to be waiting (for sth)
111year — noun 1 period of 12 months; period from January till December ADJECTIVE ▪ last, past ▪ The chart shows our performance over the past year. ▪ past, preceding, previous, recent …
112death penalty — noun putting a condemned person to death • Syn: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑capital punishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑execute (for: ↑executing), ↑executioner ( …
113death row — noun the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution • Syn: ↑death house • Hypernyms: ↑cellblock, ↑ward * * * noun : a row of death cells * * * a row of prison cells for prisoners awaiting execution. [1950 55] * * * …
114anxious — anx|ious W3S3 [ˈæŋkʃəs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: anxius] 1.) worried about something anxious about ▪ He was a bit anxious about the safety of the machinery. anxious for ▪ We were anxious for you. ▪ She gave me an anxious look.… …
115cue — cue1 [kju:] n [Sense: 1 4; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from qu, short form of Latin quando when , used as a direction in actors copies of plays.] [Sense: 5; Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: queue tail, cue , from Latin cauda] 1.) an… …
116here*/*/*/ — [hɪə] grammar word summary: Here can be: ■ an adverb: Wait here. I ll be back in a minute. ■ an interjection: Here, have a drink of water. 1) in or to this place in or to the place where you are, or where you are pointing We ve lived here for… …
117bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with …
118it — W1S1 [ıt] pron [used as subject or object] [: Old English; Origin: hit] 1.) used to refer to a thing, animal, situation, idea etc that has already been mentioned or is already known about ▪ Where s your office? It s on the third floor. ▪ I love… …
119mail — mail1 W3S3 [meıl] n [U] [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: male bag ] [Sense: 4; Date: 1200 1300; : French; Origin: maille, from Latin macula spot, woven threads ] 1.) the letters and packages that are delivered to you …
120own up (to something doing something) — ˌown ˈup (to sth/to doing sth) derived to admit that you are responsible for sth bad or wrong Syn: ↑confess • I m still waiting for someone to own up to the breakages. • Why don t you just own up and hope she forgives you? Main …
