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ˌtry something ˈon Try the shoes on before you buy them. |
to put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks |
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Put on He put on an American accent. I donʼt think she was hurt. She was just putting it on. |
to pretendيتظاهر to have a particular feeling, quality, way of speaking, etc. |
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Genuine . ص |
real; exactly what it appears to be; not artificial |
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Keep on The rain kept on all night. Keep on until you get to the church. |
to continue |
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Pass on Thanks. Iʼm going to pass on dessert, if you donʼt mind. |
[intransitive] pass (on something) to say that you do not want something that is offered to you |
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Call in |
Visit a place or person for a short time, usually when you are going somewhere else |
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Take sth in or Take in sth This dress needs to be taken in at the waist. |
to make a piece of clothing narrower or tighter ➔ OPPOSITE let out |
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Rub sth in or Rub in sth Rub the cream in gently with the tips of your fingers |
Put a substance on the surface of sth and rub it so that it goes into the surface |
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Lock sb in or Lock in sb At 9 p.m. the prisoners are locked in for the night. |
to prevent somebody from leaving a place by locking the door |
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Push in It's so annoying when people push in at the bus stop |
to go in front of other people who are waiting |
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Sink in He paused to allow his words to sink in. The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in. It took a moment for the implications of what she was saying to sink in. |
(of words, an event, etc.) to be fully understood or realized |
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Pale .adj |
باهت وشاحب |
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Rely/ depend / count .... on/upon |
Be confident that sb will help you |
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Chop/cut down |
to make something, such as a tree, fall by cutting it at the base with a sharp tool |
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Weigh down I was weighed down with baggage. She tried to swim to the surface, but her clothes and shoes weighed her down. |
to make somebody/something heavier so that they are not able to move easily |
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Load down .v She was loaded down with bags of groceries |
[usually passive] to give somebody/something a lot of heavy things to carry |
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Take down Reporters took down every word of his speech. |
to write something down |
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Write down Write down the address before you forget it. |
to write something on paper, especially in order to remember or record it |
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Keep down to keep down wages/prices/the cost of living Keep your voice down—I donʼt want anyone else to hear. Keep the noise down (= be quiet). |
to make something stay at a low level; to avoid increasing something |
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Cut down We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words. The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking. I wonʼt have a cigarette, thanks—Iʼm trying to cut down (= smoke fewer). |
to reduce the size, amount or number of something |
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Shut down The computer system will be shut down over the weekend |
to stop a factory, shop/store, etc. from opening for business; to stop a machine from working |
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Close down All the steelworks around here were closed down in the 1980s |
if a company, shop/store, etc. closes, or if you close it, it stops operating as a business |
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Read over |
to read something carefully from beginning to end to look for mistakes or check details |
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Look over We looked over the house again before we decided we would rent it |
to examine something to see how good, big, etc. it is |
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Go over Go over your work before you hand it in |
to examine or check something carefully |
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Hand over He handed over a cheque for $200 000. They handed the weapons over to the police. |
to give something/somebody officially or formally to another person |
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Stay over We have a spare bed if you want to stay over. |
to sleep at somebodyʼs house for one night |
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Get over He was disappointed at not getting the job, but heʼll get over it. |
to return to your usual state of health, happiness, etc. after an illness, a shock, the end of a relationship, etc. |
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Fell over |
Fell to the ground |
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Rebel troops |
قوات المتمردين |
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Oaks |
البلوط |
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Inflation |
التضخم |
