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Word · 単語
to swallow
  1. 1 to swallow, to gulp down
  2. 2 to understand, to grasp, to take in, to catch on, to learn
  3. 3 to engulf, to swallow up
  4. 4 to be filled with (people), to contain
  5. 5 to swallow (one's words), to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.), to stifle, to hold back
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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

  • Got the hang of it?

    sense 2 · to understand

  • The snake swallowed a frog.

    sense 1 · to swallow

  • Drink it down.

  • The airplane was swallowed up in the large clouds.

    sense 1 · to swallow

  • My throat hurts when I swallow.

    sense 1 · to swallow

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