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A is the first letter of the English alphabet. |
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In music, A is the sixth note in the scale of C major. |
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If you get an A as a mark for a piece of work or in an exam, your work is extremely good. |
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You use a or an when you are referring to someone or something for the first time or when people may not know which particular person or thing you are talking about. A waiter entered with a tray. |
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the first letter and first vowel of the modern English alphabet |
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used preceding a singular countable noun, if the noun is not previously specified or known a dog a terrible disappointment |
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a note having a frequency of 440 hertz (A above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the sixth note of the scale of C major |
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not; without; opposite to atonal asocial |
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on; in; towards afoot abed aground aback |
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the first letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek alpha, a borrowing from the Phoenician |
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a reduced, unstressed form of auxiliary have following some modals, as might, should, could, would, and must (usually written as part of a single, unhyphenated word) We shoulda gone Compare of2 |
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the first letter of the English alphabet, a vowel |
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a reduced form of the Old English preposition on, meaning “on,” “in,” “into,” “to,” “ toward,” preserved before a noun in a prepositional phrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element ( afoot; abed; ashore; aside; away), or before an adjec |
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an old point-action prefix, not referring to an act as a whole, but only to the beginning or end, as She arose (rose up) or They abided by their beliefs (remained faithful to the end) |
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var. of ab- before p and v |
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var. of ad- used: (1) before sc, sp, st (ascend) and (2) in words of French derivation (often with the sense of increase, addition) amass |
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var. of an-1 before a consonant, meaning “not,” “without” amoral atonal achromatic |
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a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin phenomena criteria data errata genera |
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a feminine singular ending of nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek, also used in Neo-Latin coinages to Latinize bases of any origin, and as a Latin substitute for the feminine ending -ē of Greek words anabaena cinchona pachysandra |
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1. variable noun A1 A is the first letter of the English alphabet. 2. variable noun In music, A is the sixth note in the scale of C major. 3. variable noun B1 If you get an A as a mark for a piece of work or in an exam, your work is extremely good. 4. A or a is used as an abbreviation for words begi... |
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noun 1. the first letter and first vowel of the modern English alphabet 2. any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in take, bag, calm, shortage, or cobra 3. Also called: alpha the first in a series, esp the highest grade or mark, as in an examination 4. → See from A to... |
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noun 1. a blood type→ see also ABO system 2. US, Education a grade indicating excellence 3. Music a. the sixth tone or note in the ascending scale of C major b. a key, string, etc. producing this tone c. the scale having this tone as the keynote adjective 4. first-class; A 1→ see also A one 1. Physi... |
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determiner (indefinite article) 1. not any particular or certain one of a class or group 2. a certain; a particular 3. another; one typically resembling 4. one (used before plural nouns that are preceded by a quantifier singular in form) a hundred men (compare hundreds of men); a dozen times (compar... |
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uncount noun In Britain, A & E is the part of a hospital that deals with accidents and emergencies. A & E is an abbreviation for 'accident and emergency'. [British]regional note: in AM, use ER... |
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abbreviation for 1. Agricultural and Mechanical 2. Ancient and Modern (hymn book)... |
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abbreviation Agricultural and Mechanical (college) Also: A&M... |
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A woman with an open white coat appeared in the waiting room. |
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A problem had arisen at work, an awkward matter which was the reason I'd phoned his wife yesterday. |
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A conveyancing solicitor isn't going to be much good for you. |
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A & M college in British English |
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a university originally specializing in Agriculture and Mechanical subjects |
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noun a university originally specializing in Agriculture and Mechanical subjects... |
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Agricultural and Pastoral (Association, Show, etc) |
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abbreviation for (in New Zealand) Agricultural and Pastoral (Association, Show, etc)... |
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A conveyancing solicitor isn't going to be much good for you. |
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A childhood memory returned to me of a summer in the country. |
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A flat, nightmarish air of mid-afternoon seediness hung about the pub. |
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A & R |
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A & R in British English |
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artists and repertoire |
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Artist(s) and Repertoire: with reference to those officials of commercial recording companies who select the performers and supervise the production of recordings iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_contentslot_1'); }); |
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abbreviation for artists and repertoire... |
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Artist(s) and Repertoire: with reference to those officials of commercial recording companies who select the performers and supervise the production of recordings... |
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A childhood memory returned to me of a summer in the country. |
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A problem had arisen at work, an awkward matter which was the reason I'd phoned his wife yesterday. |
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A hotel porter showed me to a top-floor suite with sweeping views over Hyde Park. |
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a (whole) lot |
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a (whole) lot in American English |
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a great deal; very much considered somewhat informal by some a lot happier, a whole lot nicer |
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a great deal; very much considered somewhat informal by some... |
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I got to tell you, I don't think we're going to find a whole lot more. |
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a babe in arms |
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a babe in arms |
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someone who is very young The family have always cycled, and Chris has been going to races since he was a babe in arms. |
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someone who is very young... |
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She made her stage debut as a babe in arms. |
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a babe in the woods |
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a babe in the woods |
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an innocent person with no experience who is involved in a complicated situation that they do not understand |
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an innocent person with no experience who is involved in a complicated situation that they do not understand... |
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She's just a babe in the woods. |
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a back number |
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a back number |
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someone who is no longer useful or successful |
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someone who is no longer useful or successful... |
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a bad apple |
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a bad apple |
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a dishonest, immoral, or unpleasant person who has a bad influence on those around them They made it clear that they were not going to tolerate a bad apple in the United States Senate. |
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a dishonest, immoral, or unpleasant person who has a bad influence on those around them... |
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More than 31% of managers and supervisors say they work with a bad apple. |
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He’s not ranting, he’s not a bad apple. |
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And when they do find there's a bad apple in their midst, they can easily get rid of them. |
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a bad lot |
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a bad lot in British English |
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an unpleasant or disreputable person |
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an unpleasant or disreputable person... |
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`No, they weren't a bad lot ," said the straw boater, with massive disregard for consistency of argument. |
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Perhaps we are not such a bad lot, after all. |
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I think it's the company she keeps; they're a bad lot. |
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Then get rid of your flatmate, as he is obviously a bad lot. |
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Would he fall in with a bad lot? |
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a bad patch |
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a bad patch in British English |
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a difficult or troubled time |
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a difficult or troubled time... |
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He'd switched to painting and decorating during a bad patch in the guttering business, found it paid a lot better and never gone back. |
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At the time I was going through a bad patch financially - and - and I took money out o' the funds. |
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It had been a very surprising ending to an afternoon that had contained a bad patch. |
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a bad patch/a rough patch |
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a bad patch/a rough patch |
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If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. [mainly British] I'm going through a very bad patch just now. |
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phrase If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. [mainly British]... |
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a bad penny |
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a bad penny in British English |
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2022-09-14 23:58:14 |
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an objectionable person or thing (esp in the phrase turn up like a bad penny) |
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someone or something undesirable |
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informal, mainly British an objectionable person or thing (esp in the phrase turn up like a bad penny)... |
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someone or something undesirable... |
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Since he was given to clichés, I said obligingly, `Like a bad penny. |
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It is why the club ignored all the advice to ditch him, like a bad penny, last season. |
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a bad word to say about sb |
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a bad word to say about sb |
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If nobody has a bad word to say about you, you are liked or admired by everyone. We still can't find anyone with a bad word to say about her. |
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phrase [with brd-neg] If nobody has a bad word to say about you, you are liked or admired by everyone.... |
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a bag of bones |
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a bag of bones in British English |
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a lean creature |
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a lean creature... |
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To generations of schoolchildren he was the artificial bag of bones on which they based their anatomical drawings and scientific studies. |
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a bag of cats |
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a bag of cats in British English |
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a bad-tempered person she's a real bag of cats this morning |
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Irish informal a bad-tempered person... |
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a bag of nerves |
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a bag of nerves |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
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someone who is extremely nervous, worried, or tense |
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someone who is extremely nervous, worried, or tense... |
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For a bag-of-nerves newbie, hoping to get noticed, it must have been a nightmare. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
I was a bag of nerves, what with all the stress. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
Most people in his situation would be a bag of nerves. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
They defended poorly and looked a bag of nerves. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
I am - uncharacteristically - a bag of nerves. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
Next day, with no audience but me, she's a bag of nerves. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
He looks a bag of nerves as he waits in a local café to hear what's coming next. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
Now he admits he is now a bag of nerves - about whether he will be fed and watered. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:18 |
They're a bag of nerves. |
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a baker's dozen |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a baker's dozen |
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2022-09-14 23:59:43 |
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thirteen |
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thirteen... |
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2022-09-14 23:59:43 |
But what if the baker puts in one extra, making a baker's dozen? |
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2022-09-14 23:59:43 |
Having read her fictional ton, she deduced a baker's dozen of generic 'principles' as to how novels work. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:43 |
He let fly from the corner of the box on 50 minutes to make it a baker's dozen of home wins. |
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2022-09-14 23:59:43 |
A baker's dozen consists of 13 items rather than 12, and originates from the 13th century. |
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By now, of course, you should have seen a reference to a 'baker's dozen' coming. |
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