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  • burrito/bəˈɹiː.təʊ/nounB1+A large rolled tortilla with a filling.
  • burrow/ˈbʌɹəʊ/nounB1+4 meaningsA hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a small animal to live in.
  • burst/bɜːst/verbB23 meaningsTo break open suddenly from internal pressure.
  • burst inphraseB2To enter suddenly and without warning.
  • burst someone's bubblephraseC1To spoil somebody's happy illusion.
  • burundinounB2+
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Small hilly country south of Rwanda on Lake Tanganyika.
  • bury/ˈbɛɹi/verbB14 meaningsTo put something into the ground and cover it with earth.
  • bury the hatchetphraseC1To agree to stop fighting and forget the quarrel.
  • bury your head in the sandphraseB2To refuse to face a problem you know is there.
  • bus/bʌs/nounA1A long road vehicle carrying many passengers for a fare.
  • bus lanenounB1The strip of road only buses may use.
  • bus shelternounB1The covered place where passengers wait.
  • bus stationnounA2The building where buses set out and arrive.
  • bus stopnounA2A marked place where buses stop for passengers.
  • bush/ˈbʊʃ/nounB13 meaningsA woody plant smaller than a tree, with many branches near the ground.
  • bushel/ˈbʊʃəl/nounC1An old measure of volume for grain and fruit.
  • bushy/ˈbʊʃi/adjectiveC1Growing thickly and untidily, of hair or a plant.
  • busier/ˈbɪziə/adjectiveA2+Having more to do than before.
  • business/ˈbɪz.nɪs/nounA13 meaningsThe activity of making, buying and selling for money.
  • business centrenounB2The room with computers and printers for guests.
  • business classnounB1A more comfortable and expensive cabin.
  • businessman/ˈbɪznəsmən/nounA2+A man who works in trade or runs a company.
  • businesswomannounB1+A woman who works in trade or runs a company.
  • busk/bʌsk/verbC1To play in the street for coins.
  • busker/ˈbʌskɚ/nounC1The musician playing on the street for coins in a hat.
  • bustle/ˈbʌsəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo move about busily and noisily.
  • busy/ˈbɪz.i/adjectiveA13 meaningsHaving a lot to do.
  • butcher/ˈbʊt͡ʃə/nounB13 meaningsSomebody whose trade is cutting and selling meat.
  • butt/bʌt/verbB13 meaningsTo strike with the head.
  • butt inphraseC1To interrupt a conversation rudely.
  • butter/ˈbʌtəɹ/nounA12 meaningsThe soft yellow fat made by churning cream.
  • butter dishnounB1The small plate the spread is served on.
  • buttercup/ˈbʌt.ə.kʌp/nounB1+A shiny yellow meadow flower.
  • butterfly/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/nounA1An insect with large colourful wings.
  • butterfly strokenounB2A swimming style with both arms thrown forward together.
  • buttermilk/ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/nounB2The sour liquid left after churning butter.
  • buttery/ˈbʌtəɹi/adjectiveB22 meaningsTasting or smelling of butter — rich, soft and faintly salty.
  • buttock/ˈbʌtək/nounB2+One of the two fleshy parts you sit on.
  • button/ˈbʌtən/nounA23 meaningsA small disc sewn to clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
  • button holenounB1The slit a round fastener is pushed through.
  • button upphraseB1To fasten something with buttons.
  • buttoned-upadjectiveC12 meaningsReserved and unwilling to show emotion.
  • buttonhole/ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/nounB2The slit a button passes through.
  • buttress/ˈbʌtɹəs/nounC12 meaningsA support built against a wall to stop it spreading.
  • buxom/ˈbʌksəm/adjectiveC1Plump and full-figured, said of a woman.
  • buy/baɪ/verbA13 meaningsTo get something by paying money for it.
  • buy offphraseC1To pay somebody to stop making trouble for you.
  • buy one get one freephraseB1An offer giving a second item at no charge.
  • buy outphraseC1To purchase somebody's whole share in a business.
  • buy timephraseB2To delay in order to gain more time.
  • buy upphraseC1To purchase all or most of the available supply of something.
  • buyoutnounC12 meaningsThe purchase of all of a company.
  • buzz/bʌz/verbB14 meaningsTo make a low, rough, continuous humming sound.
  • buzz cutnounB2Hair clipped almost to the scalp.
  • buzzard/ˈbʌzəd/nounC1A broad-winged bird of prey that circles slowly.
  • buzzer/ˈbʌzə/nounB2A device that makes a harsh warning sound.
  • by accidentphraseA22 meaningsUnintentionally.
  • by all meansphraseB2A generous way of saying yes, certainly.
  • by and largephraseC1Mostly; in general.
  • by definitionphraseB2Necessarily true because of the meaning of the words involved.