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Drop, Fall
 
drop - dropped
tirar 
pick coger
pick up recoger
lift levantar
  She dropped her books.
 
  I helped her pick them up.
 
  He picked some flowers from the meadow for his wife.
 
  I can't lift you. You're too heavy.
 
fragile (adj.)
 frágil
fall - fell caer / caerse
trip  
slip resbalar
break - broke romper
 

My grandmother fell. We had to help her get back up.

 
  He slipped on the ice.
 
  He fell down and broke his leg in three places.
 Ella se cayó y se rompió la pierna en tres sitios distintos.
  I just broke a mirror. Now I'll have bad luck for 7 years.
Yo rompi un espejo. Tendrá siete años de mala suerte.
raise levantar
lower bajar
  Raise her hands in the air. Levanta sus manos en el aire.
She lowered the baby into his bed. Ella bajó al niño hasta su cama. (puso al niño en su cama)
rise - rose
 

Raise is always followed by an object while rise is never followed by an object.

  The vampire rose out of the coffin.
 
  The sun always rises.
 
edge borde ledge saliente
pit hoyo / pozo abyss abismo
  She got too close to the edge. She tripped and fell into the bottomless pit.
 Ella se acercó demasiado al borde. Se resbaló y calló al hoyo sin fondo.
Don't stand on the ledge. If it breaks you'll fall into the pit of fire.
No te quedes en el saliente. Si se rompe te caerás en la pozo de fuego.
hold - held
 
shake - shook
 
grab
 
reach
 
release
 
let go - let go
 
  He shook his fist in the air.
 
  I'd like to shake your hand. Congratulations!
 
  Release me! Let go of me!
 
  The child held his mother's hand.
 
  I can't reach the ledge.
 
  She reached for the object.
 
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