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

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586 words · showing 481–540

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • store upphraseB2To save for later, or to build up trouble ahead.
  • straighten upphraseB22 meaningsTo stand or sit upright after bending.
  • strike a dealphraseB2To agree terms after bargaining.
  • suit yourselfphraseB2Do as you like, though I would not.
  • swap outphraseB2To take one part out and put another in.
  • sweet toothphraseB2A strong love of sugary treats.
  • sword in the stonephraseB2The blade only the rightful king could draw.
  • take advantagephraseB22 meaningsTo make good use of a chance.
  • take afterphraseB2To look or behave like an older family member.
  • take an interestphraseB2To begin paying close attention to something.
  • take apartphraseB22 meaningsTo separate something into its component pieces.
  • take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phraseB26 meaningsTo understand and absorb something you are told or shown.
  • take it one day at a timephraseB2To face only what today asks of you.
  • take offencephraseB2To feel insulted by what was said.
  • take onphraseB2To accept new work or responsibility; also, to fight an opponent.
  • take outphraseB12 meaningsTo remove something from inside something else.
  • take overphraseB2To assume control of something from someone else.
  • take precautionsphraseB2To act in advance against a possible danger.
  • take responsibilityphraseB2To accept that you are accountable for something.
  • take the plungephraseB2To finally commit to something you have been putting off.
  • take the scenic routephraseB2To go the long and pretty way round.
  • take tophraseB22 meaningsTo develop a liking for somebody or something.
  • take upphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a new activity or hobby.
  • talk down tophraseB2To speak to somebody as if they were stupid.
  • talk intophraseB2To persuade someone to do something they doubted.
  • talk overphraseB2To discuss something thoroughly before deciding.
  • tear down/tɛə(ɹ) ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To demolish a building or structure.
  • tell me about itphraseB2A way of saying you know that trouble only too well.
  • tell offphraseB2To speak angrily to somebody about their behaviour.
  • tell talesphraseB2To report another person's misbehaviour in order to get them punished.
  • the best of both worldsphraseB2Enjoying the advantages of two options at once.
  • the bigger picturephraseB2The whole situation, rather than the detail in front of you.
  • the icing on the cakephraseB2An extra pleasure on top of something already good.
  • the last strawphraseB2The final small problem that makes you finally explode.
  • the last wordphraseB2The final remark in an argument, and the winning of it.
  • then againphraseB2Used to introduce a consideration that qualifies what was just said.
  • think overphraseB2To consider a decision carefully before answering.
  • think throughphraseB2To consider every part of something before acting.
  • think upphraseB2To invent an idea or a plan.
  • throw awayphraseA22 meaningsTo discard something as rubbish.
  • time and againphraseB2Repeatedly, over a long period.
  • time fliesphraseB2Said when time seems to pass very quickly.
  • tip of the iceberg/ˈtɪp‿əv ðiː ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/phraseB2The small visible part of a much bigger hidden problem.
  • to cut a long story shortphraseB2Leaving out the middle and getting to the end.
  • too good to be truephraseB2So attractive that it is probably a trick.
  • touch up/ˈtʌt͡ʃ ʌp/phraseB2To repair your appearance slightly.