vt usu neg
1flinch — [[t]flɪ̱ntʃ[/t]] flinches, flinching, flinched 1) VERB: usu neg If you flinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you. Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching... The… …
2progress — n 1. furtherance, upward movement, rise, promotion, improvement in rank, preferment; move up, graduation, elevation, ascension; ascent, climb, mounting, scaling. 2. breakthrough, step forward, stride, gain, major development; discovery, finding;… …
3gift — n. & v. n. 1 a thing given; a present. 2 a natural ability or talent. 3 the power to give (in his gift). 4 the act or an instance of giving. 5 colloq. an easy task. v.tr. 1 endow with gifts. 2 a (foll. by with) give to as a gift. b bestow as a… …
4negligee — neg•li•gee or neg•li•gée or neg•li•gé [[t]ˌnɛg lɪˈʒeɪ, ˈnɛg lɪˌʒeɪ[/t]] n. pl. gees or gées or gés 1) clo a woman s dressing gown or robe, usu. of sheer, soft fabric 2) clo easy, informal attire • Etymology: 1745–55, amer.; < F négligé… …
5mind — I [[t]ma͟ɪnd[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ minds (Please look at category 45 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N COUNT: with poss You refer to someone s mind when talking about their thoughts. For example, if… …
6touch — [[t]tʌ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ touches, touching, touched 1) VERB If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it. [V n] Her tiny hands gently touched my face... [V n] Don t touch that dial... [V …
7need — [[t]ni͟ːd[/t]] ♦ needs, needing, needed (Need sometimes behaves like an ordinary verb, for example She needs to know and She doesn t need to know and sometimes like a modal, for example She need know , She needn t know , or, in more formal… …
8thing — [[t]θɪ̱ŋ[/t]] ♦ things 1) N COUNT: usu with supp You can use thing to refer to any object, feature, or event when you cannot, need not, or do not want to refer to it more precisely. What s that thing in the middle of the fountain? Some kind of… …
9bother — I n. 1) a bother to (he was a bother to everyone) 2) a bother to + inf. (it was no bother to take care of them) 3) (BE) a spot of bother 4) (esp. BE) he had a lot of bother finding our house II v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) to bother about, with (she… …
10trouble — [[t]trʌ̱b(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ troubles, troubling, troubled 1) N UNCOUNT: oft in N, also N in pl You can refer to problems or difficulties as trouble. I had trouble parking... You ve caused us a lot of trouble... The plane developed engine trouble soon… …