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      NOUN 1 an organization that raises money to help people in need

      2 money or other help given to people in need

      charm charms, charming, charmed

      NOUN 1 something you wear for good luck

      2 the quality of being attractive and pleasant

      VERB 3 If you charm someone, you use your charm to please them.

      chart charts

      NOUN a diagram or table showing information

      chase chases, chasing, chased

      VERB If you chase someone, you run after them or follow them in order to catch them or make them leave a place.

      chat chats, chatting, chatted

      NOUN 1 a friendly talk with someone

      VERB 2 When people chat, they talk to each other in a friendly way about things that are not very important.

      chatty ADJECTIVE

      chatroom chatrooms

      NOUN an internet site where users have discussions using e-mail

      chatter chatters, chattering, chattered

      VERB 1 When people chatter, they talk about unimportant things.

      2 If your teeth chatter, they knock together and make a clicking noise because you are cold.

      chauffeur chauffeurs

      NOUN a person whose job is to drive another person’s car • He had a chauffeur to drive him everywhere.

      cheap cheaper, cheapest

      ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is cheap costs very little money.

      2 Cheap sometimes means of poor quality.

      cheaply ADVERB

      cheat cheats, cheating, cheated

      VERB If someone cheats in a game or exam, they break the rules in order to do better.

      check checks, checking, checked

      VERB 1 If you check something, you examine it to make sure that everything is all right. • Check your work carefully when you finish.

      NOUN 2 an inspection to make sure that everything is all right

      3 Checks are different coloured squares that form a pattern.

      checkout checkouts

      NOUN the place in a supermarket where you pay for your goods

      cheek cheeks

      NOUN 1 Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.

      2 speech or behaviour that is rude and disrespectful • Their grandparents won’t stand any cheek from them.

      cheeky ADJECTIVE cheekily ADVERB

      cheer cheers, cheering, cheered

      VERB When people cheer, they shout loudly and happily. • We cheered our team when they won.

      cheerful

      ADJECTIVE A cheerful person is happy.

      cheerfully ADVERB

      cheese cheeses

      NOUN a solid savoury food made from milk

      cheetah cheetahs

      NOUN a wild mammal like a large cat with black spots, mainly found in Africa

      [from Sanskrit citra + kaya meaning speckled body]

      chef chefs

      NOUN a head cook in a restaurant or hotel

      [from French chef meaning head]

      chemical chemicals

      NOUN 1 a substance made by the use of chemistry • Dangerous chemicals should be handled carefully.

      ADJECTIVE 2 involved in chemistry or using chemicals • a chemical reaction

      chemist chemists

      NOUN a shop that sells medicines and cosmetics

      chemistry

      NOUN the scientific study of substances and the ways in which they change when they are combined

      cheque cheques

      NOUN a printed piece of paper that people can use to pay for things

      cherry cherries

      NOUN a small, juicy fruit with a red, yellow or black skin and a hard stone in the centre

      chess

      NOUN a game played on a board with 64 squares. Each player has 16 pieces.

      chest chests

      NOUN 1 the front part of your body between your shoulders and your waist

      2 a large wooden box used for storing things

      chestnut chestnuts

      NOUN 1 a reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly, green outer covering

      2 the tree that produces these nuts

      ADJECTIVE 3 Something that is chestnut is reddish-brown in colour.

      chew chews, chewing, chewed

      VERB When you chew something, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth before swallowing it.

      chewing gum

      NOUN a kind of sweet that you chew for a long time, but which you do not swallow

      chick chicks

      NOUN a young bird

      chicken chickens

      NOUN a bird kept on a farm for its eggs and meat; also the meat of this bird

      chickenpox

      NOUN an illness that causes a fever and blister-like spots to appear on the skin

      chief chiefs

      NOUN 1 the leader of a group or organization

      ADJECTIVE 2 main or most important

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