to become popular with
adj. ~ existing as a natural or permanent feature or quality of sb/sth
v.  ~ sb prevent sb from doing sth that should be natural or easy to do
adj. (of people) unable to relax or express one's feelings in a natural and spontaneous way
adj. ~ (fml )  unfriendly; hostile
adj. impossible to imitate; too good, clever, etc to imitate
adj.  very wicked or unjust
v.  put (a scheme, etc) into operation; cause (sth) to begin
adj.  ~ (to sb/sth) causing or likely to cause injury; harmful
n. ~ slight knowledge (of sth secret or not previously known); hint
adj. in one's nature; possessed from birth
adj.  causing no harm
n. innovating
n. (derog ) indirect reference (usu suggesting sth bad or discreditable about sb)
adj. not appropriate or convenient
adj. beyond proper or normal limits; excessive
adj. fond of inquiring into other people's affairs
n. investigator, esp an officer of the Inquisition
n.  ~ (into sth) sudden attack on another's territory; raid
adj. unhealthy
adj. ~ that cannot be satisfied; very greedy
adj. that cannot be understood or known; mysterious
adj.  without the power to feel or experience
adj.  unconscious as the result of injury, illness, etc
adj. spreading or acting gradually and unnoticed but with harmful effects
adj. showing insight
v.  ~ sth suggest sth (to sb) unpleasantly and indirectly
adj.  having almost no taste or flavour
n. ~ being insolent
adj. unable to pay debts; bankrupt ;
n. inability to sleep
lighthearted unconcern:NONCHALANCE
v. cause to begin or happen; initiate
n. society or organization for a special (usu social, professional or educational) purpose
the act of instituting
to subject to the deleterious effects of confinement in an institution
adj. disobedient; rebellious ;
n. being insubordinate
adj.  not solid or real; imaginary
n. state of being insular
adj. (of difficulties) that cannot be overcome
adj. in revolt; rebellious
adj. (of obstacles, difficulties, etc) that cannot be overcome
n.  sudden,usu violent, action taken by the population to try to remove the government
adj.  that cannot be clearly or definitely understood or grasped; indefinable
adj.  ~ necessary for completeness
v. ~ sth (into sth); ~ A and B/~ A with B combine sth in such a way that it becomes fully a part of sth else
n.  quality of being honest and morally upright
n.  power of the mind to reason and acquire knowledge
n. the intelligentsia those people within a community who areof high intelligence and concern themselves with mattersof culture, learning, etc; intellectuals as a class ;
v. (fml ) put (a corpse) in a grave or tomb; bury
v.  (esp law ) prohibit (an action); forbid the use of (sth) ;
n. in the interimduring the time that comes between; meantime
n. word or phrase used as an exclamation (eg Oh!, Hurray! or For goodness sake!) , !!!
n. person who is present in a place where he does not belong, interferes in sth which is not his affair, etc; intruder
n. ~ person who acts as a means of communication between two or more others
adj. going on too long, and usu therefore annoying or boring
adj. continually stopping and then starting again; not constant
adj. causing destruction to both sides
v. ~ sth (fml )  make (a remark, etc) which interrupts a conversation, speech, etc
n.  period when a state has no normal or lawful ruler, esp at the end of a sovereign's reign and before the appointment of a successor
v. ~ sb question sb aggressively or closely and for a long time
v. ~ B among/between/in/throughout A; ~ A with B vary sth by placing other things at irregular intervals among it
n. ~ (of/between/in sth) (fml ) very small gap or crack
v.  (of time) come or be between
adj.  ~ having or being a very close and friendly relationship
v. ~ sb frighten sb (in order to make him do sth)
adj.  not tolerant
To make drunk.
adj. not easily controlled or dealt with; hard to manage
state of stubborn; unwillingness to compromise
adj. fearless; brave
v.  ~ (against sb) make and carry out secret plans or plots to do sth bad
adj. belonging naturally; existing within, not coming from outside
adv: He is not intrinsically bad
adj. inclined to introspect
n. person who is more interested in his own thoughts and feelings than in things outside himself, and is often shy and unwilling to speak or join in activities with others
v. ~ on/upon sb/sth; ~ (oneself/sth) into sth (esp fml ) put (oneself/sth) into a place or situation where one/it is unwelcome or unsuitable
n.  (power of) understanding things (eg a situation, sb's feelings) immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning or study
v.  ~ sth(fml ) cover sth with water by overflowing; flood
accustomed to/adapted
adj.  not properly based or able to be upheld by reasoning
v. make invalid
n. violent attack in words; abusive language
v. ~ against sb/sth attack sb or sth violently in words
v. ~ sb into sth/doing sth persuade sb to go somewhere or do sth by using flattery and deception
adj. reversed in position, direction or relation
v. put upside down or in the opposite order, position or arrangement
adj.  (of bad feelings, habits, etc) that have lasted a long time and seem likely to continue
adj. likely to cause resentment or unpopularity
adj. too strong to be overcome or defeated
adj. that must not be violated or dishonoured
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v.  use (sth) as a reason for one's action
adj.  ~ that cannot be wounded, hurt or damaged by attack
n.  the Greek letter I, i I, i
adj. (of a person) easily made angry
adj. angry
adj.  showing colours like those of the rainbow
adj. tiresome; annoying
adj. using or expressing irony; full of irony
n.  expression of one's meaning by saying the direct opposite of one's thoughts in order to be emphatic, amusing, sarcastic, etc
adj. ~ (with sb/sth) (of people) that cannot be reconciled
adj. that cannot be proved false
adj. ~ not connected (with sth); not relevant (to sth)
adj. that cannot be remedied or corrected
adj. that cannot be put right, restored or repaired
adj. that cannot be held back or controlled
adj. freefrom blame or fault
adj. feeling or showing uncertainty; hesitating ;
adj. that cannot be retrieved or remedied
The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
adj. feeling or showing no respect for sacred things
adj. that cannot be changed or revoked; final
n. one of two or more forms of a chemical element with different atomic weight and different nuclear properties but the same chemical properties
n. narrow strip of land joining two larger areas of land that would otherwise be separated by water
adj. travelling from place to place
n. plan for, or record of, a journey; route
v.  ~ (at sb/sth) (with sth); ~ sb/sth (with sth) poke or push at sb/sth roughly, usu with sth sharp or pointed
v.  ~ talk rapidly in what seems to be a confused manner
adj. tired and lacking zest, usu after too much of sth
n. technical or specialized words used by a particular group of people and difficult for others to understand
n.  disease caused by an excess of bile in the blood which makes the skin and the whites of the eyes become abnormally yellow
adj. affected by jealousy, spite, etc; bitter
n. short journey, made for pleasure
adj. feeling or showing cheerfulness and self-confidence; sprightly
put in danger
n. in jeopardy in danger of harm, loss or destruction
n.  thing said or done to cause amusement; joke ;
n.  goods thrown overboard from a ship in distress to lighten it; such goods washed up ashore ;
v.  throw or eject from a ship in distress, or from an aeroplane, a spacecraft, etc
to be in accord: AGREE
n. extreme and unreasonable belief that one's own country is best, together with a warlike attitude towards other countries
n. person who has such a belief
adj. humorous; playful ;
adj.  meant as a joke; humorous
adj. merry; cheerful ;
n. state of being jolly
v.  ~ push roughly against (sb), usu in a crowd
adj. very cheerful and good-humoured; merry
n. great happiness, esp because of a success
n. judges of a country collectively
adj. showing or havinggood sense
n.  (US pitcher) deep vessel, with a handle and a lip, for holding and pouring liquids
n.  very large articulated lorry
to mix into a confused or disordered mass
n. at this juncture (fml ) at a particular, esp important, stage in a series of events
n.  sweet custard-like pudding made of milk curdled with rennet, and often sweetened and flavoured ,
n. group, esp of military officers, who rule a country after taking power by force in a revolution
adj. of law or legal proceedings
n. authority to carry out justice and to interpret and apply laws; right to exercise legal authority
n. science or philosophy of law
v. place (people or things) side by side or very close together, esp to show a contrast
n. toy consisting of a tube containing small loose pieces of coloured glass, etc and mirrors which reflect these to form changing patterns when the tube is turned
n. beyond/outside one's ken not within one's range of knowledge
n.  soft and usu edible part inside a nut or fruit stone .
n. person who spoils the enjoymentof others
v.  catch fire
n.  family relationship
adj. of or produced by movement
n. destiny; fate ;
n. person suffering from kleptomania ; . adj
n.  skill at performing some special task; ability
n.  = jack
n. dishonesty; trickery ;
v.  press and stretch with the hands to form a firm smooth paste
v. =>Usage at dream dream. ~ (down) go down on one or both knees; rest on the knee(s)
n.  sound of a bell rung slowly after a death or at a funeral
v.  ~ sth (for sb) make (a garment or fabric) by forming wool, silk, etc yarn into connecting loops, either by hand (using long needles) or on a machine
n. small round hill or mound
adj.  (of timber) full of knots
n. honour and glory; credit (
readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown:UNSTABLE
adj.  needing much effort
n. complicated network of winding passages, paths, etc through which it is difficult to find one's way
n.  delicate fabric with an ornamental openwork design of threads
v.  injure by tearing
n. tearing of the flesh
adj. in the habit of weeping; tearful; mournful
adj. lacking vigour and determination; unenthusiastic
lacking brilliance or vitality ; lacking luster or shine
adj. using few words; terse
v. ~ (behind sb/sth); ~ (behind) go too slow; fail to keep pace with others
n. person who lags behind
n.  salt-water lake separated from the open sea by sandbanks or coral reefs
n. the laity  all the members of a Church who are not ordained clergymen; laymen ;
v.  hit (sb) hard and repeatedly; thrash ;
v. ~ (for/over sb/sth) feel or express great sorrow or regret for (sb/sth)
n. piece of writing that attacks and ridicules a person, a book, an institution, etc
n.  weapon used for catching fish, etc with a long wooden shaft and a pointed steel head
n.  sharp pointed two-edged surgical instrument used for opening abscesses, etc
adj. lacking vigour or energy; slow-moving
v.  lack or lose vitality
n.  tiredness or laziness of mind and body; listlessness ;
adj.  straight and limp
n.  area formed by the upper part of a seated person's thighs
n. (instance of) theft of personal goods
n. cupboard or small room used for storing food
n.  generous giving of money or gifts, esp to sb of lower rank or status
adj. feeling, expressing or causing sexual desire