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is a plan or aim to achieve something noun commencer à apprendre
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First, let's focus on a general objective
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increase, improve, strengthen commencer à apprendre
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to surprise someone very much verb commencer à apprendre
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I was astonished by how much she'd grown. What astonished me was that he didn't seem to mind.
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to do what you are told or expected to do according to someone in authority or a rule or law verb commencer à apprendre
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The soldiers refused to obey (orders). to obey the rules of international law. She was so tired her legs just wouldn't obey her any longer.
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If two or more people get along, they like each other and are friendly to each other commencer à apprendre
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I don't really get along with my sister's husband.
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an act of making a place or a collection of things tidy noun commencer à apprendre
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Let's have/do a quick tidy-up before Mum gets home. A basic tidy-up of bedrooms, hallways, and living rooms can create the impression of more space.
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the process of examining problems in order to decide which ones are the most serious and must be dealt with first noun/verb commencer à apprendre
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We are performing triage on funding requests. A healthy project is in a constant state of triage between bugs and feature development. The hardest thing for me was having to start triaging and treating patients in a less than ideal environment
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not typical or characteristic of preposition commencer à apprendre
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Unlike you, I’m not a great dancer. It’s unlike Debbie to be so late.
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to look at, examine, think of, or deal with a set of things, esp. quickly phrasal verb commencer à apprendre
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They ran over the list to make sure there were no mistakes.
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to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left If a supply of something runs out, all of it has been used or it is completely finished [phrasal verb] commencer à apprendre
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I've run out of milk/money/ideas/patience. My passport runs out next month - I must get it renewed.
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a picture stuck onto wood or cardboard and cut into pieces of different shapes that must be joined together correctly to form the picture again noun commencer à apprendre
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The police are trying to piece together the jigsaw of how the dead man spent his last hours
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a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides that make it fatter in the middle noun the long part of a gun that is shaped like a tube commencer à apprendre
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They drank a whole barrel of beer (= the contents of a barrel) at the party.
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adjective commencer à apprendre
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This living room is enormous.
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just acceptable but not good; not good enough adjective [not gradable ] The movie’s plot is predictable, the dialogue is second-rate, and the acting is mediocre. commencer à apprendre
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including many different types of people or things different, dissimilar; Students from countries as diverse as Colombia and Lithuania use Cambridge textbooks. New York is a very culturally/ethnically diverse city. commencer à apprendre
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adjective
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honest or lasting support, or loyalty, especially to a sexual partner the state of remaining loyal to someone and keeping the promises you made to that person commencer à apprendre
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noun How important do you think sexual fidelity is in a marriage?
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a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of its shares They were involved in a takeover last year. The takeover battle is between two of America's industrial/retail giants. commencer à apprendre
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noun [C ]
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to take longer than usual to leave or disappear verb [I ] We went to small cafes where we could linger over cappuccino. The smell lingered in the kitchen for days. commencer à apprendre
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an amount that is less than the level that was expected or needed noun [C; shortage The drought caused serious shortfalls in the food supply. commencer à apprendre
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deficient, lack
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The show's "binge-worthy" quality was cited as a major reason for Amazon's interest. Stanley also felt the second season was "binge-worthy" upon viewing the preview. commencer à apprendre
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warty maratonu, warty obejrzenia ciągiem, warty seryjnego oglądania
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to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen define, establish commencer à apprendre
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We haven't determined this yet. We have to settle the time limit for the competitors. The exact moment of the collision cannot be established.
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a piece of information that has been discovered as a result of an official study arrangement commencer à apprendre
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The findings of this research will be published next year.
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commencer à apprendre
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You and my son are just about the same size. he can do just about anything
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trying to make yourself believe something that you know is not really true deceiving yourself commencer à apprendre
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an occasion when one person gives something to another handover commencer à apprendre
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the act of giving control of something or responsibility for something to someone else We came down here a day earlier and worked on our handoff.
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commencer à apprendre
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happening without any sudden changes, interruption, or difficulty not having any seams or lines where two things join If only life could be so seamless, I said to myself. Our job is to make software a seamless experience for them.
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commencer à apprendre
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so far / till now / as of now commencer à apprendre
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We have no information so far. I decided to stay here for the time being.
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commencer à apprendre
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zapobiegawczo, wyprzedzająco We think there's a strong possibility that the West will decide to attack preemptively.
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idea of what a situation will be like in the future/your general attitude to things opinion, view, belief commencer à apprendre
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make (a sound) with one's voice emit, let out, express, voice, formulate commencer à apprendre
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Charles started at her in utter amazement
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state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully. declare, maintain, argue, state, claim commencer à apprendre
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the company asserts that the cuts will not affect the development
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used to show that something or someone is commonly designated by the name or term specified. also known as, supposed, aleged commencer à apprendre
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My so-called friend turned out to be a traitor. The new tax system will affect the so-called middle class the most.
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essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison miscellaneous, different, various commencer à apprendre
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I have collected material from a wide variety of disparate sources.
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walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall. reel (astonish or deeply shock) commencer à apprendre
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he staggered to his feet, swaying a little. I was staggered to find it was six o'clock
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difficult to find, catch, or achieve difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down, evasive commencer à apprendre
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success will become ever more elusive. the elusive thought he had had moments before
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in or for the intervening period; provisional or temporary meantime, meanwhile / provisional, temporary, pro tem, stopgap short-term, fill-in commencer à apprendre
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in the interim, I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
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commencer à apprendre
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The air was heavy with moisture.
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excavate, drain also - get rid of or give up commencer à apprendre
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as a noun - trench, drain
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happening quickly or promptly commencer à apprendre
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a remarkably swift recovery
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