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Learning English Vocabulary

English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'problem'

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5523 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

All of us have problems. There are some verbs that we use a lot to talk about problems. Learn new ways to say that you have problems with Phil.

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0:00.0

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0:04.6

We all have problems, but are there any different ways to say that we have them?

0:11.3

We can face or encounter problems.

0:14.6

That just means that we have them, but it's a bit more dramatic.

0:19.2

The company has faced many problems this year. I encountered many

0:23.5

problems at university. Now, if we're having lots of them and they just won't go away, we can

0:30.8

be beset with problems or dogged by problems. This project has been beset with problems since the start. The trip has been

0:42.0

dogged by technical problems. If something causes problems, then it brings or poses them.

0:49.1

Studying too much brings its own problems. You need a balance. This new way of working is posing some problems.

0:57.4

Many things can bring or pose problems. We face them, encounter them,

1:03.2

and can even be beset with or dogged by them.

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