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| enkindle(promote, encourage, stimulate, excite) | |
| enthuse(cause, start, stimulate, prompt) | |
| escalate(increase, raise, severe, boost) | |
| evoke(bother, disturb, delight, stimulate) | |
| exalt(increase, encourage, raise, severe) | |
| exasperate(upset, bother, promote, encourage) | |
| fluster(bother, disturb, delight, stimulate) | |
| foster(support, move, encourage, produce) | |
| gall(upset, bother, annoy, provoke) | |
| generate(cause, start, prompt, irritate) | |
| get(upset, bother, encourage, annoy) | |
| get a rise out of(expression, idiom, upset, bother) | |
| get one going(expression, idiom, support, move) | |
| get one started(expression, idiom, support, move) | |
| get smoking(expression, promote, encourage, stimulate) | |
| get under skin(expression, idiom, upset, bother) | |
| give a hard time(expression, idiom, upset, bother) | |
| give rise to(expression, idiom, cause, start) | |
| give the business(expression, idiom, upset, bother) | |
| goose(upset, drive, bother, encourage) |
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