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confront VERB Pattern 1: be confronted with /by If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it. She was confronted with severe money problems... Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them. If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it. We are learning how to confront death... NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions. If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them. She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face... The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate. Pattern 2: confront + n. + with / about +n. If you confront someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something. She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt... I could not bring myself to confront him about it... His confronting me forced me to search for the answers. deny v. Pattern 1: deny + n. / that / ving When you deny something, you state that it is not true. She denied both accusations... The government has denied that there was a plot to assassinate the president... They all denied ever having seen her. Pattern 2: deny + n. n. / pron-refl n. If you deny someone something that they need or want, you refuse to let them have it. If he is unlucky, he may find that his ex-partner denies him access to his children... Dont deny yourself pleasure... fill out 1. If you fill out a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use fill in) Fill out the application carefully, and keep copies