to open the door to sth
31push*/*/*/ — [pʊʃ] verb I 1) [I/T] to move someone or something away from you using your hands Ant: pull Push as hard as you can.[/ex] She gently pushed him away.[/ex] I pushed open the door.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to press a button on a machine To turn on the… …
32burst — 1 verb past tense and past participle burst 1 BREAK OPEN (I, T) if something bursts or if you burst it, it breaks open or apart suddenly and violently so that its contents come out: You re going to burst the balloon, if you re not careful. 2… …
33usher something in — HERALD, mark the start of, signal, ring in, show in, set the scene for, pave the way for; start, begin, introduce, open the door to, get going, set in motion, get under way, kick off, launch. → usher * * * ˌusher sthˈin …
34collect — 1 verb 1 BRING TOGETHER (T) to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together: Researchers spent 6 months collecting facts and figures. | Could you collect some branches for a fire? 2 KEEP OBJECTS (T) to get and keep… …
35pry — verb present participle pryingpast tense pried 1 (I) to try to find out details about someone else s private life in an impolite way: I don t wish to pry, but is it true that you re having problems at home? 2 (transitive always + adv/prep)… …
36motion — noun 1 movement ADJECTIVE ▪ smooth, steady ▪ quick, rapid, swift ▪ gentle ▪ circular …
37not exactly — BY NO MEANS, not at all, in no way, certainly not; not really. → exactly * * * informal 1) not at all that was not exactly convincing 2) not quite but close to being not exactly agitated, but disturbed * * * not exactly informal 1 used in speech …
38under no circumstances — phrasal : under no conditions under no circumstances were they to go unattended * * * under no circumstances Never ● circumstance * * * never, whatever the situation is or might be under no circumstances may the child be identified * * * in/under …
39in no circumstances — in/under no circumstances idiom used to emphasize that sth should never happen or be allowed • Under no circumstances should you lend Paul any money. • Don t open the door, in any circumstances. Main entry: ↑circumstanceidiom …
40lay — lay1 W2S1 [leı] v the past tense of ↑lie 1 lay 2 lay2 v past tense and past participle laid [leıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put somebody/something down)¦ 2 lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3¦(bird/insect etc)¦ 4¦(table)¦ 5 lay the foundations/ …
