verb
1 allow sth you do not like
ADVERB
▪ barely
▪ just , merely
▪
She actually seemed pleased to see him: most of her visitors she merely ~d.
▪ grudgingly
▪ officially
▪
Union activity was officially ~d but strongly discouraged.
▪ widely
▪
It is technically illegal but widely ~d.
▪ no longer
▪
The government is not prepared to ~ this situation any longer.
VERB + TOLERATE
▪ be unable to , cannot
▪ not be prepared to ( esp. BrE ), not be willing to , will not
▪
I will not ~ this conduct!
▪ find sth difficult to
2 not be affected by difficult conditions
ADVERB
▪ readily , well
▪
This plant will readily ~ some acidity.
▪
She ~d the chemotherapy well.
▪ poorly
VERB + TOLERATE
▪ be unable to , cannot
▪ will not
▪ find sth difficult to , make sth difficult to
▪
The condition makes it difficult to ~ bright light.
Tolerate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ disorder , ↑ dissent , ↑ drought , ↑ failure , ↑ incompetence , ↑ interference