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These prices bear no resemblance to (= are completely different from) the ones I saw printed in the newspaper.; She bears a striking resemblance to her mother.

She bears a faint resemblance to my sister.

He bears more than a passing resemblance to (= he is noticeably similar to) the young Marlon Brando.

We had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.; She's already had to endure three painful operations on her leg.

to experience and bear something difficult, painful, or unpleasant

The political system established in 1400 endured until about 1650.; It was first produced in Dublin in 1904 but it still endures as one of the last remaining classics in Irish theatre.

remain in existence; last

The workload was barely endurable, but the experience was priceless.; Some people get little satisfaction from their work and find it endurable only by virtue of the salary it provides.;

Teachers are always complaining about their heavy workloads.; Students do find that their workload increases throughout the course.

Patience is a virtue.; In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.; Tact is not one of his virtues.

Would there be any virtue in taking an earlier train?; The actress has appeared in many TV ads extolling (= praising) the virtues of hair products.

She succeeded by virtue of her tenacity rather than her talent.; They were excluded from voting by virtue of being too young.

public act with very little associated cost that is intended to inform others of one's socially acceptable alignment on an issue

In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue.

Paragon of (coś dobrego, jakaś cecha)

I had a couple of months to spare between jobs so I thought I'd make a virtue of necessity by acquiring a few new skills.

You can come early if you want to, but there's no necessity for it.; Is there any necessity to reply to her letter?

With a personal fortune of sixty million dollars, she certainly doesn't work out of necessity (= because she needs to).

We brought only the bare necessities with us.; I took the job out of necessity because we had no money left.

Agency by Necessity

Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be vices.; His virtues far outnumber his vices.

The chief of police said that he was committed to wiping out vice in the city.

Vice is also immoral behavior

Vices are often used to hold pieces of wood that are being cut or smoothed.; Her hand tightened like a vice around his arm.

He holds his tennis racket in/with a vice-like grip.

It's thought that the pornographic films are being distributed by an international vice ring.

A naked contract is not enforceable.

also - 'nudum pactum' (Latin for, naked contract)

Naked options refer to an option sold without any previously set-aside shares or cash to fulfill the option obligation at expiration

It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture.; The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss.; stark white walls

In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark (= extreme) contrast to the slums of the city's poor.; The dim halls made a stark contrast with the bright, sun-drenched apartment.

If I didn't exercise, I think I'd go raving mad (UK also stark staring mad) from sitting at a desk all day.; starkly - adverb - Her later sensual works contrast starkly with the harsh earlier paintings.

The children were splashing in the river, stark naked.

Did you see that new pic of Christina Aguilera? She's fuckin starkers!

He's always raving (on) about the government.; She was ranting and raving about some imagined insult.; She was wild and raving, tearing up her books.

to speak in an uncontrolled way, usually because you are upset or angry, or because you are ill

She raved about/over the clothes she had seen at the Paris fashion shows.; Her speech drew raves from everyone.; Everyone is raving about that new Vietnamese restaurant.

adj. - admiring and giving a lot of praise - The show has received rave reviews/notices in all the papers.

He must be a raving idiot/lunatic.; Her last book was a raving best-seller/success.; She's no raving beauty.; I think you're (stark) raving mad to agree to do all that extra work without being paid for it.

He's always ranting (on) about the government.; The minister's speech descended into a rant against his political opponents.; ... the mentally ill patient we heard ranting about demons.

a long, angry, and confused speech; If you say that someone rants, you mean that they talk loudly or angrily, and exaggerate or say foolish thing; another definition: to shout and complain angrily about something

verb - to utter or declaim in a ranting manner; a spell of ranting; a tirade

urban: The extensively talk about a given topic longer than needed whether anyone cares or not

ALSO - a wild revel (dzika biesiada - tańce, itd.) - huczne zabawy

You've every right to rant and rave at unfair, and possibly illogical, situations — most because of the decisions of higher-ups.

Rant comes from the Dutch ranten, "to talk nonsense." Rave is a close synonym — in fact, "to rant and rave" is a popular expression. When rant is used as a noun, it means something like tirade.

talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner; a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion; pompous or pretentious talk or writing

His letters were the rantings of a crazy person.; This isn't an argument, it's just meaningless ranting.

He cussed the pedestrian for getting in his way.

He cussed the pedestrian for getting in his way - The coach cussed out the team for losing.

a strange but likable cuss.

The next witness was sworn in.; Obama was sworn in as president.

After years of addiction, he swore off drugs completely.

I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what they think.

He spends every weekend tinkering (around) with his car.; I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service.

I'll just have a tinker with the TV and see if I can get it to work.

t is often used, especially in England, to indicate the male fallow deer. The names of many antelopes contain the term buck, including bushbuck, springbuck, blackbuck, and reedbuck.

The horse bucked every time he got in the saddle.

(esp. of a horse) to jump into the air with the head down and the back arched

As a designer, she bucked the trend and succeeded with her own original ideas.

Tourism means big bucks for the city.

They're more interested in making a quick buck than helping homeowners find the right loan.

He accused ministers of trying to pass the buck on education.

When it comes to company policy, the buck stops here.

The slogan 'The buck stops here' is a promise that responsibility will not be passed on to anyone else.

Why are you trying to buck the system? Just wait in line like everyone else!

Scottish industry bucked the UK trend with a 5% rise in exports.; EMI managed to buck the trend, closing 80p stronger at 680p.

to have good financial results when other companies, organizations, etc. are having bad ones

His young neighbour is a sweet, buck-toothed kid.

A week at the beach will buck her up.; The aim, it seemed, was to buck up their spirits in the face of the recession.

If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful; to make or become more cheerful, confident, etc

People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble.

If you tell someone to buck up or to buck up their ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner

I could hear the champagne fizz as he poured it into my glass.

Fireworks fizzed above the crowd.

This soda has lost its fizz.

Who'd like some fizz?

Other sparkling wines can also be used.

champagne and orange juice in equal measures

Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the mimosoid clade of the legume family Fabaceae.

A gin fizz is the best-known cocktail in the fizz family. A gin fizz contains gin, lemon juice, and sugar, which are shaken with ice, poured into a tumbler and topped with carbonated water.[

He took a tumbler from a cupboard.

a stemless drinking glass having a flat, often thick bottom.

an acrobat or gymnast, especially one who performs somersaults

a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats.

He lost his balance and tumbled over.; She took a nasty tumble on her way to work and grazed her arm.

Its stock has tumbled to $1.62 a share from a high of $14 last week.; take a tumble - Financial stocks are expected to take a tumble as interest rates rise.; Company profits took a tumble last year.

I hadn't yet tumbled to the fact that the central character was an alien.

to understand or become aware of

... the rough-and-tumble of political combat.; Whoever expected leaders in the rough and tumble of electoral politics to be nice or fair?

He enjoys rough and tumble play.

a fight or scuffle without rules; violent and disorderly, with no concern for rules' a fight or struggle of this kind

Why don't you take the bull by the horns and tell him to leave?

Don't tell him you're a vegetarian - it's like a red rag to a bull.

The men bared their heads (= took their hats off as a sign of respect) as they entered the church.; He became nervous when the dog growled and bared its teeth at him (= showed its teeth to him).

to show something that is usually covered - The dog bared its teeth and growled.

Thousands of doctors have chosen to drop their professional liability insurance and go bare.

Caroline pouts her lips when she's putting on lipstick.; She wore a two-tone dress and a big sulky pout.; Our four-year-old pouts whenever she doesn’t get what she wants.

noun - the act of pouting

The lake is famous for its trout fishing.

She's a miserable old trout who complains about everything.; Fish farmers raise trout in refrigerated tanks.

She noticed some bits of fluff on the sleeve of her sweater.; ... the nestbox which contained two chicks: just small grey balls of fluff.; The cat, a ball of white fluff, darted into the house and started to lick its fur.

Fluff consists of soft threads or fibres in the form of small, light balls or lumps. For example, you can refer to the fur of a small animal as fluff

to fluff up the sofa pillows.; make (something) appear fuller and softer, typically by shaking or brushing it - After fluffing her hair, Tyra nodded at her reflection and blew a kiss at the mirror

If you fluff things such as cushions or feathers, you get a lot of air into them, for example by shaking or brushing them, in order to make them seem larger and lighter

She fluffed her interview at Oxford. fluff your lines (=say them badly when acting in a play); I fluffed my driving test three times before I finally got it.

If you fluff something that you are trying to do, you are unsuccessful or you do it badly; a mistake, esp in speaking or reading lines or performing music

A pleasant piece of fluff, this light comedy, while laugh inducing, is utterly forgettable

entertainment or writing perceived as trivial or superficial

Don’t expect all fluff – like most good satire, this contains some moments of truth.

an object, matter, etc, of little importance; trifle; Anything inconsequential or superficial - That article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.

I darted behind the sofa and hid.; She darted out from between two parked cars.; We made a dart for (= moved quickly towards) the exit.

She darted an angry look at me.

I only had two lines in the whole play and I muffed them.; He muffed his opening speech.; ... a muffed opportunity.

a bungled or clumsy action or performance; If you muff something, you do it badly or you make a mistake while you are doing it, so that it is not successful.

Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.; ... the FBI's bungled attempt to end the 51 day siege.

noun - a clumsy or unsuccessful performance or piece of work; mistake; botch - ... an appalling administrative bungle.; adj. -... a bungling burglar.

He's been trying to undermine her position by spreading rumours about her.; If you continually criticize children you can seriously undermine their confidence.

The incompetence and arrogance of the city’s administration have undermined public confidence in government.

The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take.

I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit.; pick - disapproving - He kept picking his nose (= removing mucus from it with his finger).

to remove small pieces of something from something else, usually with your hands

They were picking strawberries for twelve hours a day.; I picked some roses this morning.

The plane was fairly empty so we had our pick of seats.

The shirts come in five different colours - just take your pick.

verb - to use a pickaxe on (earth, rocks, etc)

used for breaking up hard ground or rock

He picked goods into pallets for the delivery.; Your groceries will be carefully picked, packed, and delivered to your door.

His stock picks rose 112% last year. What's his secret?

Don't be such a sore loser, Jim. I know you pride yourself on your racquetball skills, but I beat you fair and square.

A sore loser is someone who loses in a fair competition but whines about it on a constant basis, blaming everyone around them for their loss except themselves.

All the dust has made my eyes sore.; I've got a sore back.; My feet were sore with all the walking.; The muscles in my legs still feel very sore after all that exercise.

The poor dog's back was covered with sores.

Don't ask him about the job search - it's a bit of a sore point.

She has a sore throat and a fever.

Everyone else was in jeans and T-shirts and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb.

You're a sight for sore eyes!; After twenty hours of driving, my family was a sight for sore eyes.

someone or something that you are happy to see

We spent a week in Rome looking at all the sights.; No sights in Moscow are more historic than the Kremlin.

Something worth seeing; a spectacle: the sights of London.; A sight is also an interesting place

I never buy anything sight unseen.; She leased the flat sight-unseen, for €1500 per month.

without seeing or examining something

Food is a darn/damn sight more expensive than it used to be.; He's a sight better than he was yesterday.

verb - take aim by looking through the sights of a gun - Quickly, he brought his rifle around and sighted on her.; Locate the target in your sight.

a part of a gun or other device through which you look to help you aim at something; verb - To observe through a sight or an optical instrument: sight a target.

A fleet of French ships was sighted in the North Sea.; After days at sea, the sailors finally sighted land.

the act of looking or seeing or observing

a draft payable at two months after sight; The bill read "30 days after sight."

a bill that is payable at sight; The bank draft was marked "at sight".; The authorized bank will pay the exporter at sight.

if a bill of exchange says it must be paid at sight, it must be paid immediately by the person who receives it

When a sight bill is presented to the importer he has to make the payment immediately, or within 7 days at most.

The employee borrows directly from a bank on a demand note basis and pays an annual interest rate equal to the prime rate.

The City Council has now set its community charge, and the basic amount payable is shown on the enclosed demand note.

In addition to the interest cost, the borrower is often obliged to maintain a minimum interest-free demand deposit with the bank.; a demand deposit account

sight-reading - noun - He was fired by the band because his sight-reading was not good enough.

I'm worried that we're losing sight of our original objectives.; Some members of the peace-keeping force seem to have lost sight of the fact that they are there to help people.

He had hoped to become a doctor, but he had to lower his sights after his disappointing exam results.

Problems in remote places can be out of sight, out of mind for many people.

not able to be seen, and so not thought about

The price of the house we like is out of sight.

The group's new record is out of sight!

Jenny has set her sights on winning the competition.

The cannon can be linked to the line of sight of the gunner so that it points in the same direction that he is looking in.

Don't leave expensive items out in plain sight.; With everything in plain view, customers need less help from the staff.

I can tell you, first thing in the morning he's not a pretty sight.

I caught sight of someone with red hair and knew it was you.

Put a tick by/against the names of the people who have accepted the invitation.; Put a tick opposite the answer that you think is correct.

to mark something with a tick

Hold on/Hang on a tick - I'm not quite ready.; I'll be with you in a tick/in two ticks.

The contracts were bought on tick, with just 7% of the cost put up.

March gilt futures settled lower by 19 ticks at 109.83.

Analysts said companies can't be expected to calculate every tick in the market.; There has been an encouraging upward tick in private sector earnings.

This rescue deal ticks all the right boxes.

People struggled with the pages of tick boxes on the forms.; They voiced concerns about problems with the citizen checkbox on voter-registration forms.

on a plus tick: The NYSE restricts some trades to selling on a plus tick when the NYA index has fallen by a certain amount.

Short sales can be made only on a zero-plus tick.

uptick in sth: We can see some uptick in activity in the marketplace.

Even after yesterday's uptick, the shares remain more than 40% below their peak a year ago.

Last week's accident caused barely a downtick in travel-agency airline bookings.

CNBC correspondents somberly reported each downtick in stock prices.

They have barely enough (= no more than what is needed) to pay the rent this month.; She was barely (= only just) 15 when she won her first championship.

by the smallest amount; only just: There was barely enough room for the two of them.; The dark line of the mountains was barely visible against the night sky.

I was so tired that I could hardly put one foot in front of the other.

We tacked up a few decorations for the party.

fasten or fix in place with tacks

all the objects that the rider of a horse needs, including saddles and bridles

The ship was on the starboard tack.

verb - an act of changing course by turning a vessel's head into and through the wind, so as to bring the wind on the opposite side

When this tack didn’t work, I tried another.

a method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy

I've written twice and received no reply, so I might change tack and call her.

to put a bridle on a horse or similar animal

She bridled at the suggestion that she had been dishonest.; Homeowners bridled at the new regulations.

to show annoyance or anger

Helga stuck her posters up with Blu-Tack.

The group set the true interest cost at 5.6%.

He said it was only worth £10, but really you could add a couple of noughts to that (= it is really worth £1,000).; 0.4% (nought point four percent); He's got several noughts on the end of his salary.

Add two naughts and divide by two.

All our efforts were for naught.; All their plans came to naught (= did not achieve anything).;

At the last minute they tacked on a couple of extra visits to my schedule.

Tacking a 32% surcharge on these products prices them out of U.S. markets.; He promised that he would tack labour and environmental clauses onto future trade deals.; They tacked an additional 18% on the bill as a service charge.

Wal-Mart tacked on $1.18, or 2.1% and was the Dow's biggest percentage gainer.; The Nasdaq tacked on 11.12 points or 0.81% to 1391.74.

I had to tick him off for being late again.

It really ticks me off when she doesn't keep her promises.; Bad service in a restaurant ticks him off.

to make someone angry

That's one more action point that we can tick off.; Tick off all the people on the list who have replied.

She ticked off six reasons for saying no.

A surcharge may be made for deliveries outside normal hours.; If you order the tickets by mail, there is a $5.00 surcharge.; A surcharge may be made for deliveries outside normal hours.

to charge an extra amount: People do not see why they should be surcharged for withdrawing their own money.

Some hotels add an energy surcharge of $2 or more onto their bills.

Subsequently, a 10% across-the-board import surcharge was introduced in the April Budget to raise revenue.

I'll be able to keep things ticking over in the office until you get back.; Bankers cut interest rates to keep the global economy ticking over.

I've left the car with the engine ticking over.

I've always wondered what makes people like that tick.; I’ve never been able to understand what makes him tick.

If you know what makes someone tick, you understand why that person behaves the way he or she does

Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.; the smell of decaying meatc

dental/tooth decay - chyba próchnica; This industry has been in decay for some time.

Radioactive uranium decays into stable lead at a known rate.

The room smelled of rotten vegetables.

rotten weather; rotten behavior; old-fashioned: It was rotten of you to leave without saying goodbye.

The whole legal system is rotten to the core.

The children are spoiled rotten by their grandparents.

The fruit had been left to rot on the trees.; Sugar rots your teeth.

Don't talk rot!

World War I confirmed the dry rot at the heart of the 19th-Century European patriarchy.

We must try to stop the rot before the whole school is corrupted.

verb - to cover something with enamel

My enthusiasm for the venture was tempered by my knowledge of the hard work that would be involved.; I learned to temper my criticism.; Perhaps you should temper your language.

tempered steel

improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it

Charlie had/threw a tantrum in the shop because I wouldn't buy him any sweets.; If she doesn't get her own way she has temper tantrums.

a drug ring; a spy ring

a group of people who work together, often secretly in criminal activities; a group of people working together illegally

a gas ring; an electric ring

Armed police ringed the hijacked plane.; The harbour is dangerous - it's ringed by/with rocks and reefs.

Students should ring the correct answers in pencil.

Consumers are ringing cash registers at a steady pace, incomes are on the rise, and exports are rocketing. Cash registers were ringing across the nation over the Christmas period.

His phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from people who want him to do work for them.

Some commodity markets still have a trading floor or ring.

The ringleaders of the plot were arrested and punished.

These politicians are just a bunch of crooks.

a person who is dishonest, esp. someone who cheats or steals

I'm a bit crook at the moment.

She delicately crooked her little finger as she picked up her cup.

Kids should learn to sneeze and cough into the crooks of their elbows.

I decided I was going to get that job by hook or by crook.

It has to be a great song, with a great hook, great lyrics, and a great melody.

He hooked the trailer (= joined it with a hook) to his car.; How many salmon did you hook (= catch) this afternoon?; She hooked the shoe (= lifted it with a hook) out of the water.; He hooked his cane over the back of the chair.

We hooked some bass.

Special deals on bestsellers are used as hooks to sell volumes from publishers' back catalogues.

verb - to attract someone's attention or encourage them to buy a product or service

If the investment company fails, they are on the hook to pay the loan.

be/get off the hook: Don't think you're off the hook on taxes just because you were paid in cash.

get/let sb off the hook: The minister was last night under fire for letting the big banks off the hook.

hook sth to sth: The high-speed digital connector is used to hook all kinds of devices to your computer.

any of several related fishes found in rivers or the sea, used for food - striped bass

verb - to move sheep from one place to another -The dogs shepherded the sheep into the pens.

Visitors are shepherded through the mansion by volunteers.; Roberti shepherded the legislation through Congress (= made sure it was approved).

Sheep are penned behind the barn.

verb - to enclose a person or animal in a small area by surrounding the area with a fence

noun - an act or sound of sneezing

a cake/jelly mould

He's cast in a very different mould from his brother.; He's a player in the Federer mould.

This plastic is going to be moulded into plates.; The children moulded little pots out of/from (= made them by shaping) clay.

He kept trying to mould me into something he wanted me to be.

She was wearing an extremely tight costume that moulded to/round the contours of her body.

Their approach to sports teaching broke the mould.

She's got pots of money (= she's very rich).

I'm afraid I've let the garden go to pot this summer.

Dawson made a difficult pot look very easy.

in games such as snooker, to hit a ball so that it falls into one of the holes at the edge of the table

He strolled through the fields, potting (at) the occasional rabbit.

I'm just going to pot (up) these seedlings.

This could mean an extra £10,000 in the pot compared to a traditional pension.; The new cash will be added to a pot of $200 million in federal grants.; a bonus/pension/prize pot

a coffee pot a flowerpot a teapot a cooking pot

a clay/brass pot a flower pot We need space for our pots and pans.

a cultural melting pot New Orleans is one of the great melting pots of America.

We had no idea which hotel would be best, so we just took pot luck with the first one on the list.

a pot luck dinner We're having a pot luck on Saturday.

a chicken pot pie

We usually have a pot roast for Sunday lunch.

organic fertilizer a liquid/chemical fertilizer

a cocktail shaker

a salt/pepper shaker

The new director of the company is a real mover and shaker.

someone who has a lot of influence in a particular organization or group

The company was an early mover into online gambling.; He was portrayed as the main mover behind the dismissals.

big/major/market mover: The biggest mover in the leading index was the German telecoms giant, up 5.3p to 149.9p.; Among movers today, brewer Bavaria fell 1.5 percent to 3,250 pesos.

a company's shares that change in value during a particular period of time

He has always been a very good-looking horse and a lovely mover

These skirts have been one of our best movers this spring.

They got to where they are today by being first movers, and by running fast enough to keep ahead.

He was a prime mover in developing a new style of customer-friendly bookshops in the UK.

Do you have any nail polish remover? stain remover

a substance, tool, or system that removes something that is not wanted

a furniture remover The office move was done by a local firm of removers.

Tomato sauce stains terribly - it's really difficult to get it out of clothes.

This carpet is ideal for the kitchen because it doesn't stain easily.

She stripped the floorboards and stained them dark brown.

noun - a chemical for changing the colour of something; If you stain wood, you put a substance on it that changes its color; A stain is also a thin, oily liquid used to change the color of wood

Several important politicians have had their reputations stained by this scandal.

noun - permanent damage to someone's reputation or character - His solicitor said, "He leaves this court without a stain on his character."

He's got an impressively large store of wine in his cellar.; They cleared out the cellar and transformed it into a lovely playroom for the kids.

After 20 years of heavy drinking, he has a massive potbelly.

He was taking potshots at neighbourhood cats.

The recent criticism of his leadership has included potshots from several leading political journalists.; Her opponent has taken potshots at her for not being tough enough.

What was the good of a BA from that tinpot university anyway?; They treated us like a tin-pot banana republic instead of a sovereign country.; The country was run by a junta of tin-pot military dictators.

The hotel does exactly what it says on the tin and offers customers a relaxing break.

jest też - tin foil hat - foliowa czapka na głowa w celach zabawy

Construction workers in hard hats.

Hard hats around the country are increasingly busy setting I-beams and rivets on new towers, warehouses, industrial parks, and retail space.

Make these walnut cookies up to 4 days ahead; store in a cookie jar or tightly sealed container.

There was an outpouring of small donations from citizens from their cookie jars.

He only returned the money when he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

A lot of people had their hands in the cookie jar at the company.

Any help we can offer them will be appreciated. They don't have a pot to piss in.

Damn! That's the second pair of tights I've laddered today!

verb - If a pair of tights or a stocking ladders or if you ladder it, a long hole appears in it

a hairbrush; a toothbrush; a paintbrush

noun - an act of cleaning with a brush - These shoes need a good brush.

Charlotte brushed against him (= touched him quickly and lightly with her arm or body) as she left the room.; His lips gently brushed her cheek and he was gone.

to touch (something) quickly and lightly or carelessly

Was that your first brush with the law (= experience of being in trouble with the police)?

We spotted a jackrabbit hidden in the brush.

low, dense bushes that grow on open land

Jackie brushed the hair out of her eyes.; He brushed away a tear.

He's a nice enough boy, but he's as daft as a brush.

Don't be daft - let me pay - you paid last time.

Because they worked so closely in the same department, John was tarred with the same brush as Tim.

verb - to put tar on a surface, esp. a road

he boxer knocked the tar out of his opponent.

I saw her haring off down the road after Molly.

The baby was born with a surprising bush of black hair.

Quit beating around the bush and say what’s on your mind.

If you don’t pack the dress carefully, it will wrinkle.

There are still a few wrinkles to iron out (= solve) before the agreement can be signed.

She wrinkled up her nose at the strange smell coming from the kitchen.; Amy wrinkled her nose in disapproval.

to show surprise, uncertainty, or disgust at something - "Oooh, yuck!" 7-year-old Pamela says, wrinkling her nose as she wipes gooey paste from her fingers onto her sweat pants.

a gooey cake; a gooey dessert

He scrubbed the old saucepan clean, and it looked as good as new.

Kids, give your hands a good scrub and come and get your dinner!

We had to scrub our plans when I lost my job.

low trees and bushes that grow in dirt that is not especially good or where it is windy and dry

exfoliating facial scrubs

I saw a photo of her in doctor's scrubs.

Mary scrubs up well.

a scrubby landscape

scrubby vegetation

Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast.

a potbellied stove

a horse-drawn carriage

The carriage at the end of the train was left stranded when the coupling broke.

That will be £150, carriage included.; The carriage for non-perishable items is £3.95.; You can buy a whole side of salmon for €30, including carriage.

She had great stage presence and perfect carriage.

the way in which you hold your body when standing or moving around

other names: perambulator - UK old-fashioned; pushchair; stroller; baggy; pram

If the carrier agrees to accept dangerous goods for carriage, such goods must be accompanied by a full declaration of their nature and contents

a golf/dune buggy; beach buggy; moon buggy

It's too buggy to eat outside this time of year.

buggy code

carriage paid to Nairobi

carriage and insurance paid to Chennai

Where it is agreed that goods are to be despatched carriage forward, they will be consigned by the cheapest route.

Two loads of cloth were dispatched to the factory on 12 December.

Our handsome hero manages to dispatch another five villains.

The term 'lead time' can be used to refer to the time elapsed between order and despatch.

In her latest dispatch, Clare Duggan, our war correspondent, reported an increase in fighting.

Sergeant Havers was mentioned in dispatches for his courage.

Four years had elapsed since he left college and still he hadn't found a job.

The dispatch advice enables the shipper to provide information about the content of a shipment to the receiver.

(also dispatch note); (UK also despatch advice); (UK also despatch note)

The seller often requires the buyer to sign a delivery note to the effect that the goods have been delivered in compliance with the contract, and in good condition

a 911/police/emergency dispatch center

The goods will be consigned to you by air freight.

Most items that you consign to us for sale will be illustrated in our online catalogue.

to be consigned to prison After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty.

If the consignee refuses the goods, the carrier will ask the sender for instructions.

All goods are carried and stored at the risk of the consignor.

also - the part of a typewriter that you move or press in order to start a new line of writing

The plot of the film is just a hackneyed boy-meets-girl scenario.

used or said so often that it seems ordinary, meaningless, or not sincere

carriage and insurance paid to Chennai; The defective components should be returned to the premises of the company, carriage and insurance paid.

The company is relocating to new premises.; The ice cream is made on the premises (= in the building where it is sold).

We should work on the premise that this plan will be successful. Could you explain the basic premise of your argument? Your reasoning is based on a misguided premise.;

We don’t accept the premise that cutting taxes will necessarily lead to increased economic productivity.

He premised his argument on several incorrect assumptions.

It's important to store perishable food in a cool place.

perishables - food products that decay quickly - Perishables account for more than 50% of supermarket sales.

Three hundred people perished in the earthquake. He believes that Europe must create closer ties or it will perish.

Sunlight has caused the rubber to perish.

Me, get married? Perish the thought!

She's been neglecting her studies this semester.;

noun - to fail to give needed care or attention to someone or something - The park was in a sorry state of neglect.

I'd neglected to give him the name of the hotel where I'd be staying. He neglected to mention the fact that we could lose money on the deal.; He neglected to tell his employer that he would be taking the day off.

She recommends gentle exfoliation before moisturizing. Try exfoliation with an apricot facial scrub.

We used the clip as a filler after one of our guests dropped out of the show.

There are only three good tracks on the album - the rest is just filler.

There will be an interim government to oversee the transition to democracy.

She began her transition from male to female almost seven years ago.

an interim solution; An interim government was set up for the period before the country's first free election.

temporary; intended for a short period only

interim results/figures/profits

The interims released in August show that year-on-year sales grew 27%.

also - the last dividend payment before a company stops paying them, for example because it has been bought by another company

Workers injured in the fire have not received any compensation other than the interim payments of £10,000 each that were made in April.

The court has issued an injunction to prevent the airline from increasing its prices.

I drive 45 miles round trip every day for work.

He was on another one of his ego trips, directing and taking the main part in a movie.

Do you fancy a drink this evening?; I didn't fancy swimming in that water.

He could tell she fancied him.

That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?

He fancies himself as a bit of a singer.; Who do you fancy to win the Cup this year?

Fancy seeing you here! "They have eight children." "Fancy that (= how surprising)!"

The decorations were a little too fancy for my tastes.

We stayed in a fancy hotel near the Champs-Élysées. a fancy restaurant

But for me, parachuting was no passing fancy.

Laura's taken a fancy to Japanese food.

I looked in a lot of clothes shops but nothing really tickled my fancy. She has enough money to buy anything that strikes her fancy.