to be in the mood for sth

  • 1mood — W3S3 [mu:d] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(way you feel)¦ 2 be in a mood 3 be/feel in the mood for something 4 be in no mood for something/to do something 5¦(way a place or event feels)¦ 6¦(grammar)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 5; Origin: Old English mod mind, courage ] …

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  • 2mood — noun 1 WAY YOU FEEL (C) the way you feel at a particular time: His moods change very quickly one moment he s cheerful and the next he s sunk in despair. | It takes a couple of days to get into the holiday mood. | be in a good mood/bad mood etc… …

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  • 3mood*/*/ — [muːd] noun 1) [C/U] the way that someone is feeling, or the way that a group of people is feeling at a particular time Politicians have to be in touch with the public mood.[/ex] I had never seen Ann in such a good mood before.[/ex] Jeff s been… …

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  • 4mood — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cheerful, cheery, good, happy, jovial, pleasant ▪ She was not in the best of moods. ▪ bullish (BrE) …

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  • 5American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …

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  • 6put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… …

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  • 7put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …

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  • 8put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …

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  • 9film — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. BrE) moving pictures ⇨ See also ↑movie ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ short ▪ feature length ▪ entertaining, exciting …

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  • 10get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …

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