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to dread

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

pa4

Meaning


Primary

to dread

Alternatives

dread, dreads, dreading, dreadful, to fear, fear

Mnemonic


[p-] Patrick Star is in the [4] bathroom of the [-a] auditorium, his entire body turned 白 white with 怕 dread. He is flopped on the floor, cowering, begging for his 忄 soul to be saved. The reason? One of the actors from the play is washing his hands, and is dressed up as a 忄 soul, which Patrick 怕 dreads. Patrick, not the brightest, mistakes him for some sort of all-powerful 怕 dreadful ghost...

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