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to shake
  1. 1 to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
  2. 2 to blackmail, to extort, to shake down
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The earthquake shook the ground.

  • He shook me awake, shouting, "A fire!"

  • He shook his son by the shoulder.

  • He angrily rattled the locked door.

  • They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

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