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| din |
to repeat over and over in a loud voice. [1/2 definitions] |
| do1 |
"Do" is used when you do not want to repeat a main verb. You might say, "He likes the same things I do" instead of "He likes the same things I like." [1/9 definitions] |
| drill1 |
to teach or train by means of having a person repeat something over and over. [1/4 definitions] |
| duplicate |
to do again in the same way; repeat. [1/4 definitions] |
| echo |
to repeat or imitate. [1/4 definitions] |
| it |
When we are talking about a thing or animal but we don't say or repeat the thing's name, we use the word "it." [1/2 definitions] |
| jerky1 |
When something is jerky, it starts moving in one direction and then stops suddenly. Then it moves off in another direction. These movements often repeat. |
| parrot |
to repeat the words or actions of another person, usually without understanding them. [1/2 definitions] |
| pattern |
a design that has shapes, lines, letters, numbers, or colors that repeat. [2/5 definitions] |
| quote |
to repeat a passage or information from. [1/2 definitions] |
| repeat |
When you repeat something you said, you say it again. [5 definitions] |
| so |
We sometimes use "so" in place of the words or ideas that just came before. That way we don't have to repeat those words. [1/11 definitions] |
| stammer |
to speak in an anxious or uncertain way. People who stammer often repeat sounds and stop between words. [1/2 definitions] |
| stutter |
to repeat sounds when speaking, as if unable to complete or begin certain words. [1/2 definitions] |
| train |
When you train a person or animal, you teach them how to do something. Sometimes you have to show them again and again or make them repeat an action many times. [1/7 definitions] |
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