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

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
nounverbadjectiveadverbprepositionpronounphrase

133 words · showing 1–60

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  • safe journeyphraseB1A wish for somebody setting off travelling.
  • same herephraseB1A short way of saying you feel the same.
  • same oldphraseC1Nothing has changed since you last asked.
  • satellite townphraseC1A smaller town depending on a nearby city.
  • saudi arabiaphraseB1The desert kingdom of oil and the holy city of Mecca.
  • save upphraseB1To put money aside until you have enough.
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say hello for mephraseB1
Ask somebody to greet another on your behalf.
  • science fiction/ˈsaɪəns ˌfɪkʃən/phraseB1Stories of space, robots, and the future.
  • scrape throughphraseB2To pass, but only just.
  • scratch your headphraseB2To rub the scalp while puzzled.
  • screw inphraseB1To fasten something by turning it into a threaded hole.
  • second thoughtsphraseB2Fresh doubts about a decision you already made.
  • see eye to eyephraseB2To agree completely with someone.
  • see throughphraseC1To spot the truth behind someone's trick; also, to finish what you started.
  • see you aroundphraseB1A casual farewell to somebody you will meet again.
  • seek outphraseB2To search for someone or something until you find them.
  • seize up/ˌsiːz ˈʌp/phraseC1For moving parts to stick fast and stop.
  • serve a purposephraseB2To be useful for something.
  • serve upphraseB2To put the finished food onto plates and bring it to the table.
  • set a precedentphraseC1To do something that later cases will follow.
  • 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 forthphraseC1To begin a journey, or to state something in order.
  • set offphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a journey.
  • set out/ˈsɛt‿aʊt/phraseB2To begin a journey, or to explain in an orderly way.
  • set up/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo assemble or arrange something ready for use.
  • 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.
  • shake your headphraseA2To move the head side to side to mean no.
  • 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 off/ˌʃəʊ ˈɒf/phraseB1To display your skills or things just to be admired.
  • show someone the ropesphraseC1To teach a newcomer how things work.
  • show upphraseB12 meaningsTo arrive, especially when it was uncertain.
  • shrivel upphraseC1To dry and wrinkle into something smaller.
  • shrug offphraseB2To dismiss something as unimportant.
  • shut downphraseB2To close a business or switch off a machine completely.
  • sibling rivalryphraseC1Competition between brothers and sisters.
  • sick leavephraseB2Time away from work permitted because of illness.
  • side by sidephraseB1Positioned next to one another.
  • side effectphraseB2The extra unwanted thing a medicine does besides helping.
  • sign offphraseB2To give final approval to a piece of work.
  • sign upphraseB1To enrol or agree to take part in something.
  • single out/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/phraseC1To pick one person from the group for special treatment.
  • sink inphraseB2For news to be fully understood, usually slowly.
  • sit downphraseA12 meaningsTo move from standing into a seated position.
  • sit on the fencephraseC1To refuse to pick a side.
  • six of one and half a dozen of the otherphraseC2Two options that amount to exactly the same.
  • size upphraseC1To look at somebody and judge what they are like.
  • 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.
  • slow on the uptakephraseC1Taking longer than others to understand.