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1. allay allay


Allay sb's concerns/fears/suspicions (dispel). I tried to allay his fears about the interview.
The director’s optimistic speech allayed our fears that the company was in trouble.
These skills involve being able to communicate understanding, care and concern and the capacity to explain events, provide encouragement, allay fears, contain anxiety
Nothing could be done to allay the pang of famine.
She tried to allay their fears but only ended up heightening them.

2. alleviate alleviate


"The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain."
Her sympathy alleviated his distress... measures to alleviate poverty
to alleviate the problem
This practice alleviates many of the technical blockages.
He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it.
I can help alleviate some of what you're going through
alleviate pain = relieve pain
You and others can almost always do something to alleviate the situation.
nothing he said could soothe her or alleviate the anxiety she was feeling
Kill me and alleviate my suffering.
stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate traffic jams
we tend to beat ourselves up, momentarily feel that unbearable shame, then avoid or distract to alleviate the discomfort.
Antihistamine tablets will help to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever, but some sufferers become drowsy because of them.
To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.
They will alleviate the pain and allow her to rest.

3. temper temper


Almost the only time a fat man loses his temper is when he has been deprived of his food.
The fact that I lost my temper made matters still worse.
A quick temper is the only defect in her character.
My son loves to throw temper tantrums in the supermarket.
His quick temper will get him in trouble one day.
lose somebody's temper
Don't be such a hothead. A short temper will cost you.
It's a kind of virtue to keep one's temper.
She is in a temper, because she missed her usual train in the subway and had to walk to work.
He was behaving so stupidly that I couldn't keep my temper.
I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
His violent temper has cost him not only his job but his marriage as well.
tempered steel
It would take a whole army to temper him.
Don't get all bent out of shape over little things. A short temper can make you poor.

4. enhance enhance


Good lighting will enhance any room.
enhance chance, security
Successful applicants are required to provide an enhanced attention.
t's things like this that enhance the quality of life. Smart personnel practices enhance the value of a company and its stock.
Now he's building a big factory which will enhance the village.
Increased research and development spending can also enhance economic growth.
It should be clear that the curriculum reform is mandatory in order to enhance interdisciplinary research.
So-called "winter time" is expected to enhance the college reform.
Spock tries to enhance the way you write tests, providing you with means to make them more descriptive and as easy to read as stories
If these medicines are taken together this may enhance their toxicity.
Her beauty was enhanced by her simple but elegant dress.
It offers a better service and an enhanced level of consular assistance.
what men used to do to enhance – or improve – their physical appearance.
A conviction later used to enhance a federal sentence was unconstitutionally obtained
A qipao in the traditional style is made entirely by hand and requires labour-intensive manual tailoring techniques to enhance and exhibit every unique female form.

5. maintain maintain


maintain relationhip
The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love.
To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
And at times when I became discouraged with trying to reconcile working and bringing up children, it was my husband who helped to maintain my determination.
And with all their charms they are not of a kind to maintain their influence over us for any length of time, when we know that they are nonentities.
Fathers and teachers, I ponder, "What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution.
All social animals use some methods of communication to exchange information and to maintain an orderly community.
The precious results of democracy are the apple of the people's eye and the people will fight to maintain these ideals.
Although it does require effort and resources to maintain a neighborhood, the investment is quickly repaid.
Critics maintain that these reforms will lead to a decline in educational standards.
She's maintaining three kids. (Ona ma na utrzymaniu trójkę dzieci
Definition to maintain a piece of machinery means to keep it in good working order by checking it regularly and mending it as soon as anything goes wrong with it
in a handwritten system, accounts are maintained either in a bound book or a series of separate sheets of paper or card, each account occupying a separate page.