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

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
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67 words · showing 1–60

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  • scrape throughphraseB2To pass, but only just.
  • scratch your headphraseB2To rub the scalp while puzzled.
  • second thoughtsphraseB2Fresh doubts about a decision you already made.
  • see eye to eyephraseB2To agree completely with someone.
  • seek outphraseB2To search for someone or something until you find them.
  • serve a purposephraseB2To be useful for something.
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serve upphraseB2
To put the finished food onto plates and bring it to the table.
  • set a targetphraseB2To fix the result you mean to reach.
  • set an examplephraseB2To behave in a way others should copy.
  • set aside/sɛt.əˈsaɪd/phraseB2To save money or time for a purpose; to park a disagreement.
  • set backphraseB2To delay progress; also, to cost someone a lot.
  • set downphraseC12 meaningsTo record something formally in writing.
  • set offphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a journey.
  • set out/ˈsɛt‿aʊt/phraseB2To begin a journey, or to explain in an orderly way.
  • set your heart onphraseB2To want one particular thing above all others.
  • settle downphraseB2To start a calm steady life in one place, often with a family.
  • shoot upphraseB2To grow very fast, or to rise sharply.
  • shopping spreephraseB2A wild happy afternoon of buying far too much.
  • shout downphraseB2To stop a speaker by making more noise than they do.
  • show upphraseB12 meaningsTo arrive, especially when it was uncertain.
  • shrug offphraseB2To dismiss something as unimportant.
  • shut downphraseB2To close a business or switch off a machine completely.
  • sick leavephraseB2Time away from work permitted because of illness.
  • side effectphraseB2The extra unwanted thing a medicine does besides helping.
  • sign offphraseB2To give final approval to a piece of work.
  • sink inphraseB2For news to be fully understood, usually slowly.
  • sit downphraseA12 meaningsTo move from standing into a seated position.
  • sleep like a log/ˈsliːp laɪk ə ˈlɔɡ/phraseB2To sleep so deeply that nothing wakes you.
  • sleep on itphraseB2To wait until the next day before deciding.
  • slip awayphraseB22 meaningsTo leave quietly without being noticed.
  • slip upphraseB2To make a careless mistake.
  • slip your mindphraseB2To be forgotten despite meaning to remember.
  • slow downphraseB12 meaningsTo reduce speed or pace.
  • smarten upphraseB2To make somebody or something look neater.
  • smash intophraseB2To collide with something violently.
  • smoke detectorphraseB2The little ceiling disc that screams when something is burning.
  • sniff outphraseB2To find something by following its smell.
  • solar panel/ˈsəʊ.ləˌpæ.nəl/phraseB2The dark rooftop rectangle that turns sunshine into power.
  • sooner or laterphraseB2At some point in the future, inevitably.
  • sorry/ˈsɒɹi/phraseA15 meaningsSaid to apologise for something you have done or for getting in someone's way.
  • sort outphraseB2To resolve a problem or put something in order.
  • speak up/ˌspiːk ˈʌp/phraseB2To talk louder; also, to bravely say what you think.
  • spill the beans/ˌspɪl ðə ˈbiːnz/phraseB2To let out a secret by accident or on purpose.
  • splash of milkphraseB2A small quantity of dairy liquid added to tea.
  • spot cleanphraseB2To clean only the marked part of something.
  • spring upphraseB2To appear suddenly and in numbers.
  • squint atphraseB2To look at something with partly closed eyes.
  • stain removerphraseB2The special liquid that gets coffee marks out of a shirt.
  • stand by/ˌstændˈbaɪ̯/phraseB22 meaningsTo remain loyal to somebody in difficulty.
  • stand forphraseB2What letters in an abbreviation mean; also, to accept behavior.
  • stand outphraseB2To be clearly noticeable among others.
  • stand to attentionphraseB2To stand stiffly straight, as a soldier does.
  • stand up forphraseB2To defend a person or idea under attack.
  • stand up tophraseB2To refuse to be bullied, or to survive hard use.
  • stand your groundphraseB2To refuse to be moved by pressure.
  • start from scratchphraseB2To begin again with nothing prepared.
  • steal the showphraseB2To attract all the attention away from everyone else.
  • stem fromphraseB2To have as its origin or cause.
  • stick tophraseB2To keep to a plan, rule or promise.
  • stir up troublephraseB2To deliberately cause difficulty between people.