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Definitions of get the hang of words

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adjective

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

find out — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
divine — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.

disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.

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