acquit
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～ behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
act
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～ play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
act
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～ behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
act
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～ have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
act
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～ be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
act
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～ behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
act
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～ pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
act
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～ perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
act
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～ perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
act
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～ be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
act
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～ discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
action
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～ institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
action
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～ put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
activate
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～ put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
activate
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～ make (substances) radioactive
activate
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～ make active or more active; "activate an old file"
activate
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～ aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
activate
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～ make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
actualise
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～ make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
actualise
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～ represent or describe realistically