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        |  start learning with the look and feel of leather:  |  |  |  |  | 
|  start learning very or extremely, when used before an adjective or adverb:  |  |   I'm awfully sorry, but we've forgotten to reserve you a table. |  |  | 
|  start learning to become stretched or to experience pressure, or to make something do or experience this:  |  |   Don't watch TV in the dark - you'll strain your eyes! |  |  | 
|  start learning used after a negative statement to emphasize how unlikely a situation is because something much more likely has never happened:  |  |   Some people never even read a newspaper, let alone a book. |  |  | 
| start learning |  |  syn. excitement   He recalled the dangers and exhilaration of that amazing treck. |  |  | 
|  start learning a person who trains and is in charge of animals, especially dogs:  |  |  |  |  | 
|  start learning to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged:  |  |   She knew that by failing her finals she could jeopardize her whole future. |  |  | 
|  start learning friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors:  |  |   The villagers were very hospitable to/towards anyone who passed through. |  |  | 
|  start learning very attractive, in a mysterious way, making you want to keep looking:  |  |   He had the most mesmerizing blue eyes. |  |  | 
|  start learning at the particular point when something was thought of or done:  |  |   It seemed like a good idea at the time |  |  | 
|  start learning very great in amount or level, or extremely good:  |  |   She's been a tremendous (= very great) help to me over the last few months. |  |  | 
|  start learning used to emphasize that what happened was not what you expected:  |  |   We had expected to arrive an hour late, but in the event we were early. |  |  | 
|  start learning a journey across a large area of water, from one side to the other:  |  |   It was a really rough crossing - I threw up three times. |  |  | 
|  start learning (something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this:  |  |  |  |  | 
|  start learning a disease of the bowels that causes the contents to be passed out of the body much more often and in a more liquid form than usual. It is caused by an infection that is spread by dirty water or food.  |  |  |  |  | 
|  start learning a drop below normal levels of water in the body:  |  |   Diarrhoea and vomiting lead to dehydration unless fluids are taken to replace the loss. |  |  | 
|  start learning the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time:  |  |   The pain was bad beyond endurance. |  |  | 
|  start learning used to describe weather that is extremely cold, especially when it causes you physical pain:  |  |   a biting wind, biting cold |  |  |