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

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
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Part of speech
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  • half pricephraseA2Costing only fifty per cent of the usual amount.
  • hand inphraseB12 meaningsTo submit completed work to somebody in authority.
  • hand outphraseB1To distribute something to each member of a group.
  • hand washphraseB1To wash clothes gently by hand, not by machine.
  • hang in therephraseB2What you tell someone struggling: keep going, do not quit.
  • hang on a minutephraseB1Asking for a short pause, or objecting mildly.
hang out/ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/phraseB1To spend relaxed time with friends, doing nothing much.
  • hang upphraseA22 meaningsTo end a telephone call.
  • happily ever after/ˈhæpɪli ˌɛvəɹ‿ˈɑːftə/phraseB1The traditional happy ending of a fairy tale.
  • hard of hearingphraseB2Having difficulty in hearing sounds.
  • haul inphraseC1To pull a net or a line aboard.
  • have a change of heartphraseB2To come round to feeling quite differently.
  • have a chatphraseB1To talk informally for a little while.
  • have a gophraseB22 meaningsTo make an attempt at something.
  • have a good onephraseB2A friendly farewell wishing somebody a good day.
  • have a lot on your platephraseB2To be dealing with more work and worry than fits.
  • have an effectphraseB2To produce a change in something.
  • have an impactphraseB2To make a strong difference to something.
  • have green fingersphraseB2To be very good at making plants grow.
  • have second thoughtsphraseB2To start doubting a decision you made.
  • have the upper handphraseB2To be in the stronger position.
  • have time on your handsphraseB2To have more free time than you know what to do with.
  • have your wits about youphraseC1To stay alert and ready to react.
  • head offphraseB22 meaningsTo prevent something by acting in advance.
  • headline newsphraseB2The most important stories of the day, read first on every channel.
  • hear outphraseB2To listen to somebody until they have finished.
  • heart of goldphraseB2A deeply kind and generous nature.
  • heat upphraseB1To become warmer, or to become more intense.
  • hello/hɛˈloʊ/phraseA14 meaningsA greeting used when you meet somebody.
  • help yourselfphraseB1Take as much as you want without asking.
  • here goes nothingphraseC1Said just before trying something that may well fail.
  • high heels/haɪ hiːlz/phraseB1Elegant shoes that lift the back of the foot far off the ground.
  • hit backphraseB2To answer an attack with one of your own.
  • hit the booksphraseB2To start studying seriously.
  • hit the hayphraseC1To go to bed.
  • hit the nail on the headphraseC1To describe a situation exactly right.
  • hit the roadphraseB2To leave and start your journey.
  • hit the sackphraseC1To go to bed.
  • hit uponphraseC1To think of an idea suddenly.
  • hold a meetingphraseB1To gather people together to discuss matters.
  • hold an opinionphraseB2To believe a particular thing.
  • hold backphraseB22 meaningsTo restrain something or keep it in.
  • hold onphraseB13 meaningsTo wait a moment.
  • hold swayphraseC1To have controlling influence over something.
  • hold upphraseB22 meaningsTo delay somebody or something.
  • hold your breathphraseB1To stop breathing for a moment — on purpose, or because the tension has done it for you.
  • hold your horsesphraseB2What you say to make someone slow down and wait.
  • hold your nosephraseB1To pinch the nostrils shut against a smell.
  • hold your tonguephraseB2To stop yourself from saying what you are thinking.
  • home sweet home/həʊm swiːt həʊm/phraseB1The comfort of being back in your own house.
  • hot dog/ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/phraseA2A long sausage in a long soft bun, sold at street stands.
  • hot-air balloonphraseB1The giant colorful bag of heated air that carries a basket into the sky.
  • how do you dophraseA2A very formal greeting used on first meeting somebody.
  • how's it goingphraseA2A relaxed way of asking whether somebody is well.
  • hurtle downphraseC1To rush downward with great and uncontrolled speed.