| A | B |
| To decorate | to make something look more attractive |
| To devise | to think of a way of doing something |
| To devote | to spend all your time doing something |
| To dictate | to say words for someone else to write; to tell people exactly what they must do |
| To displease | to fail to please |
| To distrust | to not trust someone |
| To dread | to feel very worried about something that is about to happen |
| To dwarf | to make to feel small |
| To damage | to harm something so that it is broken or destroyed |
| To dangle | to hang down and swing from side to side |
| To gesture | to move your arms or head in order to tell someone |
| To gallop | for a horse to run very fast |