the Spanish Club, you attend meetings and events.
The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment, a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime
Service industries include communication, transportation, distribution, finance and a host of other areas which do not involve production of goods.
Prices and length of study vary according to the speciality but all involve intensive home study as well as college-based tuition.
/inwolw/ * what exactly does the job involve? (+ Ing .. My course involves doing a lot of research )
They execute endless practice runs and then review their in‐flight decisions, attempting to hone their minds to select the best approach to any given scenario, particularly those that involve the use of deadly force.
Only a small number of players seem to have been involved.
a person who makes money by starting their own business that typically involves some financial risk
My work involves: human contact / team work / long hours / dealing with customers / travelling a lot/ solving problems
He believed that some kind of supernatural forces were involved in his healing.
When you are involved in an argument and both you and the other person know (or rather believe) you are right, do you insist on the other person admitting they are wrong, or do you just let the matter drop for the sake of peace and quiet.
The trips often involve a lot of walking.; an event involving hundreds of people; I prefer teaching methods that actively involve students in learning.
If a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part of it.; to affect or include someone or something in an activity; to make someone be part of an activity or process

13. look forward to


I look forward to seeing you soon.
I look forward to seeing you next week.
We look forward to hearing from you
People usually look forward to achieving their goal
I look forward to hearing from you.
I look forward to our meeting.
I look forward to meeting you next year.
I look forward to your responce
I look forward to that party.
I look forward to meeting you.
I really look forward to meeting you.
I look forward to opening Christmas gifts.
I've never looked forward to a journey more. I look forward to your trial.
I look forward to meeting you

14. avoid


An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his field, and how to avoid them.
avoid confrontation
You really ought to think before you open your mouth, you'd avoid a lot of misunderstandings that way.
He spoke of sex in a rather businesslike manner, which was how he tried to avoid talking about his problems with intimacy.
Friendly Reminder: Please keep in mind the closing time of the line you need to switch to, so as to avoid delays in your trip.
When there were unexpected expenses in the household of me and my wife, we could not avoid pawning our belongings.
A new book expected to come out this semester is about how to avoid financial problems in difficult times.
However, I recommend that you take the JR Narita Express (a train leaves every 30-60 minutes from the airport), to avoid the complexity of changing trains.
The only useful knowledge is that which teaches us how to seek what is good and avoid what is evil.
If feeling sick of the world could by itself grant saintliness, I don't see how I could avoid canonization.
White lies could help us to be diplomatic and avoid hard feelings and arguments which can ruin a day - or a friendship.
In some situations, telling a white lie could be used to avoid people to be disappointed or get angry by or with someone.
If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.
Walakum-us-Salam, Al-Sayib! Dima replied, but raised the volume on his phone this time, so as to avoid making this a duplicate sentence. "What are you up to these days?"
Crews must take precautions to avoid being contaminated or to avoid releasing contamination in the ground.

15. give up


Don't give up!
I give up. What’s the answer?
Some people never give up. They fight till the end.
Never give up! / Natalie has given up the idea of becoming a super star. / Rodney, you can't give up. / I gave up taking sugar in tea and coffee to lose weight. / Sarah gave up smoking five years ago.
Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this season.
We give up two to three hours of our time and we don't get paid.
I give up, I can't do this
The song "Don't give up" is the best song ever for me.
I worked too much on this project to give up now. I always tell my daughter to never give up on her dreams.
I give up, I can't do this. / She gave up her English lessons after the first semester.
You'll never guess the answer - do you give up?
She gave up her English lessons after the first semester. We should not give up trying. After the accident, he gave up work.
A child is ulikely to sacrifice (give up) anything for a friend.
stop doing sth/Never give up learning English!
What might you give up when you go on a diet?

16. finish


Let me finish.
I wish I could figure out how to finish this project without asking for help.
When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).
What do you want to do after you finish college?
My supervisor is making me do this so I'm in no hurry to finish.
She helped her younger brother finish his picture.
If we begin early, we can finish by lunch.
Tom told Mary that he wouldn't be able finish the job in the amount of time she'd given him.
I found this book interesting from start to finish.
We don't have time to finish checking the figures now, but we can go over them after lunch.
It's doubtful if we'll finish in time for Christmas.
We cannot finish it before Saturday even if everything goes well.
Apply two coats of the paint for a good finish.
It was such a hard test that we did not have time to finish.
The sooner we start, the sooner we'll finish.

17. feel like


Do you feel like, going for a walk?
I feel like dancing.
I feel like
i don’t feel like going out tonight
I feel like going to the cinema
I feel like going for a swim
Do you feel like going to the cinema with me?
I feel like going for pizza tonight.
I feel like a cup of coffee\drinking coffee.
Do you feel like dancing?
I feel like some chocolate. Jane felt like crying.
(go) I don't feel like ... out tonight.
I feel like drinking a beer.
I feel like watching TV. I don't fell like going to school.
I feel like going to the restaurant

18. fancy


I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.
Just fancy!
... fine, nice, nothing really fancy but on the pricier...
i don't need a fancy house or a fast car
I fancy shopping here – there are many fashionable clothes to choose from.
Fancy forgetting my glasses, it's so embarrassing.
Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.
I fancy that most people who think at all have done a great deal of their thinking in the first fourteen years.
lt's like fancy cheese in an old guy's mouth.
That's quite a fancy suit you've got, not your usual style.
It is difficult to separate fact from fancy.
He fancies him​self as a ​bit of a ​singer. [+ to infinitive] Who do you fancy to ​win the Cup this ​year? [+ (that)] literary I fancied (that) I ​saw something ​moving in the ​corner.
The pretty lace blouse had a fancy embroidered trimming.
This cemetery even has its own site, and there is a page “News” on it! Can you fancy news from the graveyard?!

19. enjoy


Enjoy yourself!
Skiing, barbecues, parties: with this plan you get the best of everything and can enjoy it all on a one-day visit.
I see, Dima sighed. "Sorry for the confusion, then. Enjoy your Fanta, and have a good day."
Enjoy the experience of a relaxing day at Karuizawa.
Right, while we're taking a walk anyway, we could like go along the woodland path and enjoy a little stroll through the forest…
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
I want to get the word out - even if you don't have a lot of clothes you can enjoy dressing more fashionably by mixing and matching.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
From humorous to creepy stories, like the last volume, you can enjoy various types of stories.
Don't you always sleep like a log yourself? I can understand your feelings of wanting them to enjoy their meal but don't be in such a rush.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Governments, in order to teach how to enjoy cell phones without being controlled by them, have established behavior rules that limit their use in public places, such as in churches, in schools, or during tests.
Don't think about leaving money for your kids, use it all up and enjoy yourself with flair.
Single people enjoy more freedom to do what they want and enjoy living a less restricted social life.
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

20. deny


Don't deny!
The main point of Dennett's book, in short, is to deny the existence of inner mental states.
However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
We should deny our children things too sweet.
That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it.
Yes, I was there. I don't deny it.
Jim denied drinking during the party. I cannot deny that he made me angry.
I don't deny/ I not denying taking the books but Andy said it would by okay
If somebody accused me of something I didn't do, I'd deny the accusation
"they deny any responsibility for the tragedy"
The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports. He never denied that he said those things.
Together they deny him and his people a place in history.
With all of these flying contraptions zipping around, it's hard to deny that they seem awfully reminiscent of regular old remote‐control helicopters and planes.
They had evidence that she killed him, so she couldn't deny it.
Don’t deny committing this crime – everybody knows you are guilty.

21. carry on


After the accident, Natalie was determined to carry on swimming.
Don't stop working. Carry on.; to carry on a conversation/a business
Please carry on.
If you haven’t got any more questions I’d like to carry on with the lecture.
That sounds interesting, carry on.
If you want to carry on living in this house, you have to respect our rules.
You'll make yourself ill if you carry on working like this.
The teacher was called away for a few minutes and told the children to carry on with whatever they were doing.
As my son, you will carry on the tradition of capturing ladies.
They carry on going to cinema every Friday.
It was very bad to carry on flirting, sleep with me then not even follow it up with phone call, and try to pretend the whole thing never happened.
If I like this course, I'll carry on next year.
They carry on texting when I’m telling them something important.
Don't stop just because I'm here... carry on working.
carry on, please. I'm listening.

22. can't stand


I can't stand people who drop litter on beaches. Why can't they just take their rubbish home?!
I can't stand it
I can't stand drinking vegetable juices every day.
I can't stand listening to music in my car
He can't stand her smoking in the office
Two things I can't stand are work and boredom.
I can't stand commercial breaks
What kind of things can't you stand? I can't stand adults behaving like children and people treating animals badly.
I can't stand talking to people who only talk about themselves.
Tom can't stand this woman, because she is so dishonest.
Don't let the interviewer know that you want to leave your current job because you can't stand your boss.
The only trouble is the people next door; I can't stand them
I can't stand being interrupted when I'm talking.
A lot of people can't stand the smell of garlic.
I can't stand going to office parties.

23. can't help


I can't help getting annoyed every time I see him.
We can't help laughing when my dad tries to speak French. His accent is awful!
I can't help eating sweets.

24. be worth


You may not earn a lot of money but you may be worth a lot as a person.

25. stop


Stop!
If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!
Lost in thought, I missed my stop.
I think it's time for me to stop allowing her to always have her own way.
If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.
It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?
They'll stop at nothing to achieve their political goals.
Would you please stop singing so loudly? This is not a cheap drinking place.
We must stop using ozone-depleting chemicals immediately.
Imagine if you started hiccoughing and you couldn't stop.
There are shuttle buses that stop at several hotels in Tokyo.
You know that your English is good when people stop complimenting you on how good your English is.
I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.
Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.