New word for all English learners! 🇬🇧 Today we introduce the verb "to fret". Look at the following sentences, can you figure out what this verb means?

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• Stop fretting about the exam, you studied hard and will do great! 📚 • She fretted over the small details of the wedding, wanting everything to be perfect. 👰🏼

To relax and feel at ease

To worry or be anxious about something

To run very fast

To think out loud

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Feb 26, 2025 12:29 PM

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New word for all English learners! 🇬🇧 Today we introduce the verb "to fret". Look at the following sentences, can you figure out what this verb means?

Rarely used in everyday English. The more common formal verb would be to worry and the colloquial or informal verb would be to stress : “ Don’t stress about it”, “She was stressed because of the test”

Feb 28, 2025 8:58 AM

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