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Brook

/brˈʊk/
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(verb) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

His pride would not brook such insults.
We can hear a brook murmuring.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We could hear the sound of the small ____ flowing over the rocks.

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