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underwear underwear / ndəweə/ noun clothes worn next to your skin under other clothes NOTE: no plural undo undo /n which is tied or fastened 쑗 The first thing he did on getting home was

twist 343 tyre

sion 2 to spin round 쑗 Models twirled

round on the catwalk.

twist

twist /twst/ verb 1 to wind something

round something 쑗 She twisted the

string round a piece of stick 2 to turn in

different directions 쑗 The path twisted

between the fields.

two

only two peppermints left in the box 쑗

His son’s only two (years old), so he

can’t read yet 쑗 She didn’t come home

until after two (o’clock).

tying

tying / taŋ/ present participle of tie

type

type /tap/ noun a group of people,

ani-mals or things that are similar to each

other 쑗 This type of bank account pays

10% interest 쑗 What type of

accommo-dation are you looking for? 쐽verb to

write with a computer or typewriter 쑗

Please type your letters – your writing’s

so bad I can’t read it 쑗 She only typed two lines and made six mistakes.

typewriter

typewriter / tapratə/ noun a machinewhich prints letters or numbers on apiece of paper when keys are pressedtypical

typical / tpk(ə)l/ adjective having theusual qualities of a particular group or

occasion 쑗 Describe a typical day at school 쑗 He’s definitely not a typical bank manager.

tyre

tyre / taə/ noun a ring made of rubber

which is put round a wheel 쑗 Check the pressure in the car tyres before starting

a journey 쑗 They used an old tyre to make a seat for the garden swing.

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ugly / 'li/ adjective unpleasant to look

at 쑗 What an ugly pattern! 쑗 The part of

the town round the railway station is

even uglier than the rest (NOTE: uglier

– ugliest)

UK

UK abbr United Kingdom 쑗 Exports from

the UK or UK exports rose last year.

umbrella

umbrella /m brelə/ noun a round

frame covered with cloth which you

hold over your head to keep off the rain

쑗 Can I borrow your umbrella? 쑗 As it

was starting to rain, he opened his

um-brella 쑗 The wind blew my umbrella

in-side out.

unable

unable /n eb(ə)l/ adjective not able to

do something 쑗 I regret that I am unable

to accept your suggestion 쑗 She was

unable to come to the meeting (NOTE:

be unable to is a rather formal way of

saying can’t.)

unattractive

unattractive /nə trktv/ adjective

not attractive 쑗 Her husband is a rather

unattractive man 쑗 The house is

unat-tractive from the outside.

unbearable

unbearable /n beərəb(ə)l/ adjective

so bad that you cannot accept it or deal

unbreakable /n stυd/)

understanding

understanding /ndə stndŋ/ noun

1. the ability to understand something 쑗

My understanding of how the Internet

works is severely limited 2 sympathy

for someone else and their problems 쑗

The boss showed no understanding

when she told him about her financial

difficulties 쑗 The aim is to promote

un-derstanding between the two countries.

3. a private agreement 쑗 We reached an

understanding with the lawyers 쑗 The

understanding was that we would all go

to the office after lunch 쐽 adjective

sympathetic 쑗 His understanding

atti-tude was much appreciated.

underwater

underwater /ndə

below the surface of the water 쑗 How

long can you stay underwater? 쑗 He

dived and swam underwater for several

seconds 쑗 She goes on holiday to the

Red Sea to do underwater photography.

underwear

underwear / ndəweə/ noun clothes

worn next to your skin under other

clothes (NOTE: no plural)

undo

undo /n

which is tied or fastened 쑗 The first thing he did on getting home was to undo his tie 쑗 Undo your top button if your collar is too tight (NOTE: undoes

/n dz/ – undid /n dd/ – undone

/n dn/)undress

undress /n dres/ verb to take yourclothes off

undressed

undressed /n drest/ adjective having

just taken off your clothes 쑗 The dren are getting undressed ready for bed 쑗 Are you undressed yet?

chil-uneasy

uneasy /nworried (NOTE: uneasier – uneasiest)

unemployed

unemployed /nm plɔd/ adjective

without a job 쑗 The government is couraging unemployed teenagers to ap- ply for training grants.

en-unemployment

unemployment /nm plɔmənt/noun a lack of work 쑗 The unemploy- ment figures or the figures for unem- ployment are rising.

uneven

uneven /nsmooth or flatunexpected

unexpected /nk spektd/ adjectivewhich is surprising and not what was

expected 쑗 We had an unexpected visit from the police 쑗 His failure was quite unexpected.

un-unfortunately

unfortunately /nverb which you wish was not true 쑗 Un- fortunately the train arrived so late that she missed the meeting.

unhappy /n hpi/ adjective sad, not

happy 쑗 He’s unhappy in his job

be-cause his boss is always criticising him.

쑗 She looked very unhappy when she

came out of the hospital 쑗 The children

had an unhappy childhood (NOTE:

un-happier – unhappiest)

unhealthy

unhealthy /n helθi/ adjective not

healthy, especially often ill 쑗 I thought

her face was an unhealthy colour.

(NOTE: unhealthier – unhealthiest)

uniform

uniform /

clothes worn by all members of an

or-ganisation or group 쑗 He went to the

fancy dress party dressed in a

police-man’s uniform 쑗 Who are those people

in French army uniform? 쑗 What colour

is her school uniform? 쑗 The holiday

camp staff all wear yellow uniforms.

joined together, or the process of joining

together 쑗 We support the union of these

various groups under one umbrella

or-ganisation.

unique

unique / 

anything else and therefore the only on

of its type 쑗 The stamp is unique, and so

is worth a great deal 쑗 He’s studying

the unique vegetation of the island.

unit

unit /

thing larger 쑗 If you pass three units of

the course you can move to the next

lev-el 2 one piece of furniture which can

be matched with others 쑗 The kitchen is

designed as a basic set of units with

more units which can be added later 3.

the amount used to measure something

쑗 Kilos and pounds are units of weight.

4. a single number less than ten 쑗 63 has

six tens and three units.

unite

unite /  nat/ verb to join together into

a single body

united

united /  natd/ adjective joined

to-gether as a whole 쑗 Relief workers from

various countries worked as a united

team 쑗 They were united in their desire

to improve their working conditions.

universal

universal / which is understood or experienced by

everyone in the world 쑗 There is a versal hope for peace in the region.

uni-universe

universe /everything that exists in it, including theearth, the planets and the starsuniversity

university / cational institution where students studyfor degrees and where students and

teachers do research 쑗 You need to do well at school to be able to go to univer- sity 쑗 My sister is at university (NOTE:

The plural is universities.)

unkind

unkind /n ... to

know what something means 쑗 Don’t

try to talk English to Mr Yoshida – he

doesn’t understand it to have

sympa-thy... underwater? 쑗 He

dived and swam underwater for several

seconds 쑗 She goes on holiday to the

Red Sea to underwater photography....

chil-uneasy

uneasy /nworried (NOTE: uneasier – uneasiest)

unemployed

unemployed /nmplɔd/