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stand up phrasal verb to get up from sitting 쑗 When the teacher comes into the room all the children should stand up.. 쐽 verb to cook food for a long time in liq-uid 쑗 Stew the apples un

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stable

stable / steb(ə)l/ adjective which does

not change 쑗 The hospital said his

con-dition was stable 쐽 noun a building for

keeping a horse 쑗 My horse is not in his

stable, who’s riding him?

stack

stack /stk/ noun a pile or heap of

things one on top of the other 쑗 a stack

of books and papers 쐽 verb to pile

things on top of each other 쑗 The skis

are stacked outside the chalet 쑗 She

stacked up the dirty plates 쑗 The

ware-house is stacked with boxes.

stadium

stadium / stediəm/ noun a large

build-ing where crowds of people watch sport,

with seats arranged around a sports field

(NOTE: The plural is stadiums or

sta-dia.)

staff

staff /

work in a company, school, college, or

other organisation 쑗 She’s on the school

staff 쑗 Only staff can use this lift 쑗 A

quarter of our staff are ill 쑗 That firm

pays its staff very badly 쑗 He joined the

staff last Monday 쑗 Three members of

staff are away sick (NOTE: staff refers

to a group of people and so is often

fol-lowed by a verb in the plural.)

stage

stage /sted"/ noun 1 a raised floor,

es-pecially where the actors perform in a

theatre 쑗 The pop group came onto the

stage and started to sing 2 one of

sev-eral points of development 쑗 the

differ-ent stages of a production process 쑗 The

first stage in the process is to grind the

rock to powder 3 a section of a long

journey 쑗 Stage one of the tour takes us

from Paris to Bordeaux 쐽 verb to put on

or arrange a play, a show, a musical or

other performance or event 쑗 The

exhi-bition is being staged in the college

li-brary.

stagger

stagger / st'ə/ verb 1 to walk in way

that is not steady or controlled, almost

falling down 쑗 She managed to stagger

across the road and into the police

sta-tion 쑗 Three men staggered out of the

pub 2 to surprise someone very much

쑗 I was staggered at the amount they

charge for service 3 to arrange

some-thing such as holidays or working hours,

so that they do not all begin and end at

the same time 쑗 We have to stagger the

lunch hour so that there is always

some-one on the switchboard 쐽 noun themovement of someone who is stagger-

ing 쑗 He walked with a noticeable ger.

stag-stain

stain /sten/ noun a mark which is

diffi-cult to remove, e.g ink or blood 쑗 It is difficult to remove coffee stains from the tablecloth 쑗 There was a round stain on the table where he had put his wine glass 쐽 verb to make a mark of a differ-

ent colour on something 쑗 If you eat those berries they will stain your teeth.

쑗 His shirt was stained with blood.

stake

stake /stek/ noun a strong pointed piece

of wood or metal, pushed into theground to mark something, or to hold

something up 쑗 They hammered stakes into the ground to put up a wire fence 쑗

The apple trees are attached to stakes.

stale

stale /stel/ adjective food which is stale

is old and no longer freshstalk

stalk /

which holds a leaf, a flower or a fruit 쑗

Roses with very long stalks are more pensive 쐽 verb to stay near someoneand watch him or her all the time, espe-cially in a way that is frightening or up-

ex-setting 쑗 She told the police that a man was stalking her 쑗 The hunters stalked the deer for several miles.

stall

stall /where one person sells his or her goods

쑗 He has a flower stall at Waterloo tion 쑗 We wandered round the market looking at the stalls 쐽 verb (of a car en-gine) to stop unintentionally, oftenwhen trying to drive off without acceler-

Sta-ating 쑗 If he takes his foot off the erator, the engine stalls 쑗 The car stalled at the traffic lights and he couldn’t restart it.

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stamp 305 star

out ‘he’s – he’s – he’s after me, he’s got

– got – a knife’ 쐽 noun a speech

prob-lem that involves hesitating and

repeat-ing sounds when speakrepeat-ing 쑗 Because of

his stammer he was shy and reserved at

school.

stamp

stamp /stmp/ noun 1 a little piece of

paper with a price printed on it which

you stick on a letter to show that you

have paid for it to be sent by post 쑗 a

first-class stamp 쑗 She forgot to put a

stamp on the letter before she posted it.

쑗 He wants to show me his stamp

col-lection 2 a mark made on something 쑗

The invoice has the stamp ‘received with

thanks’ on it 쑗 The customs officer

looked at the stamps in his passport 쐽

verb 1 to mark something with a stamp

쑗 They stamped my passport when I

en-tered the country 2 to walk, or to put

your feet down, with loud or forceful

steps 쑗 They stamped on the ants to kill

them 쑗 He was so angry that he

stamped out of the room.

stand

stand /stnd/ verb 1 to be upright on

your feet and not sitting or lying down 쑗

She stood on a chair to reach the top

shelf 쑗 They were so tired they could

hardly keep standing 쑗 If there are no

seats left, we’ll have to stand 쑗 Don’t

just stand there doing nothing – come

and help us 2 to be upright 쑗 Only a

few houses were still standing after the

earthquake 쑗 The jar was standing in

the middle of the table 3 to accept

something bad that continues 쑗 The

of-fice is filthy – I don’t know how you can

stand working here 쑗 She can’t stand

all this noise 쑗 He stopped going to

French lessons because he couldn’t

stand the teacher (NOTE: stands –

standing – stood /stυd/) 쐽 noun

something which holds something up 쑗

The pot of flowers fell off its stand.

stand for phrasal verb to have a

mean-ing 쑗 What do the letters BBC stand

for?

stand out phrasal verb to be easily

seen 쑗 Their house stands out because it

is painted pink 쑗 Her red hair makes

her stand out in a crowd.

stand up phrasal verb to get up from

sitting 쑗 When the teacher comes into

the room all the children should stand

up 쑗 He stood up to offer his seat to the old lady.

stand up for phrasal verb to try to fend someone or something in a diffi-

de-cult situation 쑗 He stood up for the rights of children.

stand up to phrasal verb 1 to oppose

someone bravely 쑗 No one was pared to stand up to the head of depart-

pre-ment 2 to be able to resist difficult

conditions 쑗 A carpet in a shop has to stand up to a lot of wear.

standard

standard / stndəd/ noun 1 the level

of quality something has 쑗 The ard of service in this restaurant is very high 쑗 This piece of work is not up to

stand-your usual standard 2 an excellent

quality which something or someone is

expected to achieve 쑗 This product does not meet our standards 쑗 She has set a standard which it will be difficult to

match 3 a large official flag 쑗 The

roy-al standard flies over Buckingham Proy-al- ace 쐽 adjective 1 usual, not special 쑗

Pal-She joined on a standard contract 쑗

You will need to follow the standard

pro-cedure to join the association 2 on a

tall polestank

stank /stŋk/ past tense of stink

ples 쑗 Don’t staple the cheque to the der form.

or-star

star /can be seen in the sky at night like a very

distant bright light 쑗 On a clear night you can see thousands of stars 쑗 The pole star shows the direction of the

North Pole 2 a shape that has several

points like a star 쑗 Draw a big star and

colour it red 3 a famous person who is

very well known to the public 쑗 football stars 쑗 Who is your favourite film star?

쐽 verb to appear as a main character in

a film or play 쑗 She starred in ‘Gone with the Wind’ 쑗 He has a starring role

in the new play (NOTE: stars – starring

– starred)

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stare

stare /steə/ verb to look at someone or

something for a long time 쑗 She stared

sadly out of the window at the rain 쐽

noun a long fixed look 쑗 He gave her a

stare and walked on.

start

start /

thing 쑗 Building the house took only six

months from start to finish 쑗 Things

went wrong from the start 쑗 Let’s forget

all you’ve done up to now, and make a

fresh start 쐽 verb 1 to begin to do

something 쑗 The babies all started to

cry or all started crying at the same

time 쑗 He started to eat or he started

eating his dinner before the rest of the

family 쑗 Take an umbrella – it’s

start-ing to rain 쑗 When you learn Russian,

you have to start by learning the

alpha-bet 2 (of a machine) to begin to work

쑗 The car won’t start – the battery must

be flat 쑗 The engine started beautifully.

앳 to start with first of all 쑗 We have

lots to do but to start with we’ll do the

washing up.

start off phrasal verb 1 to begin 쑗

We’ll start off with soup and then have

a meat dish 2 to leave on a journey 쑗

You can start off now, and I’ll follow

when I’m ready.

state /stet/ noun 1 the way something

or someone is at a specific time 쑗 The

children are in a state of excitement 쑗

They left the flat in a terrible state 쑗

She’s not in a fit state to receive visitors.

2. the government of a country 쑗 We all

pay taxes to the state 쑗 The state should

pay for the upkeep of museums 3 an

in-dependent country 쑗 The member states

of the European Union 4 one of the

parts into which some countries are

di-vided 쑗 the State of Arizona 쑗 New

South Wales has the largest population

of all the Australian states 쐽verb to

give information clearly 쑗 Please state

your name and address 쑗 It states in the

instructions that you must not open the

can near a flame 쑗 The document states

that all revenue has to be declared to the

tax office 앳 in a state 1 in a very

un-happy, worried or upset condition 쑗

She’s in such a state that I don’t want to leave her alone 쑗 He was in a terrible

state after the phone call 2. in a dirty or

bad condition 쑗 Look at the state of your trousers 쑗 They left our flat in a terrible state.

statement

statement / stetmənt/ noun 1

some-thing that is spoken or written publicly

쑗 a statement about or on the new cedures 쑗 She refused to issue a state-

pro-ment to the press 2 a written docupro-ment

from a bank showing how much money

is in an accountstation

station / steʃ(ə)n/ noun 1 a place

where trains stop and passengers get on

or off 쑗 The train leaves the Central Station at 14.15 쑗 This is a fast train –

it doesn’t stop at every station 쑗 We’ll try to get a sandwich at the station buf-

fet 2 a large main building for a service

쑗 The fire station is just down the road from us 쑗 He was arrested and taken to the local police station.

plural Do not confuse with

station-ary.)

statue

statue /person or animal made from a substancesuch as stone or metal

status

status / stetəs/ noun 1 social

impor-tance when compared to other people 쑗

He has a low-status job on the ground 쑗 His status in the company has

Under-been rising steadily 2 a general

posi-tionstay

stay /ste/ verb 1 not to change 쑗 The temperature stayed below zero all day.

쑗 In spite of the fire, he stayed calm 쑗 I won’t be able to stay awake until mid-

night 2 to stop in a place 쑗 They came for lunch and stayed until after mid- night 쑗 I’m rather tired so I’ll stay at home tomorrow 쑗 He’s ill and has to

stay in bed 3 to stop in a place as a

vis-itor 쑗 They stayed two nights in burgh on their tour of Scotland 쑗

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Where will you be staying when you’re

in New York? 쑗 My parents are staying

at the Hotel London.

stay up phrasal verb not to go to bed

steadily

steadily / stedli/ adverb regularly or

continuously

steady

steady / stedi/ adjective 1 firm and not

moving or shaking 쑗 You need a steady

hand to draw a straight line without a

ruler 쑗 He put a piece of paper under

the table leg to keep it steady 2

contin-uing in a regular way 쑗 There is a steady

demand for computers 쑗 The car was

doing a steady seventy miles an hour 쑗

She hasn’t got a steady boyfriend.

(NOTE: steadier – steadiest) 쐽 verb to

keep something firm 쑗 He put out his

hand to steady the ladder (NOTE:

steadies – steadying – steadied)

steak

steak /stek/ noun 1 a thick piece of

meat, usually beef 쑗 He ordered steak

and chips 쑗 I’m going to grill these

steaks 2 a thick piece of a big fish 쑗 A

grilled salmon steak for me, please!

(NOTE: Do not confuse with stake.)

steal

steal /

something that belongs to another

per-son without permission 쑗 Someone

tried to steal my handbag 쑗 He was

ar-rested for stealing cars 2 to move

qui-etly 쑗 He stole into the cellar and tried

to find the safe (NOTE: Do not confuse

with steel Note also: steals –

steal-ing – stole / stəυl/ – stolen / stbən/ adjective

deter-mined not to change your mind 쑗 He’s

so stubborn – he only does what he

who is studying at a college, university

or school 쑗 All the science students

came to my lecture 쑗 She’s a brilliant

student 쑗 Two students had to sit the

exam again.

studio

studio /

where an artist paints 쑗 She uses this

room as a studio because of the good

light 2 a place where things such as

films or broadcasts are made 쑗 And

now, back to the studio for the latest

news and weather report 쑗 They spent

the whole day recording the piece in the

studio 3 a very small flat for one

per-son, usually one room with a small

kitchen and bathroom 쑗 You can rent a

studio overlooking the sea for £300 a

week in high season (NOTE: The plural

is studios.)

study

study / stdi/ noun the work of

examin-ing somethexamin-ing carefully to learn more

about it 쑗 The company asked the

con-sultant to prepare a study into new

pro-duction techniques 쑗 The review has

published studies on the new drug.

(NOTE: The plural is studies.) 쐽 verb 1

to learn about a subject at college or

uni-versity 쑗 He is studying medicine

be-cause he wants to be a doctor 쑗 She’s

studying French and Spanish in the

modern languages department 2 to

look at something carefully 쑗 She was

studying the guidebook (NOTE: studies

– studying – studied)

stuff

stuff /stf/ noun 1 a substance,

especial-ly something unpleasant 쑗 You’ve got

some black stuff stuck to your shoe 2.

equipment or possessions 쑗 Dump all

your stuff in the living room 쑗 Take all

that stuff and put it in the dustbin 쑗 All

your photographic stuff is still in the back of my car 쐽 verb 1 to push some-

thing into something to fill it 쑗 He stuffed his pockets full of peppermints 쑗

The £20 notes were stuffed into a small

plastic wallet 2. to put small pieces offood such as bread, meat or herbs insidemeat or vegetables before cooking them

쑗 We had roast veal stuffed with rooms.

mush-stuffy

stuffy / stfi/ adjective without any

fresh air 쑗 Can’t you open a window, it’s

so stuffy in here? (NOTE: stuffier –

stuffiest)

stumble

stumble / stmbəl/ verb 1 to almost

fall by hitting your foot against

some-thing 쑗 He stumbled as he tried to get

down the stairs in the dark 2 to make

mistakes when reading aloud or

speak-ing 쑗 She stumbled a little when had to read the foreign words.

stump

stump /stmp/ noun 1 a short piece of

something left sticking up, such as themain stem of a tree that has been cut

down 쑗 After cutting down the trees, we

need to get rid of the stumps 2 one of

the three sticks placed in the ground in

cricket 쑗 The ball hit the stumps and the last man was out.

stun

stun /stn/ verb 1 to make someone

be-come unconscious with a blow to the

head 쑗 The blow on the head stunned

him 2 to shock someone completely 쑗

She was stunned when he told her that

he was already married (NOTE: stuns –

stunning – stunned)

stupid

stupid /

intelligent 쑗 What a stupid man! 2

be-having in a way that is not sensible 쑗 It was stupid of her not to wear a helmet when riding on her scooter 쑗 He made several stupid mistakes.

sturdy

sturdy /not easily damaged (NOTE: sturdier –

tak-verb to repeat the same sounds when

speaking 쑗 He stuttered badly when making his speech.

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