verbs

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  • to study something to see if the information is correct
    check something out
  • very difficult to believe
    far-fetched
  • when something seems true, but you can’t prove why
    have a ring of truth to it
  • to realize that there is going to be a problem before it happens
    see something coming
  • to see or notice something that is difficult to see
    spot something
  • to look at or think about the different parts of something carefully so that you can understand it
    analyse
  • a personal record that somebody puts on their website saying what they do every day and what they think about things
    blog
  • to look through a book, newspaper, website, etc. without reading everything
    browse
  • to phone, email or write to somebody
    contact
  • (computing) to move text, images, etc. into another place in a document or into a new document by pressing the 'copy' and then the 'paste' buttons

    copy and paste
  • to remove something that is written or that is stored on a computer
    deleted
  • to regularly receive somebody's messages using a microblogging service
    follow
  • to try to find something out by typing words into Google™, a computer program that searches the internet for information
    google
  • words or a piece of writing that one person sends to another
    message
  • to send a message as part of a discussion on the internet, or write something on a blog a personal record that somebody puts on their website
    post
  • to watch media content from a website
    stream
  • to write false or offensive messages on the internet in order to make other people angry
    troll
  • a short message that you send using the Twitter™ social media site a service for sending regular messages over the internet to tell people what you are doing or what interests you
    tweet
  • to send a a short message using the Twitter™ social media site
    tweet
  • to make something more modern or add new things to it
    update
  • to talk in a friendly informal way to somebody
    chat
  • to join one thing to another thing
    connect
  • a small digital image used to express an idea or emotion in emails, on the internet, on social media, etc.
    emoji
  • If a video, an image, etc. goes viral, it spreads quickly over the internet and large numbers of people see it.
    go viral
  • a word or phrase with the symbol # in front of it, that is used in social networking websites services for communicating with people who share your interests using the internet so that you can search for all the messages with the same subject
    hashtag
  • a system on the internet that allows people to exchange written messages with each other very quickly
    instant messaging
  • a live broadcast of an event over the internet
    live stream
  • not directly controlled by or connected to a computer or to the internet
    offline
  • words or a piece of writing that one person sends to another
    message
  • using the internet
    online
  • a short description of somebody or something that gives useful information
    profile
  • if you retweet a message written by another user on the Twitter social media service, the message can be seen by all of the people who regularly receive messages from you
    retweet
  • communicating with your friends or people who share your interests using a website or other service on the internet
    social networking
  • to stand or lie on a long piece of wood or plastic (called a surfboard ) and ride on a wave
    surf
  • knowing about science and about how things work, and using this to build and make things
    technology
  • a computer program that lets you look at or read documents on the World Wide Web
    web browser
  • to develop something over a period of time so that it gets bigger
    built up
  • a website where you can check whether information is true or not
    fast-checking website
  • If you give something a five-star rating (for example, a product or a movie), it shows that you think it is really good.
    five-star rating
  • a person or thing that influences somebody/something, especially a person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by recommending it on social media
    influencer