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Название: Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

Автор: Collins Dictionaries

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СКАЧАТЬ buskers

      NOUN someone who sings or plays music in public places for money

      bus stop bus stops

      NOUN a place where the bus stops regularly for passengers to get on or off, usually marked with a sign

      busy busier, busiest

      ADJECTIVE 1 If you are busy, you are doing something and are not free to do anything else. • She was too busy to come to the cinema with us.

      2 A busy place is full of people doing things or moving about.

      but

      CONJUNCTION 1 used to introduce an idea that is opposite to what has gone before • I love cooking, but I hate washing up afterwards.

      2 used when you apologize for something • Sorry, but I can’t come to play tomorrow.

      PREPOSITION 3 except • There was nothing to eat but potatoes.

      butcher butchers

      NOUN a shopkeeper who prepares and sells meat

      butter

      NOUN a soft, fatty food made from cream, which is spread on bread and used in cooking

      buttercup buttercups

      NOUN a wild plant with bright yellow flowers

      butterfly butterflies

      NOUN a type of insect with large, colourful wings. Butterflies develop from caterpillars.

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      buttocks

      PLURAL NOUN Your buttocks are the part of your body that you sit on.

      [from Old English buttuc meaning rounded slope]

      button buttons, buttoning, buttoned

      NOUN 1 a small, hard round object sewn on to clothing such as shirts • My new jeans fasten with buttons instead of a zip.

      2 a small object on a piece of equipment that you press to make it work • You must push the button down to switch the video on.

      VERB 3 If you button a garment, you fasten it using its buttons.

      VERB If you buy something, you get it by paying money for it.

      buzz buzzes, buzzing, buzzed

      VERB If something buzzes, it makes a humming sound, like a bee.

      buzzer buzzers

      NOUN a device that makes a buzzing sound. Buzzers are used to attract attention. • I pressed the door buzzer but nobody was home.

      by

      PREPOSITION 1 used to show who or what has done something • The announcement was made by the head teacher.

      2 used to show how something is done • He cheered us up by taking us to the cinema.

      3 next to or near to • They live by the park.

      4 before a particular time • We should finish by tea time.

      PREPOSITION OR ADVERB 5 going past • We drove by her house.

      bypass bypasses

      NOUN a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town instead of through the middle • The centre of town is much quieter since they built the bypass.

      byte bytes

      NOUN a unit of storage in a computer

      cab cabs

      NOUN 1 a taxi

      2 The cab is where the driver sits in a lorry, bus or train.

      cabbage cabbages

      NOUN a large, green, leafy vegetable

      cabin cabins

      NOUN 1 a room in a ship where a passenger sleeps

      2 a small wooden house, usually in the country

      cabinet cabinets

      NOUN 1 a small cupboard • a medicine cabinet

      2 The cabinet in a government is a group of ministers who advise the leader and decide policies.

      cable cables

      NOUN 1 a strong, thick rope or chain

      2 a bundle of wires with a rubber covering, which carries electricity

      cable television

      NOUN a television service that comes through underground wires

      cactus cacti or cactuses

      NOUN a thick, fleshy plant that grows in deserts. Cactuses are usually covered in spikes.

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      cadet cadets

      NOUN a young person being trained in the armed forces or police

      café cafés

      NOUN a place where you can buy light meals and drinks

      [from the French café meaning coffee or coffee house]

      caffeine; also spelt caffein

      NOUN a chemical in coffee and tea that makes you more active

      cage cages

      NOUN a box or room made with bars, in which birds or animals are kept

      caged ADJECTIVE

      cake cakes, caking, caked

      NOUN 1 a sweet food made from eggs, flour, butter and sugar

      2 a block of a hard substance such as soap

      VERB 3 If something is caked, it becomes covered with a solid layer of something else. • My shoes were caked in mud.

      calamity calamities

      NOUN something terrible that happens, causing destruction and misery • The earthquake was a terrible calamity.

      SYNONYMS: disaster, catastrophe

      calcium

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