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21serve sth out — UK US serve sth out Phrasal Verb with serve({{}}/sɜːv/ verb ► HR to keep working until after the end of an agreed period of time: »He served out his contract after he d given notice …
22ˌcheck sth ˈin — phrasal verb same as check When you check in your luggage you will be given a receipt for each bag.[/ex] …
23ˌgive ˈup (sth) — phrasal verb to stop trying to do something because it is too difficult I give up. Tell me the answer.[/ex] We ve given up trying to persuade them to change.[/ex] …
24ˌpass sth ˈon — phrasal verb 1) to give someone something that someone else has given you When you ve read this message, please pass it on.[/ex] 2) to give someone an infectious illness …
25receive — /rI si:v/ verb (T) 1 BE GIVEN STH to be officially given something: We have received numerous complaints about the airport noise. | receive sth from sb: In 1962 she received an honorary doctorate from Harvard. | You may be entitled to receive… …
26on a silver platter — on a (silver) platter : in a way that requires no effort : as a gift He has had everything handed/given to him on a silver platter. [=he has not had to work for the things that he has; he is very lucky and has been given everything he has] • • •… …
27give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… …
28give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… …
29short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …
30price — A fixed value of something. Prices are usually expressed in monetary terms. In a free market, prices are set as a result of the interaction of supply and demand in a market; when demand for a product increases and supply remains constant, the… …
