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

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133 words · showing 61–120

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  • smarten upphraseB2To make somebody or something look neater.
  • smash intophraseB2To collide with something violently.
  • smell a rat/ˈsmɛl ə ˈɹæt/phraseC1To sense that something dishonest is going on.
  • smoke detectorphraseB2The little ceiling disc that screams when something is burning.
  • sniff outphraseB2To find something by following its smell.
  • snow underphraseC1To give somebody far more work than they can manage.
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  • so far so goodphraseB1Things are going well up to this point.
  • social media/ˌsowʃal ˈmid͡ʒa/phraseB1The apps where people post photos, follow friends, and scroll for hours.
  • 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 of/ˈsɔːt‿əv/phraseB1Partly or to some degree, but not entirely.
  • sort outphraseB2To resolve a problem or put something in order.
  • sound outphraseC1To discreetly find out somebody's opinion before acting.
  • south africaphraseB1The country at Africa's southern tip, with Cape Town and Table Mountain.
  • spare tirephraseB1The extra wheel in the back for when one goes flat.
  • speak of the devilphraseC1Said when the person you were just discussing walks in.
  • speak outphraseC1To publicly say what you think despite the risk.
  • speak up/ˌspiːk ˈʌp/phraseB2To talk louder; also, to bravely say what you think.
  • speak volumesphraseC1To say a great deal without any words at all.
  • speaking of whichphraseC1Said to move on to a related subject.
  • speed limit/ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/phraseB1The maximum legal speed for vehicles on a particular road.
  • spick and spanphraseC1Perfectly clean and tidy.
  • 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.
  • splash outphraseC1To spend generously on something special.
  • split hairsphraseC1To argue over differences too fine to matter.
  • split the billphraseB1To divide what is owed between everybody.
  • splitting hairsphraseC1Arguing over a difference too small to matter.
  • spot cleanphraseB2To clean only the marked part of something.
  • spread outphraseB1To move apart so as to cover more ground.
  • spring upphraseB2To appear suddenly and in numbers.
  • squander awayphraseC1To fritter a fortune or a chance until nothing is left.
  • squint atphraseB2To look at something with partly closed eyes.
  • sri lankaphraseB1The teardrop-shaped island of tea, just south of India.
  • 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 upphraseA12 meaningsTo rise to your feet.
  • 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.
  • stare downphraseC12 meaningsTo defeat somebody by holding their gaze until they look away.
  • start from scratchphraseB2To begin again with nothing prepared.
  • stay upphraseB1To keep yourself awake past your usual bedtime.
  • steal someone's thunderphraseC1To take the attention that was meant for someone else's moment.
  • steal the showphraseB2To attract all the attention away from everyone else.
  • stem fromphraseB2To have as its origin or cause.
  • step downphraseC1To resign from an important position.
  • stick tophraseB2To keep to a plan, rule or promise.
  • stick to your gunsphraseC1To hold to your position under pressure.
  • stir up troublephraseB2To deliberately cause difficulty between people.
  • stop dead in your tracksphraseC1To halt instantly out of shock or surprise.
  • stop offphraseB1To break a journey briefly at a place.
  • store upphraseB2To save for later, or to build up trouble ahead.
  • straight aheadphraseA2Directly forward, without turning.
  • straighten upphraseB22 meaningsTo stand or sit upright after bending.
  • strike a balancephraseC1To find the workable point between two extremes.