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remorse - noun - formal [SADNESS]; remorseful - adj.; After the argument, she was filled with remorse. start learning
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a feeling of sadness and being sorry for something you have done:
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buyer's remorse (also buyers' remorse) Maybe some voters are experiencing buyers' remorse. start learning
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a feeling of regret (= a wish that you had not done something) after making a choice or decision:
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compunction - noun [GUILTY FEELING] - noun - synonym - remorse I wouldn't have any compunction about telling him to leave. start learning
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a slight guilty feeling about something you have done or might do:
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breastbeating (also breast-beating) Some British public figures have indulged in breastbeating about colonialism. start learning
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actions that show in an obvious or public way how sad or guilty you feel
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resent [ANGRY BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN FORCED] She bitterly resented her father's new wife.; He resents having to explain his work to other people. start learning
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to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like:
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resent - verb [NOT TREATED FAIRLY] She resented being treated like a child. start learning
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to dislike or be angry at something or someone because you have been hurt or not treated fairly resentment - noun - There is some community resentment toward the school’s new policy.
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harbor verb (HAVE IN MIND) He's been harboring a grudge against her ever since his promotion was refused. start learning
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to think about or feel something, usually over a long period:
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to protect someone or something bad, especially by hiding that person or thing when the police are looking for him, her, or it:
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Bathroom door handles can harbor germs. start learning
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to contain the bacteria, etc. that can cause a disease to spread:
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grudge - noun {ANGER AND DISLIKE] I don't bear any grudge against you. start learning
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a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time:
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be resentfully unwilling to give, grant, or allow (something)
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grudge (also begrudge) [DO NOT DESERVE] I don't grudge him his moment of triumph start learning
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to think that someone does not deserve something good that they have:
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a sports game between people or teams who dislike each other or are unhappy about the result of a previous game between them
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Does the safe harbor apply to all small businesses that provide disclosures voluntarily? start learning
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a rule that protects a company from being legally responsible for the results of actions that it took or statements that it made believing them to be right:
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disclosure - formal [MAKE SOMETHING KNOWN] The newspaper made damaging disclosures of management incompetence. start learning
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something that was not previously known, or the act of giving such information to the public:
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Her financial disclosure describes her work for the company as "consulting/media/public relations." start learning
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a private financial record that a person or company must show to the government, investors, banks, etc. for business purposes, or the fact of making this record available
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Insurers may request the disclosure of existing genetic test results. start learning
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the act of making information available to an insurance company when you get insurance or make a claim (= ask for a payment), especially personal information about your health, age, etc.
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The FDA requires pharmaceutical companies to provide full disclosure about the risks of their drug products. start learning
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private, personal, or secret information that you must tell to someone such as a court judge, the police, or a government organization, or the duty to give them this information
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non-disclosure (also nondisclosure) [LAW] start learning
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the fact of not making something known:
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Our hotel room overlooked the harbour. The house is surrounded by trees, so it's not overlooked at all (= it cannot be seen from any other buildings). start learning
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to provide a view of, especially from above:
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overlook verb (NOT NOTICE) I think there is one key fact that you have overlooked. No one will be overlooked when we select players for the team. start learning
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to fail to notice or consider something or someone:
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I'm prepared to overlook his behaviour this time. start learning
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to forgive or pretend not to notice something:
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overlook (UK viewpoint) [PLACE TO LOOK] There are lots of scenic overlooks along the road from New York to Montreal. start learning
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a place from where a person can look at something, especially at an area of natural beauty a place that provides a good view of what is below, esp. an area of natural beauty
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They took the scenic route on the way home. start learning
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having or showing beautiful natural surroundings:
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an occasion when a lot of water is pushed from the sea onto the land, usually caused by a hurricane (= a violent storm with very high winds)
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surge pricing (also dynamic pricing) start learning
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a way of setting the price for a product or service in which the price changes according to how much demand there is for it at a particular time (= how many people want to buy it or pay for it):
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Sheriff’s officers require truck drivers to take their rigs to weigh stations to be weighed, but only if they believe trucks are in violation of state weight limits. start learning
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a place near a road where vehicles, especially large trucks, can be weighed:
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The boxers both weighed in at 162 pounds. start learning
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to measure how heavy someone is, esp. before a competition:
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weigh in (DISCUSSION) informal The senator weighed in with a blistering attack on welfare cheats. start learning
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to become involved in an argument or discussion in a forceful way: to give an opinion or enter a discussion or argument:
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blistering adjective (HOT) We went out in the blistering heat. start learning
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blistering adjective (FAST) The runners set off at a blistering pace. start learning
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blistering adjective (ANGRY) blistering remarks/sarcasm start learning
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extremely angry and unkind
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weigh on someone [FEEL NERVOUS] Problems at work are weighing on him. start learning
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to make someone feel nervous or worried:
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weigh on sth [MARKET - CAUSE PROBLEMS] Worries about a weak dollar weighed heavily on Wall Street, which suffered further losses yesterday. Signs of sluggish economic growth weighed on banks. start learning
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to cause problems for something such as a market or share, usually causing it to fall
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weigh on sb/sth [MAKES YOU WORRIED] He's under huge pressure at work and it's really weighing on him. start learning
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If a problem or responsibility weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy
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sluggish - adj. [MORE SLOWLY] A heavy lunch makes me sluggish in the afternoon. start learning
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to think carefully about the advantages or disadvantages of a situation before making a decision: sluggishly - adverb; sluggishness - noun
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a small, usually black or brown creature with a long, soft body and no arms or legs, like a snail but with no shell
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slug noun [SLOW PERSON] mainly US informal start learning
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a slow-moving, lazy person
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slug noun (BULLET) informal start learning
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slug noun (AMOUNT OF DRINK) informal She took a huge slug of very cold water. I had a slug of vodka to give me courage.; start learning
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an amount of drink, especially strong alcoholic drink, that you can swallow at one time:
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The new toll machines will reject slugs. start learning
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A slug is a counterfeit coin that is used to make illegal purchases from a coin-operated device, such as a vending machine, payphone, parking meter, transit farebox, copy machine, coin laundry, gaming machine, or arcade game.
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She slugged him and he fell against the bar. start learning
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to hit someone hard with the fist (= closed hand):
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slug verb [HIT A BASEBALL] start learning
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slug - noun [DO VERY LITTLE OR NOTHING] I suppose you think I’m a slug for not helping. start learning
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If you say that someone is a slug, you mean that the person would rather do very little or nothing at all
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a small, hard piece of a substance that is poisonous to slugs (= small garden creatures harmful to plants)
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pellet [BALL OR TUBE-SHAPED] iron/lead/wax/plastic/paper pellets food pellets start learning
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a small, hard, ball-shaped or tube-shaped piece of any substance:
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airgun pellets shotgun pellets a pellet gun start learning
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small metal objects that are shot from some types of gun
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pellet [WASTE OF SOME ANIMALS] start learning
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the solid waste of particular animals
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slug it out [ARGUE OR COMPETE] (also slug this out) The two groups have been slugging it out for years. start learning
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to argue or compete with someone fiercely
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They’re raising the bridge toll to $5.00. The number you dialed is a toll call – please deposit an additional fifty cents. start learning
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an amount of money that you have to pay to travel along some main roads, to cross bridges, etc., or to make telephone calls over long distances:
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The final toll of bankruptcies for this year is high. The death toll from the earthquake was over a million. financial/economic/emotional toll Layoffs carry a large human and financial toll. start learning
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the total number of bad things or amount of damage that happens as a result of something
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The town hall bell tolled at noon. start learning
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(of a large bell) to ring slowly and repeatedly, or to cause a large bell to ring in this way:
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Cable companies must treat all online traffic equally, without imposing higher tolls for certain content. start learning
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an amount of money that you have to pay to use the internet or to visit particular websites
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to take its/their toll (on sth/sb) The recession is taking its toll on small businesses.; Stress can take a heavy toll on your health. start learning
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if something takes its toll, it causes damage:
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I need to make a toll call to head office in Delhi. start learning
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a phone call that is long-distance and so costs more than usual:
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toll-free - adj. [PHONE CALL] Call us on one of our toll-free numbers. start learning
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used to describe a system that allows customers to phone particular organizations without paying for the call, because the organizations pay the cost: in the UK: Freephone (trademark Freefone)
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Your journey will be quicker but more expensive if you take the toll road. start learning
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a road that you pay to use:
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Cameras at the toll booths will snap pictures of cars whose drivers don't pay the toll. start learning
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a special gate or line of gates on a road where drivers have to stop and pay a toll:
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a bridge that you pay to use:
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a place on a road where there is a line of tollbooths
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in all conscience UK formal (US in good conscience) You couldn't, in all conscience, ask her to pay the whole bill! start learning
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The photographs of the flood victims pricked my conscience and I knew I had to do something to help. start learning
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to make someone do something because they feel guilty:
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weigh sb down [FEEL WORRIED] I thought she looked somehow older, weighed down by all her new responsibilities. start learning
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to make a person feel worried and unhappy because of problems, responsibilities, and duties: to cause problems or difficulties for someone or something: US growth has been weighed down by soaring deficits with China.
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weigh sb/sth down [CARRYING TOO MUCH] Weighed down with supplies, they found the steep path difficult to climb. start learning
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If someone or something is weighed down with something, they are carrying a lot of or too much of it
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weigh sth out [TO MEASURE] Will you weigh out two kilograms of flour for me please? start learning
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to measure an amount of something:
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He produced a letter from his desk that he asked me to read. One of the men suddenly produced a knife from his pocket. start learning
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to bring something out from somewhere and show it:
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A lengthy police investigation failed to produce any evidence on which the suspect could be convicted. start learning
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to result in or discover something, especially proof:
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produce verb [PROVIDE STH TO BE EXAMINED] Consultants produced a report recommending that 1,200 posts be cut. start learning
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to provide something to be examined:
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weigh sb/sth up [TO FORM AN OPINION] When you're a detective you learn to weigh people up quickly.; I weighed up my chances of escape, and decided to wait for a better moment. start learning
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to think carefully about the advantages or disadvantages of a situation before making a decision: to form an opinion about someone's abilities and character or a situation by thinking about him, her, or it carefully: - I'm weighing up my options before I decide to apply for the job.
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a liquid or cream used to treat an injured, sore, or dry place on your body
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something that makes you feel better about a difficult situation
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He salves his conscience by giving money to charity. start learning
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to do something so that you feel less guilty:
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splendid - adj. [EXCELLENT]; splendidly - adverb We had splendid food/a splendid holiday/splendid weather. You look splendid in that outfit. start learning
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excellent, or beautiful and impressive extremely good, large, or important
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You'll snap that ruler if you bend it too far. Some vandal's snapped off my car aerial again. start learning
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to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound:
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When she asked me to postpone my trip to help her move to her new house, I just snapped (= got angry). start learning
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to suddenly become unable to control a strong feeling, especially anger
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Tendons store elastic energy by stretching and then snapping back into shape like rubber bands. start learning
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to move into a position quickly, producing a short noise as if breaking:
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snap verb (QUICKLY RETURN) After substantial losses last year, the company has snapped back to profitability (= started making profits again). start learning
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to quickly return to a previous place or condition
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If something snaps shut or is snapped shut, it closes quickly with a sudden sharp sound: She snapped her book shut and got up to leave. Her mouth snapped shut when she realized he'd heard everything she'd said about him.
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The guard dog was snarling and snapping behind the fence. start learning
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If an animal snaps, it tries to bite someone
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The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to separate them.; "Go to hell!", he snarled. start learning
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(especially of dogs) to make a deep, rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and forcefully noun - a deep, rough sound, usually made in anger: - The dog gave a low snarl so I quickly drew my hand back.
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The yarn snarled as she unwound it. That old brush will snarl your hair. start learning
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to become twisted together and difficult to separate; to make something become twisted together:
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She tried to comb the snarls out of her daughter's long hair. a snarl of blankets on the bed start learning
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an untidy mass of things that are twisted together:
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snarl verb (STOP MOVEMENT) The collision snarled traffic for 10 miles on the Interstate. start learning
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to make or become stuck, knotted, or blocked, and so unable to move easily: entangle or impede (something).
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snarl-up (US snarl) [LONG LINE OF TRAFFIC] Many roadworks have been suspended to avoid further snarl-ups on the motorways. start learning
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a situation in which a long line of traffic is unable to travel forward because something is blocking the road:
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snarl-up [SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY] Last summer a snarl-up at the passport office made it hard for many people to leave Britain. start learning
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a situation in which a system or organization does not work properly
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przędza - thread used for making cloth or for knitting
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He knew how to spin a good yarn (= tell a good story). start learning
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a story, usually a long one with a lot of excitement or interest
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the activity, often done secretly, of covering parts of buildings, etc. with decorative items that have been knitted, as a form of art
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yardstick noun (STANDARD) Productivity is not the only yardstick of success. start learning
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a standard used to compare similar things in order to measure their value or success A high salary isn’t the only yardstick for success.; The firm uses the index as a yardstick for measuring itself against competitors.
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yardstick noun (FOR MEASURING) The dressmaker measured the cloth with a yardstick. start learning
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a ruler (= a long flat object used for measuring the length of things) that is one yard (= approximately 91.4 centimetres) long:
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He often helped neighbors with yardwork. start learning
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work done in someone's garden and the area outside their house, for example taking care of plants and removing garden waste
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gardening leave (also garden leave) He is currently on gardening leave and may not take up his new post until May. start learning
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in the UK a period of time after an employee leaves a job when they continue to be paid but are not allowed to go to work or to begin a new job:
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the activity of growing plants without permission on land that belongs to someone else or on public land, with the aim of improving the environment or producing vegetables or flowers for people to use or enjoy
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snap verb (SPEAK IN ANGRY WAY) There's no need to snap at me - it's not my fault that you lost your wallet. start learning
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to say something suddenly in an angry way: verb - People who snap suddenly lose control of their behavior when they experience very strong emotions: - His lawyer said he just snapped.
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He was arrested for snapping photos of a military parade. She's very pleased with her new camera and was snapping away the whole time we were abroad. start learning
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to take a lot of photographs quickly:
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He snapped up his jacket.; snap noun (THING THAT FASTENS) - a small clothes fastener with two round parts, one of which is pushed into the other: - The shirt fastens with snaps. start learning
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to fasten using two small pieces of metal or plastic, one of which is pushed into the other: verb - to make a quick, cracking sound by suddenly bringing together the two parts of something - She snapped her briefcase shut and marched out of the room.
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snap noun (BREAKING NOISE) the act of breaking something stiff, or the cracking sound made when it breaks: - She broke the stick over her knee with a loud snap. start learning
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a sudden loud sound like something breaking or closing: verb - to break something quickly with a cracking sound: - High winds caused some power lines to snap, and we lost our electricity.
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snap noun (NOT ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPH) UK informal holiday snaps Did you take many snaps while you were away? start learning
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an informal photograph that is not very skilful or artistic:
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a card game in which the players compete to call out the word "snap" when they see two cards that have the same value:
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snap noun (SOMETHING EASY) US informal "Will you finish on time?" "Sure thing. It's a snap." Talking to girls is a snap for him. start learning
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something that can be done without any difficulty:
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snap noun (AMERICAN FOOTBALL) start learning
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in American football, the act of passing the ball backward to start play
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snap - adj. [DONE SUDDENLY] He always makes snap decisions and never thinks about their consequences. start learning
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done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought or preparation
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snap exclamation [TWO THINGS ARE THE SAME] UK informal Snap! We're wearing the same shirts! start learning
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something that you say when you notice that two things are the same:
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If you snap your fingers, you make a sudden, cracking noise by pushing a finger against the base of your thumb, usually in order to get someone’s attention
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snap | BUSINESS ENGLISH [END A PATTERN] July snapped a string of monthly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40.47 to 4383.87, snapping a two-session losing streak. start learning
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to end a particular pattern of activity:
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a short period of very cold weather
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snap bean (UK sugar snap pea, sugar snap, sugar pea) start learning
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a long, thin, green pod, eaten as a vegetable
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a thin, hard biscuit that is rolled into a tube
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ginger snap (UK also ginger nut) start learning
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a type of hard biscuit with a ginger flavour
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snap-happy mainly UK informal The Pyramids were surrounded by snap-happy tourists. start learning
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used to describe someone who likes to take a lot of photographs:
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There is speculation about whether the Prime Minister will call a snap election in the coming weeks. start learning
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in some countries, an election that is announced suddenly and unexpectedly:
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a small piece of metal or plastic used to fasten clothes, with two usually round parts, one of which is pushed into the other
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snap up something [BUY OR OBTAIN QUICKLY] Tickets for the concert were snapped up within three hours of going on sale. start learning
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to buy or obtain something quickly and enthusiastically: to buy or get something quickly and enthusiastically because it is cheap or exactly what you want: - The fall in property prices means that there are a lot of bargains waiting to be snapped up.
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snapback (also snap-back) STOCK MARKET [QUICK RETURN] Current economic conditions preclude a strong snapback. start learning
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a quick return to a previous condition or situation
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preclude - verb [PREVENT SOMETHING] The fact that your application was not successful this time does not preclude the possibility of you applying again next time. start learning
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to prevent something or make it impossible, or prevent someone from doing something
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snap sb up [IMMEDIATELY OFFER A JOB] She was snapped up by a large law firm. start learning
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to immediately offer someone a job, contract, etc. because they are exactly what you want or need:
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If an animal is snapping at your heels, it is running behind you and trying to bite you.
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snap at sb's heels [COMPETE STRONGLY] With so many younger women snapping at her heels, this year may be her last chance to win the championship. start learning
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to compete strongly with someone and have a chance of soon defeating or replacing them:
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He was snapping his fingers in time with the music. start learning
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to make a noise by pushing your second finger hard against your thumb and then releasing it suddenly so that it hits the base of your thumb:
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