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СКАЧАТЬ canvases

      NOUN 1 strong, heavy cloth used for making things such as sails and tents

      2 a piece of canvas on which an artist does a painting

      canyon canyons

      NOUN a narrow river valley with steep sides

      cap caps

      NOUN 1 a soft, flat hat, often with a peak at the front

      2 a bottle top

      3 a small explosive used in toy guns

      capable

      ADJECTIVE 1 If you are capable of doing something, you are able to do it.

      2 Someone who is capable is able to do something well.

      capacity capacities

      NOUN the maximum amount that something can hold or produce • The arena has a seating capacity of two thousand.

      capital capitals

      NOUN 1 The capital of a country is the city where the government meets. • Paris is the capital of France.

      2 A capital, or a capital letter, is a larger, upper-case letter used at the beginning of a sentence or a name: Carol, Tim.

      capsize capsizes, capsizing, capsized

      VERB If a boat capsizes, it turns upside down.

      capsule capsules

      NOUN 1 a small container with medicine inside, which you swallow

      2 the part of a spacecraft in which astronauts travel

      [from Latin capsula meaning little box]

      captain captains

      NOUN 1 the officer in charge of a ship or aeroplane

      2 the leader of a sports team

      caption captions

      NOUN a title printed underneath a picture or a photograph

      captive captives

      NOUN someone who is locked up and kept prisoner

      capture captures, capturing, captured

      VERB If someone captures someone or something, they take them prisoner.

      car cars

      NOUN 1 a four-wheeled road vehicle with an engine and room to carry a few passengers

      2 a railway carriage used for a particular purpose • the buffet car

      caravan caravans

      NOUN 1 a vehicle pulled by a car in which people live or spend their holidays

      2 a group of people and animals travelling together, usually across a desert

      carbohydrate carbohydrates

      NOUN a substance that gives you energy. It is found in foods like sugar and bread.

      carbon

      NOUN a chemical found in coal, diamonds and graphite. All living things contain carbon.

      carbon dioxide

      NOUN the gas that human beings and other animals breathe out

      carbon footprint carbon footprints

      NOUN the amount of carbon monoxide produced by a person, company or country

      card cards

      NOUN 1 a piece of stiff paper or plastic with a message or information on it • birthday card • credit card

      2 When you play cards, you play a game using special playing cards.

      3 strong, stiff paper

      cardboard

      NOUN thick, stiff paper, which is stronger than card

      cardigan cardigans

      NOUN a knitted jacket that fastens up the front

      care cares, caring, cared

      VERB 1 If you care about something or someone, you are concerned about them and interested in them.

      2 If you care for a person or an animal, you look after them.

      NOUN 3 worry or trouble • She didn’t have a care in the world.

      4 If you do something with care, you concentrate very hard on it so that you don’t make mistakes. • He wrote the telephone number down with great care.

      PHRASE 5 If you take care of a person or an animal, you look after them. • Shakira said she would take care of the hamsters while we were on holiday.

      career careers

      NOUN Your career is the series of jobs you have in life, often in the same occupation. • a teaching career

      careful

      ADJECTIVE acting sensibly and with care

      ANTONYM: careless

      carefully ADVERB

      careless

      ADJECTIVE not paying attention to what you are doing

      SYNONYMS: slapdash, sloppy

      carelessly ADVERB carelessness NOUN

      caretaker caretakers

      NOUN a person who looks after a large building such as a school

      cargo cargoes

      NOUN goods carried on a ship or plane

      Caribbean

      Said “carib-ee-un” NOUN 1 short for the Caribbean Sea, which lies between the West Indies and South America

      ADJECTIVE 2 to do with the Caribbean Sea or the islands in it • I love Caribbean food.

      carnation carnations

      NOUN a plant with thin leaves and scented white, pink or red flowers

      carnival carnivals

      NOUN a public festival with music, processions and dancing

      carnivore carnivores

      NOUN an animal that eats meat

      carnivorous ADJECTIVE

      carol СКАЧАТЬ