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To give advice

advise

verb

to give your opinion to someone about the best thing to do in a particular situation

recommend

verb

to advise someone that they should do something

counsel

verb

to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job

urge

verb

to advise someone very strongly about what action or attitude they should take

admonish

verb

to advise someone to do something

guide

verb

to help someone to do something by giving them advice at different stages

enjoin someone to do something

to strongly advise or order someone to do something

give someone a steer

to give someone advice or information that helps them to do something

preach

verb

to give people advice, or to tell them how to behave, in a way that annoys them

would

modal verb

used for advising someone to do something or for suggesting that they do it

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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