NTCs pocket dictionary of words and phrases

... or something (Past tense and past participle: worshiped Present participle: worshiping.) iv to attend a church service (Past tense and past participle: worshiped Present participle: worshiping.) ... tv to take a picture of the inside of a person or an object using Q xylophone ["zaI l@ fon] n a musical instrument made of a series of wooden bars of different sizes, each of which...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:17

... ground under a body of water n the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks adj relating to the lowest part of something; relating to the underneath part of something → (as) soft as a baby’s ... jump → by leaps and bounds bound hand and foot with hands and feet tied up bouquet [bo "ke] n an arrangement of cut flowers; a grouping of cut flowers that can be held...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... upper front part of the body n a piece of furniture with drawers, used to store clothes, linen, and other items (Often chest of drawers.) n a large, wooden storage box → get something off one’s ... division of government, such as the House of Representatives or the Senate of the United States Congress, separately; certain organizations, such as the chamber of commerce of a...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... the period of the day when there is light; from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun from hand to hand from one person to a series of other persons; from one person’s hand to another ... ["froz] past tense of freeze frozen ["froz @n] Past participle of freeze fruit ["frut] n the part of a plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food (Plural only for types a...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... level grand ["grAnd] adj impressive; magnificent (Adv: grandly Comp: grander; sup: grandest.) n a thousand dollars (Slang No plural.) → (as) busy as Grand Central Station grand total ["grAnd "tot ... grandchild ["grAn(d) tSaIld] n., irreg a child of one’s child (Plural: grandchildren.) grandchildren ["grAn(d) tSIl dr@n] plural of grandchild granddad ["grAn dAd] n grandfather; the father...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... empty-handed → dirty one’s hands → something by hand → eat out of someone’s hand → fold one’s hands → force someone’s hand → from hand to hand → get one’s hands dirty → get the upper hand (on ... the adj use of Q or R → be putty in someone’s hands → bite the hand that feeds one → bound hand and foot → by a show of hands → can’t see one’s hand in front of one’s face → close at hand →...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... back part of the foot; the part of the foot that bears the weight of the body n the part of a shoe or sock that covers the back part of the foot n the part of a shoe that supports the back part of ... something (Often with stand.) head back (someplace ) to start moving back to someplace head of cabbage and head of lettuce n the edible, top part of a cabbage...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... objective form of he Q (The pronoun used to refer to males Used after prepositions and as the object of verbs.) pron an objective form of he W (Used when the sex of a grammatical object of a verb ... someone or something home office ["hom "Of Is] n the central office of a company n an office in one’s home home on(to something ) to aim directly at something; to fix some type of...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... past tense and past participle of hang adj [of a jury] unable to reach a decision; [of a jury] not having a majority hunger ["h^N g#] n a general lack of food (No plural.) n the feeling of a need ... S@n] n the part of the mind that produces thoughts and images that are not real or not experienced; the part of the mind that imagines things (No plural.) n the ability to thi...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... time between the ending of something and the beginning of something else in the know knowledgeable in the lap of luxury in luxurious surroundings in the line of duty as part of one’s expected duties ... memory the period of time in which things that can be remembered happened in return by way of giving something back; as a way of paying someone back for something; as part...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... official who hears and settles cases in a court of law and who presides over trials n someone who helps decide the winner of a contest or competition tv to hear and settle a case in a court of ... of law (No plural.) n the administration of law; the practice of law within the court system (No plural.) n a judge (Also a title and term of address.) → a travesty of justic...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... pilot] to return an airplane to the ground safely → a land-office business → lay of the land → live off the fat of the land → on land the land of Nod sleep (Humorous From the fact that people sometimes ... fits over the electric light bulb in a lamp to soften the glare of the light land ["lAnd] n the dry, solid part of the earth’s surface; the part of the earth’s surface that...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... lay of the land the arrangement of features on an area of land the arrangement or organization of something other than land lay off ((from) something ) to cease doing something lay off ( (of ) ... tense and past participle: left.) tv., irreg to depart from a place tv., irreg to depart [from a place], letting someone or something remain in the place tv., irreg to depart from and a...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... and habits of a person n excitement; vigor (No plural.) n a kind of living; a quality of living (No plural.) → all walks of life → claim a life → get the shock of one’s life → have the time of ... larger share of something → beard the lion in his den → mountain lion lip ["lIp] n one of the two ridges of flesh on the outside of the mouth n a rim; an edge, especially a pa...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20

... ["lat] n a part of the available goods; a group of goods n fate; destiny; the kind of life that one has been granted n an area of land; a share of land; a piece of property → cover a lot of ground ... never earned n 338 TLFeBOOK lover the death of someone; the death of a loved one n a defeat; the failure to win → cut one’s losses lost ["lOst] past tense and past partici...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 22:20