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"Have you been here before?" "That's one of the oldest chat-up lines I've ever heard!"

He spent all evening chatting her up and buying her drinks.

a chit for the dry cleaner's; When our flight was delayed, they gave us a chit to get a free meal.; Before they can hail a cab or order a bike, staff now need a chit signed by a senior staff member.

Each passenger received a chit for $250 in onboard spending.

just a chit of a girl

Hail and snow are causing treacherous driving conditions, and motorists are warned to drive slowly.

a hail of bullets The prime minister was greeted with a hail of insults as she arrived at the university.

Snow and ice have left many roads treacherous, and drivers are warned to use caution.

A person who is treacherous deceives someone who trusts them, or has no loyalty:

Shall we hail a taxi? I tried to hail her from across the room.

She's been hailed as one of the best young dancers today.

Both John and Leeza hail from South Carolina.

The canon for lawyers has clear restrictions.

CANONICAL - related to a rule, principle, or law, especially in the Christian Church: - The infallibility of the canonical scriptures rested on the authority of councils and church tradition.

He has made it into the canon of English poetry.; the canonical writers of American literature

the Shakespearean canon

His stubborn belief in his own infallibility kept him from listening to others.

This method is more fallible than most because it depends on careful and accurate timing.

the Hindu/Buddhist/Muslim scriptures According to Holy Scripture (= the Bible), God created the world in six days.; scriptural texts/passages

Scripture or the Scriptures refers to the Bible, including the Old and New Testaments.

Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published.

The gunman demanded a plane and safe passage to an unspecified destination.

He had booked his passage to Rio de Janeiro.

Many meteors disintegrate during their passage through the atmosphere.; Despite security checks, our passage through the airport was fairly quick.

an act of moving through a place:

Memories fade with the passage of time.

passage of sth: Protesters are opposing passage of the new energy bill through parliament.

the nasal passages

At present the organization has to rely on young, inexperienced graduates who are usually birds of passage.

funeral/marriage/fertility rites You have to go through an initiation rite before you become a full member.

In snooker, a cannon can be used to improve your position.

I was rushing along the corridor when I cannoned into someone coming out of a side door.

The ball cannoned off the defender's shins and into the net.

Police used water cannons to break up the demonstration.

Taylor is more of a loose cannon - sometimes he'll fly into rages, cry uncontrollably, engage in risky behaviour.

Politicians are always good fodder for comedians (= they make jokes about them).

We must not give the virus the chance to carom wildly through human hosts as it does in a flock of chickens or ducks. The book has 84 short chapters that carom from one issue to the next and fail to tackle anything in much depth.

The kids grab their food and carom away in different directions. Bounding about the stage, she caroms from girlish giddiness to boyish bluster and back again.

I knew that it was all bluster and he wasn't really angry with me.

A gale was blustering around the house.

Hundreds of old trees were blown down in the gales.

Meteorologists predicted gale-force winds.

I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs.

His childlike excitement verged on giddiness.

Who could have predicted the dizzy pace of change in the country?

In the movie, she played the part of a dizzy blonde.

Do you think Tess will reach the dizzy heights of Senior Editor before she's 30?

They set up camp on the verge of the desert.

She left her car by the side of the road and walked along the grass verge to the emergency phone.

He was on the verge of saying something but stopped and shook his head.; Her husband's violent and abusive behaviour drove her to the verge of despair.; At times, his performance verged on brilliance, but at others it was nothing special.

very near to doing or experiencing something:

The table wobbles because its legs are uneven. Don't wobble the table, please, Dan.; The toddler wobbled and lost his balance (= started to fall sideways).

a movement from side to side that shows poor balance: - I gave the poles a slight wobble and the whole tent collapsed.

The government can't afford to wobble on this issue.

Share prices have recovered from last autumn's wobble. The closure of its German subsidiary caused a sharp wobble in its profits. a market/price wobble

I would say that, on balance, it hasn't been a bad year.

Once we know how much money we'll need, let's spend the balance (= the amount left). The company's success is reflected in its healthy bank balance.

I struggle to balance work and family commitments.

Stringent measures were introduced so that the government could balance its budget/the economy.

Stringent security measures have been introduced at all airports. Regulators are forcing issuers to adopt more stringent criteria.

Members of the organization have to be willing to abide by the stringent rules.

Stringent cost management is counterproductive when it interferes with a firm's ability to grow. stringent cost-cutting/cuts Prices are now falling slightly after stringent budget-deficit cuts.

I can't abide her. He couldn't abide laziness.

He abided in the wilderness for forty days.

Competitors must abide by the judges’ decision.

If the business loses any more money, we won't be able to balance the books this year.

He is one of millions of people who does not pay off his credit card balance every month.

We ordered 200 copies; 50 to be delivered now and the balance next month.

if an account balances, the amounts of money on the credit and debit sides are equal: - He had made some kind of computation error and the account didn't balance.

The President is unlikely to balance the budget in this term of office, but he does hope to lower the deficit.

Outsourcing decisions are essentially a balancing act between the benefits of markets, lower production costs, and higher transaction costs.

A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out. figurative She could hear gusts of laughter (= sudden, loud laughter) from within the room.

VERB - Winds gusting to 50 mph brought down power lines.; ADJ. - gusty winds