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February 11, 2025 at 06:36 AM
*🇬🇧 VOCAB OF THE DAY 🇬🇧*
*📚 Abate (v.) (CEFR Level B2)*
🗣️ Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪt/
✍️ *Definition: to become or make something become weaker, lower, less serious, etc.*
Sentence: 💬
- The mayor plans to abate air pollution in the city by limiting traffic. 📉🚗
- Taking pain medicine can cause headaches to abate. 💊💆
- I took rebecca some homemade cookies, hoping to abate her sadness. ☹️🍪
- The rain has started to abate. 🌧️➡️☁️
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