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disagree strongly with someone 쑗 They
soon came into conflict over who should
be in charge.
conflict
conflict 2 /kən flkt/ verb to disagree
with someone or something 쑗 His
ver-sion of events conflicts with that of his
partner.
confuse
confuse /kən
someone feel that they cannot
under-stand something 쑗 She was confused by
all the journalists’ questions 2 to mix
things or people up 쑗 The twins are so
always confuse him with his brother –
they are very alike.
confused
confused /kən
to understand or to think clearly 쑗 I’m a
bit confused – did we say 8 p.m or 8.30?
con-fused in her old age.
confusing
confusing /kən
cult to understand 쑗 They found the
in-structions on the computer very
confus-ing.
confusion
confusion /kən
state of not knowing what to do or how
to decide something 쑗 Her reply just
created more confusion over who was
decide what is happening or what to do
confusion 2 a state in which things are
not organised in the correct way or are
not clear 쑗 There were scenes of
confu-sion at the airport when the snow
stopped all flights.
congratulate
congratulate /kən 'rtʃυlet/ verb 1.
to tell someone that you are very
pleased that they have been successful 쑗
I want to congratulate you on your
pro-motion 2 to give someone your best
wishes on a special occasion 쑗 He
con-gratulated them on their silver wedding
someone on something.)
congratulation
congratulation /kən 'rtʃυ leʃ(ə)n/
noun praise for someone who has done
well 쑗 His grandparents sent him a
let-ter of congratulation on passing his
an expression of good wishes to
some-one who has dsome-one well or who is
cele-brating a special occasion 쑗 a
The office sent him their congratula-tions on his wedding.
conjunction
conjunction /kən d"ŋkʃən/ noun 1 a
word which connects different sections
of a sentence ‘and’ and ‘but’ are
con-junctions 2 왍 in conjunction with
someone or something together with
someone or something 쑗 The icy road in conjunction with fog made driving very difficult.
connect
connect /kə nekt/ verb 1 to join one
thing to another 쑗 The computer should
Connect the two red wires together 2 to
make it possible for a telephone or a computer to be used for communicating
with others 쑗 Has the telephone been connected yet?
connection
connection /kə nekʃən/ noun 1 a
rela-tionship between things 쑗 There is a definite connection between smoking
and lung cancer 2 a bus, train or plane
which you catch after getting off
anoth-er means of transport 쑗 My train was late and I missed my connection to
Bir-mingham 3 a particular way of
com-municating remotely 쑗 a low
connection? 4 a point at which two
dif-ferent pieces of equipment join 쑗 There
plu-ral noun connections people you
know 쑗 He has business connections in
relat-ing to 쑗 I’m writing in connection with your visit.
conquer
conquer / kɒŋkə/ verb 1 to defeat
peo-ple by force 쑗 The Romans had
con-quered most of Europe 2 to change a
negative emotion or type of behaviour
successfully 쑗 I eventually conquered
my fear of flying.
conscience
conscience / kɒnʃəns/ noun a feeling that you have done right or wrong conscientious
conscientious /kɒnʃi enʃəs/ adjec-tive working carefully and well 쑗 She’s
a very conscientious worker.
conscious
conscious / kɒnʃəs/ adjective awake and able to know what is happening
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around you 쑗 She was conscious during
con-scious decision a decision which you
have thought carefully about 쑗 Refusing
the offer was a conscious decision on
deci-sion to try to avoid her in future.
consciously
consciously / kɒnʃəsli/ adverb in a
de-liberate or active way 쑗 I wasn’t
con-sciously ignoring her – I just didn’t
re-member locking the door.
consciousness
consciousness / kɒnʃəsnəs/ noun
the fact of being conscious 왍 to lose
consciousness to become unconscious
consecutive
consecutive /kən sekjυtv/ adjective
following one after the other
consequence
consequence / kɒnskwəns/ noun 1.
something which happens because of
something else 쑗 If we lose this order,
the consequences for the firm will be
health consequences 2 importance
(formal) 왍 of no consequence not
im-portant 쑗 What he thinks about the
con-sequence as a result 쑗 We queued for
two hours in the rain, and as a
conse-quence all of us got colds.
conservation
conservation /kɒnsə veʃ(ə)n/ noun
the careful use of things such as energy
or natural resources 쑗 The company is
spending more money on energy
conser-vation.
conservative
conservative /kən
not wanting to change 쑗 He has very
conservative views.
consider
consider /kən sdə/ verb 1 to think
carefully about something 쑗 Please
consider seriously the offer which we
you consider him the right man for the
considered used for saying that you
have thought about all aspects of a
situ-ation, including the bad ones 쑗 All
things considered, the party went off
quite well.
considerable
considerable /kən sd(ə)rəb(ə)l/ ad-jective fairly large 쑗 He lost a consider-able amount of money at the horse race.
considerably
considerably /kən sd(ə)rəbli/ adverb
to a fairly large extent consideration
consideration /kən sdə reʃ(ə)n/
noun 1 careful thought 쑗 We are giving serious consideration to the possibility
to take something into consideration
to think about something when making
a decision 쑗 The age of the children has
consideration being thought about 쑗
The matter is under consideration 2.
something which has an effect on a
de-cision 쑗 The safety of the children is more important than all other consider-ations.
considering
considering /kən sd(ə)rŋ/ conjunc-tion, preposition used to say that one
thing affects another 쑗 He plays the vi-olin extremely well, considering he’s
grate-ful, considering the amount of help you have given him.
consonant
consonant / kɒnsənənt/ noun a letter representing a sound which is produced
by partly stopping the air going out of the mouth
constable
constable / knstəb(ə)l/ noun a police officer of the lowest rank
constant
constant / kɒnstənt/ adjective not
changing or stopping 쑗 The constant noise of music from the bar next door
thing which does not change 쑗 Death and taxes are the only constants in life.
con-stant.
constantly
constantly / kɒnstəntli/ adverb all the time
construct
construct /kən strkt/ verb to build
something 쑗 The wings are constructed
con-structed in 1995.
construction
construction /kən strkʃən/ noun 1.
the act of building 쑗 The construction of
un-der construction being built 쑗 The new
airport is still under construction 2.
something which has been built
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consult
consult /kən slt/ verb 1 to ask
some-one for advice 쑗 He consulted his bank
about transferring his account 2 to
look at something to get information 쑗
After consulting the map they decided to
go north.
consultant
consultant /kən sltənt/ noun 1 an
expert who gives advice 쑗 His tax
con-sultant advised him to sell the shares 2.
a senior hospital doctor who is an expert
in a particular medical condition or
ill-ness 쑗 We’ll make an appointment for
you to see a consultant.
consume
consume /kən
drink something 쑗 The guests consumed
over a hundred hamburgers 2 to use
something up 쑗 The world’s natural
re-sources are being consumed at an
about half the amount of petrol of an
or-dinary car.
consumer
consumer /kən
or company that buys goods or services
Gas consumers are protesting at the
in-crease in prices.
contact
contact / kɒntkt/ noun 1 an act of
touching 쑗 Avoid any contact between
been in physical contact with the patient
must consult their doctor immediately.
2. the act of communicating with
contact with someone to write to
some-one or talk to them on the telephsome-one 쐽
verb to write to someone or talk to them
on the telephone 쑗 He tried to contact
the ticket office immediately?
contain
contain /kən ten/ verb 1 to hold an
amount, or to have an amount inside 쑗
a briefcase containing important
docu-ments 2 to limit or prevent something
harmful or unpleasant 쑗 The army tried
to contain the advance of the enemy
con-tain the revolt among its members.
container
container /kən tenə/ noun an object such as a box or bottle which holds
something else 쑗 We need a container
in strong metal containers.
contemporary
contemporary /kən temp(ə)rəri/ ad-jective of the present time 쑗
the same time as someone 쑗
one of my contemporaries from school.
contender
contender /kən tendə/ noun a person who takes part in a competition,
espe-cially someone who is likely to win 쑗
He’s a definite contender for the world title.
content
content 1 / kɒntent/ noun the amount of something which is contained in a
sub-stance 쑗 Dried fruit has a higher sugar
contents 1. things which are inside
something 쑗 The contents of the bottle
spilled onto the carpet 2 the list of
chapters in a book, usually printed at the beginning
content
content 2 /kən tent/ adjective happy with what is happening in your life 왍
content to happy to 쑗 She was content
with satisfied with 쑗 If you are not con-tent with the way the car runs, bring it
noun a feeling of satisfaction 왍 to your
heart’s content as much as you want 쑗
You can play the piano to your heart’s
sailing to their heart’s content.
contented
contented /kən tentd/ adjective satis-fied and happy
contest
contest 1 / kɒntest/ noun any event or situation in which people compete with
each other 쑗 an international sports
leadership contest.
contest
contest 2 /kən test/ verb 1 to compete
with other people to achieve a position
the championship 2 to say that you
dis-agree with what is written in a legal doc-ument
contestant
contestant /kən testənt/ noun a
per-son who takes part in a competition 쑗
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The two contestants shook hands before
the match.
context
context / kɒntekst/ noun the other
words which surround a particular word
in a piece of writing and which help to
show its meaning 쑗 Even if you don’t
know what a word means, you can
sometimes guess its meaning from the
show-ing only part of what someone said or
wrote, so that the meaning is changed 쑗
My words have been taken out of context
– I said the book was ‘one of the best’
not ‘the best’ I’d read.
continent
continent / kɒntnənt/ noun one of the
seven large land areas in the world, e.g
Africa or Europe
Continent
Continent / kɒntnənt/ noun the main
land area of Europe, as compared with
the islands of the United Kingdom 쑗
They go to the Continent on holiday
each year, sometimes to France,
Conti-nent in the main part of Europe
continental
continental /kɒnt nent(ə)l/ adjective
1 referring to a continent 2 referring to
or typical of Europe excluding the
Unit-ed Kingdom
continual
continual /kən tnjuəl/ adjective 1.
happening many times in a period of
time 쑗 We have experienced a period of
continual change 2 happening
fre-quently in a way that is annoying 쑗 The
computer has given us continual
prob-lems ever since we bought it.
continue
continue /kən
ing something or happening 쑗 He
con-tinued working, even though everyone
con-tinued to send out clouds of black
continued with some children’s dances.
continuous
continuous /kən tnjυəs/ adjective
without stopping or without a break 쑗
She has been in continuous pain for
the road means that you are not allowed
to overtake.
continuously
continuously /kən tnjυəsli/ adverb
without a break
contract
contract 1 / kɒntrkt/ noun a legal
agreement 쑗 I don’t agree with some of
contract bound by the conditions of a
contract 쑗 The company is under con-tract to a French supermarket.
contract
contract 2 /kən trkt/ verb 1 to
be-come smaller 쑗 Metal contracts when it
gets cold, and expands when it is hot 2.
to make an official agreement to do
some work 쑗 to contract to supply spare parts or to contract for the supply of spare parts
contradict
contradict /kɒntrə dkt/ verb 1 to say
that what someone else says is not true
mother 2 to be different from what has
been said before 쑗 What you have just said contradicts what you said yester-day.
contrast
contrast 1 /
ence between two things 쑗 the contrast
in weather between the north and the
opposed to 쑗 He is quite short, in
north of the country is green and
wood-ed in contrast to the south which is dry and sandy.
contrast
contrast 2 /kən
ously different from 쑗 His formal letter contrasted with his friendly conversa-tion on the telephone.
contribute
contribute /kən
help something to happen 쑗 The gov-ernment’s policies have contributed to a
feeling of anxiety among teachers 2 to
give money to help to pay for some-thing, especially when other people are
also giving 쑗 We were asked to
to contribute to the receptionist’s leav-ing present.
contribution
contribution /kɒntr
thing that someone does to help
some-thing to happen 쑗 I want to thank you for your enormous contribution to the
some-thing, usually money, given to help to
pay for something 쑗 She makes monthly contributions to the Red Cross.
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contributor
contributor /kən trbjυtə/ noun a
per-son or organisation that contributes to
something
control
control /kən trəυl/ noun 1 the fact of
keeping someone or something in order
or being able to direct them 쑗 He lost
The club is under the control of three
people 2 the ability to get people to do
what you want 쑗 The teacher has no
something in order, to direct or limit
something 쑗 The police couldn’t control
government controls the price of meat.
2.왍 to control a business to have the
power to direct the way a business is run
controls – controlling – controlled)
controlled
controlled /kən trəυld/ adjective kept
under control
convenient
convenient /kən
not causing any practical problems 쑗
Six o’clock in the morning is not a very
draft is a convenient way of sending
money abroad.
conveniently
conveniently /kən
in a convenient way
conventional
conventional /kən venʃ(ə)n(ə)l/
ad-jective ordinary or usual 쑗 For your
in-terview it’s best to wear a conventional
suit.
conversation
conversation /kɒnvə seʃ(ə)n/ noun
an occasion on which two or more
peo-ple talk to each other about something 쑗
We had a long conversation with the
change the subject of the conversation?
convict
convict 1 / kɒnvkt/ noun a criminal
who has been sent to prison 쑗 The
po-lice are searching for two escaped
con-victs.
convict
convict 2 /kən vkt/ verb to prove in
court that someone is guilty 쑗 She was
convicted of theft.
convinced
convinced /kən vnst/ adjective very
certain 쑗 She’s convinced that she’s
right.
cook
cook /kυk/ noun a person who gets food
ready 쑗 He worked as a cook in a pub
ready for eating, especially by heating it
cooker
cooker / kυkə/ noun a large piece of kitchen equipment, used for cooking food
cookie
cookie / kυki/ noun 1 usually US a
small, flat hard sweet cake 쑗 She bought
English term is biscuit.) 2 a computer
file sent to your computer by a website when you visit it It stores information about you which can be used when you next visit the website
cool
cool / way, or colder than you would like or
than you expect 쑗 It was hot on deck but
the evenings in September 2 not
friend-ly or not enthusiastic 쑗 I got a cool re-ception when I arrived half an hour late.
to be cool towards someone to be
un-friendly to someone or unenthusiastic
about something 쑗 She was rather cool
col-leagues were cool towards the plan
re-mained cool and professional 4
fash-ionable (informal ) 쑗 They thought it was
cool to wear white trainers 5 good
(informal )쑗 a cool party 쑗 a really cool
to make something cool; to become cool
a colder area which is pleasant 쑗 After the heat of the town centre, it is nice to
sit in the cool of the garden 2 the state
of being calm 쑗 As soon as the reporters started to ask her questions she lost her
be satisfied with something (informal) 쑗
We can go tomorrow – I’m cool with that.
copper
copper / kɒpə/ noun a reddish metal which turns green when exposed to air
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should be attached to the terminal.
copy
copy / kɒp/ noun 1 something made to
look the same as something else 쑗 This
is an exact copy of the painting by
Pi-casso 2 a particular book or newspaper
brother and he never gave it back.
(NOTE: [all noun senses] The plural is
copies.) 쐽verb 1 to make something
which looks like something else 쑗 He
stole a credit card and copied the
signa-ture 2 to do what someone else does
(NOTE: copies – copying – copied)
cord
In an emergency, pull the cord to stop
the train.
core
core /
ject 왍 the core of an apple, an apple
core the hard part in the middle of an
apple, containing the seeds 쐽 the most
basic or essential part of something 쑗
Lack of resources is the core of the
These are the core points of the report.
왍 core values the things that a group of
people think are most important 쑗
Hon-esty and reliability are among our core
values.
cork
cork /
used for closing wine bottles 2 the very
light bark of a type of tree, used for
making corks and other things 쑗 She
placed little cork mats on the table to
to put a cork into a bottle
corn
corn /
wheat or barley 쑗 a field of corn 2.
maize, a cereal crop which is grown in
many parts of the world 왍 corn on the
cob the part of maize that has the seeds,
boiled and served hot, with butter and
salt
corner
corner /
walls, streets or sides meet 쑗 The bank
is on the corner of London Road and
number is in the top right-hand corner
the corner 1. to go from one street into
another by turning left or right 쑗 She
turned the corner into the main street 2.
to get better after being ill or in a
diffi-cult situation 쑗 Our business affairs seem to have turned the corner.
corporate
corporate /
ing to a company 쑗 Corporate responsi-bility rests with the whole management.
corporation
corporation / reʃ(ə)n/ noun a
large company 쑗 Working for a big cor-poration can be rather impersonal.
correct
correct /kə rekt/ adjective 1 without
any mistakes 쑗 You have to give correct answers to all the questions if you want
you gave us is correct, we can finish the
work by Thursday 2 right according to
rules or standards 쐽 verb to take away
mistakes in something 쑗 You must try to correct your driving mistakes, or you
keeps switching itself off – can you cor-rect this fault?
correction
correction /kə rekʃən/ noun 1 an
ac-tion that makes something correct 쑗 He made a few small corrections to the
let-ter 2 the process of correcting
some-thing 쑗 We drew up a timetable for the correction of minor faults.
correctly
correctly /kə rektli/ adverb without making any mistakes
corridor
corridor /
passage 쑗 The ladies’ toilet is straight ahead at the end of the corridor.
cost
cost /kɒst/ noun a price which you have
to pay for something 쑗 What is the cost
have as a price 쑗 Potatoes cost 20p a
has cost) 앳 at all costs no matter
what happens 쑗 At all costs, we have to
to cost an arm and a leg to be very
expensive 쑗 The repairs to his car cost him an arm and a leg.
costume
costume /
clothes worn by an actor or actress 쑗
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The costumes for the film are
magnifi-cent.
cosy
cosy / kəυzi/ adjective comfortable and
warm 쑗 An open log fire always makes
up in a blanket and made herself cosy on
cottage
cottage / kɒtd"/ noun a little house in
the country 쑗 We have a weekend
lives in the little cottage next to the post
office.
cotton
cotton / kɒtən/ noun 1 fibres made into
thread from the soft seed heads of a
tropical plant 2 cloth made of cotton 쑗
I bought some blue cotton to make a
trousers.
cough
cough /kɒf/ noun the act of making a
noise by sending the air out of your
lungs suddenly, e.g when you are ill 쑗
Take some medicine if your cough is
a noise by sending air out of your lungs
suddenly, e.g because you are ill 쑗 The
smoke from the fire made everyone
cough and sneeze.
could
could /kəd, kυd/ modal verb 1 was or
would be able to 쑗 The old lady fell
still catch the train if you ran 2 was
al-lowed to 쑗 The policeman said he could
go into the house 3 used in asking
someone to do something 쑗 Could you
shopping centre could be finished by
Christmas 5 used in making a
sugges-tion 쑗 You could always try borrowing
nega-tive is could not, or in speaking,
usu-ally couldn’t Note also that could is
the past of can; could is only used in
front of other verbs and is not followed
by the word to.)
council
council / kaυnsəl/ noun 1 an elected
committee 2 an official group chosen to
work on or advise about a specific
sub-ject 쑗 a council set up to promote the
arts in the eastern region
count
count /kaυnt/ verb 1 to say numbers in
order, e.g 1, 2, 3, 4 쑗 She’s only two and
and then start running 2 to find out a
total 쑗 Did you count how many books
when finding out a total 쑗 There were sixty people on the boat if you count the
counting not including 쑗 There are
have three computers, not counting the
old ones that don’t work any more 4 to
be important 쑗 Your appearance counts
action of counting or of adding 2 a large
amount of something, calculated
scien-tifically 쑗 Today there is a high pollen
have any idea of a particular number 쑗 I tried to add up all the sales figures but
lost count of the number of times he’s left his umbrella on the train.
count on phrasal verb to be sure that someone will do something
counter
counter / kaυntə/ noun 1 a long flat
surface in a shop for showing goods for sale, or in a bank for passing over
cheese counter is over there 2 a small
round disc used in games 쑗 You’ve thrown a six – you can move your
reply in an opposing way 쑗 The adverts are designed to counter familiar
re-ply in a way that opposes what has been
said 쑗 He accused her of laziness and she countered with a list of complaints about his own behaviour.
country
country / kntri/ noun 1 an area of land
which is has borders and governs itself
Afri-can countries voted against the plan.
(NOTE: The plural in this sense is
countries.) 2. land which is not in a
town 쑗 He lives in the country 쑗 We
travel is difficult in country areas.
(NOTE: no plural in this sense)
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countryside / kntrisad/ noun land
which is not in a town 쑗 the beautiful
countryside is in danger of being
county
county / kaυnti/ noun a district that has
some powers of government over local
matters (NOTE: The plural is counties.)
couple
couple / kp(ə)l/ noun 1 two things
to-gether 2 two people toto-gether 쑗 They
1. to connect two different things 쑗
High tides coupled with strong winds
join two machines together 쑗 Couple
couple of 1. two 쑗 They’ve got a
last-ed a couple of hours.
coupon
coupon /
which is used in place of money or in
place of a ticket
courage
courage / krd"/ noun the ability to
deal with a dangerous or unpleasant
sit-uation 쑗 She showed great courage in
plural)
course
course /
offers weekend courses in a variety of
subjects 2 a series of medical
treat-ments 쑗 He’s taking a course of
soup, and then you can have either fish
or roast lamb 4 the direction in which
someone or something, especially a
ve-hicle, is moving in, or will move in 앳 in
due course after a certain amount of
time 쑗 If you study for several years at
college, in due course you will get a
course the machine will produce a
tick-et 앳 in the course of during a period
of time 쑗 He’s got much richer in the
course of the last few years.
court
court /
who tries criminals, sometimes with a
jury 쑗 The court was packed for the
tell the court what you saw when you
court to arrange for someone to come to
a court to end an argument 2 an area
where sports such as tennis or
basket-ball are played 쑗 The tennis courts are
playing tennis 3 a group of people
liv-ing round a kliv-ing or queen court case
court case / tion or trial courtyard
courtyard / square area surrounded by buildings cousin
cousin / kz(ə)n/ noun the son or daughter of your uncle or aunt cover
cover / kvə/ noun 1 something that
you put over something else to protect it
or keep it clean 쑗 Keep a cover over your computer when you are not using
the flies off 2 the front and back of a
book or magazine 쑗 She read the book
from cover to cover 3 a place where
you can hide or shelter 쑗 They ran for
cover under a roof, not in the open air 쑗
If it rains the meal will be served under
shelter from something such as rain 쑗 It started to rain and they took cover
shooting, the policeman took cover
over something else to keep it clean 쑗
You should cover the furniture with sheets before you start painting the
She covered her face with her hands 3.
to travel a certain distance 쑗 They made good progress, covering twenty miles a day.
cow
cow /kaυ/ noun a large female farm
ani-mal, kept to give milk 쑗 a field of cows
coward
coward / kaυəd/ noun a person who is not brave
crack
crack /krk/ noun 1 a sharp sound 쑗 the
behind her made her turn round 2 a
long thin break in a surface 쑗 A crack
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1. to make a sharp sound 쑗 A twig
cracked as he stepped on it 2 to make
a long thin break in something 쑗 The
stone cracked the glass.
crafty
crafty /
the things you want, often in a way that
is not completely honest (NOTE: craftier
– craftiest)
cramped
cramped /krmpt/ adjective too small
or too close together 쑗 On some planes,
the seats are very cramped.
crane
crane /kren/ noun a tall metal piece of
equipment for lifting heavy things 쑗
The container slipped as the crane was
lifting it onto the ship.
crash
crash /krʃ/ noun 1 an accident where
vehicles are damaged 쑗 He was killed in
was badly damaged in the crash 2 a
loud noise when something falls over 쑗
verb 1 (of vehicles) to hit something
and be damaged 쑗 The bus crashed into
kilome-tres from the airport 2 to fall, making a
loud noise 쑗 The wall came crashing
floor.
crate
crate /kret/ noun 1 a large wooden box
careful-ly packed in a wooden crate 2 a
con-tainer for bottles 쑗 a beer crate 쑗 The
office orders a crate of milk every day.
crawl
crawl /
your hands and knees 쑗 The baby has
just started to crawl 2 to travel along
slowly 쑗 The traffic was crawling
The traffic on the motorway was
re-duced to a crawl 2 a swimming style
where each arm goes over your head in
turn 쑗 He won the 100m crawl (NOTE:
no plural)
crayon
crayon / kreɒn/ noun a coloured wax
stick, used especially by children for
drawing
crazy
crazy / krezi/ adjective not sensible 쑗 It
was a crazy idea to go
mountain-climb-ing in sandals.
creak
creak / noise 쐽 noun a noise like that of wood
moving 쑗 She heard a creak on the
confuse with creek.)
cream
cream /
part of milk, full of fat 쑗 I like
strawber-ries and cream 2 any soft smooth
sub-stance used, e.g for cleaning or for
pro-tecting the skin 쑗 face cream 쑗 shaving
yellow-white colour 쑗 He was wearing
cream carpet?
crease
crease /
cloth by ironing 쑗 Trousers should have
a crease in front 2 a mark made by
folding accidentally 쑗 She ironed his
make folds accidentally in something 쑗
After two hours in the car, my skirt was badly creased and had to be pressed.
create
create /kri et/ verb to make or invent
something 쑗 a government scheme which aims at creating new jobs for young people
creation
creation /kri eʃ(ə)n/ noun 1 the act of
making or inventing something 쑗 Our aim is the creation of new jobs for young
unemployed people 2 something
which has been made, especially some-thing artistic or unusual
creature
creature / especially one that you don’t know a
name for 쑗 Lift any stone and you’ll find all sorts of little creatures underneath.
in the sand 2 an imaginary animal or
living being credit
credit / kredt/ noun 1 praise for
some-thing which is well deserved 쑗 The pro-fessor took all the credit for the
imme-diately 2 the length of time given to
pay for something 쑗 We give purchasers
six months’ credit 3 the side of an
ac-count showing money that you have got
or which is owed to you 쑗 We paid in
noun credits the list of people who
helped to make a film or TV programme
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verb to pay money into an account 쑗 to
credit an account with £100 or to credit
£100 to an account
credit card
credit card /
tic card which allows you to borrow
money and to buy goods without paying
for them immediately
creep
creep /
etly 쑗 They crept softly down the stairs.
2. to move slowly 쑗 The traffic was
creeping along the motorway because
crept)
crew
crew /
a vehicle such as boat or aircraft 쑗 The
lifeboat rescued the crew of the sinking
pas-sengers and a crew of six.
cricket
cricket / krkt/ noun 1 a game played
between two teams of eleven players
us-ing bats and a hard ball 쑗 We haven’t
played much cricket this year – the
go-ing to a cricket match this afternoon 2.
awake and able to know what is
happen-ing around you
cried
cried /krad/ past tense and past
partici-ple of cry
cries
cries /kraz/ 3rd person singular present
of cry
crime
crime /kram/ noun 1 illegal behaviour
govern-ment is trying to deal with the problem
of crime on the streets or with the street
More crimes are committed at night
than during the daytime.
criminal
criminal / krmn(ə)l/ adjective
refer-ring to illegal acts 쑗 the criminal justice
쐽 noun a person who commits a crime
crisis
crisis / krass/ noun a serious situation
where decisions have to be taken very
quickly 쑗 an international crisis 쑗 a
banking crisis
crisp
crisp /krsp/ adjective 1 (of food) hard,
able to be broken into pieces and
mak-ing a noise when you bite it 쑗 These
bis-cuits are not crisp any more, they have
they’re really very crisp 2 cold and
sunny 쑗 It was a beautiful crisp
She could see her breath in the crisp mountain air.
criterion
criterion /kra təriən/ noun the
stand-ard by which things are judged 쑗 Does the candidate satisfy all our criteria?
critic
critic / krtk/ noun 1 a person who
ex-amines something and comments on it, especially a person who writes com-ments on new plays and films for a
newspaper 쑗 She’s the TV critic of The
critics 2 a person who says that
some-thing is bad or wrong 쑗 The chairman tried to answer his critics at the meet-ing.
critical
critical / krtk(ə)l/ adjective 1
danger-ous and difficult 쑗 With the enemy at-tacking on all sides, our position was
becoming critical 2 extremely
impor-tant 쑗 He made a critical decision to
break off the negotiations 3 very
hos-pital said that her condition was
criti-cal 4 criticising someone or something
minister.
criticise
criticise / krtsaz/, criticize verb to
say that something or someone is bad or
wrong 쑗 She criticised their lack of
the new car has been criticised.
criticism
criticism / krtsz(ə)m/ noun an
unfa-vourable comment or comments 쑗
There was a lot of criticism of the gov-ernment’s plan.
crocodile
crocodile / krɒkədal/ noun a large rep-tile which lives in or near rivers and
lakes and eats other animals 쑗 Croco-diles lay on the banks of the river wait-ing for the animals to come to drink.
crooked
crooked / krυkd/ adjective bent, not
straight 쑗 That picture is crooked.
crop
crop /krɒp/ noun plants such as
vegeta-bles or cereals grown for food 쑗 The bad weather has set the crops back by
of potatoes or a wonderful potato crop this year.
crop up phrasal verb to happen
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con-structed in 199 5.
construction
construction /kən strkʃən/