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ENDE: to cry weinen ENDE: to weep weinen
like: weinen → →
weinen ☊ khóc ☊ ☊
weinen ☊ 哭 ☊ kū
She began to cry. ☊ begin ☊
to weep/shed bitter tears ☊ bitter ☊
The news brought tears to his eyes (= made him cry). ☊ bring ☊
She burst into tears (= suddenly began to cry). ☊ burst into sth ☊
I just couldn't stop crying. ☊ cry ☊
The little boy fell over and started to cry. ☊ cry ☊
cry about/over sth: There's nothing to cry about. ☊ cry ☊
cry with sth: He felt like crying with rage. ☊ cry ☊
I found him crying his eyes out (= crying very much). ☊ cry ☊
The child was in floods of tears (= crying a lot). ☊ flood ☊
I hate it when people cry. ☊ hate ☊
To his horror, he could feel himself starting to cry (= it upset him very much). ☊ horror ☊
a wine lake (= a large supply of wine that is not being used) ☊ lake ☊
She was near to tears (= almost crying). ☊ near ☊
There's no need to cry (= stop crying). ☊ need ☊
She went over to the crying child and picked her up. ☊ pick sb/sth up ☊
Stop crying and pull yourself together! ☊ pull yourself together ☊
She didn't want to give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry. ☊ satisfaction ☊
Please stop crying and tell me what's wrong. ☊ stop ☊
Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. ☊ swollen ☊
She left the room in tears (= crying). ☊ tear ☊
He suddenly burst into tears (= began to cry). ☊ tear ☊
Their story will move you to tears (= make you cry). ☊ tear ☊
They reduced her to tears (= made her cry, especially by being cruel or unkind). ☊ tear ☊
The memory brought a tear to her eye (= made her cry). ☊ tear ☊
Desperately she fought back the tears (= tried not to cry). ☊ tear ☊
The letter reduced her to tears (= made her cry). ☊ to ☊
It sounded like crying to me. ☊ to ☊
He thought that crying was a sign of weakness. ☊ weakness ☊