to shut sth up in
41snap — 1 verb 1 BREAK (I, T) if something snaps, or if you snap it, it breaks with a sudden sharp noise: Pablo felt the second blow on his collar bone and heard it snap. | The impact must have snapped the cable. | snap sth off: Patricia snapped a twig… …
42blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ …
43door — W1S1 [do: US do:r] n [: Old English; Origin: duru door and dor gate ] 1.) the large flat piece of wood, glass etc that you open and close when you go into or out of a building, room, vehicle etc, or when you open a cupboard →↑gate open/close/shut …
44shop — noun (esp. BrE) ⇨ See also ↑store ADJECTIVE ▪ corner (BrE), local, village ▪ high street (BrE) ▪ busy ▪ exclusive …
45slam — 1 verb 1 DOOR/GATE (I, T) if a door, gate etc slams, or if someone slams it, it shuts with a loud noise: Please don t slam the door. | We could hear people shouting and doors slamming in the house next door. | slam shut: A door slammed shut in… …
46eye — 1 /aI/ noun (C) BODY PART 1 one of the two parts of the body that people and animals use to see: Annie has blue eyes. | Close your eyes and count to ten. 2 blue eyed/one eyed/bright eyed/wide eyed etc having blue eyes, one eye, bright eyes, eyes… …
47swing — swing1 W3 [swıŋ] v past tense and past participle swung [swʌŋ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move from a fixed point)¦ 2¦(move in a curve)¦ 3¦(hit)¦ 4¦(change opinions/emotions)¦ 5 swing into action 6¦(play)¦ 7¦(arrange something)¦ 8 swing both ways …
48world — noun 1 the earth/its people ADJECTIVE ▪ known ▪ a medieval map of the known world ▪ entire, whole VERB + WORLD ▪ create …
49squeeze — squeeze1 [skwi:z] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(press)¦ 2¦(press out liquid)¦ 3¦(small space)¦ 4 squeeze your eyes shut 5¦(just succeed)¦ 6¦(limit money)¦ Phrasal verbs squeeze somebody/something<=>in squeeze something<=>out squeeze up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …
50ground — ▪ I. ground ground 1 [graʊnd] noun [countable usually plural] 1. a reason, often a legal or official one, for doing or believing something: ground for • There are grounds for optimism that the slump in the housing market may end. • Are there… …
