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apple/strawberry/custard tart

You might need some sugar on the rhubarb - it's a little tart.; I like tart, firm apples, like Granny Smiths.

a tart remark/comment/reply

He made his money by tarting up slum houses and selling them at a huge profit.

She's still in the bathroom, tarting herself up.

Have you ever eaten rhubarb crumble?

the long red stems of a plant that are prepared in a pie or as a sweet fruit dish

We had to stand at the back of the stage saying "rhubarb, rhubarb" in the crowd scenes.

You need that tartness to balance the sugar and cream.

"We'll see about that," she said with typical tartness.

She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers.

Support for the government is crumbling.

apple crumble

Cook the peas by plunging them into boiling water.

A flower was pinned to/in her lapel.; wide lapels

a double-breasted suit

a single-breasted coat/jacket/suit

Mange tout (French for "eat all") or mangetout

This is a film that will chill you to the marrow.

Her car plunged off the cliff.; He plunged into the crowd, smiling and shaking hands.; She suddenly plunged the knife into the cake.

I really enjoyed my plunge (= jumping in and swimming) in the pool.; We ran down to the beach and plunged into the sea.

The fall in demand caused share prices to plunge.; We are expecting a plunge in profits this year.

They're finally taking the plunge and getting married.; Consumers who want to buy a home ought to take the plunge, rather than waiting for even lower mortgage rates.

He took a deep breath and plunged into his speech.; The Zurich insurance group has plunged headlong into fund management in America.

There is increasing confidence that the economy is not going to plunge into recession.; Problems with a controversial new fuel manufacturing facility plunged the company deeper into losses last year.

plunging sales figures; a dress with a plunging neckline (= having a deep curve at the neck to show part of the breasts)

She wore a dress with a plunging neckline (= one showing part of her breasts).; a ruffled/square neckline

We got this mutt at the pound.

symbol #

Enter your Social Security number, then press the pound sign.

Could you lend me 20 quid (= £20), mate?; The tax benefits mean you are only paying 40p for a quid's worth of shares.

The government has promised food aid as a quid pro quo for the stopping of violence.; Contributors expect a quid pro quo for their donations.; It's all legal as long as contributions aren't a quid pro quo for political favors.

Select the most appropriate gas and electricity suppliers and you could be quids in.; You'll be quids in if the market takes off now.

Companies have become more aware of the power of the pink pound.

a window pane; a pane of glass

The government has promised to match the money raised by the charity pound for pound.

If you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from.

Banks are quick to demand their pound of flesh when overdrafts run a little over the limit.; something that is one's legal right but is an unreasonable demand

The campaigners have promised to keep pounding away at the council until the decision to build the road is reversed.

All right, I'll drive you all the way there—in for a penny, in for a pound.

Originally with reference to the fact that if one owed a penny, one might as well owe a pound (pound sterling, UK currency) as the penalties for non-payment were virtually identical in severity.

a twelve-oz pack of bacon; a 12-oz can of cola

If he has an ounce of common sense, he'll realize that this project is bound to fail.

A herd of cattle had strayed into the road.; The new editor will ride herd on the staff, checking on the overall policy and tone of the paper.; The ship strayed off course during the storm.; The children were told to stay together and not to stray.

to move away from a place where you should be or from a direction in which you should go

a herd of cattle/elephants/goats

Poor Janine - she just follows the herd (= does what all the other people are doing).

He was herding the goats.; The teachers herded the children into buses.

The new editor will ride herd on the staff, checking on the overall policy and tone of the paper.

I think we've strayed too far from our original plan.; Sorry - I've strayed from the subject.

a stray dog; "Who owns that dog?" "I don't know. I think it must be a stray."

There are still a few stray spots of paint on the window pane.

Stray also means happening by chance and lacking direction -It was just a stray thought I had while washing the dishes.

a person who behaves in a silly or careless way

a dog whose parents are of different breeds

Some people call English a mongrel language because it is a mixture of old German and French.

We resurfaced the floor because it wasn't even.; The snow was even with the kitchen doorstep.

Expect delays while they resurface the highway.

When the divers did not resurface after an hour, three crew members dived down to look for them.

Please contact me if any of the stolen paintings resurface.; Jill resurfaced last week, after spending the past few months doing research in the library.; The tax issue is likely to resurface next year.

to appear again after not being seen or heard

Memories of his childhood resurfaced when he saw the photographs.

You should try to work at an even rate instead of taking it easy one day and working flat out the next.; Try to keep the beat even - don't speed up toward the end of the piece.

He runs with long, even strides, never breaking his rhythm.; We walked at an even pace.; ​ happening in a smooth, gradual, and regular way instead of changing a lot or changing suddenly - Share prices are continuing to rise at an even rate.

Both sides played well - it was a very even contest.; I bought the tickets, so if you pay for dinner we’ll be even (= you will not owe me any money).

The weather forecast said that there's an even chance of thunderstorms tonight (= that it is equally likely that there will or will not be storms).

The chances of her getting the job are about evens.

an even bet; If I were betting I'd take even money on United.

6 is an even number and 7 is an odd number.

Sheila was awarded a scholarship in chemistry, and now her brother has evened the score with a scholarship in economics.

Tonight’s win evens their record at 6-6.; They won the next night to even up the score.; Taking me to the movies isn’t going to even things out.

an even trade/deal - Both parties considered the exchange an even trade, with each property valued at $1.7 million.

"Will you sell it for $45?" "Make it an even fifty and you got a deal."

get back/stay/keep on an even keel: Investors are hoping the new board will help share prices get back on an even keel.; The new manager succeeded in putting the business back on an even keel.

regular and well-balanced and not likely to change suddenly

Several broadcasters have been criticized for failing to give even-handed treatment to all the parties during the election campaign.

fair to everyone involved

He has an even-money chance of winning the race.; the even-money favourite

reach break-even point: We should reach break-even point after our first year.

We have calculated that our break-even point would be 9,000 units sold.

The higher the financial break-even point, the higher the financial risk of the investment.

Financial break-even analysis will determine the point where the program generates enough revenue to cover its total variable and fixed costs.

get even - to punish someone who has done something bad to you by doing something equally bad to that person

After she insulted me, all I thought about was how I could get even with her.

This is my advice to wives whose husbands have left them for a younger woman - don't get mad, get even!

“We could just lend her the money.” “No, don't even go there – we're not lending her anything.”

As a wealthy businessman, he couldn't even begin to imagine real poverty.

After paying for our travel costs, we barely (= only just) broke even.; We’d have to sell 2000 copies of the book to break even.

to earn enough money to pay for expenses, without any profit

Kim Kardashian says she has "pregnancy lips", but is that even a thing?

The league is divided into two skill levels in order to even out the competition.; Her brother also won a scholarship, which evened things out nicely.; A last-minute goal by Spain evened out the score to 2-2.

I paid for the tickets and you bought dinner so we're quits, I reckon.; Am I quits with you now?

Let’s call it quits for today and get together first thing tomorrow.

I paid for last week's shopping and you paid for this week's, so let's call it quits.

The contest was very uneven - the other team was much stronger than us.; an uneven distribution of financial resources; an uneven surface

Your work has been a little uneven this term, Mark.; It’s an uneven movie, but some of the scenes are hilariously funny.

varying in quality; not always good

The regional impact of the fall in house prices is uneven, with modest declines predicted in the south-east, while values are set to fall much more sharply in the south-west.

Union officials are worried that negotiating separate deals with each site will create an uneven playing field.

It's a frame backpack with a belt and padded shoulder straps.

We backpacked around Thailand.

backpacker - noun - A line of backpackers passed us on the trail.

It's a short jacket with padded shoulders.; a padded bra

The parts arrived in a padded envelope.

I'll be with you in a jiffy.; I've just got to fetch some books from upstairs - I won't be a jiffy (= I'll be very quick).; I’m on the phone, but I’ll be with you in a jiffy.

She had to pad the presentation out to make it last half an hour.

They brought out guns and for a split second nobody moved.; We had to make a split-second (= very quick) decision.

Jim had the wheel mended in a trice.; They must make up their minds in a trice.; In a trice the water-mains were broken; there was no food, water or transport; and there was no light.

I've left my watch at the jeweller's to be mended.; The plumber came to mend the burst pipe.; The country's president is seeking to mend relations with the United States.

also - to repair cloth that is torn or something that is damaged - Could you mend this hole in my shirt?; also - UK - a place in a piece of clothing where a repair has been made

The bones in my broken wrist took eight weeks to mend.

She's been ill with the flu but she's on the mend now.; She's still in the hospital, but she's definitely on the mend.

also - to be improving after a period of difficulty or failure - The economy finally seems to be on the mend.

The industry is trying to mend fences with government, environmental groups, and the public.

to try to improve a relationship with someone you have had a disagreement with

I was getting really bad grades, but I promised my parents I would mend my ways and work harder.; The outcry over third-world child exploitation has shamed some employers into mending their ways.

to behave better; to begin to improve your behaviour after you have been behaving badly

I have to fetch my mother from the station.; He fetches the children from school on Mondays and Fridays.; She fetched another chair from the dining room.

The collection of paintings fetched over a million dollars.; The house didn't fetch as much as she was hoping it would.

I fetched him a smart blow on the ear!

She’s been teaching the dog to fetch (= get a stick or ball that is thrown and bring it back).

After a whole hour of driving, we fetched up back where we started.

Carter's brilliant second novel lifted her out of the ruck (of average writers).

also - a tightly packed crowd of people

The blankets had rucked up around his feet.

ruck - a fold

In Australia and elsewhere, the word haversack is synonymous with rucksack or other similar terms and is used to describe any backpack or more than one backpack.

The word haver likewise means "oats" in Northern English and Scottish dialects.[4]

oat crackers; oat bran/cereal

a field of oats; These biscuits contain oats.; UK - porridge oats

He did ten years porridge for armed robbery.

oatmeal bread

wheat/oat bran; Both these breakfast cereals have added bran.; We had bran muffins for breakfast.

Wheat, rice, and corn are cereals.

breakfast cereals; I hate it when cereal goes all soggy, so I try to eat it up quickly.; Do you want cereal or eggs?

I hate it when cereal goes soggy.; They played on a wet, soggy field.

(of a substance) very wet from having absorbed liquid

He failed to catch his biscuit before it collapsed soggily onto the floor.; He took the teabag out and set it soggily into his saucer.; The squish of her shoes sounded soggily behind me.

a potato masher

Don't sit on that bag - you'll squish the sandwiches.; Squish the ripe bananas with a potato masher.; It felt like squishing a grape in your hand.

also - to crush something, or to make the sound you make when you walk through something soft and wet - We squished through the mud.

He could hear the squish of the damp ground beneath his boots.; If you give the ripe fruit a little squish it will fall apart in your hands.; The only sound was the squish of soggy soil under their feet.

I looked in the refrigerator and saw the strawberries were getting a little squishy.; Nearly a third of the lake is now squishy ground.; Blanche sat in the small sitting-room on a squishy sofa.

soft and easily crushed or shaped - squishy white bread - She had a collection of squishy, bendable toys she used to relieve stress.

The grass is still damp.; This shirt still feels a bit damp.; It was a damp, misty morning.

After all that media attention, the whole event turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, with very few people attending.

Why do snakes hiss?; The iron was hissing and spluttering.; People in the audience were hissing their disapproval.

"Shut up, Tom!" she hissed.

I heard a hiss and a pop as the cork came out of the bottle.; We heard the loud hiss of escaping gas.

Rain had dampened the tent so we left it to dry in the afternoon sun.

Nothing you can say will dampen her enthusiasm.; I didn't want to dampen his spirits.; I think the accident dampened his enthusiasm for baseball.

The outlook for the global economy looked gloomy, and dampened expectations of a rise in profits that quarter.; Rising raw-material costs dampened profits for many manufacturers.

Water was pumped from a nearby lake in an attempt to damp down the flames.

He had tried to damp down speculation about the state of his marriage.

Toss the salad when you’re ready to serve to prevent sogginess.; While she wasn't a huge fan of the sogginess of the aubergine, the pasta was excellent.; Dry roast all the cereal in a large wok to remove any sogginess.;

I’ve solved the sogginess issue by adding a layer of breadcrumbs in between each layer of tomatoes.

I roasted a few nuts.; We roasted chestnuts on the open fire.

forests full of oak and chestnut

also - a large, brown nut that grows on a sweet chestnut tree, often cooked and eaten hot - A man in the street was selling bags of roast chestnuts.

a maroon tie

What would you miss most if you found yourself marooned on a desert island?; The police are advising motorists marooned by the blizzards to stay in their cars until the rescue services can reach them.;

My flight was canceled because of a snowstorm and I was marooned at the Denver airport.