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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

FN: happening a Lively_place

like: happening → →

We hope to prevent anything unpleasant from happening. ☊ anything ☊
They appeared not to know what was happening. ☊ appear ☊
believe (that)...: She couldn't believe (that) it was all happening again. ☊ believe ☊
chance of sth happening: What chance is there of anybody being found alive? ☊ chance ☊
It's only common decency to let her know what's happening (= people would expect it). ☊ common ☊
communicate how/what, etc...: They failed to communicate what was happening and why. ☊ communicate ☊
the guilty party (= the person responsible for sth bad happening) ☊ guilty ☊
Is this really happening or is it a dream? ☊ happen ☊
This hasn't happened in living memory (= nobody alive now can remember it happening). ☊ memory ☊
They felt cut off from the outside world (= from other people and from other things that were happening). ☊ outside ☊
They're too young to understand what is happening. ☊ understand ☊