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email /
a system of sending messages from one
computer to another, using telephone
lines 쑗 You can contact me by phone or
email if you want 쑗 I’ll give you my
email address 2 a message sent by
email 쑗 I had two emails from him this
morning 쐽verb to send a message to
someone using email 쑗 I emailed him
about the meeting.
embarrass
embarrass /m brəs/ verb to make
someone feel uncomfortable in front of
other people, e.g by talking about
something that they would prefer other
people not to know about
embarrassed
embarrassed /m brəst/ adjective
uncomfortable or ashamed, and not
knowing what to do 쑗 She gave an
em-barrassed laugh, and said she had
for-gotten to bring the present 쑗 He was so
embarrassed that he turned bright red.
embarrassing
embarrassing /m brəsŋ/ adjective
making a person feel embarrassed 쑗 It
was very embarrassing when he told
everyone about my mistake.
embryo
embryo / embriəυ/ noun the first state
of a living organism 쑗 a human embryo
emerge
emerge /
existence as something 쑗 It was only
af-ter the election that he emerged as party
leader 2 to become known 쑗 It soon
emerged that the Prime Minister knew
nothing about what was happening.
emergency
emergency /
gerous situation such as a fire or an
ac-cident, where decisions have to be taken
quickly 쑗 Phone for an ambulance –
this is an emergency!
emotion
emotion / məυʃ(ə)n/ noun a strong
feeling 쑗 Hatred and love are two of the
most powerful emotions 쑗 He tried to
hide his emotions when he made his
speech.
emotional
emotional / məυʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ adjective
causing you to feel emotion, or showing
emotion 쑗 Saying goodbye was an
emo-tional time for us all 쑗 The music made
her feel very emotional and she started
to cry.
emphasis
emphasis / emfəss/ noun 1 the act of
showing the importance of something,
usually in speech 쑗 Don’t put too much
emphasis on his age 쑗 She banged the
table for emphasis as she spoke 2. howloud your voice is when you pronounce
a word or phrase 쑗 Everyone noticed the emphasis he put on the word ‘peace’.
(NOTE: The plural is emphases.)
emphasise
emphasise / emfəsaz/, emphasize
verb to show how important you feelsomething is, by saying it more loudly
or slowly 쑗 Please emphasise that the meeting must start on time 쑗 He em- phasised the importance of everyone working together 쑗 She kept on empha- sising the same point over and over again.
Brit-to the middle of Europe.
employ
employ /m plɔ/ verb 1 to give
some-one regular paid work 쑗 He is employed
as a gardener by the duke 쑗 She is
em-ployed in the textile industry 2 to use
something (formal) 쑗 If we were to ploy more up-to-date methods, would
em-we make more money? 쑗 How can we best employ our free time on Sunday?
employee
employee /m
who is employed 쑗 The company has decided to take on twenty new employ- ees.
employment
employment /m ŋ'lʃ/ adjective relating to
England 쑗 the beautiful English
coun-tryside 쑗 Is the English weather really
as bad as it is made out to be? 쑗 I think
she is English, although she speaks with
an Australian accent (NOTE: English is
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
as a subject of study in school or
univer-sity 쑗 She’s good at maths but not so
good at English 쑗 As well as teaching
English, he also teaches drama 쑗 Mr
Smith is our English teacher 쑗 She
gives English lessons at home in the
evenings 쑗 There are twenty students in
my English class.
Englishman
Englishman / ŋ'lʃmən/ noun a man
from England (NOTE: The plural is
value or power of something 쑗 Slot in
this new memory board to enhance your
computer memory 쑗 He took drugs to
enhance his performance as an athlete.
enjoy
enjoy /n d"ɔ/ verb to get pleasure from
something 쑗 Have you enjoyed the
hol-iday so far? 쑗 When he asked them if
they had enjoyed the film they all
an-swered ‘no’ 쑗 She doesn’t enjoy sailing
because it make her seasick.
enormously
enormously / muchenough
enough / nf/ adjective as much as is
needed 쑗 Have you got enough money for your fare or to pay your fare? 쑗
There isn’t enough light to take graphs 쐽pronoun as much of some-
photo-thing as is needed 쑗 I had £20 in my purse to pay the taxi, but it wasn’t enough 쑗 Have you all had enough to eat? 쐽 adverb as much as is needed 쑗
This box isn’t big enough for all these books 쑗 He doesn’t work fast enough.
ensure
ensure /n ʃυə/ verb to make sure of
something 쑗 When taking a shower, please ensure that the shower curtain is inside the bath (NOTE: ensures – 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 entered the church 쑗 Did they stamp 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 computer 쐽 noun the key on a keyboardwhich you press when you have finishedkeying something, or when you want to
start a new line 쑗 To log on to the tem, type your password and press enter.
entertain
entertain /entə ten/ verb 1 to
per-form, e.g by telling stories to people or
making them laugh 쑗 He entertained us with stories of his life in the army 쑗 The 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 tenə/ noun a person
who entertains people, especially as a
job
entertainment
entertainment /entə tenmənt/ noun
things such as films and shows that
peo-ple enjoy watching 쑗 She sang for their
entertainment 쑗 There’s not much
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
work of a small group of members 쑗
She showed a lot of enthusiasm for our
new project.
enthusiastic
enthusiastic /n stk/
adjec-tive showing great interest and approval
쑗 The editor was very enthusiastic
about my book 쑗 There were
enthusias-tic cheers at the end of the performance.
entire
entire /n taə/ adjective whole 쑗 We
spent the entire day gardening 쑗 The
entire cast came on the stage and bowed
to the audience.
entirely
entirely /n taəli/ adverb completely 쑗
I agree with you entirely 쑗 This is an
entirely separate problem.
entrance
entrance / entrəns/ noun a door for
go-ing in 쑗 She was sitting at the entrance
to the museum 쑗 Let’s meet at the side
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 / ...
gives English lessons at home in the
evenings 쑗 There are twenty students in
my English class.
Englishman
Englishman... beautiful English
coun-tryside 쑗 Is the English weather really
as bad as it is made out to be? 쑗 I think
she is English, ... so
good at English 쑗 As well as teaching
English, he also teaches drama 쑗 Mr
Smith is our English teacher 쑗