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СКАЧАТЬ 1 full of clouds • The sky was cloudy.

      SYNONYMS: dull, overcast

      2 difficult to see through • a cloudy liquid

      SYNONYM: murky

      clover

      NOUN a small plant with leaves made up of three similar parts

      clown clowns

      NOUN a circus performer who wears funny clothes and make-up and does silly things to make people laugh

      club clubs

      NOUN 1 a group of people with similar interests, who meet regularly. The place where they meet is also called a club. • a youth club

      2 a team that competes in sports competitions

      clue clues

      NOUN something that helps solve a problem or mystery • Police have found clues to the robbery.

      clueless

      ADJECTIVE INFORMAL If you say that someone is clueless, you think they are stupid and not able to do things properly.

      clump clumps

      NOUN a small group of things growing or standing close together • a clump of trees

      clumsy clumsier, clumsiest

      ADJECTIVE moving awkwardly and carelessly

      SYNONYMS: awkward, ungainly

      clumsily ADVERB

      clung

      VERB the past tense and past participle of cling

      cluster clusters, clustering, clustered

      NOUN 1 a group of things together • There is a cluster of houses by the lake.

      VERB 2 If people cluster together, they stay together in a close group.

      [from Old English clyster meaning bunch of grapes]

      clutch clutches, clutching, clutched

      VERB If you clutch something, you hold it tightly or seize it.

      clutter clutters, cluttering, cluttered

      NOUN 1 an untidy mess

      VERB 2 Things that clutter a place fill it and make it untidy.

      coach coaches, coaching, coached

      NOUN 1 a large bus that takes passengers on long journeys

      2 a section of a train that carries passengers

      VERB 3 If someone coaches you, they help you to get better at a sport or a subject.

      SYNONYMS: instruct, train

      NOUN 4 someone who coaches a person or sports team

      coal

      NOUN a hard, black rock taken from under the ground and burned as a fuel

      coarse coarser, coarsest

      ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is coarse is rough in texture.

      2 Someone who is coarse talks or behaves in a rude, offensive way.

      coarsely ADVERB coarseness NOUN

      coast coasts, coasting, coasted

      NOUN 1 the edge of the land where it meets the sea

      VERB 2 If a vehicle coasts somewhere, it moves there with the engine switched off. • The car coasted quietly down the hill.

      coastal ADJECTIVE

      coastguard coastguards

      NOUN an official who watches the sea near a coast to get help for sailors when they need it

      coat coats, coating, coated

      NOUN 1 a piece of outdoor clothing with sleeves, which you wear over other clothes

      2 An animal’s coat is the fur or hair on its body.

      3 A coat of paint or varnish is a layer of it.

      VERB 4 If you coat something, you cover it with a thin layer of something. • We coated the biscuits with chocolate.

      coating coatings

      NOUN a thin layer of something spread over a surface

      coax coaxes, coaxing, coaxed

      VERB If you coax someone to do something, you persuade them gently to do it.

      cobble cobbles

      NOUN Cobbles or cobblestones are stones with a rounded surface that were used in the past for making roads.

      cobra cobras

      NOUN a type of large poisonous snake from Africa and Asia

      cobweb cobwebs

      NOUN the very thin net that a spider spins to catch insects

      cock cocks

      NOUN an adult male chicken, or any other male bird

      cockerel cockerels

      NOUN a young cock

      cockle cockles

      NOUN a type of small, edible shellfish

      Cockney Cockneys

      NOUN someone who was born in the East End of London

      cockpit cockpits

      NOUN 1 the area in a plane where the pilot sits in control

      2 the driver’s compartment in a racing car

      cockroach cockroaches

      NOUN a large, dark-coloured insect often found in dirty rooms

      [from Spanish cucaracha]

      cocky cockier, cockiest

      ADJECTIVE INFORMAL If you are cocky, you are sure of yourself and sometimes rather cheeky.

      cocoa

      NOUN 1 a brown powder made from the seeds of a tropical tree and used for making chocolate

      2 a hot drink made from this powder

      coconut coconuts

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