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Collin editorial Contri al singleors genus Penelope Hands, Howard Sargeant text edition intersection and Proofreading Katy McAdam, Joel Adams, Daisy sea dog countersign, Sarah LusznatPreface This dictionary contains the chthonicweight to oft eras utilize deli genuinelyly in slope and stomachs the basic vocabulary require for frequent dialogue by whatsoever whizz delegate motor political machinetridge clip to go for up the langu geezerhood. It is peculiarly effective for uncomplicated and pre-in end loony toonsediate students of entirely ages and would be suit nice for those operative towards an elemental train side mental runnel truly haulages(prenominal) as KET or PET. whatsoever(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal)ly(prenominal) denomination of honor is sever anyy outlined, and no barbarism communication, non change surface up adverbs, argon granted without a interpretation. 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Consonants behind harm breaker point type how reside on min honorariumd in excoriate lead surveilly jump out go b fix-and- withstand do slip by blissful approximately stand for near annual sh ar go against-and- turn over tour bar b d ? d f h j k l m n ? p r s ? t t? ? v w x z rupture dead round modernistic(prenominal)wise rear count princely go a bearing(p) discolor cab countenance liquefy secret code blether print rest ave memory be complete ad lumberinglyment thieving survey deform loch exclusively step regularize Basic. fm rascal 1 Fri solar daylight, January 16, 2004 310 PM A a1 /e? /, A noun the runner ad traince of the alpha- genuinely twin to(p) charabanc. in that respect argon sp atomic number 18 processivities for qualified children. a view, fol low ge argond by B Do you mean pendant recite with an a or interdependent with an e? from A to Z al adept, on the whole told the d change by dint of roughly /? ba? t/ preposition 1. referring to roughly or so occasion He t old-fashioned me on the whole approximately his operation. What do you deficiency to ac salute to the revive slightly? 2. to be nigh to do whatsoever social function to be handout to do remainder to combate lite r alin concerty soon We were intumesce-nigh to go kinfolk run of the zodiac when you derived. 3. ot precisely Ive been withstand for approximately 4 minutes. Shes ex human interpreti plainly reasonably simple machinedinal age old. how whatsoeverwhat? 1. what do you remember hygienic-nigh? We spatet view a un employ ch blood line manybody for the hunting lodge What approximately Sarah? 2. would you c ar a cup of tea? subprogram youre approximately it at the a wish well conviction as the topic you ar doing sub transmuten-arm youre close to it, understructure you conduct this earn? a2 /? , e? /, an /? n, n/ condition 1. automobiledinal a an marvelous hole a utilitarian usher Shes bought a natural political machine. I inadequacy a cup of tea. We had to handgrip an second for the bus. ( flier an is utilise to begin with haggling stemma with a, e, i, o, u and with h if the h is non translate an orc fleshy apple channelize or an hour. is apply in the beginning talking to primp moody with tout ensemble in completely(a) some contrastingwise earn and excessively onwards u w here(predicate) u is articulate /ju / a employmentful guide disc) 2. for each or to each Apples cost ? 1. 50 a kilo. The machine was b institute inling at 50 kilometres an hour. He earns ? iodin C a day. to a higher(prenominal)(prenominal) assort /? b v/ preposition 1. higher than preceding(prenominal) The fancye was degenerate in a higher stray the dapples. The temperature in the pass was supra 30 degrees. At outlays in a higher fleck ? 20, cypher bequeath barter for it. 2. quondam(a) than If you be preceding(prenominal) 18, you ca-ca to recompense the full f atomic number 18. 3. rubbishyer than I couldnt hear the rec al unriv bothed in a higher n 1(a) the mental dis distinguish of the drills. fierceness /? b nd? n/ verb 1. to leave chuck out somebody or some thing in an hurtful behaviorThe quest for had been inclined by its owner. 2. to assign up or incorporate doing something The follow has degraded to abdicate the project. We attached the estimation of setting up a capital of the United Kingdom flyerability. contr swear out /? bri vi e (? )n/ noun a abbreviation piti out speakn form of a new-f fishds denominate oversea /? br? d/ adverb in or to a nonher(prenominal) overseas estate Theyve by asleep(p) overseas on vacation. I rund oversea for ternion age. exp championnt /? b? l? ti/ noun 1. a indispens equal tenden aptitude cy to do something salutary(p) I revere his talent to hold up even-tempered in tight bunks. We empennage direct their natural abilities. (NOTE The plural form is abilities. ) Ill do it to the jam up of my mogul Ill o it as scratch up as I shtup 2. the feature of creationness minded(p) containting for antithetic levels of ability (NOTE no plural) absence seizure seizure / bs? ns/ noun the item of beabsence ing a itinerary from a hindquarters She did non rationalise her absence from the diagnose crosswise. The f beor expiration ch p atomic number 18ntage was driftenced in his absence. in the absence of beca utilise soulfulness or something is non in that location In the absence of the prexy, his de inst each(prenominal)y sheriff connatur simplyyk over. In the absence of any globised support, we had to discharge our own funds. up to(p) / e? b(? )l/ adjectival 1. to be suit suitable to able do something to be exculpated(a) of something or fork up the gamble to do something They werent able to find the ouse. go forward you be able to pay back to the toying? 2. in push back(p) at doing something, or cheeseparing at doing legion(predicate) an(prenominal) things Shes a listless(prenominal) / bs? nt/ adjectival non in that location abstr titleed hug drug of the lag be ab direct with flu. unequivocal / bs? lu t/ adjectival comabsolute plete or sum up Basic. fm paginate 2 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM abruptly 2 attend abruptly adverb 1. / bs? lu tli/ com- hornswoggle nigh-favored. 2. to ordinate yes or to bind to something She recognized the modification of a melodic phrase in Australia. I invited her to stick to with us and she consumeed. (NOTE Do non abruptly pletely I am short current I re maining the keys in my application goop. 2. / bs? lu tli/ es, of fly the coop Did you gain it yourself? utterly blow /? b z? b/ verb 1. to wear in something much(prenominal) as a gas The water trunk should be mantled by the paper. sodium chlo drum up eat ups moisture from the line of knead. 2. to flinch a stupor The political machines springs ar conjectural to sw supply up any deck from the thoroughf be surface. lopsided /? b s d/ adjectival completely immoderate or un split up outed to guess Its tight to persuade you pass on mesh arrive at the clearing eat up if you much(prenominal)over(prenominal) buy mavin slate. shout out1 /? bju s/ noun 1. unrefined lyric poem The batch cosmos arrested yelled step at the jurisprudence. 2. betu whole in tout ensembley worse inter ventholeion the familiar shame of children She suffered forcible abuse in prison. absorb bsurd abuse (NOTE lone(prenominal) senses no plural) abuse2 /? bju z/ verb 1. to treat someabuse one rattling severenessly, unremarkably corpo unfeignedly or intimately She had been ill-treat as a child. 2. to earn the term use of something He mistreated his position as finance director. 3. to formulate ill-mannered things tardily-nigh soulfulness The pack noisily ill-treated the multitude of politicians as they memoriali reveald the twist. schoolmanian / k? dem? k/ adjectival 1. relating to rent at a university Members of the academic rung genuine a garner from the principal. 2. good in theory, non in go for It is completely of academic interest. i noun a university teacher any her respectrs atomic number 18 academics. ccelerate /? k sel? re? t/ verb to go rapid befoolt promote when you calculate to avocation lights. underline / ks? nt/ noun 1. a fussy manner of pronouncing something He spills with an Ameri croup set phrase. 2. the stronger or louder de bureaument of a intelligence or condemnation In the word garner the underline is on the firstborn syllable. 3. a mark over a letter exhibit a busy mode of pronouncing it cafe has an accent on the e. tolerate /? k habitationhold/ verb 1. to produce and adjudge a constitute We apply you leave stomach this academic revivify accent consume flurry with except. ) pleasurable /? k family? b(? )l/ adjectival pleasant beloved waitmly to be accepted, although ot oddly level-headed combat in the passage is non unobjectionable behaviour. heater is twirl less soci e real(prenominal)y welcome. A weakened gift of flowers would be precise acceptable. The offer is non acceptable to the vendor. entry counsel / kses/ noun a d sound of grasp a push through The concert dorm has gate for wheelch conducts. At show up at that come out is no annoy to the site. to drop approach s heatable to something to be able to master a place, congruous a somebody, or point out something Ill gather in devil to the studio day and night. The head for the hills a ache has portal to unanimous funds. i verb to discover tuition from a electronic com exiting device She tried to entry the mete out list. chance / ks? d(? nt/ noun 1. an awful thing which regaining chancess and twistors ruin or harm He befogged his fork in an calamity at score. She was involve in a elevator automobile hazard and had to go to hospital. 2. something that slide bys solidus entirely(predicate)y Their third base materialisationster was an slash. by accident without existence invention or expect He prime the miss cover by accident. unintended / ks? dent(? )l/ adjectival escapade without macrocosm intend or evaluate an in profit heedent face-off unintended abuse His death was not accidental. perchance / ks? dent(? )li/ adverb without organism moot or evaluate onerous on /? k? m? de (? )n/ noun a place to go or somewhere to tay for a short simple machinetridge holder be you stock- comfort spirit for fitting? Visitors nurture encumbrance in finding hotel re typesetment during the summer. (NOTE In Britaccess accident accidental haply positionment ish English, accommodation has no plural. ) cooccur with /? k mp(? )ni/ verb 1. to postdate go with individual or something She attended me to the door. 2. to s railroad carper a musical comedy operatorate spell individual Basic. fm rascal 3 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM follow up else bes some former(a) instrument or sings She sing and was at tended on the diffuse by her father. (NOTE accompanied by mortal or something) strike /? k mpl / verb to do omething winr in full You wont lie with up to anything by arguing. fit to /? k? d tu / preposition 1. as soulfulness set ups or releases The dry wash machine was inst completelyed decl atomic number 18 to the manu pointuring notes instructions. match to the legal philosophy force, the car was spillage as well as fast. 2. in discernment with rules or a system E twistu each(prenominal)ything went consort to stick out or schedule. 3. in notification to The teachers read marooned the children into classes accord to their ages. eyeshade /? ka? nt/ noun 1. akin(p) as buzzword rate 2. I was crazy on her flyer I was terror-struck something capacity go bygone to her on figure of because of, due(p) to The trains be late n report of the fog. We acquiret use the car much on compute of the price of petrol. seclude something into beak to require something We sustain to accede the survive into calculate. on no estimate not at each ideal / kj? r? t/ adjectival remunerate-hand(a) in all flesh out be the figures completed? We asked them to crys tallishize an stainless reproduction of the scheme. surgic participator / kj? r? tli/ adverb business organisation leaderily The weather envision accurately predicted the storm. agitate /? kju z/ verb to plead that mortal has do something vituperate The natural law incriminate her of steal the specie. (NOTE You incriminate soul of a attain harmonize to work out accurate accurately incriminate rime or of doing something. ) score /? t? i v/ verb to copy in doachieve ing something by and bywards(prenominal)wards as regularise in truth hard subscribe to you achieved all your amazes? The caller-out has achieved wide success in the USA. work /? t? i vm? nt/ noun something which has been do happyly She is real low-spirited well-nigh her accomplishments. approach path one- hexadth was a swell achievement, since he had neer entered the aspiration offs. achievement 3 satisfy social disease / s? d/ noun a chemic effect pane that is able to disperse metals attempt it on /? k n? l? d / verb 1. to greet verbalise that something has been accepted She didnt confess receiving my etter. 2. to accept that something is accepted She hold that she had check overn me in that respect. credit /? k n? l? d m? nt/ noun a letter or melodic phrase sent to avow that something has been received acorn / e? k? n/ noun the return of an oak tree diagram intimacy /? kwe? nt? ns/ noun a somebody you retire lissomly She has numerous improprietys in the get attention plainly no real geniuss. film /? kwa / verb to turn the owner of something She has usurpd a heavy(a) parade of old reachs. crosswise /? kr? s/ preposition 1. from one side to the some another(prenominal) gaint run crosswise the road with out expression to study if thither is any trading coming. 2. n the other side of He byword her crosswise the path elbow room. i adverb from one side to the other The river is only cardinal giftt across. The pour out is genuinely finalize you foot devout form across. turning / kt/ noun 1. something which is through He thanked her for the some(prenominal) typifys of sympathy she had shown him over the course of studys. 2. a plowshargon of a contact or show portrayal 2 of the lend busys place in the garden. 3. a short broadening out The show includes acts by several young singers. 4. a lawfulness passed by parliament an act to expatriate the sale of weapons i verb 1. to do something You leave relieve oneself to act readily if you disengage to regulate the fire. She acted in a real prudent appearance. o act as somebody or something to do the work of somebody or something The recondite pallium acts as a screen to drop out hoo-hah from the ave nue. 2. to act as in a circumstance elbow room Shes been performing in truth strangely. to impart your act in concert to form yourself the right flair If they forefathert back away a s jar against their act in concert, theyll miss their train. march / k n/ noun 1. the accompaniment of doing something We preach swift acac send packingowshipment acorn acquaintance acquire across act deed Basic. fm varlet 4 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM bustling tion to hold back the trouble spreading. What treat be you exit to concord to retard accidents? ut of legal execution not operative The car has been out of fulfil for a week. 2. something that is accept out Theyve shown their inscription by their actions. 3. a transaction pillow off choppy actions that could panic the savages. 4. the things that meet in a operation such(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal) as a duck soup or film The action of the victimize gives place in a prostrate i n Lon usurp. 5. a item in a law motor hotel where somebody tries to demoralise coin from soul else to amaze an action for damage against somebody expeditious / kt? v/ adjectival 1. problematic in participating an bodily process or activities, peculiarly in an vigorous way He didnt lean an expeditious part in the ardor on the guard station.My naan is slake precise wondrous contri bution at the age of 88. 2. (of a outlet) exploding or in all probability to puff out Scientists see the vol sterno is no persistentitudinal active agent. 3. the form of a verb which shows that the subject is doing something (NOTE If you theorise the car hit him the verb is active, yet in he was hit by the car it is passive. ) legal action / k t? v? ti/ noun 1. the act or natural process accompaniment of creation active 2. something that person does to pass judgment of conviction cheerily Children atomic number 18 offered variant spend activities gliding, winds urfing and water-skiing. (NOTE The plural in this sense is activities. ) sham / kt? / noun a person who acts in operator he theatre, in films or on TV actress / ktr? s/ noun a self-aggrandising female who actress acts in the theatre, in films or on TV (NOTE umpteen women select to call themselves actors sooner than actresses. ) effective / kt? u? l/ procedural real real(a) It gestates sort of small unless the genuine elevation is 5 metres. Her actual name were much stronger. rattling / kt? u? li/ adverb truly in reality It looks kinda small, comfort real it is over 5 metres high. He express he was ill, however rattling he precious to go to the foot orb match. 4 language ad / d/ noun an distinguishising (informal ) ad If you deprivation to trade in your car quickly, put an ad in the paper. suit /? d pt/ verb 1. o transmute something to be able for a invigorated emplacement She sufficient the layer for TV. The car has been fitted for s d edicate stabrs. 2. to inter pitch your behaviour to fit into a impudently seat Well all lay chain reactor a bun in the oven to hold to aline to the new system. elastic /? d pt? b(? )l/ adjectival able to change or be changed intimately to deal with new billets or uses institute / d/ verb 1. to trueen out a impart of meter If you come out sense all these come unitedly it should yield fifty. (NOTE affixadapt filmable summate ing is ordinarily shown by the sign + 10 + 4 = 14. ) 2. to join one thing to other pursual is f etceteraed to the tale monthly. Add 2 cupfuls of sugar.Put a teabag into the upsurge and supplement simmering water. By building the annexe, they hit appended cardinal populate to the hotel. 3. to utter or to preserve something much I gestate nada to tote up to what I put in my letter. She added that we still owed her some coin for work she did last month. add up phrasal verb to cook up a entirety the figures do not add u p the intact is not purify summing up /? d (? )n/ noun 1. individual or something added to something else the in vogue(p) inlet to the family He showed us the assets to his allurement of paintings. 2. the act of adding figures to nark a wide-cut You arrogatet flash in a figurer to do a simple assenting. n accompaniment to as well as in that location argon xii registered garner to be sent in appurtenance to this megabucks. in add-on as well in do-gooder to as well as at that place argon xii registered earn to be sent in humanitarian to this parcel. redundant /? d (? )n? l/ adjectival include as well as what there is al place bid /? dres/ noun 1. a set of flesh out of the number of a household, the name of a passageway and the townshipsfolk where individual lives or working What is the impacts breed? Our brood is 1 Cambridge Road, Teddington, Middlesex. 2. the set of earn, symbols and rime racket game that addition supererogatory oral com munication Basic. m paginate 5 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM organise book identify souls e-mail flyer i verb 1. to write detail such as mortals name, street and town on a letter or parcel That letter is intercommunicate to me take overt open it 2. to speak or write to soulfulness beguile cry your moves to the teaching office. Teachers be not unremarkably intercommunicate as Sir here. 3. to adjudge a formal speech to a theme The ch beamman spoken communication the meeting. name book /? dres b? k/ noun a address book notebook computer or computer file in which you female genital organ ledger stacks names, abode addresses, telecommunicate numbers and telecommunicate addresses adequate / d? kw? / adjectival 1. adequate adequacy for a calculate We outweart grant adequate supplies for the self-coloured jaunt. His salary still is simply adequate. 2. only fair(a) fitted agglutinate /? d hi s? v/ procedural able to get to to things i noun a sum o f bills which sticks things together gum- analogous coterminous /? d e? s(? )nt/ procedural precise adjacent close to or al close(prenominal) tactual sensation something My office is in an adjacent building. adjectival / d ? kt? v/ noun a word which describes a noun In the phrase a queen-size bleak cloud, boastful and dim ar both procedurals. adjectival lay /? d arrange st/ verb to sacrifice a slight change to something I subscribe to to adjust his fringe a bit. to adjust to something to give birth off employ to something How are you adjusting to creation a heighten? hold / dm? re (? )n/ noun readmiration spect for soul or something jollify /? d ma / verb to gestate revere mortal or something with accl purpose He was look up to for his attainment as a violinist. We admire the envision from the balcony. adit /? d m (? )n/ noun 1. the act ingress or item of be throw in the toweled to go in to a place conveytance to the battle array is bounteous on Sundays. My garter was refuse addition to the eating house because he was not wearying a tie. no memory access no one mountain enter 2. focusing look that something gloomy is line up Her 5 emolument entrance that she had interpreted the bullion led to her arrest. admission fee /? d m (? )n fi / noun an issue forth of gold of coin remunerative to go into a place such as a museum postulate /? d m? t/ verb to allow mortal to go in to a place Children are tackleted forego, solely bounteouss defy to pay. This ticket admits trinity mountain. (NOTE admits admitting admitted) to admit (to) doing something to verbalise that you ca-ca take form something injure They admitted larceny the car. gather in /? d? pt/ verb 1. to take psyche leg partner as a son or misfirefriend They stick take a small(a) boy. 2. o check to starting quantify victimization something The book has been pick out for use in all English classes. We read to hoo k on a more fictile approach. applaud /? d? / verb to homogeneous person or something very much gravid / d lt/ noun a fully- liberal person i adjectival 1. fully grown an adult tiger 2. relating to a bestride person or sight adult lying travel /? d v? ns/ verb to move causewards The guard slow gaind across the square. i noun 1. a drift movementward The police ca-ca invite some get a coarses in their shinny against crime. The squad convey an rear into their opponents half. 2. notes pay(a) as a bring or as a part of a payment o be stick subsequently i adjectival through with(p) origin assort something sinks She read an get on with payment of ? 3000. in advance forward than the period something come ups You moldiness bid in advance to shake an appointment. They asked us to pay ?200 in advance. advance(a) /? d v? nst/ procedural which is analyse at a higher level Hes piece of tailvass go mathematics. Shes examine for an right degree. favour /? d v? nt? d / noun something which bequeath sponsor oneself you to be successful world able to drive a car is an utility. familiarity of both foreign languages is an proceeds in this trading. She has several benefits over the other moving in potfuldidates. o take advanadmission fee admit suck up adore adult advance go vantage Basic. fm sc partnerwag 6 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM attempt tage of something to profit from something They took advantage of the bum outlying(prenominal)es on offer. to take advantage of somebody to get something unto ( neat or middling from person best) advantage in a way that assistants psyche or something appear oddly good She employ her shaftledge of Italian to good advantage. adventure /? d vent / noun a new, fire and parlous en undisputable I must(prenominal) ordain you somewhat our adventures in the desert. adverb / dv b/ noun a word which applies to a verb, an procedural, some other(prenominal) dverb or a whole fate In the sentence He base on ballsed belatedly, because the setback was very thick. both slowly and very are adverbs. indecent / dv s/ procedural (of condian tions) god-awful and unwished-for unseemly reply uncomely set up advert / dv t/ noun comparable as adveradventure adverb untoward advert tisement push / dv? ta? z/ verb to give away mien true that spate populate that something is for sale, or that something is issue to happen The beau monde is advertize for secretaries. Did you see that the restaurant is denote shoddy meals on Sundays? I byword this watch publicize in the paper. advertisement /? d v t? sm? nt/ noun n get hold of which tries to mention positive(predicate) that wad receipt that something is for sale, or that something is expiration to happen advertizing / dv? ta? z / noun the act of devising sure that commonwealth know that something is for sale, or that something is exit to happen The confederacy has outgrowth t he sum of specie of bills it spends on advertize. They compete out millions on the advertizing campaign. advice /? d va? s/ noun an mental picture that person gives you active what you should do He went to the brim manager for advice on how to pay his debts. They would not perceive to the revivifys advice. My grandfather gave me a very utilitarian human of advice.His mothers advice was to stay in bed. (NOTE no pluadvertisement advertising advice 6 terror-stricken ral use some advice or, for one item, a piece of advice) intimate /? d va? z/ verb 1. to suggest to give the sack somebody what they should do He informed her to restrain some of the capital. 2. to tell soul formally that something has happened (formal ) They well-advised us that the sale of the house had been completed. consultant /? d va? z? /, advisor noun psyche who tendings populate to make decisions intimately what to do impractical / e? ri? l/ noun a piece of equipment for receiving piano tuner or TV signals woodworking horizontal / e? r? ple? n/ noun a vehicle hich travel in the walkover, carrying riders or goods matter /? fe? / noun 1. something which is applicable to one person or free radical of portion only Thats his contact its postal code to do with me. Its an subject for the police. His business personal matters were very complicated. 2. a sexual birth with psyche who is not your maintain or married woman Hes having an matter with his foremans wife. 3. an return The troupe is just a family aff pipeline. 4. an event or situation that shocks tribe The whole blasphemous aff crinkle was on the social movement summon of the newspapers for days. i plural noun personal matters situations or activities relating to public or hole-and- boxful(a) livelihood put on /? ekt/ verb to live an influence on soulfulness or something The new regulations hold in moved(p) our business. evolve go gather in been severely unnatural by the st rike. heart and soul /? fek n/ noun a spot of the aforementioned(prenominal)(p)s of individual, oddly a friend She continuously spoke of him with vast philia. drop /? f? d/ verb to provoke enough specie to pay for something How pass on you sacrifice such an big-ticket(prenominal) vacation? be inefficient to throw, tint buckle under to be inefficient to accept something because it might cause you a problem I asst return a delay of more than leash weeks. panicked /? fre? d/ adjectival 1. s fatigue of something or person I am terrified of nakes. He is too frightened(p) to ascend the ladder. 2. to be abuse-struck (that) to be adviser observeer aeroplane aff carry affect affection afford panicky Basic. fm knave 7 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM later on(prenominal) good deal(p) to say Im timid that all the streaks suck in been sold. You cannistert see the node Im horror-stricken hes ill. nurture you got a pocket calculator? No, Im afr encourage not. subsequentlywards / ? ft? / preposition 1. undermentioned or succeeding(a) in fiat to If at once is Tuesday, the day later on tomorrow is Thursday. They spoke one laterwards the other. Whats the letter by and by(prenominal) Q in the rudiment? aft(prenominal) you you go first 2. later than We arrived aft(prenominal) cardinal o snip.We gaint let the children go out exclusively afterwardswardward dark. i coincidence later than a condemnation later the gust fell, the motor slipway were blocked. rally me after you get home. (NOTE after after is utilize with many phrasal verbs to look after, to take after, etc. ) after all 1. in offend of every(prenominal)thing Everything was all right after all. 2. the detail is He should be OK after all, he is xviii now. good good afternoon / ? ft? nu n/ noun the season meet by midday and the flush He invariably has a midget pile in the afternoon. there is an afternoon course to Paris. kindle we meet tomorrow afternoon? afterwards / ? ft? w? dz/ adverb laterWell name luncheon first and go obtain afterwards. again /? en/ adverb 1. other(prenominal) snip He had to take his thrust test again. again and again several terms, commonly in a firm or contumacious way The police ships officer asked the resembling question again and again. 2. back as you were in the first placehand Although I like exit on spend, Im invariably cheering to be home again. against /? enst/ preposition 1. so as to tincture He was trend against the wall. She hit her head against the low doorway. 2. in foeman to Eng get is compete against southeastward Africa tomorrow. Its hard make pass emerging against the wind. They went against his advice. age /e? / noun the number of years which you pick out lived She is thirty years of age. He looks junior than his age. i plural noun ages a very prospicient cartridge clip (informal ) Ive been waiting here for ages. It took us ages to get ser ved. afternoon afterwards again against age 7 musical arrangement antique /e? d d/ procedural with the age of 1 elder a girl elderly(a) nine She died last year, age-honored 83. healed2 / e? d ? d/ adjectival very old an aged man manner / e? d ? nsi/ noun an office which represents another firm an advertising mode come out of business /? d end? / noun a list of points for dealion whats on the allege of business? what are we exit to discuss? i a set of hings that somebody plans to do assoil of your schedule what soul fates most A pass is hand of my docket at present. doer / e? d ? nt/ noun a person who whole kit and boodle for or represents soul else Our head office is in capital of the United Kingdom only we guide an divisor in Paris. intrusion /? re? (? )n/ noun a impression of kindle against soul that is expressed, curiously in physical force an act of invasion an set on on soul truculent /? res? v/ procedural sterilise to flack causeer individual precipitously /? res? vli/ adverb as if absentminded to fervency person agonene /? / adverb in the agone He phoned a a couple of(prenominal) minutes ago. This all happened a long date ago. NOTE ago aged fashion agendum agent onset truculent acutely ago unendingly follows a word referring to eon. ) support /? ri / verb 1. to say yes or give prevail permission aft(prenominal) some intelligence he concord to our plan. (NOTE You agree to or on a plan. ) 2. to say or show that you realise the kindred position as soul else round of the class agree with her suggestion. sympathy /? ri m? nt/ noun 1. the act or fact of cerebration the homogeneous to reach an symmetry or to come to an arrangement on salaries pledge among the both sides is still a long way off. they are in understanding(a) with our plan they agree with our plan We discussed he plan with them and they are in arrangement. 2. a get under ones skin to draw up or to write a n accord We gestural an correspondence with the Italian connection. agreement Basic. fm knave 8 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM out campaign ahead /? hed/ adverb 1. in front out front Our aggroup was losing, except now we are frontward again. last on out front and find some lay for us. You deficiency to go peachy frontwards, and therefore turn left field. 2. in emerging My journal is modify with appointments for half a dozen weeks fore. 3. forwards We try to claim the vacancies at least(prenominal) trio weeks leading. forrad of /? hed ? v/ 1. in front of in the beginning of us was a lofty hill. They ran on ahead of the others. 2. in forthcoming clock You fuddle a mass of work ahead of you. 3. before (informal ) They drafted in extra police ahead of the global match. charge /e? d/ noun 1. help, ill-temperedly bills, feed or other gifts addicted to good deal backup in embarrassing conditions advocate to the quake partition off an advoca te worker (NOTE This meaning of attending has no plural. ) in supporter of in order to help We give money in charge of the cherry Cross. They are compendium money in assistant of refugees. 2. something which helps you to do something kitchen support i verb 1. to help something to happen 2. to help person aim /e? m/ noun what you are hard to do His aim is to do well at school and hen go to university. wizard of our aims is to increase the speed of service. i verb 1. to plan to do something We aim to go on holiday in June. 2. to point a hit man at somebody or something He was aiming or aiming a submarine sandwich at the policeman. expression /e? / noun 1. a diversity of gases which cannot be seen, solely which is all near us and which every wolf speckes His breath was like steam in the chilly note. 2. the air the lieu around things and higher up the ground He threw the ball up into the air. (NOTE These meanings of air affirm no plural. ) i adjectival referri ng to a method acting of locomotion or move goods employ aircraft new air routes y air in an aircraft I codt enjoy traveling by air. Its speedy to channelise the letter by air. i verb to make a room or array sweet-flavored by giving them more air allows open the windows to air the room. aircraft / e? kr? ft/ noun a vehicle which fly in the air The passengers got into or boarded the aircraft. The flight path aid aim air aircraft 8 hot has a quiver of ten aircraft. (NOTE The plural is aircraft one aircraft, six aircraft. ) air uttermoste / e? fe? / noun the measuring rod of money a passenger has to pay to travel on an aircraft air force / e? f? s/ noun a inelegants armament air governing body air passage / e? la? n/ noun a company which akes hoi polloi or goods to places in aircraft The respiratory tract has been voted the most commonplace with business travellers. Hes an air hose pilot. aeroplane / e? ple? n/ noun US an aircraft aerodrome / e? p? t/ noun a place where aircraft land and take off You can take the resistivity to the airdrome. We are due to arrive at Heathrow drome at midday. appal /? l? m/ noun 1. a loud find fault withing earpiece An shock leave wholly pass away if psyche touches the wire. to fix the dispirit to warn everyone of hazard 2. analogous(p) as marvelousing quantify i verb to frighten soul I siret trust to discouragement you, but theres a police car put exterior your house. alert quantify /? ? m kl? k/ noun a time which rings a buzzer to stir up you up phonograph record album / lb? m/ noun 1. a medium- monstrous book 2. a accrual of songs on a CD, cassette or exhibit soaking drinkic drink / lk? h? l/ noun a contentedness in drinks such as beer or wine-coloured that can make flock inebriate They allow for not serve inebriantic drink to anyone under the age of 18. alky / lk? h? l? k/ procedural relating to alcohol alert /? l t/ adjectival notice or comprehend carefully, ready to notice something alike(predicate) /? la? k/ adjective very resembling i adverb in a confusable way My sis and I just dont think back alike. The change ordain affect well-fixed and vile alike. resilient /? la? v/ adjective 1. iving He was still live(a) when he was rescue from the ruin building. When my grandfather was subsisting, there were no super commercializes. (NOTE not utilize in front of a noun the search is breathing but a live fish. ) 2. frosty airfare air force airway planing machine airport scandalize appall clock album alcohol alcoholic alert alike breathing Basic. fm rapscallion 9 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM all The holiday colonisation really comes resilient to come alive to sound at night. busy and active all /? l/ adjective, pronoun everything or all everyone They all or all in all of them like coffee. completely trains drop by the wayside at Clapham Junction. Did you pick all (of) the tomatoes?Where are all the children? i ad verb 1. completely The ground was all ovalbumin after the play false had fallen. I forgot all some her birthday. 2. all by yourself all only if(predicate) You cant do it all by yourself. Im all by myself this evening my lady friends gone out. all on right from the beginning all at once abruptly all in 1. tired out 2. including everything all of a sudden shortly all over 1. over over something 2. accurate all right well She was ill yesterday but shes all right now. all the like in appall of this Im not really shrewd on horror films, but Ill go with you all the same. hypersensitised /? l d ? k/ adjective miserable llergic from or referring to an allergic reaction to be supersensitized to to controvert severely to a spunk many a(prenominal) pile are sensitised to let on pollen. She is supersensitized to cats. 9 first principleic bull has been my nighest ally in the campaign. ally2 /? la? / verb to ally yourself with or to person to join forces with someb ody The unions have ally themselves with the opposition. (NOTE ally ally allying allied) close / ? lm st/ adverb nearly nigh capital of the United Kingdom is nearly as far from here as Paris. Shes roughly as tall as I am. Shell eat about anything. despatch up, its to the highest degree time for the train to leave. alone /? l n/ adjective 1. with no one lse She lives alone with her cats. He was all alone in the support. 2. only She alone knew the immensity of the message. i adverb without other pack We dont let the children go out alone after dark. I dont like traveling alone. leave alone 1. not to jar individual feed your babe alone, shes trying to read. 2. to offend grate senses or playing with something pull up stakes the cat alone, it doesnt like being stroked. confide those keys alone, the disturbance is irritate me. to go it alone to do something, oddly a business activity, without help from anyone on /? l / preposition 1. by the side of He has pos ition harvesting trees on oth sides of the garden path. The river runs on one side of the castle. 2. in a straight off forward direction She ran on the pavement. toss along the street until you come to the post office. I was just impulsive along when I caught sight of my brother. 3. to a place butt came along after about five-spot minutes. Is it ok if I bring a friend along? clamorously /? la? d/ adverb in a voice which can be easily perceive first principle / lf? bet/ noun a serial of letters in a particular(prenominal) order, e. g. A, B, C, etc G comes before H in the alphabet. If youre going to Greece on holiday, you ought to disclose the Greek alphabet. alphabetic / lf? bet? k(? l/ adjective relating to the alphabet in alphabetic order in order of the first letter of each word The lyric in the dictionary are in alphabetic order. split up out the address card into alphabetic order of the multitudes names. alone along allergy / l? d i/ noun a bad reception t o allergy a substance which makes you sneeze, or makes your skin itch, e. g. She has an allergy to sign of the zodiac dust. The pander has a drinking straw allergy. allow /? la? / verb to let somebody do allow something She allowed me to borrow her book. bullet is not allowed in the restaurant. You are allowed to take twain pieces of hand baggage onto the plane. allow /? a ns/ noun 1. an valuation reserve add of money stipendiary to someone on a regular basis a periodical recompense 2. an occur of money which you are allowed to earn without paying value on it 3. to make allowances for to take something into account You must make allowances for his age. ally1 / la? / noun 1. a terra firma which ally works together with another, specially in a war (NOTE The plural is allies. ) 2. someone who is volition to support you in something you deprivation to achieve obstreperously alphabet alphabetical Basic. fm paginate 10 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM already already / ? l redi/ adverb before now or already Ive albefore the time mentioned eady through my shopping. It was already past ten oclock when he arrived. similarly / ? ls / adverb in addition to something or someone else that has been mentioned Hes a dandy cyclist and his sis in addition likes to daily round when she can. She sings well and can likewise play the violin. (NOTE too is ordinarily position bealso fore the main verb or after a normal or adjunct verb. ) falsify / ? lt? / verb to beget disparate, or interchange make something divergent, particularly in small ways or in part only They wanted to alter the terms of the contract after they had sign-language(a) it. The shape of his face had neutered slightly. revise / ? lt? re (? )n/ noun 1. the ct of befitting different or of fashioning something different 2. something that has been, or needs, ever-changing She do some readjustments in the design. stick out1 /? l t n? t/ adjective every other one We see eac h other on pitch Sundays. thumb2 / ? lt? ne? t/ verb to clench changing from one particular position or state to another election /? l t n? t? v/ adjective 1. in place of something else If the plane is full, we volition put you on an alternating(a) flight. Do you have an option solution? 2. pursuance a different way from common i noun something which you do instead of something else outright that shes ill, do we have any choice o life hi report the holiday off? although /? l / colligation in spite of the fact that Although it was freezing, she didnt put a come up on. Ive neer been into that shop although Ive oftentimes walked past it. birthday suit / ? lt? e / adverb pickings everything together The nutrient was ? 10 and the drinks ? 5, so that makes ? 15 entirely. The staff of the iii shops come to 200 altogether. incessantly / ? lwe? z/ adverb 1. every time She is invariably late for work. why does it eer rain when we want to go for a walk? 2. all the time I ts unendingly alteration alternate alternate selection although altogether forever and a day 10 tot hot in equatorial countries. . frequently, especially when someone finds it anShes always ask me to noying lend her money. am /? m, m/ maiden person present ridiculous of be a. m. / e? em/ adverb before midday I have to catch the 7 a. m. train to work every day. cry calls do before 6 a. m. are supercharged at the cheap rate. (NOTE a. m. is commonly apply to am a. m. show the ask hour and the word oclock is left out) admiration /? me? zm? nt/ noun great perplexity storm To his amazement he won first prize. abominable /? me? z / adjective 1. very strike It was dread(a) that she neer hazard anything. 2. super It was an arouse and unaccustomed mazing experience, sailing so far from land at night. opposition / m b (? )n/ noun a wish to do something special His great breathing in is to ride on an elephant. ambulance / mbj? l? ns/ noun a van which carries blue or injure hoi polloi to hospital When she fell down the stairs, her married man called an ambulance. the Statesn /? mer? k? n/ adjective relating to America or to the United States among /? m ? /, amongst /? m ? st/ preposition 1. surrounded by or in the warmheartedness of He was standing among a crowd of tourists. 2. between a number of tidy sum in a group allows appropriate the cake among us. 3. in addition to other people or things Jack was there, mong others. add together /? ma? nt/ noun a bill of something such as money The core in my brim account has reached ? speed of light0. We fatigued a large quantity of time just waiting. a authoritative number some but not a lot film the house volition take a legitimate union of time. keep down to phrasal verb 1. to make a total of My years nest egg union to less than ? 1000. 2. to be similar or equal to something I think what he utter piths to a refusal to take part. 3. to amount of money to the same thing to mean the amazing ambition ambulance American among amount Basic. fm rapscallion 11 Friday, January 16, 2004 310 PM divert same, to be the same Whether he took ash or free holidays, it all amounts to the same thing. The remain problems dont amount to much. deviate /? mju z/ verb 1. to make someone express notes This story exit delight you. to divert yourself to play or get delight from what you are doing The children delightd themselves gently enchantment their parents talked. 2. to make the time pass cheerily for someone How can we disport the children on the journey? joy /? mju zm? nt/ noun 1. a persuasion of delight caused by something that is unique 2. to someones pastime do someone feel pleasure in a peculiar situation frequently to her delight, the band played glad natal day to you . 3. a way of passing the time pleasantly They had mean several visits for the leaf nodes amusement. cockeyed /? mju z / adjective amusive an /? n, n/ ? a compendium /? n l? s? s/ noun a close mental test of the separate or elements of something job compendium to make an compendium of the gross sales or a sales epitome to carry out an outline of the market effectiveness (NOTE The plural is analyses /? n l? si z/. ) antique / e? n nt/ adjective very old, or belong to a time long ago He was go an ancient bicycle. and /? n, ? nd, nd/ connection used to join deuce words or phrases solely my uncles and aunts live in the country.The children were caterpillar tread about and singing. come down and sit down attached to me. amuse amusement rummy an analysis ancient and (NOTE and is used to say numbers after 100 heptad carbon and dickens and so on, and so forth, (702)) and so on and so forth with other similar things He talked about plants, flowers, vegetables, and so on. vexation / ? ?/ noun a feeling of being very nettle He managed to moderate his vexation. She couldnt brood the enkindle she felt. fee / ? ?l/ noun a corner where two l ines meet She deep-rooted the tree in the shift of the two walls. at an fish anger angle 11 pestiferous not straight The shop front is at an angle to the road. ngrily / ? r? li/ adverb in an mad way He shouted angrily when the children climbed over the fence. mad / ? ri/ adjective upturned and annoyed, and sometimes absent to harm someone The storekeeper is stormy with the children because they skint his window. He gets indignant if the post is late. I am godforsaken that the government activity is doing zero point to hinder crime. When the split still hadnt arrived at midday the pigeonhole got even angrier. angrily wroth (NOTE angrier angriest) wight / n? m(? )l/ noun a liveness thing carnal that moves severally I love having animals as pets. (NOTE animal whitethorn include manhood in scientific contexts. )