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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
A1A2A2+B1B1+B2B2+C1C2
Part of speech
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  • back awayphraseB12 meaningsTo move backwards away from something.
  • back offphraseB2To stop pressing or pressuring somebody.
  • back on your feetphraseB2Recovered and going about normally again.
  • back outphraseB2To withdraw from an agreement or commitment.
  • back to square onephraseB2Forced to start all over again from the beginning.
  • back upphraseB22 meaningsTo make a copy of data for safety.
bank onphraseB2
To rely on something happening.
  • be my guestphraseB2Please go ahead and do it.
  • bear in mind/ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/phraseB2To remember and take something into account.
  • bear withphraseB2To be patient with somebody for a moment.
  • before your timephraseB2Happening earlier than you can remember.
  • behind barsphraseB2In prison.
  • behind schedulephraseB2Later than the plan allowed for.
  • believe it or notphraseB2Introducing something surprising but true.
  • beside the pointphraseB2Not related to what actually matters.
  • better late than neverphraseB2It is still worth doing even though it is overdue.
  • beyond repairphraseB2So damaged that fixing it is not possible.
  • big mouthphraseB2Somebody who cannot keep a secret.
  • bite off more than you can chewphraseB2To take on more than you are able to manage.
  • bite your lipphraseB2To hold back what you were about to say.
  • black hole/blæk ˈhoʊl/phraseB22 meaningsA region of space with gravity so strong that light cannot escape.
  • black outphraseB2To lose consciousness, or to cut all the lights.
  • blank outphraseB2To find your mind suddenly empty.
  • blend inphraseB2To fit so well with the surroundings that nobody notices you.
  • blow upphraseB2To explode; also, to suddenly become very angry.
  • boarding school/ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/phraseB2The school where pupils live and sleep, going home only for holidays.
  • break a legphraseB2What actors say to wish each other good luck.
  • break downphraseB12 meaningsOf a machine or vehicle, to stop working.
  • break inphraseB14 meaningsTo force your way into a building, usually to steal.
  • break intophraseB22 meaningsTo enter a building or vehicle by force.
  • break outphraseB22 meaningsTo escape from confinement.
  • break the bankphraseB2To cost more than you can possibly afford.
  • break the ice/ˈbɹeɪk ði ˈaɪs/phraseB2To say something that melts the awkwardness between strangers.
  • break the newsphraseB2To be the one who tells somebody something important, and usually bad.
  • bring aboutphraseB2To make something happen.
  • bring outphraseB2To release something to the public, or to make a quality show.
  • bring togetherphraseB2To make people meet or work as one.
  • bring upphraseB22 meaningsTo care for and educate a child until adulthood.
  • brush up onphraseB2To refresh a skill you have not used for a while.
  • build bridges/bɪld ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪz/phraseB2To repair a relationship between people.
  • build upphraseB22 meaningsTo increase or accumulate gradually.
  • burst inphraseB2To enter suddenly and without warning.
  • bury your head in the sandphraseB2To refuse to face a problem you know is there.
  • buy timephraseB2To delay in order to gain more time.
  • by all meansphraseB2A generous way of saying yes, certainly.
  • by definitionphraseB2Necessarily true because of the meaning of the words involved.