EASIER ENGLISH BASIC DICTIONARY 7 ppsx

England England / ŋlənd/ noun a country in the southern part of the island of Great Brit-ain, the largest country in the United Kingdom 쑗 How long does it take to of Scottish people liv

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engineering

engineering /end"nərŋ/ noun the

science or study of the design of

techni-cal equipment 쑗 The college offers

courses in electrical engineering.

England

England /ŋlənd/ noun a country in the

southern part of the island of Great

Brit-ain, the largest country in the United

Kingdom 쑗 How long does it take to

of Scottish people live in England.

(NOTE: the word England is often used

instead of Britain, and this is a mistake,

as England is only one part of Great

Britain; note also the capital: London;

people: the English; language:

Eng-lish; currency: pound sterling)

English

English /ŋ'lʃ/ adjective relating to

England 쑗 the beautiful English

she is English, although she speaks with

often used instead of British This is a

mistake as England is only one part of

Great Britain Do not say the English

Prime Minister, say the British Prime

Minister.) 쐽 noun the English language

as a subject of study in school or

univer-sity 쑗 She’s good at maths but not so

gives English lessons at home in the

my English class.

Englishman

Englishman /ŋ'lʃmən/ noun a man

from England (NOTE: The plural is

Eng-lishmen.)

Englishwoman

Englishwoman /ŋ'lʃwυmən/ noun

a woman from England (NOTE: The

plu-ral is Englishwomen.)

enhance

enhance /n

value or power of something 쑗 Slot in

this new memory board to enhance your

enhance his performance as an athlete.

enjoy

enjoy /nd"ɔ/ verb to get pleasure from

something 쑗 Have you enjoyed the

they had enjoyed the film they all

because it make her seasick.

enjoyable

enjoyable /nd"ɔəb(ə)l/ adjective giv-ing pleasure

enjoyment

enjoyment /nd"ɔmənt/ noun pleas-ure

enlarge

enlarge /n

thing bigger 쑗 Could you enlarge this photograph?

enormous

enormous /

extremely large size 쑗 The ballroom is

enor-mous lunch.

enormously

enormously / much enough

enough /nf/ adjective as much as is

needed 쑗 Have you got enough money

There isn’t enough light to take

some-thing as is needed 쑗 I had £20 in my purse to pay the taxi, but it wasn’t

This box isn’t big enough for all these

ensure

ensure /nʃυə/ verb to make sure of

something 쑗 When taking a shower, please ensure that the shower curtain is

en-suring – ensured)

enter

enter /entə/ verb 1 to go into or to come

into a place 쑗 He took off his hat as he

your passport when you entered the

country? 2 to decide to take part in a

race or competition 쑗 She has entered

the 2,000 metres 3 to write information

on a book or a form, or to type

informa-tion into a computer system 쑗 We will just enter your name and address on the

which you press when you have finished keying something, or when you want to

start a new line 쑗 To log on to the sys-tem, type your password and press enter.

쒁 entrance, entry

entertain

entertain /entəten/ verb 1 to

per-form, e.g by telling stories to people or

making them laugh 쑗 He entertained us

tourists were entertained by the local

dance troupe 2 to have someone as a

guest and offer them a meal and drinks,

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and sometimes a place to sleep 쑗

They’re entertaining some Swedish

friends this evening.

entertainer

entertainer /entətenə/ noun a person

who entertains people, especially as a

job

entertainment

entertainment /entətenmənt/ noun

things such as films and shows that

peo-ple enjoy watching 쑗 She sang for their

en-tertainment in the village – the nearest

cinema is 25km away.

enthusiasm

enthusiasm /n

great interest and liking 쑗 We

succeed-ed, thanks to the enthusiasm and hard

She showed a lot of enthusiasm for our

new project.

enthusiastic

enthusiastic /n stk/

adjec-tive showing great interest and approval

enthusias-tic cheers at the end of the performance.

entire

entire /ntaə/ adjective whole 쑗 We

entire cast came on the stage and bowed

to the audience.

entirely

entirely /ntaəli/ adverb completely 쑗

entirely separate problem.

entrance

entrance /entrəns/ noun a door for

go-ing in 쑗 She was sitting at the entrance

entrance, near the café.

entrant

entrant /entrənt/ noun a person who

takes part in a race, examination or

com-petition 쑗 There are over a thousand

en-trants for the race.

entry

entry /entri/ noun 1 the act of going

into a place 쑗 The sign on the door said

‘No Entry’ 2 the door or opening

where you go into a place 쑗 The entry to

the cave was blocked by rocks 3 a piece

of information in a such as a dictionary,

or in a computer system 쑗 She looked up

the entry on ‘roses’ in the gardening

en-cyclopaedia.

envelope

envelope /envələυp/ noun a folded

pa-per cover for sending letters in 쑗 She

wrote the address on the envelope and

in-formation on the back of an envelope.

envious

envious /enviəs/ adjective feeling or showing in an unhappy way that you would like to have something that some-one else has

environment

environment /nvarənmənt/ noun the land, the water, the air and the build-ings which are around us, and the

condi-tions in which we live 쑗 The environ-ment in the office is not good for

produced by the factory is causing long-term damage to the environment.

environmental

environmental /nvarənment(ə)l/ adjective relating to the environment 쑗

measures taken to protect against

environmental group.

envy

envy /envi/ noun an unhappy feeling that you would like to have something

which someone else has 쑗 Her beautiful

verb to have the unhappy feeling that you would like to have something that

someone else has 쑗 I don’t envy him

en-vying – envied)

enzyme

enzyme /enzam/ noun a protein pro-duced by living cells which makes other substances change, as when digestion takes place

equal

equal /

the same amount as something else 쑗

female employees must have equal pay.

ex-actly the same as 쑗 His time for the 100

metres equals the existing record 2 to

give a particular result 쑗 Two plus two

equalled The US spelling is equaling – equaled.) 쐽 noun a person who is on

the same level as someone else 쑗 I don’t

equals here.

equally

equally /

same way 쑗 They are all equally guilty.

re-sponsible for the mistake.

equipment

equipment /kwpmənt/ noun all the things such as tools, arms and machines

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which are needed for something 쑗 He

brought all his camera equipment with

plu-ral: for one item say a piece of

equip-ment.)

error

error /erə/ noun something that is

wrong, especially a mistake in writing

or speaking 쑗 There isn’t a single error

made an error in calculating the bill.

erupt

erupt /rpt/ verb (of a volcano) to

throw out fire and other very hot

sub-stances 쑗 The volcano last erupted in

1968.

escape

escape /skep/ noun the act of getting

away from prison or from a difficult

sit-uation 쑗 There were three escapes from

sea was a wonderful escape from the

of-fice.

especially

especially /speʃ(ə)li/ adverb 1 used

for showing that something is the case

to a great degree 쑗 This suitcase is

espe-cially heavy 2 used for showing that

something is more important or true 쑗

She does get tired, especially on school

day.

essay

essay /ese/ noun a piece of writing on

a specific subject 쑗 a collection of the

homework, we have to write an essay on

pollution.

essential

essential /senʃəl/ adjective which is

very important or which you must have

noun a thing which is very important or

which you cannot do without 쑗 Sun

We’ve got all the basic essentials – food,

water and fuel.

essentially

essentially /senʃəli/ adverb used for

saying what is the most true, or the most

important fact 쑗 My new job is

essen-tially not so very different from my old

man, he does lose his temper sometimes.

establish

establish /stblʃ/ verb 1 to create

something, to set something up 쑗 The

business was established in Scotland in

working relationship with our

some-thing 쑗 If only the police could establish where the car was parked that evening.

rea-sons are for resigning.

establishment

establishment /stblʃmənt/ noun

1. the act of creating something 쑗 She helped them with the establishment of

plu-ral in this sense) 2 a business; an

or-ganisation 쑗 It’s an establishment which

an important teaching establishment.

Establishment, the

Establishment, the /stblʃmənt/ noun the most important people in soci-ety, especially those who are in

against the Establishment.

estate

estate /stet/ noun 1 a large area of

land belonging to one owner 쑗 He owns

a 250-acre estate in Norfolk 2 a group

of houses on one piece of land, usually all built at the same time

estimate

estimate 1 /estmət/ noun a calculation

or guess which shows the amount of something you think there is, or its

worth or cost 쑗 I wasn’t in when they came to read the gas meter, so this bill is

she gave me a rough estimate she gave

me an approximate calculation estimate

estimate 2 /estmet/ verb to calculate

or guess how much you think something

will cost or is worth 쑗 I estimate that it

costs at £50,000.

etc.

etc. /etsetərə/, etcetera adverb and so

on, and other things like this 쑗 Fruit such as oranges, bananas, etc.

euro

euro /jυərəυ/ noun the unit of money used by most countries in the European

Union 쑗 Many articles are priced in

num-bers: Ä250: say: ‘two hundred and fifty euros’)

Europe

Europe /jυərəp/ proper noun 1 the

continent of Europe, the part of the world to the west of Asia, extending

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from Russia to Ireland 쑗 Most of the

countries of Western Europe are

including the UK 쑗 Holidays in Europe

are less popular than last year.

European

European /jυərə

lating to Europe

evaluate

evaluate /vljuet/ verb to make a

judgement about something after

think-ing carefully about it 쑗 The students

were asked to evaluate the usefulness of

the lessons.

evaluation

evaluation /vljueʃ(ə)n/ noun the

act of evaluating something, or the

judgement made in this way (NOTE: no

plural)

evaporate

evaporate /vpəret/ verb (of liquid)

to turn into steam by being heated 쑗

Wa-ter gradually evaporates from the soil.

even

The road has a smooth, even surface 2.

not changing 쑗 They kept up an even

used for showing surprise or making an

expression stronger 쑗 He doesn’t even

She’s tall, but her sister is even taller.

evening

evening /

the day, when it starts to get dark 쑗 I

We arrived in London at breakfast time,

having left New York the previous

meal is served from 7.30 to 10.30.

evenly

evenly /

way

event

event /vent/ noun something important

which happens 쑗 the events leading up

always a very happy event.

eventually

eventually /ventʃuəli/ adverb in the

even-tually decided to sell the cottage.

ever

ever /evə/ adverb at any time (used with

negatives and in questions)쑗 Nothing

Germany?

evergreen

evergreen /

which keeps its leaves all winter 쑗 Holly and other evergreens can be used as decorations in winter.

every

every /evri/ adjective 1 each 쑗 It rained

Every Wednesday, he goes for a swim in

street has a garden 2 with a particular

amount of time or distance in between 쑗

The medicine is to be taken every four

10,000 kilometres.

everybody

everybody /evribɒdi/ pronoun same as

everyone

everyone

everyone /evriwn/ pronoun all the people involved in a particular situation

everyone and everybody are

fol-lowed by they, their, themselves,

etc., but the verb stays singular: Is ryone enjoying themselves? Not eve-rybody likes pop music, do they?) 왍

everyone else all the other people 쑗

Only Maggie could come – everyone else was too busy.

everything

everything /evriθŋ/ pronoun 1 all

things 쑗 Did you bring everything you

under control.

everywhere

everywhere /evriweə/ adverb in all

places 쑗 There were papers lying about

for the key and can’t find it.

evidence

evidence /evd(ə)ns/ noun a fact which proves that something really exists or

has happened 쑗 The bloodstains on his

Scientists are looking for evidence of

he was ever there.

evident

evident /evd(ə)nt/ adjective obvious evil

evil /

ex- 115 exchange

soon as he locked the door.

ex-ex- /eks/ prefix used for showing that a

person used to have a particular job or

relationship 쑗 an ex-soldier 쑗 Tom’s my

ex-boyfriend.

exact

exact /'zkt/ adjective completely

ac-curate, with no more or no less 쑗 What

salesgirl asked me if I had the exact

sum, since she had no change.

exactly

exactly /'zktli/ adverb not more, not

less 쑗 That comes to exactly ten dollars

16.24.

exaggerate

exaggerate /'zd"əret/ verb to

make things seem, e.g worse, better,

bigger than they really are 쑗 The wide

black belt exaggerates her small waist.

contribution.

exam

exam /'zm/ noun same as

her exams.

examination

examination /'zmneʃ(ə)n/ noun

1. an occasion on which someone looks

at something to see if it works properly,

or to see if something is wrong 쑗 He

The examination of the car showed that

its brakes were faulty 2 a written or

spoken test 쑗 The examination was very

She came first in the final examination

to exam in this sense)

examine

examine /'zmn/ verb 1 to look

carefully at something to see what is in

it, or what it is like 쑗 The doctor

exam-ine the shop’s scales to see if they show

offi-cials wanted to examine the inside of the

exam-ined in the laboratory 2 to test a

stu-dent 쑗 They examined everyone in

mathematics and computer skills.

examiner

examiner /'zmnə/ noun a person

who conducts an exam

example

example /'

chosen to show something 쑗 This is a good example of French architecture of

exam-ple to do things well or properly

your-self, so that other people can copy you 쑗

He sets everyone a good example by get-ting into the office before 8.00 every

someone to punish someone so that

oth-ers will learn not to do what that poth-erson

her by making her miss the class trip.

exceed

exceed /k

something 쑗 The car was exceeding the

Did the UN troops exceed their man-date?

excellent

excellent /eksələnt/ adjective very

good 쑗 We had an excellent meal in a

is excellent – it is much clearer than mine.

except

except /ksept/ preposition not

levied on all goods except books,

conjunction other than; apart from 쑗 He doesn’t do anything except sit and

Everyone enjoyed the birthday party, except (that) there wasn’t enough to eat.

(NOTE: [all senses] Do not confuse with

accept.)

exception

exception /ksepʃən/ noun something

that is not included 쑗 All the students

any exceptions to the rule?

exceptionally

exceptionally /ksepʃən(ə)li/ adverb

to a very great degree, often so great as

to be surprising exchange

exchange /kstʃend"/ verb to give one thing and to get another thing back

ex-changed shirts at the end of the match.

쐽 noun the act of giving one thing for

another 쑗 the exchange of rings during the wedding ceremony

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excited

excited /ksatd/ adjective lively and

happy because you think something

good is going to happen 쑗 She’s excited

at or by the thought of going on holiday.

see the children’s happy and excited

faces.

excitement

excitement /ksatmənt/ noun the

feeling of being excited 쑗 What’s all the

always in a state of excitement before

the holidays.

exciting

exciting /ksatŋ/ adjective 1 making

you feel excited 쑗 The news about the

house is really exciting 2 (of, e.g a

film or an experience) full of activity,

sometimes making you a little scared

because you do not know what is going

to happen 쑗 I couldn’t sleep after

watching an exciting film on TV.

exclaim

exclaim /ksklem/ verb to say

some-thing loudly and suddenly

exclude

exclude /k

someone or something 쑗 Damage by

fire is excluded from the insurance

list.

excuse

excuse 1 /k

for doing something wrong, or for not

doing what was expected 쑗 His excuse

for not coming was that he forgot the

date.

excuse

excuse 2 /k

someone for making a small mistake 쑗

Please excuse my arriving late like this.

execute

execute /

someone as a punishment 쑗 The

gov-ernment’s political enemies were

planned or agreed (formal) 쑗 As part of

the test, drivers are asked to execute an

emergency stop 3 in computing, to

car-ry out instructions 쑗 Press ENTER to

execute the program.

exercise

exercise /eksəsaz/ noun practice in

using physical or mental powers 쑗 She

does her piano exercises every morning.

왍 to take exercise to do physical

move-ments, like walking or running, in order

to keep fit 쑗 You should take some

exer-cise every day if you want to lose weight.

exercise book

exercise book /eksəsaz bυk/ noun a notebook with lines on each page for writing school work in

exhausted

exhausted /'

tired 쑗 I’m exhausted after running

home very late, with three exhausted children.

exhibition

exhibition /eksbʃ(ə)n/ noun a public show of things such as paintings or

flowers 쑗 The exhibition is open from

half an hour waiting to get into the Pi-casso exhibition.

exist

exist /'zst/ verb to be real or present 쑗

When I was a child, colour TV didn’t

– I think it has been burnt.

existence

existence /'zstəns/ noun the state of

being a real thing; life 쑗 Is there any-thing which proves the existence of life

ex-istence in a little coal mining town.

existing

existing /'zstŋ/ adjective in

opera-tion at this moment 쑗 Can we modify

Existing regulations do not allow the sale of food in the street.

exit

exit /e'zt/ noun a way out of a building

exits when the fire alarm rang.

expand

expand /kspnd/ verb to increase the

size or extent of something 쑗 We have plans to expand our business.

expect

expect /kspekt/ verb 1 to think or to

hope that something is going to happen

mo-ment or he is expected at any momo-ment 2.

to think or guess that something is the

case 쑗 I expect you are tired after your

long train journey 3 to think that it is

right that someone should do something

can’t talk for long – we’re expecting vis-itors.

expectation

expectation /ekspekteʃ(ə)n/ noun hope; a feeling that something will

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well, but in the end they exceeded all our

expectations.

expected

expected /kspektd/ adjective 1.

which you think or hope will happen 2.

due to arrive 쑗 Our guests are expected

at 10 o’clock.

expedition

expedition /ekspdʃ(ə)n/ noun a

journey to explore a place 쑗 He set off

on an expedition to the South Pole.

expense

expense /kspens/ noun an amount of

money that you have to pay 쑗 I can’t

The expense of running a household

seems to increase every week.

expensive

expensive /kspensv/ adjective

cost-ing a lot of money 쑗 Fresh vegetables

your furniture to Australia by sea – it

would be much too expensive by air.

experience

experience /kspəriəns/ noun 1.

knowledge obtained by working or

liv-ing in various situations 쑗 I have no

You must write down the full details of

Some experience of selling is required

sense) 2 something that happens to

wrote a book about his experiences in

some-thing 쑗 I’m surprised she’s so cheerful

have experienced a great deal of

experiencing sharp pains in his tooth.

experienced

experienced /kspəriənst/ adjective

good at something because you have

learnt a lot from particular experiences

you have had 쑗 She’s a very

are experienced in crowd control.

experiment

experiment 1 /kspermənt/ noun a

scientific test; a way of finding out

about something 쑗 to carry out

cus-tomers free samples as an experiment.

experiment

experiment 2 /ksperment/ verb to

carry out a scientific test 쑗 They are

ex-perimenting with a new treatment for

ex-periment on live animals.

expert

expert /

lot about a subject 쑗 They can give you

do-ing somethdo-ing very good at dodo-ing

something 쑗 I’m not very expert at

knows a great deal about a subject 쑗 a leading expert in tropical medicine or

the judge at the flower show 2 a person

who is very good at doing something 쑗

getting the children to go to bed.

explain

explain /ksplen/ verb 1 to give

rea-sons for something 쑗 Can you explain why the weather is cold in winter and

warm in summer? 2 to make something

clear 쑗 He tried to explain the new

what had happened, but the manager still thought she had tried to steal the watch.

explanation

explanation /ekspləneʃ(ə)n/ noun a

reason for something 쑗 The police

offic-er asked him for an explanation of why

company has given no explanation for the change of plan.

explode

explode /kspləυd/ verb (of bombs, etc.) to blow up 쑗 A bomb exploded in a crowded train.

explore

explore /k cover place and things that you have not

seen before 쑗 It is a part of the jungle

We spent our holidays exploring Hol-land by canal.

explosion

explosion /kspləυ"(ə)n/ noun an oc-casion on which something such as a

bomb explodes 쑗 Several explosions were heard during the night as the army occupied the city.

explosive

explosive /kspləυsv/ noun a sub-stance used for destroying things by

making them explode 쑗 Tests revealed

ex-plosives experts defused the bomb.

export

export 1 /

selling products in other countries 쑗

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sent to a foreign country to be sold 쑗

Ex-ports to Africa have increased by 25%.

export

export 2 /k

a foreign country for sale 쑗 The

compa-ny exports half of what it produces.

express

express /kspres/ verb to show

thoughts or feelings in words, pictures

or actions 쑗 He expressed his gratitude

expressed in fierce anger and constant

the express from London to Glasgow.

expression

expression /kspreʃ(ə)n/ noun 1 a

word, or group of words 쑗 ‘Until the

cows come home’ is an expression

which means ‘for a very long time’ 2 a

look on a person’s face which shows a

feeling 쑗 His expression showed how

the expression of surprise on her face 3.

the act of expressing thoughts and

feel-ings

extend

extend /kstend/ verb 1 to stretch

something out 쑗 She extended both

arms in welcome 2 to cover a particular

are area of land 쑗 The grounds of the

house extend over two hectares 3 to

make something longer or bigger 쑗 We

The company has extended my contract

for another two years.

extension

extension /kstenʃən/ noun 1 the act

of extending something 쑗 My visa has

expired, so I have applied for an

exten-sion 2 a telephone in an office which is

connected to the company’s main line 쑗

manager is on extension 23.

extensive

extensive /kstensv/ adjective

cover-ing a large area or amount 쑗 The

grounds of the house are very extensive.

re-pair work.

extent

extent /kstent/ noun the degree, size or

area of something 쑗 The extent of the

earthquake damage was only revealed

extent.

external

external /k

outside 쑗 The external walls of the

were all external.

extinct

extinct /kstŋkt/ adjective 1 (of a type

of animal or plant) no longer in exist-ence, because all of the same kind have

died 쑗 These birds are in danger of

be-coming extinct 2 ((of a volcano)) no

longer active 쑗 The mountain is an ex-tinct volcano.

extra

extra /ekstrə/ adjective more than

usu-al; additional 쑗 We need an extra four teachers or four extra teachers for this

Sundays.

extraordinarily

extraordinarily /k adverb extremely 쑗 Her action was ex-traordinarily brave.

extraordinary

extraordinary /k

jective 1 wonderful 쑗 Seeing her again

peacock’s feathers are quite

extraordi-nary weather for June.

extreme

extreme /k

great 쑗 The device is made to withstand

re-luctance to get involved 2 considered

unreasonable by some people 쑗 He holds extreme views.

extremely

extremely /k

great degree 쑗 It was extremely hot in

is extremely difficult to spend less than

$50.00 a day on meals in New York.

eye

eye /a/ noun 1 the organ in the head

which you see with 쑗 He has brown

in my eye 2 a small hole in the end of a

needle, through which the thread goes 앳

to catch someone’s eye to look at

someone who is looking at you 쑗 She caught his eye and nodded towards the

or something to watch someone or something carefully to see that it is safe

out for someone or something to

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watch to see if someone or something is

available or nearby 쑗 I must keep an eye

out for Seville oranges to make some

for the traffic warden while I go into the

bank?

eyebrow

eyebrow /abraυ/ noun the line of hair

above each of your eyes

eyelash

eyelash /alʃ/ noun one of the hairs growing round the edges of your eyes (NOTE: The plural is eyelashes.)

eyelid

eyelid /ald/ noun a piece of skin which covers the eye

eyesight

eyesight /asat/ noun the ability to see

f

f /ef/, F noun the sixth letter of the

alpha-bet, between E and G

fabric

fabric /fbrk/ noun cloth used for

making things such as clothes and

cur-tains 쑗 The curtains are made of an

ex-pensive fabric.

fabrication

fabrication /fbrkeʃ(ə)n/ noun an

invented story that is not true 쑗 The

newspaper story was a complete

fabri-cation from start to finish.

face

face /fes/ noun 1 the front part of your

head 쑗 Don’t forget to wash your face

before you go to the party 2 the front

part of something 쑗 a clock face 쑗 She

put the photograph face down on the

to-wards 쑗 Can everyone please face the

show your face to come to or be in a

place where there are other people 쑗

Af-ter what he said about my mother he

doesn’t dare show his face here.

face up to phrasal verb to accept an

unpleasant situation and try to deal with

it

facility

facility /fəslti/ noun 1 an ability to do

something easily 쑗 She has a facility for

of doing something 쑗 We offer facilities

for payment 3 a large building that

en-ables people to do or have something 쑗

We have opened our new warehouse

fact

fact /fkt/ noun 1 something such as a

piece of information that is true 쑗 He

faced up to the fact that he wasn’t fit

the facts before you wrote the article? 2.

왍 in fact, in actual fact really; the truth

is that 쑗 He told the police he had seen

a man steal a car but in fact he made the

a matter of fact actually; used for

say-ing what is really true, especially when

it is surprising 쑗 Have you seen John re-cently? – as a matter of fact I met him yesterday.

factor

factor /fktə/ noun 1 a thing which has

influence or importance 쑗 The key

the success of the village fair is the

produce a certain other number when

multiplied 쑗 Four and two are factors of eight.

factory

factory /fkt(ə)ri/ noun a building where things are made in large

quanti-ties using machines 쑗 She works in a

fade

fade /fed/ verb 1 to lose colour 쑗 The more you wash your jeans, the more

the sun 2 to become less bright or light

The islands faded away into the

sound of the music faded away.

fail

fail /fel/ verb 1 not to succeed 쑗 The ex-amination was very difficult – half the

in her attempt to become an MP 2 not

to do something 쑗 The car failed to stop

tax office of her change of address 3.

not to work properly 쑗 The brakes

all else fails if you can’t do anything

else 쑗 If all else fails you can always borrow my car.

failure

failure /feljə/ noun 1 a situation in

which something stops working 쑗 The

The failure of the plane’s engine caused

the crash 2 an occasion on a person or

gives English lessons at home in the

my English class.

Englishman

Englishman /ŋ''lʃmən/ noun a man

from... capital: London;

people: the English; language:

Eng-lish; currency: pound sterling)

English< /small>

English< /b> /ŋ''lʃ/ adjective relating...

Eng-lishmen.)

Englishwoman

Englishwoman /ŋ''lʃwυmən/ noun

a woman from England (NOTE: The

plu-ral is Englishwomen.)

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