2
compel
2
confound
2
confuse
2
connect(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
2
conquer
2
contain(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
2
digest(verb, trouble, disturb, worry, absorb)
2
disorient
2
draw(verb, join, catch, interest, arrest)
2
follow(verb, trouble, disturb, worry, absorb)
2
forestall(verb, keep)
2
keep busy(expression, join, catch, interest, arrest)
2
perturb(verb, upset, worry, try)
2
seize
2
soak(verb, hold, join, catch, interest)
2
soak up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, trouble, disturb)
2
spellbind
2
subjugate
2
take all of(expression, idiom)
2
take in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, trouble)
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