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all
to cause food, drink, pills, etc.
to move from your mouth into your stomach by using
the muscles of your throat:
My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow.
He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
crumble

to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces:


She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers.
The cliffs on which the houses are built are starting to crumble.
launch

An event to celebrate or introduce something new:
How much champagne will we need for the launch?
Illness prevented her attending the launch party for her latest novel.

overshadow

to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy:


Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister.
My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.
Belongings
the things that a person owns, especially those that can be carried :
I put a few personal belongings in a bag and left the house for the last time.

sprinkle

to drop a few pieces or drops of something over a surface:


Sprinkle a few herbs on the pizza./Sprinkle the pizza with a
few herbs.
figurative The speech was liberally sprinkled
with (= contained many) jokes about the incident.
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An important formal meeting between leaders of governments from two or
more countries:
a summit meeting
World leaders will meet next week for their annual economic summit.
Encroach
GLOSSARY

to take control or possession of something in a gradual way and often without


being noticed:
Farmers encroached on forest land to grow crops.
These devices are encroaching on people’s privacy.

Disturbance

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