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Название: Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

Автор: Collins Dictionaries

Издательство: HarperCollins

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СКАЧАТЬ small, tiny, little

      bike bikes

      NOUN an abbreviation for bicycle

      bikini bikinis

      NOUN a small, two-piece swimming costume worn by women

      bilingual

      ADJECTIVE involving or using two languages • bilingual street signs

      [from Latin bis meaning two and lingua meaning tongue]

      bill bills

      NOUN 1 a written statement of how much is owed for goods or services • a phone bill

      2 a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on in Parliament

      3 A bill can be a piece of paper money. • a dollar bill

      4 A bird’s bill is its beak.

      billiards

      NOUN a game in which a long stick called a cue is used to move balls on a table

      billion billions

      NOUN a thousand million • You can write one billion like this: 1,000,000,000.

      billow billows, billowing, billowed

      VERB 1 When things made of cloth billow, they swell out and flap slowly in the wind.

      2 When smoke or cloud billows, it spreads upwards and outwards.

      NOUN 3 a large wave

      billy goat billy goats

      NOUN a male goat

      bin bins

      NOUN a container, especially one that you put rubbish in

      binary

      ADJECTIVE The binary system is a number system used when working with computers. It uses only two digits, 0 and 1.

      bind binds, binding, bound

      VERB 1 If you bind something, you tie rope or string round it so that it is held firmly.

      2 If you bind a wound, you wrap bandages round it.

      3 When a book is bound, the pages are joined together and a cover is put on.

      bingo

      NOUN a game in which players aim to match the numbers that someone calls out with the numbers on the card they have been given

      binoculars

      PLURAL NOUN an instrument with lenses for both eyes, which you look through in order to see objects far away • They used binoculars for bird watching.

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      biodegradable

      ADJECTIVE Biodegradable materials can be broken down naturally, and so they are not dangerous to the environment.

      biography biographies

      NOUN the history of someone’s life, written by someone else

      biology

      NOUN the study of living things

      [from Greek bios + logos meaning life study]

      birch birches

      NOUN a tall, deciduous tree with thin branches and thin bark

      bird birds

      NOUN an egg-laying animal with feathers, two wings, two legs and a beak

      birth births

      NOUN Your birth was when you were born.

      birthday birthdays

      NOUN Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.

      birthmark birthmarks

      NOUN a mark on your skin that has been there since you were born

      biscuit biscuits

      NOUN a small, flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet

      bisect bisects, bisecting, bisected

      VERB to divide a line or an area in half

      bishop bishops

      NOUN a high-ranking clergyman in some Christian Churches

      bison

      NOUN a large, hairy animal, related to cattle, with a large head and shoulders. Bison used to be very common on the prairies in North America, but they are now almost extinct.

      bit bits

      VERB 1 the past tense of bite • She bit into the toast.

      NOUN 2 A bit of something is a small amount of it.

      PHRASE 3 INFORMAL A bit means slightly or to a small extent. • That’s a bit difficult.

      bitch bitches

      NOUN a female dog

      bite bites, biting, bit, bitten

      VERB If you bite something, you cut into it with your teeth.

      bitter bitterest

      ADJECTIVE 1 A bitter taste is sharp and unpleasant.

      2 A bitter wind is extremely cold.

      3 If you are bitter about something, you feel angry and resentful.

      bizarre

      ADJECTIVE very strange and weird

      SYNONYMS: odd, peculiar

      black blacker, blackest

      NOUN OR ADJECTIVE the darkest possible colour, like the sky at night when there is no light

      blackberry blackberries

      NOUN a small, soft black fruit that grows on brambles

      blackbird blackbirds

      NOUN a common European bird, the male of which has black feathers and a yellow beak

      blackboard blackboards

      NOUN a dark-coloured board in a classroom, which teachers write on using chalk

      blackcurrant blackcurrants

      NOUN Blackcurrants are very small, dark, purple fruits that grow in СКАЧАТЬ