HELP!!!!: one verb instead of a phrase

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Who knows, please, substitue the following phrases for ONE verb:

1. carefully put (lay, arrange)

2. to go to the bottom quickly

3. to tie shoe-laces/band in a bow

4. to hear a speaker's name incorrectly

5. to sit wearly lowing the shoulders

6. to sit on the very edge of a bench

Thank you all

Pieanne · Accepted Answer

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Danyoo · Answer

OlgaWho knows, please, substitue the following phrases for ONE verb:

1. carefully put (lay, arrange) ALIGN?

2. to go to the bottom quickly PLUNGE? COLLAPSE? CRASH?

3. to tie shoe-laces/band in a bow ????? LOOP?

4. to hear a speaker's name incorrectly ???MISINTERPRET?

5. to sit wearly lowing the shoulders SLOUCH?

6. to sit on the very edge of a bench PERCH?

Thank you all

I took some shots in the dark. It would be very helpful if you had a 'word box' to choose from...do you?

Pieanne · Answer

I had also thought of  " drown" (2), "mishear" (4), and "slump" (5)

Kejcam · Answer

I guess you 'do your shoelaces' as well.

Olga · Answer

I'm sorry, I can't write anything more because I have not

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I just have to find verbs corresponding to this phrases - it's an excercise.

Hly2004 · Answer

2. to go to the bottom quickly

sink?

HELP!!!!: one verb instead of a phrase

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