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first        
  1      first
     The first thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes before all the others of the same kind.
        She lost 16 pounds in the first month of her diet.
        ...the first few flakes of snow...
        Two years ago Johnson came first in the one hundred metres at Seoul.
     ORD
     * last
  +      first
     Also a pronoun.
        The second paragraph startled me even more than the first.
        He put me through a series of exercises to improve my car control. The first was to drive on simulated ice.
     PRON
     
  2      first
     If you do something first, you do it before anyone else does, or before you do anything else.
        I do not remember who spoke first, but we all expressed the same opinion.
        First, tell me what you think of my products.
        Routine questions first, if you don't mind.
     ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl/group
     
  3      first
     When something happens or is done for the first time, it has never happened or been done before.
        This is the first time she has experienced disappointment.
        It was the first occasion when they had both found it possible to keep a rendezvous.
     ORD
     
  +      first
     Also an adverb.
        Anne and Steve got engaged two years after they had first started going out.
        I met him first at his house where we had a chat.
     ADV: ADV with v
     
  4      first
     An event that is described as a first has never happened before and is important or exciting.
        It is a first for New York. An outdoor exhibition of Fernando Botero's sculpture on Park Avenue.
     N-SING: a N, oft N for n
     
  5      first
     The first you hear of something or the first you know about it is the time when you first become aware of it.
        We heard it on the TV last nightmthat was the first we heard of it.
        When Mark arrived home that afternoon, it was the first he knew for sure of the surprise party.
     PRON: the PRON that
     
  6      first
     You use first when you are talking about what happens in the early part of an event or experience, in contrast to what happens later.
        When he first came home he wouldn't say anything about what he'd been doing.
     ADV: ADV before v
     = initially
  +      first
     Also an ordinal.
        She told him that her first reaction was disgust.
        My first feeling on getting into the cabin was one of dislike to everything I saw.
     ORD: usu poss ORD
     
  7      first
     In order to emphasize your determination not to do a particular thing, you can say that rather than do it, you would do something else first.
        Marry that fat son of a fat cattle dealer? She would die first!
     ADV: ADV after v emphasis
     
  8      first
     You use first when you are about to give the first in a series of items.
        Certain basic guidelines can be given. First, have a heating engineer check the safety of the heating system.
     ADV: ADV with cl/group
     = firstly
  9      first
     The first thing, person, or place in a line is the one that is nearest to you or nearest to the front.
        Before him, in the first row, sat the President.
        First in the queue were two Japanese students.
     ORD
     * last
  10      first
     You use first to refer to the best or most important thing or person of a particular kind.
        The first duty of any government must be to protect the interests of the taxpayers.
        Imagine winning the local lottery first prize of s5,000.
        ...first team football.
     ORD
     
  11      first
     First is used in the title of the job or position of someone who has a higher rank than anyone else with the same basic job title.
        ...the First Lord of the Admiralty.
        ...the first mate of a British tanker.
     ORD
     
  12      first   firsts
     In British universities, a first is an honours degree of the highest standard.
        ...an Oxford Blue who took a First in Constitutional History.
     N-COUNT: oft N in n
     
  13      first
     You use first of all to introduce the first of a number of things that you want to say.
        The cut in the interest rates has not had very much impact in California for two reasons. First of all, banks are still afraid to loan.
     PHR: PHR with cl/group
     
  14      first
     You use at first when you are talking about what happens in the early stages of an event or experience, or just after something else has happened, in contrast to what happens later.
        At first, he seemed surprised by my questions.
        I had some difficulty at first recalling why we were there.
     PHR: PHR with cl
     = initially
  15      first
     If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
        There's no time for boyfriends, my career comes first.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  16      first
     You say `first come first served' to indicate that a group of people or things will be dealt with or given something in the order in which they arrive.
        There will be five buses, first come first served.
     PHR
     
  17      first
     From the first means ever since something started.
        You knew about me from the first, didn't you?.
        I thought from the first that she was a little unsure about that marriage.
     PHR: PHR with cl
     
  18      first
     If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
        He arrived in Natal to see at first hand the effects of the recent heavy fighting.
     PHR: PHR after v
     = from the outset
  19      first
     If you say that you do not know the first thing about something, you are emphasizing that you know absolutely nothing about it.
        You don't know the first thing about farming.
     PHR: V inflects emphasis
     
  20      first
     You use first off to introduce the first of a number of things that you want to say. (INFORMAL)
        First off, huge apologies for last month's confusing report.
     PHR: PHR with cl
     
  21      first
     If you put someone or something first, you treat or consider them as more important than anything else.
        Somebody has to think for the child and put him first.
     PHR: V inflects
     = firstly
  22      first
     You say `first things first' when you are talking about something that should be done or dealt with before anything else because it is the most important.
        Let's see if we can't find something to set the mood. First things first; some music.
     PHR
     
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full        
  1      full   fuller   fullest
     If something is full, it contains as much of a substance or as many objects as it can.
        Once the container is full, it stays shut until you turn it clockwise.
        ...a full tank of petrol.
     ADJ-GRADED
     * empty
  2      full   fuller   fullest
     If a place or thing is full of things or people, it contains a large number of them.
        The case was full of clothes.
        The streets are still full of debris from two nights of rioting.
        ...a useful recipe leaflet full of ideas for using the new cream.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ of n
     = filled
  3      full   fuller   fullest
     If someone or something is full of a particular feeling or quality, they have a lot of it.
        I feel full of confidence and so open to possibilities.
        Mom's face was full of pain.
        ...an exquisite mousse, incredibly rich and full of flavour.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ of n
     
  4      full   fuller   fullest
     You say that a place or vehicle is full when there is no space left in it for any more people or things.
        The main car park was full when I left about 10.45.
        They stay here a few hours before being sent to refugee camps, which are now almost full.
        The bus was completely full, and lots of people were standing.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
     = packed
  5      full   fuller   fullest
     If your hands or arms are full, you are carrying or holding as much as you can carry.
        Sylvia entered, her arms full of packages.
        People would go into the store and come out with their arms full.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ
     = loaded
  6      full   fuller   fullest
     If you feel full, you have eaten or drunk so much that you do not want anything else.
        It's healthy to eat when I'm hungry and to stop when I'm full.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ
     
       fullness
        High fibre diets give the feeling of fullness.
     N-UNCOUNT
     
  7      full
     You use full before a noun to indicate that you are referring to all the details, things, or people that it can possibly include.
        Full details will be sent to you once your application has been accepted.
        May I have your full name?.
        Is full employment any longer achievable?
     ADJ: ADJ n
     = complete
  8      full
     Full is used to describe a sound, light, or physical force which is being produced with the greatest possible power or intensity.
        From his study came the sound of Mahler, playing at full volume.
        Officials say the operation will be carried out in full daylight.
        Then abruptly he revved the engine to full power.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  +      full
     Also an adverb.
        ...a two-seater Lotus, parked with its headlamps full on.
     ADV: ADV adv
     
  9      full
     You use full to emphasize the completeness, intensity, or extent of something.
        We should conserve oil and gas by making full use of other energy sources.
        Television cameras are carrying the full horror of this war into homes around the world.
        The lane leading to the farm was in full view of the house windows.
        By the time the tests took place, the athletes had had a full 17 hours notice.
     ADJ: ADJ n emphasis
     
  10      full   fuller   fullest
     A full statement or report contains a lot of information and detail.
        Mr Primakov gave a full account of his meeting with the President.
        ...the enormous detail in this very full document.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     
  11      full   fuller   fullest
     If you say that someone has or leads a full life, you approve of the fact that they are always busy and do a lot of different things.
        You will be successful in whatever you do and you will have a very full and interesting life.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n approval
     
  12      full
     You use full to emphasize the force or directness with which someone or something is hit or looked at.
        The burning liquid hit him full in the right eye.
        She kissed him full on the mouth.
        She looked him full in the face as she spoke.
     ADV: ADV prep emphasis
     
  13      full
     You use full to refer to something which gives you all the rights, status, or importance for a particular position or activity, rather than just some of them.
        How did the meeting go, did you get your full membership?.
        She sent her provisional licence with the test certificate to have it upgraded to a full licence.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  14      full
     A full flavour is strong and rich.
        Italian plum tomatoes have a full flavour, and are best for cooking.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  15      full   fuller   fullest
     If you describe a part of someone's body as full, you mean that it is rounded and rather large.
        The Juno Collection specialises in large sizes for ladies with a fuller figure.
        ...his strong chin, his full lips, his appealing mustache.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     
  16      full   fuller   fullest
     A full skirt or sleeve is wide and has been made from a lot of fabric.
        My wedding dress has a very full skirt so I need to wear a good quality net petticoat.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     
       fullness
        The coat has raglan sleeves, and is cut to give fullness at the back.
     N-UNCOUNT
     
  17      full
     When there is a full moon, the moon appears as a bright, complete circle.
     ADJ: usu ADJ n
     
  18      full
     You say that something has been done or described in full when everything that was necessary has been done or described.
        The medical experts have yet to report in full.
        We guarantee to reply in full within 10 working days.
     PHR: PHR after v
     = fully
  19      full
     If you say that a person knows full well that something is true, especially something unpleasant, you are emphasizing that they are definitely aware of it, although they may behave as if they are not.
        He knew full well he'd be ashamed of himself later.
     PHR: V inflects emphasis
     
  20      full
     Something that is done or experienced to the full is done to as great an extent as is possible.
        She probably has a good mind, which should be used to the full.
        There's only one thing we should do with love; experience it to the full for as long as it lasts.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
  21      full
     If you say to someone `you're full of yourself', you disapprove of them because they appear very pleased with themselves, thinking that they are very clever, special, or important.
        He's full of himself, sharp and aggressive and sometimes he comes over badly.
     PHR: V inflects disapproval
     
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last        
  1      last
     You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year.
        I got married last July.
        He never made it home at all last night.
        Last month a shopkeeper's nephew was shot dead.
        It is not surprising they did so badly in last year's elections.
     DET
     
  2      last
     The last event, person, thing, or period of time is the most recent one.
        Much has changed since my last visit.
        At the last count inflation was 10.9 per cent.
        I split up with my last boyfriend three years ago.
        The last few weeks have been hectic.
     ADJ: det ADJ
     
  +      last
     Also a pronoun.
        The next tide, it was announced, would be even higher than the last.
     PRON
     
  3      last
     If something last happened on a particular occasion, that is the most recent occasion on which it happened.
        When were you there last?.
        The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it.
        Hunting on the trust's 625,000 acres was last debated two years ago.
     ADV: ADV with v
     
  4      last
     The last thing, person, event, or period of time is the one that happens or comes after all the others of the same kind.
        This is his last chance as prime minister.
        ...the last three pages of the chapter...
        She said it was the very last house on the road.
        They didn't come last in their league.
     ORD
     * first
  +      last
     Also a pronoun.
        It wasn't the first time that this particular difference had divided them and it wouldn't be the last.
        The trickiest bits are the last on the list.
     PRON
     
  5      last
     If you do something last, you do it after everyone else does, or after you do everything else.
        I testified last.
        I was always picked last for the football team at school.
        The foreground, nearest the viewer, is painted last.
     ADV: ADV after v
     
  6      last
     If you are the last to do or know something, everyone else does or knows it before you.
        She was the last to go to bed.
        Riccardo and I are always the last to know what's going on.
     PRON: PRON to-inf
     
  7      last
     Last is used to refer to the only thing, person, or part of something that remains.
        Jed nodded, finishing off the last piece of pizza.
        ...the freeing of the last hostage.
     ADJ: det ADJ
     
  +      last
     Also a noun.
        He finished off the last of the wine.
        The last of the ten inmates gave themselves up after twenty eight hours on the roof of the prison.
     N-SING: the N of n
     
  8      last
     You use last before numbers to refer to a position that someone has reached in a competition after other competitors have been knocked out.
        Sampras reached the last four at Wimbledon.
        ...the only woman among the authors making it through to the last six.
     ADJ: det ADJ
     
  9      last
     You can use last to indicate that something is extremely undesirable or unlikely.
        The last thing I wanted to do was teach.
        He would be the last person who would do such a thing.
     ADJ: det ADJ emphasis
     
  +      last
     Also a pronoun.
        I would be the last to say that science has explained everything.
     PRON: PRON to-inf
     
  10      last
     The last you see of someone or the last you hear of them is the final time that you see them or talk to them.
        She disappeared shouting, `To the river, to the river!' And that was the last we saw of her.
        I had a feeling it would be the last I heard of him.
     PRON: the PRON that
     * first
  11      last   lasts   lasting   lasted
     If an event, situation, or problem lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to exist or happen for that length of time.
        The marriage had lasted for less than two years.
        The games lasted only half the normal time.
        Enjoy it because it won't last.
     VB
     
  12      last   lasts   lasting   lasted
     If something lasts for a particular length of time, it continues to be able to be used for that time, for example because there is some of it left or because it is in good enough condition.
        You only need a very small blob of glue, so one tube lasts for ages.
        The repaired sail lasted less than 24 hours.
        The implication is that this battery lasts twice as long as batteries made by other battery makers.
        If you build more plastics into cars, the car lasts longer.
     VB
     
  13      last   lasts   lasting   lasted
     You can use last in expressions such as last the game, last the course, and last the week, to indicate that someone manages to take part in an event or situation right to the end, especially when this is very difficult for them.
        They wouldn't have lasted the full game.
        I almost lasted the two weeks. I only had a couple of days to do.
     VB
     = get through
  +      last out   lasts out; lasting out; lasted out
     To last out means the same as to last.
        It'll be a miracle if the band lasts out the tour.
        A breakfast will be served to those who last out till dawn!
     PHR-V
     = get through
  14      last
     If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
        I'm so glad that we've found you at last!.
        Here, at long last, was the moment he had waited for.
        At last the train arrived in the station.
        `All right', he said at last. `You may go.'
     PHR: PHR with cl
     = finally
  15      last
     You use expressions such as the night before last, the election before last and the leader before last to refer to the period of time, event, or person that came immediately before the most recent one in a series.
        It was the dog he'd heard the night before last.
        In the budget before last a tax penalty on the mobile phone was introduced.
     PHR
     
  16      last
     If someone breathes their last, they die. (LITERARY)
     PHR: V inflects
     
  17      last
     You can use phrases such as the last but one, the last but two, or the last but three, to refer to the thing or person that is, for example, one, two, or three before the final person or thing in a group or series.
        It's the last but one day in the athletics programme.
        The British team finished last but one.
     PHR: PHR n, PHR after v
     
  18      last
     You use every last to emphasize that you are talking about all the people or things in a group or all the parts of something.
        I'd spent all I had, every last penny.
        You'll never quite get rid of every last bit of grit.
        My tape recorder did not catch every last word.
     PHR: PHR n emphasis
     
  19      last
     The expression last in, first out is used to say that the last person who started work in an organization should be the first person to leave it, if fewer people are needed.
        Workers will go on a `last in, first out' basis.
     PHR
     
  20      last
     You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
        The last I heard, Joe and Irene were still happily married.
     PHR: PHR with cl
     
  21      last
     If you leave something or someone until last, you delay using, choosing, or dealing with them until you have used, chosen, or dealt with all the others.
        I have left my best wine until last.
        I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  22      last
     If you see the last of someone, you do not expect to see them or deal with them again.
        I honestly thought I'd seen the last of you.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  23      last
     If you say that something goes on happening to the last, you mean that it happens throughout the whole of a book, film, or event.
        ...a highly readable political thriller with plenty of twists of plot to keep you guessing to the last.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
  24      last
     If you say that someone is a particular kind of person to the last, you are emphasizing that they continue to be that kind of person.
        A gentleman to the last, he did not run, but merely attempted to stroll away.
        Armstrong was tall and handsome to the last.
     PHR: group PHR emphasis
     
  25      last
     You use expressions such as to the last detail and to the last man to indicate that a plan, situation, or activity includes every single person, thing, or part involved.
        Every movement, no matter how casual and spontaneous, needs to be worked out to the last detail.
        Our troops are being used up to the last man.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
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middle        
  1      middle   middles
     The middle of something is the part of it that is furthest from its edges, ends, or outside surface.
        Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee.
        Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street.
        I was in the middle of the back row.
        Father told her to make sure the roast potatoes weren't raw in the middle.
     N-COUNT: usu the N in sing, oft N of n
     = centre
        the middle of nowhere: see nowhere.
  2      middle
     The middle object in a row of objects is the one that has an equal number of objects on each side.
        The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
        Around the middle finger of her left hand, she wore a gold ring.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  3      middle   middles
     Your middle is the part of your body around your stomach. (INFORMAL)
        At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around his middle.
        The cook's apron covered her middle.
     N-COUNT: usu poss N
     = midriff
  4      middle
     The middle of an event or period of time is the part that comes after the first part and before the last part.
        I woke up in the middle of the night and could hear a tapping on the window.
        It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy.
        By the middle of 1979, Jimmy Carter was in serious political trouble.
        She was born in the middle of a rain storm.
     N-SING: the N of n
     
  +      middle
     Also an adjective.
        The month began and ended quite dry, but the middle fortnight saw nearly 100mm of rain fall nationwide.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  5      middle
     If someone is in their middle thirties, for example, they are aged somewhere approximately between thirty-four and thirty-six.
        She knew he was in his middle fifties, although he looked much younger.
        I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  6      middle
     The middle child in a family has equal numbers of younger and older brothers and sisters.
        His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  7      middle
     The middle course or way is a moderate course of action that lies between two opposite and extreme courses.
        He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention.
        The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     * extreme
  8      middle
     If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.
        After agreeing to split the bill down the middle, they ordered spaghetti and a bottle of red wine.
        If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.
     PHR: PHR after v
     = in half
  9      middle
     If you are in the middle of doing something, you are busy doing it.
        It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people.
        He was always in the middle of a business transaction.
     PHR: v-link PHR -ing/n
     
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name        
  1      name   names
     The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them.
        `What's his name?'n`Peter.'.
        I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name.
        They changed the name of the street.
     N-COUNT: usu with poss
     
  2      name   names   naming   named
     When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life.
        My mother insisted on naming me Horace.
        ...a man named John T. Benson...
        He won his first Derby on the aptly named `Never Say Die'.
     VB
     
  3      name   names   naming   named
     If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing.
        Why have you not named any of your sons after yourself?
     VB
     
  4      name   names   naming   named
     If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name.
        It's nearly thirty years since a journalist was jailed for refusing to name a source.
        One of the victims of the weekend's snowstorm has been named as twenty-year-old John Barr.
     VB
     = identify
  5      name   names   naming   named
     If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be.
        Call Marty, tell him to name his price.
     VB
     = state
  6      name   names   naming   named
     If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job.
        The England manager will be naming a new captain, to replace the injured Bryan Robson.
        When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor.
        Early in 1941 he was named commander of the Afrika Korps.
     VB
     = nominate
  7      name   names
     You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name.
        He had a name for good judgement.
        She's never had any drug problems or done anything to give jazz a bad name.
     N-COUNT: usu sing
     = reputation
  8      name   names
     You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well-known. (JOURNALISM)
        ...some of the most famous names in modelling and show business.
        ...top names such as Jimmy Connors, Tim Mayotte, and Yannick Noah.
     N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft adj N
     = star
  9      name
     If something is in someone's name, it officially belongs to them or is reserved for them.
        The house is in my husband's name.
        A double room had been reserved for him in the name of Muller.
     PHR: v-link PHR, PHR after v
     
  10      name
     If someone does something in the name of a group of people, they do it as the representative of that group.
        In the United States the majority governs in the name of the people.
        She accepted the gift in the name of the Save the Children Fund.
     PHR: PHR n, usu PHR after v
     = on behalf of
  11      name
     If you do something in the name of an ideal or an abstract thing, you do it in order to preserve or promote that thing.
        ...one of those rare occasions in history when a political leader risked his own power in the name of the greater public good...
        There had been times when she had felt sickened by the things people did in the name of business.
     PHR: PHR n/-ing, usu PHR after v
     
  12      name
     People sometimes use expressions such as `in the name of heaven' or `in the name of humanity' to add emphasis to a question or request.
        What in the name of heaven's going on?.
        In the name of humanity I ask the government to reappraise this important issue.
     PHR: PHR n, PHR with cl emphasis
     
  13      name
     If you say that a situation exists in all but name, you mean that it is not officially recognized but that it actually exists.
        ...the group, which is now a political party in all but name...
        It's the end of the doctrine in all but name.
     PHR: usu n/adj PHR, PHR with cl
     
  14      name
     When you mention someone or something by name, or address someone by name, you use their name.
        He greets customers by name and enquires about their health.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
  15      name
     You can use by name or by the name of when you are saying what someone is called. (FORMAL)
        In 1911 he met up with a young Australian by the name of Harry Busteed.
        This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?
     PHR
     
  16      name
     If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
        At my last school they called me names because I was so slow.
        They had called her rude names.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  17      name
     If you say that something is the name of the game, you mean that it is the most important aspect of a situation. (INFORMAL)
        Family values are suddenly the name of the game.
        The name of the game is survival.
     PHR
     
  18      name
     If you lend your name to something such as a cause or project, you support it.
        He had political points of view and lent his name to a lot of causes.
     PHR: V inflects, PHR n
     
  19      name
     If you make a name for yourself or make your name as something, you become well-known for that thing.
        She was beginning to make a name for herself as a portrait photographer.
        He made his name with several collections of short stories.
     PHR: V inflects, oft PHR as n
     
  20      name
     If you name names, you identify the people who have done something, often something wrong.
        Nobody was prepared to risk prosecution by actually naming names.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  21      name
     If you say that a situation exists in name only, you mean that it does not have the status or position that it claims to have.
        Many of the groups exist in name only.
        He is commander-in-chief in name only.
     PHR
     = nominally
  22      name
     You say you name it, usually after or before a list, to indicate that you are talking about a very wide range of things.
        Pickled cucumbers, jam, pickled berries, tomatoes; you name it, they've got it.
        I also enjoy windsurfing, tennis, racquetball, swimming, you name it.
     PHR
     
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miss 1 used as a title or a form of address        
  1      Miss
     You use Miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman when you are speaking to her or referring to her.
        It was nice talking to you, Miss Giroux.
        Miss Singleton didn't call back, did she?.
        The club was run by Miss Ivy Streeter.
     N-TITLE
     
  2      Miss   Misses
     In some schools, children address their women teachers as Miss. (mainly BRIT)
        `Chivers!'n`Yes, Miss?'
     N-VOC
     
  3      Miss   Misses
     People sometimes address young women as Miss. (OLD-FASHIONED)
        `I wouldn't know about that, Miss,' the woman said, backing away.
     N-VOC
     
  4      Miss
     Miss is used in front of the name of a place or region to refer to the young woman who has been chosen in a competition as the most beautiful woman there.
        Kappy was named Miss Hawaii in 1954.
        ...two former Miss Scotlands.
     N-TITLE
     
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Mr        
  1      Mr
     Mr is used before a man's name when you are speaking or referring to him.
        ...Mr Grant.
        ...Mr Bob Price.
        ...Mr and Mrs Daniels.
     N-TITLE (AM) Mr.
     
  2      Mr
     Mr is sometimes used in front of words such as `President' and `Chairman' to address the man who holds the position mentioned.
        Mr. President, you're aware of the system.
     N-VOC: N n (AM) Mr.
     
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Mrs        
       Mrs
     Mrs is used before the name of a married woman when you are speaking or referring to her.
        Hello, Mrs Miles.
        ...Mrs Anne Pritchard.
        ...Mr and Mrs D H Alderson.
     N-TITLE (AM) Mrs.
     
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Ms        
       Ms
     Ms is used, especially in written English, before a woman's name when you are speaking to her or referring to her. If you use Ms, you are not specifying if the woman is married or not.
        ...Ms Brown.
        ...Ms Elizabeth Harman.
     N-TITLE (AM) Ms.
     
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my        
        My is the first person singular possessive determiner.
  1      my
     A speaker or writer uses my to indicate that something belongs or relates to himself or herself.
        I invited him back to my flat for a coffee.
        John's my best friend.
        I received a bill for the car rental from my credit card company.
        My understanding was that we'd meet at her place.
     DET-POSS
     
  2      my
     In conversations or in letters, my is used in front of a word like `dear' or `darling' to show affection.
        My sweet Freda.
        Yes, of course, my darling.
     DET-POSS feelings
     
  3      my
     My is used in phrases such as `My God' and `My goodness' to express surprise or shock. (SPOKEN)
        My God, I've never seen you so nervous.
        My goodness, Tim, you have changed!
     DET-POSS feelings
     
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my        
        My is the first person singular possessive determiner.
  1      my
     A speaker or writer uses my to indicate that something belongs or relates to himself or herself.
        I invited him back to my flat for a coffee.
        John's my best friend.
        I received a bill for the car rental from my credit card company.
        My understanding was that we'd meet at her place.
     DET-POSS
     
  2      my
     In conversations or in letters, my is used in front of a word like `dear' or `darling' to show affection.
        My sweet Freda.
        Yes, of course, my darling.
     DET-POSS feelings
     
  3      my
     My is used in phrases such as `My God' and `My goodness' to express surprise or shock. (SPOKEN)
        My God, I've never seen you so nervous.
        My goodness, Tim, you have changed!
     DET-POSS feelings
     
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what        
  1      what
     You use what in questions when you ask for specific information about something that you do not know.
        What do you want?.
        What did she tell you, anyway?.
        `Has something happened?'n`Indeed it has.'n`What?'.
        What are the greatest sources of conflict in the Middle East?.
        Hey! What are you doing?
     QUEST
     
  +      what
     Also a determiner.
        What time is it?.
        What crimes are the defendants being charged with?.
        `The heater works.'n`What heater?'.
        What kind of poetry does he like?
     DET-QUEST
     
  2      what
     You use what after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, when you are referring to a situation that is unknown or has not been specified.
        You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour.
        I want to know what happened to Norman.
        Do you know what those idiots have done?.
        We had never seen anything like it before and could not see what to do next.
        She turned scarlet from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done.
     CONJ-SUBORD
     
  +      what
     Also a determiner.
        I didn't know what college I wanted to go to.
        I didn't know what else to say.
        ...an inspection to ascertain to what extent colleges are responding to the needs of industry.
     DET
     
  3      what
     You use what at the beginning of a clause in structures where you are changing the order of the information to give special emphasis to something.
        What precisely triggered off yesterday's riot is still unclear.
        What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest.
        What she does possess is the ability to get straight to the core of a problem.
     CONJ-SUBORD emphasis
     
  4      what
     You use what in expressions such as what is called and what amounts to when you are giving a description of something.
        She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years.
        Meanwhile, most young people in the West are expected to leave what could be life's most momentous decisionmmarriagemalmost entirely up to luck.
     CONJ-SUBORD
     
  5      what
     You use what to indicate that you are talking about the whole of an amount that is available to you.
        He drinks what is left in his glass as if it were water.
        He moved carefully over what remained of partition walls.
     CONJ-SUBORD
     
  +      what
     Also a determiner.
        They had had to use what money they had.
     DET
     = whatever
  6      what
     You say `What?' to tell someone who has indicated that they want to speak to you that you have heard them and are inviting them to continue.
        `Dad?'n`What?'n`Can I have the car tonight?'
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  7      what
     You say `What?' when you ask someone to repeat the thing that they have just said because you did not hear or understand it properly. `What?' is more informal and less polite than expressions such as `Pardon?' and `Excuse me?'. (SPOKEN)
        `They could paint this place,' she said. `What?' he asked.
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  8      what
     You say `What' to express surprise.
        `Adolphus Kelling, I arrest you on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.'n`What?'.
        `We've got the car that killed Myra Moss.'n`What!'
     CONVENTION feelings
     
  9      what
     You use what in exclamations to emphasize an opinion or reaction.
        What a horrible thing to do.
        What a busy day.
     PREDET emphasis
     
  +      what
     Also a determiner.
        What ugly things; throw them away, throw them away.
        What great news, Jakki.
     DET
     
  10      what
     You use what to indicate that you are making a guess about something such as an amount or value.
        It's, what, eleven years or more since he's seen him.
        This piece is, what, about a half an hour long?
     ADV: ADV n
     
  11      what
     You say guess what or do you know what to introduce a piece of information which is surprising, which is not generally known, or which you want to emphasize.
        Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Combley's tonight.
        Do you know what? I'm going to the circus this afternoon.
     CONVENTION
     
  12      what
     In conversation, you say or what? after a question as a way of stating an opinion forcefully and showing that you expect other people to agree.
        Look at that moon. Is that beautiful or what?.
        Am I wasting my time here, or what?
     PHR: cl PHR emphasis
     
  13      what
     You say so what? or what of it? to indicate that the previous remark seems unimportant, uninteresting, or irrelevant to you.
        `I skipped off school today,'n`So what? What's so special about that?'.
        `This is Hollywood, U.S.A., where they make all the movies, remember.'n`What of it?'
        `You're talking to yourself.'n`Well, what of it?'
     CONVENTION feelings
     = so
  14      what
     You say `Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
        Tell you what, let's stay here another day and go to the fair.
     PHR: PHR cl
     = I know
  15      what
     You use what about at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or request.
        What about going out with me tomorrow?.
        `What about Sunday evening at Frank's?'n`Sure. What time?'.
        What about you? Would you like to come and live in Paris and work for me?
     PHR: PHR n/-ing
     = how about
  16      what
     You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
        Now you've talked about work on daffodils, what about other commercially important flowers, like roses?.
        And what about when you were in the fifth year, did people give you careers advice on coming to college?.
        And what of the effect on U.S domestic opinion?.
        `I don't like being in the house on my own.'n`What about at night? Do you mind being by yourself at night?'
     PHR: PHR group/cl
     
  17      what
     You say what about a particular person or thing when you ask someone to explain why they have asked you about that person or thing.
        `This thing with the Corbett woman.'n`Oh, yeah. What about her?'
     PHR: PHR n
     
  18      what
     You say what have you at the end of a list in order to refer generally to other things of the same kind.
        So many things are unsafe these daysmmilk, cranberry sauce, what have you.
        My great-grandfather, who had the forge in town, made horseshoes and nails and what have you.
     PHR: n PHR, n and/or PHR vagueness
     = et cetera
  19      what
     You say what if at the beginning of a question when you ask about the consequences of something happening, especially something undesirable.
        What if this doesn't work out?.
        What if he was going to die!.
        What if relations between you and your neighbour have reached deadlock, and their behaviour is still unacceptable?
     PHR: PHR cl
     
  20      what
     If you know what's what, you know the important things that need to be known about a situation.
        You have to know what's what and when to draw the line.
        You should come across the river with us. Then you will really see what's what.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
  21      what
     You say what with in order to introduce the reasons for a particular situation, especially an undesirable one.
        Maybe they are tired, what with all the sleep they're losing staying up night after night.
        What with one thing and another, it was fairly late in the day when we returned to Shrewsbury.
     PHR-PREP
     
  22      what
     People say `you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
        `I'm going to have problems sleeping tonight.'n`You what?'.
        `What are you doing here?'n`Oh I work here now.'n`You what?'
     CONVENTION formulae
     = what
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your        
        Your is the second person possessive determiner. Your can refer to one or more people.
  1      your  
     A speaker or writer uses your to indicate that something belongs or relates to the person or people that they are talking or writing to.
        Emma, I trust your opinion a great deal.
        I left all of your messages on your desk.
        If you are unable to obtain the information you require, consult your telephone directory.
     DET-POSS
     
  2      your  
     In spoken English and informal written English, your is sometimes used to indicate that something belongs to or relates to people in general.
        Pain-killers are very useful in small amounts to bring your temperature down.
        I then realized how possible it was to overcome your limitations.
     DET-POSS
     
  3      your  
     In spoken English, a speaker sometimes uses your before an adjective such as `typical' or `normal' to indicate that the thing referred to is a typical example of its type.
        Stan Reilly is not really one of your typical Brighton Boys.
        It's just your average wooden door.
     DET-POSS
     
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your        
        Your is the second person possessive determiner. Your can refer to one or more people.
  1      your  
     A speaker or writer uses your to indicate that something belongs or relates to the person or people that they are talking or writing to.
        Emma, I trust your opinion a great deal.
        I left all of your messages on your desk.
        If you are unable to obtain the information you require, consult your telephone directory.
     DET-POSS
     
  2      your  
     In spoken English and informal written English, your is sometimes used to indicate that something belongs to or relates to people in general.
        Pain-killers are very useful in small amounts to bring your temperature down.
        I then realized how possible it was to overcome your limitations.
     DET-POSS
     
  3      your  
     In spoken English, a speaker sometimes uses your before an adjective such as `typical' or `normal' to indicate that the thing referred to is a typical example of its type.
        Stan Reilly is not really one of your typical Brighton Boys.
        It's just your average wooden door.
     DET-POSS
     
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hello        
  1      hello
     You say `Hello' to someone when you meet them.
        Hello, Trish. I won't shake hands, because I'm filthy.
        Do you want to pop your head in and say hallo to my girlfriend?
     CONVENTION also hallo, hullo. formulae
     
  +      hello   hellos
     Also a noun.
        The salesperson greeted me with a warm hello.
     N-COUNT also hallo, hullo.
     
  2      hello
     You say `Hello' to someone at the beginning of a telephone conversation, either when you answer the phone or before you give your name or say why you are phoning.
        A moment later, Cohen picked up the phone. `Hello?'.
        Hallo, may I speak to Frank, please.
     CONVENTION also hallo, hullo. formulae
     
  3      hello
     You can call `hello' to attract someone's attention.
        She could see the open door of a departmental office. `Hello! Excuse me. This is the department of French, isn't it?'.
        Very softly, she called out: `Hallo? Who's there?'
     CONVENTION also hallo, hullo.
     
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this        
  1      this
     You use this to refer back to a particular person or thing that has been mentioned or implied.
        When food comes out of any oven, it should stand a while. During this delay the centre carries on cooking.
        On 1 October the US suspended a proposed $574 million aid package for 1991. Of this amount, $250 million is for military purchases.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  +      this
     Also a pronoun.
        I don't know how bad the injury is, because I have never had one like this before.
     PRON
     
  2      this
     You use this to introduce someone or something that you are going to talk about.
        This is what I will do. I will telephone Anna and explain.
     PRON
     
  +      this
     Also a determiner.
        `This report from David Cook of our Science Unit: jOne of the biggest questions surrounding animal evolution is why did the dinosaurs become extinct about 70 million years ago?k'.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  3      this
     You use this to refer back to an idea or situation expressed in a previous sentence or sentences.
        You feel that it's uneconomic to insist that people work together in groups. Why is this?.
        A job is pretty much nine-to-five. Is this what you feel would make you happy?
     PRON
     
  +      this
     Also a determiner.
        There have been continual demands for action by the political authorities to put an end to this situation.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  4      this
     In spoken English, people use this to introduce a person or thing into a story.
        I came here by chance and was just watching what was going on, when this girl attacked me.
        So I just walked up the steps into this big, beautiful church.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  5      this
     You use this to refer to a person or thing that is near you, especially when you touch them or point to them. When there are two or more people or things near you, this refers to the nearest one.
        `If you'd prefer something else I'll gladly have it changed for you.'n`No, this is great.'.
        `Is this what you were looking for?' Bradley produced the handkerchief.
        This is my colleague, Mr Arnold Landon.
     PRON
     
  +      this
     Also a determiner.
        David beckons me to an archway behind the lectern. `This church was built by the Emperor Constantine Monomarchus in the eleventh century.'
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  6      this
     You use this when you refer to a general situation, activity, or event which is happening or has just happened and which you feel involved in.
        I thought, this is why I've travelled thousands of miles.
        Tim, this is awful. I know what you must think, but it's not so.
        Is this what you want to do with the rest of your life?
     PRON: PRON with be
     
  7      this
     You use this when you refer to the place you are in now or to the present time.
        We've stopped shipping weapons to this country by train.
        This place is run like a hotel ought to be run.
        I think coffee is probably the best thing at this point.
        Nothing seems certain in this crucial period in Pakistan's political life.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  +      this
     Also a pronoun.
        This is the worst place I've come across.
        This could have been one of the coldest golf tournaments on record.
     PRON
     
  8      this
     You use this to refer to the next occurrence in the future of a particular day, month, season, or festival.
        ...this Sunday's 7.45 performance...
        We're getting married this June.
        Jordan's own-label collection of sweatshirts, T-shirts and caps will be available this Christmas.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  9      this
     You use this when you are indicating the size or shape of something with your hands.
        They'd said the wound was only about this big you see and he showed me with his fingers.
     ADV: ADV adj
     
  10      this
     You use this when you are going to specify how much you know or how much you can tell someone.
        I am not going to reveal what my seven-year plan is, but I will tell you this much, if it works out, the next seven years will be very interesting.
     ADV: ADV adv
     
  11      this
     If you say this is it, you are agreeing with what someone else has just said.
        `You know, people conveniently forget the things they say.'n`Well this is it.'
     CONVENTION formulae
     = this is true
  12      this
     You use this in order to say who you are or what organization you are representing, when you are speaking on the telephone, radio, or television.
        Hello, this is John Thompson.
        `Hello, is this Raymond Brown?'n`Yeah, who's this?'.
        This is NPR, National Public Radio.
     PRON
     
  13      this
     You use this to refer to the medium of communication that you are using at the time of speaking or writing.
        What I'm going to do in this lecture is focus on something very specific.
        What a book can do, and what this one will try to accomplish, is to present examples of how life can be made more enjoyable.
        Later in this chapter, I recommend several specific steps we need to take.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  14      this
     If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that, or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things that you do not want to specify.
        `And what are you doing now?'n`Oh this and that.'.
        I want to make a point about all these charges going up, water rates and all this that and the other.
     PHR
     
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this        
  1      this
     You use this to refer back to a particular person or thing that has been mentioned or implied.
        When food comes out of any oven, it should stand a while. During this delay the centre carries on cooking.
        On 1 October the US suspended a proposed $574 million aid package for 1991. Of this amount, $250 million is for military purchases.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  +      this
     Also a pronoun.
        I don't know how bad the injury is, because I have never had one like this before.
     PRON
     
  2      this
     You use this to introduce someone or something that you are going to talk about.
        This is what I will do. I will telephone Anna and explain.
     PRON
     
  +      this
     Also a determiner.
        `This report from David Cook of our Science Unit: jOne of the biggest questions surrounding animal evolution is why did the dinosaurs become extinct about 70 million years ago?k'.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  3      this
     You use this to refer back to an idea or situation expressed in a previous sentence or sentences.
        You feel that it's uneconomic to insist that people work together in groups. Why is this?.
        A job is pretty much nine-to-five. Is this what you feel would make you happy?
     PRON
     
  +      this
     Also a determiner.
        There have been continual demands for action by the political authorities to put an end to this situation.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  4      this
     In spoken English, people use this to introduce a person or thing into a story.
        I came here by chance and was just watching what was going on, when this girl attacked me.
        So I just walked up the steps into this big, beautiful church.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  5      this
     You use this to refer to a person or thing that is near you, especially when you touch them or point to them. When there are two or more people or things near you, this refers to the nearest one.
        `If you'd prefer something else I'll gladly have it changed for you.'n`No, this is great.'.
        `Is this what you were looking for?' Bradley produced the handkerchief.
        This is my colleague, Mr Arnold Landon.
     PRON
     
  +      this
     Also a determiner.
        David beckons me to an archway behind the lectern. `This church was built by the Emperor Constantine Monomarchus in the eleventh century.'
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  6      this
     You use this when you refer to a general situation, activity, or event which is happening or has just happened and which you feel involved in.
        I thought, this is why I've travelled thousands of miles.
        Tim, this is awful. I know what you must think, but it's not so.
        Is this what you want to do with the rest of your life?
     PRON: PRON with be
     
  7      this
     You use this when you refer to the place you are in now or to the present time.
        We've stopped shipping weapons to this country by train.
        This place is run like a hotel ought to be run.
        I think coffee is probably the best thing at this point.
        Nothing seems certain in this crucial period in Pakistan's political life.
     DET: DET sing-n/n-uncount
     
  +      this
     Also a pronoun.
        This is the worst place I've come across.
        This could have been one of the coldest golf tournaments on record.
     PRON
     
  8      this
     You use this to refer to the next occurrence in the future of a particular day, month, season, or festival.
        ...this Sunday's 7.45 performance...
        We're getting married this June.
        Jordan's own-label collection of sweatshirts, T-shirts and caps will be available this Christmas.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  9      this
     You use this when you are indicating the size or shape of something with your hands.
        They'd said the wound was only about this big you see and he showed me with his fingers.
     ADV: ADV adj
     
  10      this
     You use this when you are going to specify how much you know or how much you can tell someone.
        I am not going to reveal what my seven-year plan is, but I will tell you this much, if it works out, the next seven years will be very interesting.
     ADV: ADV adv
     
  11      this
     If you say this is it, you are agreeing with what someone else has just said.
        `You know, people conveniently forget the things they say.'n`Well this is it.'
     CONVENTION formulae
     = this is true
  12      this
     You use this in order to say who you are or what organization you are representing, when you are speaking on the telephone, radio, or television.
        Hello, this is John Thompson.
        `Hello, is this Raymond Brown?'n`Yeah, who's this?'.
        This is NPR, National Public Radio.
     PRON
     
  13      this
     You use this to refer to the medium of communication that you are using at the time of speaking or writing.
        What I'm going to do in this lecture is focus on something very specific.
        What a book can do, and what this one will try to accomplish, is to present examples of how life can be made more enjoyable.
        Later in this chapter, I recommend several specific steps we need to take.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  14      this
     If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that, or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things that you do not want to specify.
        `And what are you doing now?'n`Oh this and that.'.
        I want to make a point about all these charges going up, water rates and all this that and the other.
     PHR
     
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too 1 adding something or responding        
  1      too
     You use too after mentioning another person, thing, or aspect that a previous statement applies to or includes.
        `Nice to talk to you.'n`Nice to talk to you too.'.
        `I've got a great feeling about it.'n`Me too.'.
        Depression may be expressed physically too.
        He doesn't want to meet me. I, too, have been afraid to talk to him.
        We talked to her agent. He's your agent, too, right?
     ADV: cl/group ADV
     
  2      too
     You use too after adding a piece of information or a comment to a statement, in order to emphasize that it is surprising or important.
        We did learn to read, and quickly too.
        People usually think of it as a `boys' book', which of course it is, and a very good one too.
     ADV: cl/group ADV emphasis
     = as well
  3      too
     You use too at the end of a sentence to emphasize an opinion that you have added after a statement made by you or by another person.
        `That money's mine.'n`Of course it is, and quite right too.'.
        `Oh excuse me.'n`I should think so too.'.
        The banks are being told to think about small businesses a little more. And about time too.
     ADV: cl ADV emphasis
     
  4      too
     You use too in order to emphasize in a humorous or childish way that you disagree with what someone else has said or that you refuse to obey them. (INFORMAL)
        `I'm getting a bike for my birthday.'n`You are not.'n`I am too.'
     ADV: ADV after aux emphasis
     
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yourself        
        Yourself is the second person reflexive pronoun.
  1      yourself  
     A speaker or writer uses yourself to refer to the person that they are talking or writing to. Yourself is used when the object of a verb or preposition refers to the same person as the subject of the verb.
        Have the courage to be honest with yourself and about yourself.
        Your baby depends on you to look after yourself properly while you are pregnant.
        Treat yourselves to a glass of wine to help you relax at the end of the day.
     PRON-REFL: v PRON, prep PRON
     
  2      yourself  
     You use yourself to emphasize the person that you are referring to.
        They mean to share the business between them, after you yourself are gone, Sir.
        I've been wondering if you yourselves have any idea why she came.
     PRON-REFL-EMPH emphasis
     
  3      yourself  
     You use yourself instead of `you' for emphasis or in order to be more polite when `you' is the object of a verb or preposition.
        A wealthy man like yourself is bound to make an enemy or two along the way.
        I wouldn't want to cause such important people as yourselves any bother.
     PRON-REFL-EMPH: v PRON, prep PRON politeness
     
        by yourself: see by.
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coffee        
  1      coffee
     Coffee is a hot drink made with water and ground or powdered coffee beans.
        Would you like some coffee?.
        Newman poured more black coffee and lit a cigarette.
     N-UNCOUNT
     
  +      coffee   coffees
     A coffee is a cup of coffee.
        I made a coffee.
     N-COUNT
     
  2      coffee   coffees
     Coffee is the roasted beans or powder from which the drink is made.
        Brazil harvested 28m bags of coffee in 1991, the biggest crop for four years.
        ...superior quality coffee.
     N-MASS
     
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excuse        
  1      excuse   excuses
     If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened.
        It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness.
        Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home.
        If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
        There's no excuse for behaviour like that.
        Solitude was no excuse for sloppiness.
     PHR: v-link PHR, oft PHR for n/-ing disapproval
     
  2      excuse   excuses   excusing   excused
     To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions.
        He excused himself by saying he was `forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat'.
        That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour.
     VB
     = justify
  3      excuse   excuses   excusing   excused
     If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it.
        Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities.
     VB
     = forgive
  4      excuse   excuses   excusing   excused
     If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out.
        She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays.
        She was excused duties on Saturday.
     VB: usu passive
     
  5      excuse   excuses   excusing   excused
     If you excuse yourself, you use a phrase such as `Excuse me' as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave.
        He excused himself and went up to his room.
     VB
     
  6      excuse
     You say `Excuse me' when you want to politely get someone's attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question.
        Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?
     CONVENTION formulae
     = pardon me
  7      excuse
     You use excuse me to apologize to someone when you have disturbed or interrupted them.
        Excuse me interrupting, but there's a thing I feel I've got to say.
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  8      excuse
     You use excuse me or a phrase such as if you'll excuse me as a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone.
        `Excuse me,' she said to Jarvis, and left the room.
        Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
     CONVENTION politeness
     
  9      excuse
     You use excuse me, but to indicate that you are about to disagree with someone. (mainly BRIT)
        Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us.
     CONVENTION
     
  10      excuse
     You say excuse me to apologize when you have bumped into someone, or when you need to move past someone in a crowd.
        Saying excuse me, pardon me, Seaton pushed his way into the crowded living room.
     PHR formulae
     = sorry
  11      excuse
     You say excuse me to apologize when you have done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccupping, or sneezing.
     CONVENTION formulae
     = pardon me
  12      excuse
     You say `Excuse me?' to show that you want someone to repeat what they have just said. (AM; in BRIT usually use pardon or sorry)
     CONVENTION formulae
     
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good        
  1      good   better   best
     Good means pleasant or enjoyable.
        We had a really good time together.
        I know they would have a better life here.
        There's nothing better than a good cup of hot coffee.
        It's so good to hear your voice after all this time.
     ADJ-GRADED
     * bad
  2      good   better   best
     Good means of a high quality, standard, or level.
        Exercise is just as important to health as good food.
        His parents wanted Raymond to have the best possible education.
        The train's average speed was no better than that of our bicycles.
        ...good quality furniture.
     ADJ-GRADED
     * poor
  3      good   better   best
     If you are good at something, you are skilful and successful at doing it.
        He was very good at his work.
        I'm not very good at singing.
        He is one of the best players in the world.
        I always played football with my older brother because I was good for my age.
     ADJ-GRADED: oft ADJ at n/-ing
     * bad, poor
  4      good   better   best
     If you describe a piece of news, an action, or an effect as good, you mean that it is likely to result in benefit or success.
        On balance biotechnology should be good news for developing countries.
        I had the good fortune to be selected.
        This is not a good example to set other children.
        I think the response was good.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     * bad
  5      good   better   best
     A good idea, reason, method, or decision is a sensible or valid one.
        They thought it was a good idea to make some offenders do community service.
        There is good reason to doubt this.
        Could you give me some advice on the best way to do this?
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     = sound, valid * bad, poor
  6      good   better   best
     If you say that it is good that something should happen or good to do something, you mean it is desirable, acceptable, or right.
        I think it's good that some people are going.
        It is always best to choose organically grown foods if possible.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ that/to-inf
     * bad
  7      good   better   best
     A good estimate or indication of something is an accurate one.
        We have a fairly good idea of what's going on.
        This is a much better indication of what a school is really like.
        Laboratory tests are not always a good guide to what happens in the world.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     * poor
  8      good   better   best
     If you get a good deal or a good price when you buy or sell something, you receive a lot in exchange for what you give.
        Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.
        The merchandise is reasonably priced and offers exceptionally good value.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     
  9      good   better   best
     If something is good for a person or organization, it benefits them.
        Rain water was once considered to be good for the complexion.
        Nancy chose the product because it is better for the environment.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ for n
     = beneficial * bad
  10      good
     If something is done for the good of a person or organization, it is done in order to benefit them.
        Furlaud urged him to resign for the good of the country.
        Victims want to see justice done not just for themselves, but for the greater good of society.
        I'm only telling you this for your own good!
     N-SING: with poss
     = benefit
  11      good
     If someone or something is no good or is not any good, they are not satisfactory or are of a low standard.
        If the weather's no good then I won't take any pictures.
        I was never any good at maths.
     N-UNCOUNT: with brd-neg
     
  12      good
     If you say that doing something is no good or does not do any good, you mean that doing it is not of any use or will not bring any success.
        It's no good worrying about it now.
        We gave them water and kept them warm, but it didn't do any good.
        There is no way to measure these effects; the chances are it did some good.
     N-UNCOUNT: usu with brd-neg
     
  13      good
     Good is what is considered to be right according to moral standards or religious beliefs.
        Good and evil may co-exist within one family.
     N-UNCOUNT
     * evil
  14      good   better   best
     Someone who is good is morally correct in their attitudes and behaviour.
        The president is a good man.
        For me to think I'm any better than a homeless person on the street is ridiculous.
     ADJ-GRADED
     * bad, evil
  15      good   better   best
     Someone, especially a child, who is good obeys rules and instructions and behaves in a socially correct way.
        The children were very good.
        I'm going to be a good boy now.
        Both boys had good manners, politely shaking hands.
     ADJ-GRADED
     * bad
  16      good   better   best
     Someone who is good is kind and thoughtful.
        You are good to me.
        Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately.
        Just ask the Admiral if he will be good enough to drop me a note.
     ADJ-GRADED
     
  17      good   better   best
     Someone who is in a good mood is cheerful and pleasant to be with.
        People were in a pretty good mood.
        He exudes natural charm and good humour.
        A relaxation session may put you in a better frame of mind.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
     * bad
  18      good   better   best
     If people are good friends, they get on well together and are very close.
        She and Gavin are good friends.
        She's my best friend, and I really love her.
     ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n
     
  19      good
     A person's good eye, arm, or leg is the one that is healthy and strong, if the other one is injured or weak.
        He turned his good eye on me and laughed.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     * bad
  20      good
     You use good to emphasize the great extent or degree of something.
        We waited a good fifteen minutes.
        This whole thing's got a good bit more dangerous.
     ADJ: a ADJ n emphasis
     
  21      good
     You say `Good' or `Very good' to express pleasure, satisfaction, or agreement with something that has been said or done, especially when you are in a position of authority.
        `Are you all right?'n`I'm fine.'n`Good. So am I.'.
        Oh good, Tom's just come in.
        `Strike Force Three are here, sir.'n`Good.'
     CONVENTION
     
  22      good
     `As good as' can be used to mean `almost.'
        His career is as good as over.
        The vote as good as kills the chance of real reform.
     PHR: v-link PHR adj/-ed/v
     = practically
  23      good
     If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
        ...communities working together for the common good...
        Many of them placed self-interest before the common good.
     PHR: oft for PHR
     
  24      good
     If you say that something will do someone good, you mean that it will benefit them or improve them.
        The outing will do me good.
        It's probably done you good to get away for a few hours.
        You don't do anybody any good by getting yourself arrested.
     PHR: V inflects, oft it PHR if/to-inf
     
  25      good
     If something changes or disappears for good, it never changes back or comes back as it was before.
        The days of big-time racing at Herne Hill had gone for good.
        A few shots of this drug cleared up the disease for good.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
  26      good
     People say `Good for you' to express approval of your actions.
        `He has a girl now, who he lives with.'n`Good for him.'
     CONVENTION feelings
     
  27      good
     If someone is good for something, you can rely on them to provide that thing.
        Joe was always good for a colorful quote.
        She heard her father shouting that her mother was stupid, useless, and good for nothing but her money.
     PHR: V inflects, PHR n
     
  28      good
     If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
        It's a good thing you aren't married.
        It's a good job it happened here rather than on the open road.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  29      good
     If you make good some damage, a loss, or a debt, you try to repair the damage, replace what has been lost, or repay the debt.
        It may cost several billion roubles to make good the damage.
     PHR: V inflects, PHR n
     = put right
  30      good
     If someone makes good a threat or promise or makes good on it, they do what they have threatened or promised to do. (mainly AM)
        Certain that he was going to make good his threat to kill her now, Darlene brandished the gun.
        He was confident the allies would make good on their pledges.
     PHR: V inflects, PHR n, PHR on n
     
  31      good
     If someone makes good, they become successful, famous, or rich.
        Both men are poor boys made good.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  32      good
     If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill.
        I only ever use that on special occasions so it's as good as new.
        In a day or so he will be as good as new.
     PHR: usu v-link PHR
     
  33      good
     You use good old before the name of a person, place, or thing when you are referring to them in an affectionate way.
        Good old Harry. Reliable to the end.
        There is nothing wrong with good old cauliflower cheese.
     PHR: PHR n feelings
     
  34      good
     If you say that someone is living the good life, you mean that they are living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries.
     PHR
     
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me        
       me WEAK   STRONG
     A speaker or writer uses me to refer to himself or herself. Me is a first person singular pronoun. Me is used as the object of a verb or a preposition.
        I had to make important decisions that would affect me for the rest of my life.
        He asked me to go to Cambridge with him.
        Give me a few hours to think about it.
        She looked up at me, smiling.
     PRON-SING: v PRON, prep PRON
     
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morning

morning        
  1      morning   mornings
     The morning is the part of each day between the time that people usually wake up and 12 o'clock noon or lunchtime.
        During the morning your guide will take you around the city.
        On Sunday morning Bill was woken by the telephone.
        He read about it in his morning paper.
     N-VAR
     
  2      morning
     If you refer to a particular time in the morning, you mean a time between 12 o'clock midnight and 12 o'clock noon.
        I often stayed up until two or three in the morning.
        The attack happened in the early hours of the morning.
     N-SING: the N
     
  3      morning
     If you say that something will happen in the morning, you mean that it will happen during the morning of the following day.
        I'll fly it to London in the morning.
        Melanie promised that she would call them in the morning.
     PHR
     = tomorrow morning
  4      morning
     If you say that something happens morning, noon and night, you mean that it happens all the time.
        You get fit by playing the game, day in, day out, morning, noon and night.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
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morning        
  1      morning   mornings
     The morning is the part of each day between the time that people usually wake up and 12 o'clock noon or lunchtime.
        During the morning your guide will take you around the city.
        On Sunday morning Bill was woken by the telephone.
        He read about it in his morning paper.
     N-VAR
     
  2      morning
     If you refer to a particular time in the morning, you mean a time between 12 o'clock midnight and 12 o'clock noon.
        I often stayed up until two or three in the morning.
        The attack happened in the early hours of the morning.
     N-SING: the N
     
  3      morning
     If you say that something will happen in the morning, you mean that it will happen during the morning of the following day.
        I'll fly it to London in the morning.
        Melanie promised that she would call them in the morning.
     PHR
     = tomorrow morning
  4      morning
     If you say that something happens morning, noon and night, you mean that it happens all the time.
        You get fit by playing the game, day in, day out, morning, noon and night.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
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please        
  1      please
     You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something.
        Can you help us please?.
        Would you please open the door?.
        Please come in.
        `May I sit here?' `Please do.'.
        Can we have the bill please?
     ADV: ADV with cl politeness
     
  2      please
     You say please when you are accepting something politely.
        `Tea?'n`Yes, please.'.
        `You want an apple with your cheese?'n`Please.'
     ADV: ADV with cl, ADV as reply formulae
     
  3      please
     You can say please to indicate that you want someone to stop doing something or stop speaking. You would say this if, for example, what they are doing or saying makes you angry or upset.
        Please, Mary, this is all so unnecessary.
        Isabella. Please. I don't have time for this.
     CONVENTION feelings
     
  4      please
     You can say please in order to attract someone's attention politely. Children in particular say `please' to attract the attention of a teacher or other adult. (mainly BRIT)
        Please sir, can we have some more?.
        Please, Miss Smith, a moment.
     CONVENTION politeness
     
  5      please   pleases   pleasing   pleased
     If someone or something pleases you, they make you feel happy and satisfied.
        More than anything, I want to please you.
        Much of the food pleases rather than excites.
        It pleased him to talk to her.
     VB
     
  6      please
     You use please in expressions such as as she pleases, whatever you please, and anything he pleases to indicate that someone can do or have whatever they want.
        Women should be free to dress and act as they please.
        He does whatever he pleases.
        Isabel can live where she pleases.
     PHR: PHR after v
     
  7      please
     You can use as you please in expressions such as bold as you please or casually as you please or charming as you please in order to emphasize what you are saying. (INFORMAL)
        He walked by my table and, casually as you please, picked up my address book.
        Bold as you please, she grabbed me by the sleeve.
     PHR: adj/adv PHR emphasis
     
  8      please
     If you please is sometimes used as a very polite and formal way of attracting someone's attention or of asking them to do something.
        Ladies and gentlemen, if you please. Miss Taylor's going to play for us.
        Sir Harry! Stop, if you please!
     CONVENTION politeness
     
  9      please
     You can say if you please to indicate that a situation surprises or annoys you, or is difficult to believe.
        She was pretty unforthcoming. Made Sally wait till she'd cooked Selby's lunch, if you please.
     PHR: PHR with cl feelings
     
  10      please
     You say `please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not. (INFORMAL)
        `Do you mind if I wait?' I asked. Melanie shrugged: `Please yourself.'
     CONVENTION feelings
     
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thank        
  1      thank
     You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks to express your gratitude when someone does something for you or gives you what you want.
        Thank you very much for your call.
        Thanks for the information.
        Oh thank you so much! They're so pretty!.
        Thanks a lot, Suzie. You've been great.
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  2      thank
     You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks to politely accept or refuse something that has just been offered to you.
        `You'd like a cup as well, would you, Mr Secombe?'n`Thank you, Jane, I'd love one.'.
        `Would you like a cigarette?'n`No thank you.'.
        `A whisky?'n`I'd better not, thanks.'
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  3      thank
     You use thank you or, in more informal English, thanks, to politely acknowledge what someone has said to you, especially when they have answered your question or said something nice to you.
        The policeman smiled at her. `Pretty dog.' `Oh well, thank you.'.
        `His eyes were glassy?'n`And dilated. They were watery.'n`Thank you.'.
        `It's great to see you.'n`Thanks. Same to you.'
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  4      thank
     You use thank you or thank you very much in order to say firmly that you do not want someone's help or to tell them that you do not like the way that they are behaving towards you.
        I can stir my own tea, thank you.
        We know where we can get it, thank you very much.
     CONVENTION emphasis
     
  5      thank   thanks   thanking   thanked
     When you thank someone for something, you express your gratitude to them for it.
        I thanked them for their long and loyal service.
        When the decision was read out Mrs Gardner thanked the judges.
     VB
     
  6      thank   thanks
     When you express your thanks to someone, you express your gratitude to them for something.
        They accepted their certificates with words of thanks.
     N-PLURAL
     
  7      thank
     When people give thanks, they thank God for something good that has happened.
        We give thanks for this food.
     PHR: V inflects, oft PHR for n
     
  8      thank
     You say `Thank God', `Thank Goodness', or `Thank heavens' when you are very relieved about something.
        I was wrong, thank God.
        Thank heavens we have you here.
     PHR: oft PHR with cl, PHR that feelings
     
  9      thank
     If you say that you have someone to thank for something, you mean that you are grateful to them because they caused it to happen.
        I have her to thank for my life.
        For all this I have only you to thank.
     PHR: V inflects, oft PHR for n
     
  10      thank
     If you say that something happens thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they are responsible for it happening or caused it to happen.
        It is thanks to this committee that many new sponsors have come forward.
        Thanks to recent research, effective treatments are available.
     PHR: PHR n, usu PHR with cl, v-link PHR, PHR after v
     
  11      thank
     If you say that something happens no thanks to a particular person or thing, you mean that they did not help it to happen, or that it happened in spite of them.
        It is no thanks to the Government that net assets did rise.
     PHR: PHR n, usu PHR with cl, v-link PHR
     
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welcome        
  1      welcome   welcomes   welcoming   welcomed
     If you welcome someone, you greet them in a friendly way when they arrive somewhere.
        Several people came by to welcome me.
        She was there to welcome him home from war.
        The delegates received a welcoming speech by the President.
     VB
     
  +      welcome   welcomes
     Also a noun.
        There would be a fantastic welcome awaiting him back here.
     N-COUNT: usu sing
     
  2      welcome
     You use welcome in expressions such as welcome home, welcome to London, and welcome back when you are greeting someone who has just arrived somewhere.
        Welcome to Washington.
        Welcome back, DeborahmIt's good to have you here.
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  3      welcome   welcomes   welcoming   welcomed
     If you welcome an action, decision, or situation, you approve of it and are pleased that it has occurred.
        She welcomed this move but said that overall the changes didn't go far enough.
        In Germany, the move was welcomed by the Bundesbank president.
     VB
     
  +      welcome   welcomes
     Also a noun.
        Environmental groups have given a guarded welcome to the Prime Minister's proposal.
     N-COUNT: usu sing
     
  4      welcome
     If you describe something as welcome, you mean that people wanted it and are happy that it has occurred.
        This was certainly a welcome change of fortune.
        The new 25 metre pool for more serious swimmers is a welcome addition.
        Any progress in reducing chemical weapons is welcome.
     ADJ-GRADED
     
  5      welcome   welcomes   welcoming   welcomed
     If you say that you welcome certain people or actions, you are inviting and encouraging people to do something, for example to come to a particular place.
        We welcome you to join us on a special tour which explores this unique Australian attraction.
        We would welcome your views about the survey.
     VB
     
  6      welcome
     If you say that someone is welcome in a particular place, you are encouraging them to go there by telling them that they will be liked and accepted.
        New members are always welcome.
        I told him he wasn't welcome in my home.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
     
  7      welcome
     If you tell someone that they are welcome to do something, you are encouraging them to do it by telling them that they are allowed to do it.
        You are welcome to visit the hospital at any time.
        ...a conservatory which guests are welcome to use.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf
     
  8      welcome
     If you say that someone is welcome to something, you mean that you do not want it yourself because you do not like it and you are very willing for them to have it.
        If women want to take on the business world they are welcome to it as far as I'm concerned.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to n
     
  9      welcome
     If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
     PHR: make inflects
     
  10      welcome
     If you say that someone outstays their welcome or overstays their welcome, you mean that they stay somewhere longer than they are wanted or expected to.
        After the kindness that had been shown to him, he didn't want to outstay his welcome.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  11      welcome
     You say `You're welcome' to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.
        `Thank you for the information.'n`You're welcome.'
     CONVENTION formulae
     
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welcome        
  1      welcome   welcomes   welcoming   welcomed
     If you welcome someone, you greet them in a friendly way when they arrive somewhere.
        Several people came by to welcome me.
        She was there to welcome him home from war.
        The delegates received a welcoming speech by the President.
     VB
     
  +      welcome   welcomes
     Also a noun.
        There would be a fantastic welcome awaiting him back here.
     N-COUNT: usu sing
     
  2      welcome
     You use welcome in expressions such as welcome home, welcome to London, and welcome back when you are greeting someone who has just arrived somewhere.
        Welcome to Washington.
        Welcome back, DeborahmIt's good to have you here.
     CONVENTION formulae
     
  3      welcome   welcomes   welcoming   welcomed
     If you welcome an action, decision, or situation, you approve of it and are pleased that it has occurred.
        She welcomed this move but said that overall the changes didn't go far enough.
        In Germany, the move was welcomed by the Bundesbank president.
     VB
     
  +      welcome   welcomes
     Also a noun.
        Environmental groups have given a guarded welcome to the Prime Minister's proposal.
     N-COUNT: usu sing
     
  4      welcome
     If you describe something as welcome, you mean that people wanted it and are happy that it has occurred.
        This was certainly a welcome change of fortune.
        The new 25 metre pool for more serious swimmers is a welcome addition.
        Any progress in reducing chemical weapons is welcome.
     ADJ-GRADED
     
  5      welcome   welcomes   welcoming   welcomed
     If you say that you welcome certain people or actions, you are inviting and encouraging people to do something, for example to come to a particular place.
        We welcome you to join us on a special tour which explores this unique Australian attraction.
        We would welcome your views about the survey.
     VB
     
  6      welcome
     If you say that someone is welcome in a particular place, you are encouraging them to go there by telling them that they will be liked and accepted.
        New members are always welcome.
        I told him he wasn't welcome in my home.
     ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
     
  7      welcome
     If you tell someone that they are welcome to do something, you are encouraging them to do it by telling them that they are allowed to do it.
        You are welcome to visit the hospital at any time.
        ...a conservatory which guests are welcome to use.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf
     
  8      welcome
     If you say that someone is welcome to something, you mean that you do not want it yourself because you do not like it and you are very willing for them to have it.
        If women want to take on the business world they are welcome to it as far as I'm concerned.
     ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to n
     
  9      welcome
     If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
     PHR: make inflects
     
  10      welcome
     If you say that someone outstays their welcome or overstays their welcome, you mean that they stay somewhere longer than they are wanted or expected to.
        After the kindness that had been shown to him, he didn't want to outstay his welcome.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  11      welcome
     You say `You're welcome' to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.
        `Thank you for the information.'n`You're welcome.'
     CONVENTION formulae
     
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yes        
        In informal English, yes is often pronounced in a casual way that is usually written as yeah.
  1      yes
     You use yes to give a positive response to a question.
        `Are you a friend of Nick's?'n`Yes.'.
        `You actually wrote it down, didn't you?'n`Yes.'.
        Will she say yes when I ask her out?
     CONVENTION
     * no
  2      yes
     You use yes to accept an offer or request, or to give permission.
        `More wine?'n`Yes please.'.
        `Will you take me there?'n`Yes, I will.'.
        `Can I ask you something?'n`Yes, of course.'
     CONVENTION
     * no
  3      yes
     You use yes to tell someone that what they have said is correct.
        `Well I suppose it is based on the old lunar months isn't it.'n`Yes that's right.'.
        `That's a type of whitefly, is it?'n`Yes, it is a whitefly.'
     CONVENTION
     * no
  4      yes
     You use yes to show that you are ready or willing to speak to the person who wants to speak to you, for example when you are answering a telephone or a knock at your door.
        He pushed a button on the intercom. `Yes?' came a voice.
        Yes, can I help you?
     CONVENTION
     
  5      yes
     You use yes to indicate that you agree with, accept, or understand what the previous speaker has said.
        `A lot of people find it very difficult indeed to give up smoking.'n`Oh yes. I used to smoke nearly sixty a day.'.
        `It's a fabulous opportunity.'n`Yeah. I know.'
     CONVENTION
     
  6      yes
     You use yes to encourage someone to continue speaking.
        `I remembered something funny today.'n`Yeah?'
     CONVENTION
     
  7      yes
     You use yes, usually followed by `but', as a polite way of introducing what you want to say when you disagree with something the previous speaker has just said.
        `She is entitled to her personal allowance which is three thousand pounds of income.'n`Yes, but she doesn't earn any money.'.
        Ah yes, but think of all the family life they're missing.
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  8      yes
     You use yes to say that a negative statement or question that the previous speaker has made is wrong or untrue.
        `That is not possible,' she said. `Oh, yes, it is!' Mrs Gruen insisted.
        `I don't know what you're talking about.'n`Yes, you do.'
     CONVENTION
     
  9      yes
     You can use yes to suggest that you do not believe or agree with what the previous speaker has said, especially when you want to express your annoyance about it.
        `There was no way to stop it.'n`Oh yes? Well, here's something else you won't be able to stop.'
     CONVENTION feelings
     
  10      yes
     You use yes to indicate that you had forgotten something and have just remembered it.
        What was I going to say. Oh yeah, we've finally got our second computer.
     CONVENTION
     
  11      yes
     You use yes to emphasize and confirm a statement that you are making.
        He collected the s10,000 first prize. Yes, s10,000.
     CONVENTION emphasis
     
  12      yes
     You say yes and no in reply to a question when you cannot give a definite answer, because in some ways the answer is yes and in other ways the answer is no.
        `Was it strange for you, going back after such a long absence?'n`Yes and no.'
     CONVENTION vagueness
     
  13      yes   yeses
     A yes is a person who has answered `yes' to a question or who has voted in favour of something, or the answer or vote they have made.
        The no-votes are leading the yeses.
        The noes have 50 percent, the yeses 35 percent and the rest are undecided.
     N-COUNT
     * no
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ask        
  1      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
        `How is Frank?' he asked.
        I asked him his name.
        I wasn't the only one asking questions.
        She asked me if I'd enjoyed my dinner.
        If Daniel asks what happened in court we will tell him.
        You will have to ask David about that.
        `I'm afraid to ask what it cost.'n`Then don't ask.'
     VB
     
  2      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone to do something, you tell them that you want them to do it.
        We had to ask him to leave.
        She said she had been asked to take two suitcases to Africa by a man called Sean.
     VB
     
  3      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask to do something, you tell someone that you want to do it.
        I asked to see the Director.
     VB
     
  4      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask for something, you say that you would like it.
        I decided to go to the next house and ask for food.
        Who asked for your opinion?
     VB
     
  5      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask for someone, you say that you would like to speak to them.
        There's a man at the gate asking for you.
     VB
     
  6      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone's permission, opinion, or forgiveness, you try to obtain it by putting a request to them.
        Please ask permission from whoever pays the phone bill before making your call.
     VB
     = get
  7      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone to an event or place, you invite them to go there.
        Couldn't you ask Jon to the party?.
        She asked me back to her house.
     VB
     
  8      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If someone is asking a particular price for something, they are selling it for that price.
        Mr Pantelaras was asking s6,000 for his collection.
     VB
     
  9      ask
     You reply `don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
        `She's got other things on her mind, wouldn't you think?' `Don't ask me,' murmured Chris. `I've never met her.'
     CONVENTION feelings
     
  10      ask
     If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
        He knew the nomination was his for the asking.
     PHR
     
  11      ask
     If you say `I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
        That silly old bat. I ask you, who'd she think she was?
     EXCLAM emphasis
     
  12      ask
     You can say `may I ask' as a formal way of asking a question, which shows you are annoyed or suspicious about something.
        May I ask where you're going, sir?
     PHR feelings
     
  13      ask
     You can say `if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
        He was nuts, if you ask me.
     PHR: PHR with cl emphasis
     
  14      ask
     If you say that someone is asking for trouble or is asking for it, you mean that they are behaving in a way that makes it very likely that they will get into trouble.
        To go ahead with the match after such clear advice had been asking for trouble.
     PHR: V inflects
     
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ask        
  1      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
        `How is Frank?' he asked.
        I asked him his name.
        I wasn't the only one asking questions.
        She asked me if I'd enjoyed my dinner.
        If Daniel asks what happened in court we will tell him.
        You will have to ask David about that.
        `I'm afraid to ask what it cost.'n`Then don't ask.'
     VB
     
  2      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone to do something, you tell them that you want them to do it.
        We had to ask him to leave.
        She said she had been asked to take two suitcases to Africa by a man called Sean.
     VB
     
  3      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask to do something, you tell someone that you want to do it.
        I asked to see the Director.
     VB
     
  4      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask for something, you say that you would like it.
        I decided to go to the next house and ask for food.
        Who asked for your opinion?
     VB
     
  5      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask for someone, you say that you would like to speak to them.
        There's a man at the gate asking for you.
     VB
     
  6      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone's permission, opinion, or forgiveness, you try to obtain it by putting a request to them.
        Please ask permission from whoever pays the phone bill before making your call.
     VB
     = get
  7      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If you ask someone to an event or place, you invite them to go there.
        Couldn't you ask Jon to the party?.
        She asked me back to her house.
     VB
     
  8      ask   asks   asking   asked
     If someone is asking a particular price for something, they are selling it for that price.
        Mr Pantelaras was asking s6,000 for his collection.
     VB
     
  9      ask
     You reply `don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
        `She's got other things on her mind, wouldn't you think?' `Don't ask me,' murmured Chris. `I've never met her.'
     CONVENTION feelings
     
  10      ask
     If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
        He knew the nomination was his for the asking.
     PHR
     
  11      ask
     If you say `I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
        That silly old bat. I ask you, who'd she think she was?
     EXCLAM emphasis
     
  12      ask
     You can say `may I ask' as a formal way of asking a question, which shows you are annoyed or suspicious about something.
        May I ask where you're going, sir?
     PHR feelings
     
  13      ask
     You can say `if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
        He was nuts, if you ask me.
     PHR: PHR with cl emphasis
     
  14      ask
     If you say that someone is asking for trouble or is asking for it, you mean that they are behaving in a way that makes it very likely that they will get into trouble.
        To go ahead with the match after such clear advice had been asking for trouble.
     PHR: V inflects
     
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Each each        
  1      each
     If you refer to each thing or each person in a group, you are referring to every member of the group and considering them as individuals.
        Each book is beautifully illustrated.
        Each year, hundreds of animals are killed in this way.
        Blend in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
     DET: DET sing-n
     
  +      each
     Also a pronoun.
        ...two bedrooms, each with three beds...
        She began to consult doctors, and each had a different diagnosis.
     PRON
     
  +      each
     Also an emphasizing pronoun.
        We each have different needs and interests.
     PRON-EMPH
     
  +      each
     Also an adverb.
        The children were given one each, handed to them or placed on their plates.
        They were selling tickets at six pounds each.
     ADV: amount ADV
     
  +      each
     Also a quantifier.
        He handed each of them a page of photos.
        Each of these exercises takes one or two minutes to do.
        The machines, each of which is perhaps five feet in diameter, are far from the largest devices in the room.
     QUANT: QUANT of def-pl-n
     
  2      each
     If you refer to each one of the members of a group, you are referring in a slightly emphatic way to each of them.
        He picked up forty of these publications and read each one of them.
     QUANT: QUANT of def-pl-n
     
  3      each
     You can refer to each and every member of a group to emphasize that you mean all the members of that group.
        My goal was that each and every person responsible for Yankel's murder be brought to justice.
        They can't destroy truth without destroying each and every one of us.
     PHR: PHR n, PHR of n emphasis
     
  4      each
     You use each other when you are saying that each member of a group does something to the others or has a particular connection with the others.
        We looked at each other in silence, each equally shocked.
        Both sides are willing to make allowances for each other's political sensitivities.
        Uncle Paul and I hardly know each other.
     PRON-RECIP: v PRON, prep PRON
     = one another
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other        
        When other follows the determiner an, it is written as one word: see another.
  1      other
     You use other to refer to an additional thing or person of the same type as one that has been mentioned or is known about.
        They were just like any other young couple.
        The communique gave no other details.
     ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n
     
  +      other
     Also a pronoun.
        Four crewmen were killed, one other was injured.
        In 1914 he (like so many others) lied about his age so that he could join the war effort.
     PRON
     
  2      other
     You use other to indicate that a thing or person is not the one already mentioned, but a different one.
        The authorities insist that the discussions must not be linked to any other issue.
        Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p per minute at all other times.
        He would have to accept it; there was no other way.
        They will then have more money to spend on other things.
     ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n
     
  +      other
     Also a pronoun.
        This issue, more than any other, has divided her cabinet.
        Some of these methods will work. Others will not.
     PRON
     
  3      other
     You use other to refer to the second of two things or people when the identity of the first is already known or understood, or has already been mentioned.
        The Captain was at the other end of the room.
        You deliberately went in the other direction.
        Half of PML's scientists have first degrees, the other half have PhDs.
     ADJ: det ADJ
     
  +      other
     Also a pronoun.
        Almost everybody had a cigarette in one hand and a martini in the other.
        While one of them tried to put his hand in my pocket, the other held me from behind.
     PRON-SING: the PRON
     
  4      other
     You use other at the end of a list or a group of examples, to refer generally to people or things like the ones just mentioned.
        Queensway Quay will incorporate shops, restaurants and other amenities.
        Place them in a jam jar, porcelain bowl, or other similar container.
     ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n
     
  +      other
     Also a pronoun.
        Descartes received his stimulus from the new physics and astronomy of Copernicus, Galileo, and others.
     PRON
     
  5      other
     You use other to refer to the rest of the people or things in a group, when you are talking about one particular person or thing.
        When the other pupils were taken to an exhibition, he was left behind.
     ADJ: det ADJ
     
  +      other
     Also a pronoun.
        Aubrey's on his way here, with the others.
     PRON: the PRON
     
  6      other
     Other people are people in general, as opposed to yourself or a person you have already mentioned.
        The suffering of other people appals me.
        She likes to be with other people.
     ADJ: ADJ n
     
  +      other
     Others means the same as other people.
        His humour depended on contempt for others.
     PRON-PLURAL
     
  7      other
     You use other in informal expressions of time such as the other day, the other evening, or the other week to refer to a day, evening, or week in the recent past.
        I rang her the other day and she said she'd like to come round.
        The other evening we had a party.
     ADJ: the ADJ n
     
  8      other
     You use expressions like among other things or among others to indicate that there are several more facts, things, or people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all.
        He moved to England in 1980 where, among other things, he worked as a journalist.
        His travels took him to Dublin, among other places.
        He is expected to be supported at the meeting by Dennis Skinner and Tony Benn among others.
     PHR: PHR with cl, oft PHR n vagueness
     
  9      other
     If something happens, for example, every other day or every other month, there is a day or month when it does not happen between each day or month when it happens.
        Their food is adequate. It includes meat at least every other day, vegetables and fruit.
        Now that their children have grown up she joins Paddy in London every other week.
     PHR: usu PHR after v
     
  10      other
     You use every other to emphasize that you are referring to all the rest of the people or things in a group.
        The same will apply in every other country.
     PHR: PHR n emphasis
     
  11      other
     You use none other than and no other than to emphasize the name of a person or thing when something about that person or thing is surprising in a particular situation.
        He called together all his employees and announced that the manager was none other than his son.
     PHR: PHR n emphasis
     
  12      other
     You use nothing other than and no other than when you are going to mention a course of action, decision, or description and emphasize that it is the only one possible in the situation.
        Nothing other than an immediate custodial sentence could be justified.
        The rebels would not be happy with anything other than the complete removal of the current regime.
        They have left us with no other choice than to take formal action.
     PHR: PHR n emphasis
     
  13      other
     You use or other in expressions like somehow or other and someone or other to indicate that you cannot or do not want to be more precise about the information that you are giving.
        I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other.
        The Foundation is holding a dinner in honour of something or other.
        Somehow or other he's involved.
     PHR: n/adv PHR vagueness
     
  14      other
     You use other than after a negative statement to say that the person, item, or thing that follows is the only exception to the statement.
        She makes no reference to any feminist work other than her own.
        The journey by road to Wolverhampton is not recommended to anyone other than the most experienced cyclist.
     PHR: with brd-neg, PHR n/-ing
     = apart from, except
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introduce        
  1      introduce   introduces   introducing   introduced
     To introduce something means to cause it to enter a place or exist in a system for the first time.
        The Government has introduced a number of other money-saving moves.
        I kept the birds indoors all winter and introduced them into an aviary the following June.
        The word `Pagoda' was introduced to Europe by the 17th century Portuguese.
     VB
     
       introduction
        What he is better remembered for is the introduction of the moving assembly-line in Detroit in 1913.
        ...the introduction of a privacy bill to prevent press intrusions into private lives.
     N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
     
  2      introduce   introduces   introducing   introduced
     If you introduce someone to something, you cause them to learn about it or experience it for the first time.
        He introduced us to the delights of natural food.
     VB
     
       introduction
        His introduction to League football would have been gentler if he had started at a smaller club.
        It was Sergeant Miller's introduction to a crime which has occupied him for nearly nine years.
     N-SING: usu N to n
     
  3      introduce   introduces   introducing   introduced
     If you introduce one person to another, or you introduce two people, you tell them each other's names, so that they can get to know each other. If you introduce yourself to someone, you tell them your name.
        Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle's secretary, Mary Waller?.
        Someone introduced us and I sat next to him.
        We haven't been introduced. My name is Nero Wolfe.
        Let me introduce myself.
     VB
     
       introduction   introductions
        With considerable shyness, Elaine performed the introductions.
     N-VAR
     
  4      introduce   introduces   introducing   introduced
     The person who introduces a television or radio programme speaks at the beginning of it, and often between the different items in it, in order to explain what the programme or the items are about.
        `Health Matters' is introduced by Dick Oliver on BBC World Service.
     VB
     = present
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like 1 preposition and conjunction uses        
  1      like   likes
     If you say that one person or thing is like another, you mean that they share some of the same qualities or features.
        He looks like Father Christmas.
        Kathy is a great mate, we are like sisters.
        It's a bit like going to the dentist; it's never as bad as you fear.
        It's nothing like what happened in the mid-Seventies.
        This is just like old times.
        ...a mountain shaped like a reclining woman.
     PREP
     
  2      like
     If you talk about what something or someone is like, you are talking about their qualities or features.
        What was Bulgaria like?.
        What did she look like?.
        What was it like growing up in Hillsborough?.
        Joe still has no concept of what it's like to be the sole parent.
     PREP
     
  3      like
     You can use like to introduce an example of the set of things or people that you have just mentioned.
        The neglect that large cities like New York have received over the past 12 years is tremendous.
        He could say things like, `Let's go to the car' or `Let us go for a walk' in French.
     PREP: n PREP n/-ing
     = such as
  4      like
     You can use like to say that someone or something is in the same situation as another person or thing.
        It also moved those who, like me, are too young to have lived through the war.
        Like many cities in Germany, it had to re-create itself after the second world war.
     PREP
     
  5      like
     If you say that someone is behaving like something or someone else, you mean that they are behaving in a way that is typical of that kind of thing or person. Like is used in this way in many fixed expressions, for example to cry like a baby and to watch someone like a hawk.
        I was shaking all over, trembling like a leaf.
        Greenfield was behaving like an irresponsible idiot.
     PREP: v PREP n
     
  6      like
     You can use like in expressions such as that's just like her and it wasn't like him to indicate that the person's behaviour is or is not typical of their character.
        You should have told us. But it's just like you not to share.
        Why does he want to do a mad thing like that? It's not like him.
     PREP: v-link PREP n
     
  7      like
     Like is sometimes used as a conjunction in order to say that something appears to be the case when it is not. Some people consider this use to be incorrect.
        His arms look like they might snap under the weight of his gloves.
        On the train up to Waterloo, I felt like I was going on an adventure.
     CONJ-SUBORD
     = as if, as though
  8      like
     Like is sometimes used as a conjunction in order to indicate that something happens or is done in the same way as something else. Some people consider this use to be incorrect.
        People are strolling, buying ice cream for their children, just like they do every Sunday.
        He spoke exactly like I did.
        We really were afraid, not like in the cinema.
     CONJ-SUBORD
     
  9      like
     You can use like in negative expressions such as nothing like it and no place like it to emphasize that there is nothing as good as the situation, thing, or person mentioned.
        There's nothing like candlelight for creating a romantic mood.
        There was no feeling like it in the world.
     PREP: with neg emphasis
     
  10      like
     You can use like in expressions such as nothing like to make an emphatic negative statement.
        Three hundred million dollars will be nothing like enough.
        It's really not anything like as bad as it looks.
     PREP: with neg emphasis
     
  11      like
     Some people say like when they are thinking about what to say next or because it has become their habit to say it. Some people do not like this use. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
        I decided that I'd go and, like, take a picture of him while he was in the shower.
     CONVENTION
     = you know
  12      like
     Some people say like when they are reporting what they or another person said, or what they thought about something. Some people do not like this use. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
        He said `I'm attracted to you.' I'm like `You're kidding!'
        My dad was there and he's like: `Yeah. Yeah. I want to come.'
     CONVENTION
     
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host        
  1      host   hosts
     The host at a party is the person who has invited the guests and provides the food, drink, or entertainment.
        Apart from my host, I didn't know a single person there.
        Tommy Sopwith was always the perfect host.
     N-COUNT
     
  2      host   hosts   hosting   hosted
     If someone hosts a party, dinner, or other function, they have invited the guests and provide the food, drink, or entertainment.
        Tonight she hosts a ball for 300 guests.
        ...a banquet hosted by the president of Kazakhstan.
     VB
     
  3      host   hosts
     A country, city, or organization that is the host of an event provides the facilities for that event to take place.
        Barcelona was chosen to be host of the 1992 Olympic games.
        ...a preliminary qualifying tournament in Andorra involving the host country.
     N-COUNT: oft N n
     
  4      host   hosts   hosting   hosted
     If a country, city, or organization hosts an event, they provide the facilities for the event to take place.
        Cannes hosts the annual film festival.
     VB
     
  5      host
     If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
        In 1987 Canada played host to the Commonwealth Conference.
        The Prime Minister played host to French Premier Jacques Chirac.
     PHR: V inflects
     
  6      host   hosts
     The host of a radio or television show is the person who introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
        I am host of a live radio programme.
     N-COUNT: usu with supp
     = presenter
  7      host   hosts   hosting   hosted
     The person who hosts a radio or television show introduces it and talks to the people who appear in it.
        She also hosts a show on St Petersburg Radio.
     VB
     
  8      host
     A host of things is a lot of them.
        A host of problems may delay the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
        Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity.
     QUANT
     = multitude
  9      host   hosts
     If an area is host to living things, those creatures live and feed in that area.
        Uganda's beautiful highlands are host to a wide range of wildlife.
     N-COUNT: usu N to n
     
  10      host   hosts
     A host or a host computer is the main computer in a network of computers, which controls the most important files and programs.
     N-COUNT: oft N n
     
  11      host   hosts
     The host of a parasite is the plant or animal which it lives on or inside and from which it gets its food. (TECHNICAL)
        When the eggs hatch the larvae eat the living flesh of the host animal.
     N-COUNT: oft N n
     
  12      host   hosts
     The Host is the bread which is used to represent the body of Christ in Christian church services such as Holy Communion. (TECHNICAL)
     N-COUNT: usu sing, the N
     
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Firstname
Full name
Last name
Middle name
Each other

以上第一课的生词的英语字典结实例句都和课文紧密联系,辅导枫叶的朗读拓展训练就是采用这些单词,朗读是否理解只要用自己理解以后的英语复述一下即可,你可以很快应用到课文里面的场景,磁带的文本进行训练.尽量用英语辅导启发理解.昨天从19:00-01:00就是练习上面的单词.
  第一课的内容可以无限朗读拓展训练下去,我们还可以加入CVD画面内容进行朗读拓展问答练习.
  几分钟课文朗读理解口语说话几个小时训练就是这样来的.昨天辅导没有进行录音,录音原来在西西谷有上传.用课文内容进行英语交流是一种快捷的口语练习方式.

Lesson 1 L'm Susan Webster (教材练习)

Before the Video:

A: Look at the pictures.
B:Now circle the host in each picture.

Watch the Video:

A.Watche the cideo. Match the people with the names.

  a. John Banks
  b. Susan Webster
c. Carol Green
d. Jake SELTZER
E. lINDA mARINO
1.2.3.4.5.
b. wATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN AND CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.

Grammar: Contractions with am and is
Long Forms                       Contractions

I am Susan.                       =I'm Susan.
She is Carol.                     =She's Carol.
He is John.                       =He's John.
It is nice to meet you.           =It's nice to meet you.

A. What are the people sayong? Watch the video and fill in the blanks. Use I'm, She's, He's, or It's.
1. I'm Jake Seltzer. 2.She's Linda marino. 3. He's John P. Banks.
4. He's Jake.         5.He's John.           6.She's Carol.

Tisten and Names:

A. Look at the porm.

Mr.
Ms.     John               Prescott           Banks
Miss   (First Name)     (Middle Name)     (Last Name)
Mrs.
        NOTE: mS.=mISS or Mrs.

B. Now complete the forms.
1. Mr.
    Ms     Susan           Webster  
    Miss   (First Name)   (Last Name)
    Mrs
  2. Mr.
    Ms     Jake             Seltzer
    Miss   (First Name)   (Last Name)
    Mrs

  3.What abour you? What's your name?
    Ms                
    Miss   (First Name)   (Middle Name) (Last Name)
    Mrs

Grammar: what

What's your first name"   What's your last name?   What 's your full name?
(My name is) Susan.       Webster.                   What's your name?
                                                        Susan Webster.
          NOTE: what's=what is

Ask the people about their names.Fill in the bubbles.
1.What's your first name?   Carol.           2.What's your last name?   Banks.
3.What's your full name?   Susan Webster. 4. What's you last name? Seltzer.

From the Video: Introdustion

A. Read these dialogues.
Carol: Hello. My name is Carol Green.
Susan:I'm Susan Webster. It's nice to meet you,Carol.
Carol: It's nice to meet you too.

Carol: Susan, this is John Banks. John, This is Susan.
Susan: Hello, John. It's nice to meet you.
John: Susan, Nice to meet you too.

B. Now complete the dialogues.
  Linda; Hi. My name is Linda Marino.
  Susan: I'm Susan Webstert.

Steven: Susan, this is Mike Davis.
SusanL Hi, Mike. It's nice to meet you.

C. What about you? Introduce yourself to Susan. Fill in the bubbles.
  Hello. My name is Susan Webster.   Hi. I'm Susan Webster.

  It's nice to meet you.                 It's nice to meet you too.

Useful Everyday Phrases:

A.What thevideo. Fill the banks with one of the phrases in the box.

Excuse me, Susan.         Yes, please.
It's nice to meet you too.   Thank you.
Good morning, Stven.

1. John: Welcome to WEFL, sUSAN wEBSTER.
2. Carol:Good morning Steven.
3. Susan: It's nice to meet you too.
4. Linda: Excuse me, Susan.
5. Carol: Coffee?
  Susan: Yes, please.

B. Wahtch the viseo again and check youyr answers.

Check Youself:

A. Circle the correct answer.
1. I'm Susan Webster.  
  a. 's   b. 'm     c. it's
2.This is John Banks.
  a. he   b. am   c. is
3. What's your name?
  a. 's   b. 'm   c. it's
4.She's Carol Green.
  a. He's   b. She's   c. she
5.He's Jake Seltzer.
  a. He's   b. She's   c. He
6.John, this is Susan.
  a. it   b. he   c. this

B. Circle the correct response.
  1. Hi. I'm Linda marino.
  a. Sh's Linda marino.
  b. Hello. I'm Susan Webster.
  c. Thank you.

  2.What's your last name?
  a. This is Jake seltzer.
  b. Susan.
  c. Webster.

  3. Mike, this is Susan Webster.
  a. He's Mike.
  b. It's nice to meet you, mIKE.
  c. Thank you.

  4. Coffee?
  a. Susan, please.
  b. Yes, please.
  c. It's nice to meet you.

Now You Know How To:

Introduce yourself                       I'm Mike
Introduce two people to each other     John, this is Susan.
Say please and thank you               Yes, please. Thank you.
Ask someone's name                     What's your name?

Now you Know 41 new words.


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