English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'challenge'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
Do you rise up to the challenges you face? What poses a problem for you?. All these verbs are common collocations with 'challenge' - learn how to use them with Phil in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:04.7 | Do I accept the challenge? Yes. |
| 0:07.0 | I think I can explain verbs we use with challenge in one minute. |
| 0:11.8 | Something that poses a challenge or presents a challenge is difficult. |
| 0:16.9 | Explaining this many words in a minute poses a challenge. |
| 0:20.8 | The time limit presents a significant challenge. |
| 0:23.7 | I accepted this challenge. |
| 0:25.0 | I said yes. |
| 0:26.5 | I could also say that I took on this challenge or took up this challenge. |
| 0:31.3 | Taking on new challenges keeps me interested at work. |
| 0:35.2 | Sometimes we don't pick challenges. |
| 0:39.7 | We meet challenges or we end up facing challenges. Now, I've met the real challenge. There's not much time left. I'm facing a tricky |
| 0:47.0 | challenge. We can respond well or badly to challenges. To be successful, you need to rise to the challenge, perform better to succeed. |
| 0:57.2 | I've really had to rise to the challenge to stay in the time limit. I'm not sure how well I responded |
| 1:03.0 | to this challenge. BBC Learning English. |
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