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

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62 words · showing 1–60

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  • lash outphraseC12 meaningsTo hit out or attack suddenly.
  • launch an investigationphraseB2To start an official inquiry.
  • lay offphraseB2To dismiss workers because there is no work.
  • lay your cards on the tablephraseC1To say openly what you want and what you have.
  • laze aroundphraseB2To pass time doing nothing much.
  • lean inphraseB22 meaningsTo move your upper body closer to somebody or something.
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  • leap year/ˈliːp ˌjɪə/phraseB1The year, once every four, when February gets an extra day.
  • learn the ropes/ˈlɜːn ðə ˈɹəʊps/phraseC1To master the basics of a new job or activity.
  • leave no stone unturnedphraseC1To search absolutely everywhere.
  • leave no tracephraseB2The rule that you take everything away with you.
  • leave outphraseB12 meaningsTo fail to include somebody or something.
  • let downphraseB22 meaningsTo fail somebody who was relying on you.
  • let gophraseB12 meaningsTo release your hold on something.
  • let me thinkphraseA2Asking for a moment before answering.
  • let nature take its coursephraseB2To let things happen without interfering.
  • let off steamphraseB2To release built-up energy or anger harmlessly.
  • let onphraseC1To tell a secret you meant to keep.
  • let outphraseB22 meaningsTo make a garment wider or looser.
  • let sleeping dogs liephraseC1To leave an old problem alone rather than stir it up again.
  • let the cat out of the bagphraseC1To reveal a secret by mistake.
  • let your hair downphraseB2To relax completely and stop behaving formally.
  • let's catch upphraseB2A suggestion to meet and swap news.
  • lie aheadphraseB2To be waiting in the future.
  • lie downphraseA2To move into a flat resting position.
  • lie lowphraseC1To stay out of sight until danger passes.
  • life and soul of the partyphraseB2The person who makes a gathering go with a swing.
  • life of the partyphraseB2The person who makes an occasion lively.
  • like two peas in a podphraseB2So alike that you can hardly tell them apart.
  • line dryphraseB1To dry washing outside on a rope.
  • line your pocketsphraseC1To make money dishonestly from your position.
  • live and let livephraseB2To accept others' ways and expect the same in return.
  • live hand to mouthphraseC1To have only just enough to survive on.
  • live up tophraseB2To be as good as what was promised or expected.
  • liven upphraseB2To make something more interesting or cheerful.
  • living room/ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/phraseA1The main room in a house for sitting and relaxing.
  • loath tophraseC1Very unwilling to do something.
  • lock stock and barrelphraseC1Completely, including every last part.
  • lock up/ˌlɒk ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo secure a building by locking its doors.
  • locker roomphraseB1The room where the team changes and the coach gives the big speech.
  • lodge a complaintphraseC1To make an objection through the proper channel.
  • log inphraseA2To enter your name and secret word to open your account.
  • long story shortphraseB2Skipping the details and giving the outcome.
  • long time no seephraseB1A friendly greeting to somebody you have not met for ages.
  • look a gift horse in the mouthphraseC1To find fault with something given to you freely.
  • look afterphraseB1To watch over and protect a person, animal, or thing.
  • look aroundphraseB12 meaningsTo walk through a place to see what is there.
  • look down onphraseB2To treat someone as beneath you.
  • look forphraseA2To try to find something or someone.
  • look forward tophraseB1To be happily excited about something coming.
  • look intophraseB2To investigate something in order to find out more.
  • look out forphraseB2To watch carefully in order to notice something.
  • look throughphraseB2To examine a collection of things one by one.
  • look up/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/phraseB13 meaningsTo search for information in a reference source.
  • look up tophraseB2To admire someone as your example.
  • lose sight ofphraseB2To stop being able to see something.
  • lose touchphraseB22 meaningsTo stop being in contact with somebody.
  • lose trackphraseB1To stop following something you had been following.
  • lose track of timephraseB2To be so absorbed you forget how late it is.
  • lose your bearingsphraseC1To stop knowing where you are or which way to go.
  • lose your nervephraseB2To find your courage gone at the last moment.