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jum·bo

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/ 'dZömboU / adj. (informal)larger than
other things of the same type: ajumbo jet

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jump

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5 INCREASE [I] if anumber or amount jumps, it
increases suddenly and by alarge amount: Profits
jumped 20% last month.
ground: aparachute jump 3 asudden large
increase in an amount or value: a jump in
prices

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jump down sb’sthroat

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6 (informal)tosuddenly
speak angrily to someone: All Idid was ask a
question, and he jumped down my throat!

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jump to conc lusi ons

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7 to form an opinion about
something before you have all the facts

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jump the gun

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8 to start doing something too soon,
especially without thinking about it carefully: I
know you wanted to tell Bill the news yourself,but
I’m afraid Ijumped the gun.

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ju mp on sb

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phr.v. (informal)
to criticize or punish someone, especially unfairly:
Dad jumps on Jeff fo r every little mistake.

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ju mp at sth

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phr.v.
to eagerly accept the chance to do something: Ruth
jumped at the chance to study at Harvard.

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get ajump on sth

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(informal)togain an
advantage by doing something earlier than usual or
earlier than someone else: Iwant to getajump on
my Christmas shopping.

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'jump drive

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n. [C] IT a USB DRI VE

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jump·er

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/ 'dZömpø / n. [C] 1 adress without
SLEE VE s, usually worn overashirt 2 aperson or
animal that jumps

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'jumper "cables

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n. [plural] thick wires used to
connect the batteries (BATTERY )oftwo cars, in
order to start one car that has lost power

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'jump-start

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v. [T] 1 to help aprocess or activity
start or become more successful: The government
has made efforts to jump-start the economy. 2 to
start acar whose BATTERY has lost power by
connecting it to another BATTERY

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jump·suit

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/'dZömpsut / n. [C] asingle piece of
clothing likeashirt attached to apair of pants, worn
especially by women

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jump·y

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/'dZömpi / adj. worried or excited because
you are expecting something bad to happen

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junc·ture

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/ 'dZöÎktSø / n. at this juncture (spo-
ke n, formal)atthis point in an activity or time

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Jun·ior /junior

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Jun·ior /'dZunyø / adj. (written abbreviation Jr.)
used after the name of aman who has the same
name as his father ➔ SENIOR
junior1 n. [C] 1 astudent in the third year of HIGH
SCHOOL or college ➔ STUDENT 2 be two/five/
ten etc. years sb’sjunior to be two, five,etc.
years younger than someone else
junior2 adj. [only beforenoun] younger,less experi-
enced, or of alower rank ANT senior: thejunior
senator from Georgia ➔ POSITION 1

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"junior 'college

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"junior 'college n. [C,U] acollege where students
can study for twoyears SYN community college
"junior 'high school also "junior 'high n. [C,U]
aschool in the U.S. and Canada for students who
are between 12 and 14 or 15 years old ➔ MIDDLE
SCHOOL , HIGH SCHOOL

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jun·ket

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/ 'dZöÎkIt / n. [C] (disapproving)anunnec-
essary trip made by apublic official that is paid for
by government money

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junk·ie

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/ 'dZöÎki / n. [C] 1 (informal)someone
who takes dangerous drugs and is dependent on
them 2 (humorous)someone who likes something
so much that s/he seems to need it: apolitical
junkie

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'junk mail

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n. [U] mail that advertisers send to
people who do not want it
THE SA URUS advertisement, flier, spam ➔
ADVER TISEMENT

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junk·yard

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/ 'dZöÎk"yArd / n. [C] abusiness that
buys old cars, broken furniture, etc. and sells the
parts of them that can be used again, or the place
where this business keeps these things

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jun·ta

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/ 'hUnt@, 'dZönt@/ n. [C] amilitary govern-
ment that has gained power by using force

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Ju·pi·ter

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/'dZup@Ôø / n. PHYSI CS the largest
PLANET ,which is fifth from the Sun ➔ see pictureat
SO LA RS YSTE M

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jur·is·dic·tion / "dZUrIs'dIkS@n / n. [U] LAW

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right to use an official power to makelegal deci-
sions, or the area where this right exists: amatter
outside the court’s jurisdiction

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jur·is·pru·dence

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/ "dZUrIs'prudns / n. [U] LAW
the science or study of law

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ju·ror

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ju·ror / 'dZUrø / n. [C] amember of ajury
ju·ry / 'dZUri / n. (plural juries) [C] 1 LAW agroup of
12 people who listen to details of acase in court
and decide whether someone is guilty or not
➔ GRAND JUR Y ➔ CO UR T 1 2 agroup of people
chosen to judge acompetition
'jury "duty n. [U] aperiod of time during which
you must be ready to be part of ajury if necessary

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7 just
(barely)

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if something just happens, it does happen,
butitalmost did not: Kurt just barely made it home
beforethe storm.

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8just/ used when politely asking or telling someone
something

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: Could/Can Ijust use your phone for a
minute?

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11 it’sjust that

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used in order to explain
the reason for something when someone thinks
there is adifferent reason: Boulder is nice,it’sjust
that Idon’tknow anybody there.

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13 Iwould just as soon do sth

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if you would just as soon do something, you are
saying in apolite waythat you would prefer to do
it: I’djust as soon go with you, if that’s
okay.

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14 it’sjust as well

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said when it is lucky that something has happened in the wayitdid
because, if not, there may have been problems: It’s
just as well Scott didn’tgotothe party,because
Lisa was there.

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15 just because ... (it) doesn’t
mean ...

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used to say that although one thingistrue,
another thing is not necessarily true: Just because
you’re older than me doesn’tmean you can tell me
what to do!

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"Justice of the 'Peace

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n. [C] LAW someone
who judges less serious cases in small courts of law
and can perform marriage ceremonies

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jut

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/dZöt / v. (jutted, jutting) [I] also jutout to stick
up or out farther than the other things in the same
area: The land juts out into the ocean at that point.

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ju·ve·nile

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/'dZuv@nl, - "naIl / adj. 1 LAW relating
to young people who are not yet adults: juvenile
crime 2 typical of achild, rather than an adult
SYN childish: ajuvenile sense of humor
THE SA URUS child, kid, teenager,
adolescent, youngster, minor ➔ CH ILD
—juvenile n. [C]

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"juvenile de'linquent

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n. [C] achild or young
person who behavesinacriminal wa y —juvenile
delinquency n. [U]