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Noun

An unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something

A confrontation or unpleasant struggle

A sudden short bout of an illness or stress

A military strike or incursion

An organized competition or activity usually performed for the enjoyment of a mass of people

An activity or event one has undergone

A private meeting or assembly

A romantic meeting between two individuals

The act or process of sighting the existence of something for the first time

A forceful collision of two things

The expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant

A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience

To discover or find something, especially by chance

To face or come upon something confronting or challenging

To confront or come up against

To make happen or bring about

To discover something, either by chance or intention

To engage in a war

To defy or put up an opposition to

To make a concerted or violent attack on

To meet or come together at an agreed time and place

Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter

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An unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something

“Rey's encounter with Luke on the tiny island of Ahch-To didn't quite go as planned.”

Noun

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A confrontation or unpleasant struggle

difference of opinion

dialog^US

dialogue^UK

furore^UK

meeting for satisfaction of honour

furor^US

keeping up with the Joneses

clamour^UK

clamor^US

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

knock down and drag out

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“Later, at the top mountain, the explorers would have an unpleasant encounter with a feral bear.”

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A sudden short bout of an illness or stress

clamour^UK

clamor^US

cerebrovascular accident

CVA

cerebral haemorrhage

cerebral vascular accident

muscular contractions

hemorrhage^US

haemorrhage^UK

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A military strike or incursion

offense^US

offence^UK

commencement of hostilities

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

manoeuvres^UK

maneuvers^US

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An organized competition or activity usually performed for the enjoyment of a mass of people

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An activity or event one has undergone

installment^US

instalment^UK

what is written in the stars

piece of good fortune

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Noun

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A private meeting or assembly

bevy^US

bevvy^UK

council of representatives

dialogue^UK

dialog^US

House of Representatives

question and answer session

Members of Parliament

military government

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A romantic meeting between two individuals

romantic entanglement

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Noun

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The act or process of sighting the existence of something for the first time

Noun

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A forceful collision of two things

pummeled^US

pummelling^UK

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The expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people

dialogue^UK

dialog^US

channel of communication

question and answer session

exchanging information

informal conversation

two-way communication

socializing^US

socialising^UK

rumors^US

rumours^UK

idle chatter

trivial conversation

beauty-parlor chitchat

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Noun

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The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant

prologue^UK

prolog^US

installment^US

instalment^UK

modelling^UK

getting off the ground

unravelling^UK

modeling^US

unraveling^US

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Noun

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A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience

state of perturbation

source of amazement

source of consternation

a bolt out of the blue

skepticism^US

scepticism^UK

turn up for the books

life-changing experience

turn-up for the books

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Verb

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To discover or find something, especially by chance

discover unexpectedly

come face to face with

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“After months of sailing, we would finally encounter land.”

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To face or come upon something confronting or challenging

come into contact with

come up against

be forced to contend with

come face to face with

realise^UK

realize^US

savor^US

savour^UK

recognise^UK

recognize^US

never say die in the face of

take something lying down

see through to the bitter end

acclimatize oneself to

accommodate oneself to

licence^US

license^UK

get through

withstand subjection to

show forbearance towards

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“They would encounter many obstacles on their way to success.”

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To confront or come up against

get into conflict with

come into conflict with

meet eyeball-to-eyeball

face down

go one-on-one

stand up to

come face to face with

enter into combat with

come to close quarters with

go eyeball to eyeball with

take the bull by the horns

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“Jaime gasped in horror at the realization that he was literally about to encounter a fire-breathing dragon.”

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To make happen or bring about

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To discover something, either by chance or intention

realize^US

recognize^US

realise^UK

recognise^UK

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To engage in a war

engage in hostilities

fight like cat and dog

take the field against

be at each other's throats

go up against in contest

pitch oneself against

go at it hammer and tongs

have a misunderstanding

match yourself against

be at sixes and sevens

take issue with

contradict each other

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To defy or put up an opposition to

neutralise^UK

neutralize^US

put up a fight against

set your face against

stand up and be counted against

criticize^US

come face to face with

balk^US

criticise^UK

baulk^UK

blow out of the water

throw down the gauntlet at

meet eyeball-to-eyeball

drive a coach and horses through

sweat

knock the bottom out of

be rivals

deceive

give the lie to

match yourself against

take wind out of sails

get into conflict with

carp at

pick holes in

be at each other's throats

go eyeball to eyeball with

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

not see eye to eye

come into conflict with

go up against in contest

pitch oneself against

take the bull by the horns

enter into combat with

knock chip off shoulder

come to close quarters with

prove to be wrong

show to be wrong

have an argument about

pick an argument with

argue the pros and cons of

bandy words concerning

express disagreement with

give the thumbs down to

give something a miss

balk at

give the red light to

have reservations about

entertain doubts about

strike down

raise doubts about

harbour suspicions about

countercheck

remove

ding

express reservations about

blackball

harbour reservations about

have hesitations about

raise objections to

express suspicions about

have suspicions about

be at sixes and sevens

lay into

jump on

let someone have it

contradict each other

go the distance against

hold the line against

sit and take it

put up struggle

persevere in the face of

not give up

hold one's ground against

remain firm

stand firm

stand one's ground against

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Verb

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To make a concerted or violent attack on

belabor^US

belabour^UK

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

beat the living daylights out of

give someone a beating

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

conduct an offensive on

annex^US

colonise^UK

parasitize^US

burglarize^US

loot

trespass

colonize^US

entrench

annexe^UK

parasitise^UK

burglarise^UK

be disseminated through

flow through

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To meet or come together at an agreed time and place

converge

assemble

concentre^UK

concenter^US

Verb

Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter

have a misunderstanding

fight like cat and dog

go at it hammer and tongs

be at sixes and sevens

argue over

put up an argument

make a big thing about

be at each other's throats

criticize^US

have a difference of opinion

contradict each other

engage in hostilities

criticise^UK

have a slanging match

bandy words with somebody

be of a different opinion

be incompatible

have a different opinion

balk^US

baulk^UK

express disagreement with

shoot

bombard

take the field against

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