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  • swerve/swɜːv/verbB2+4 meaningsTo turn suddenly to one side while moving, so as to avoid something.
  • swift/swɪft/adjectiveB22 meaningsHappening or moving quickly and without delay.
  • swig/swɪɡ/nounB2+2 meaningsA large mouthful of drink taken quickly.
  • swine/swaɪn/nounB22 meaningsPigs, taken as a group; the farming and technical word for them.
  • swing/ˈswɪŋ/verbA24 meaningsTo move back and forth through the air while hanging from a fixed point.
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swing dance
nounB2
A group of dances developed to big band music.
  • swipe/swaɪp/verbB1+6 meaningsTo move a finger or thumb across a touchscreen.
  • swirl/swɜːl/verbB22 meaningsTo move in a twisting, circling flow.
  • swish/swɪʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo move with a soft hissing sound.
  • switchboard/ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/nounB2The system that routes incoming calls to the right person.
  • swivel chairnounB2An office chair that turns and rolls.
  • swoop/ˈswuːp/verbB22 meaningsTo drop suddenly through the air onto something.
  • sword in the stonephraseB2The blade only the rightful king could draw.
  • sword swallowernounB2A performer who lowers a blade down the throat.
  • syllable/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/nounB2One beat of a word.
  • sympathetic/ˌsɪm.pəˈθɛt.ɪk/adjectiveB24 meaningsFeeling and showing care for someone else's trouble.
  • sympathy/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/nounB23 meaningsThe feeling of being sorry for someone else's trouble.
  • symphony/ˈsɪm.fə.ni/nounB2A long work for full orchestra.
  • symptom/ˈsɪm(p)təm/nounB1+2 meaningsA sign that shows what illness somebody has.
  • symptom-freeadjectiveB2Showing no sign of the illness at all.
  • synchronised swimmingnounB2A team display of movement in time to music.
  • system/ˈsɪstəm/nounA24 meaningsA set of connected parts working together as a whole.
  • t-junctionnounB2Where a road ends by joining another across it.
  • tab/tæb/nounB15 meaningsA small flap or strip sticking out from the edge of something, there to be gripped, pulled or read.
  • table servicenounB2Being served at your seat rather than fetching food.
  • tableclothnounB2A cloth spread over a table, especially for a meal.
  • taboo/təˈbuː/nounB2+2 meaningsSomething a society forbids without needing to explain.
  • tack/tæk/nounB24 meaningsA short nail with a wide flat head, pushed in by hand.
  • tackle/ˈtækəl/verbB17 meaningsTo stop an opponent and try to take the ball from them.
  • tacky/ˈtæki/adjectiveB22 meaningsShowily cheap and lacking taste.
  • taglinenounB2The line that sums up what a brand promises.
  • tail/ˈteɪ̯l/nounA25 meaningsThe long part sticking out from the rear end of an animal's body.
  • tailor/ˈteɪlɚ/nounB23 meaningsA person whose job is making, altering and fitting clothes to a customer's measurements.
  • tailor-madeadjectiveB2Cut to fit one particular person.
  • tailor's chalknounB2Chalk for marking lines that brush off cloth.
  • take/ˈteɪ̯k/verbA18 meaningsTo reach out and get hold of something with your hands.
  • 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.
  • takeovernounB2Gaining control of a company, sometimes against its will.
  • 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.
  • tally/ˈtæli/nounB2+2 meaningsA running count kept with marks.
  • tambourine/ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/nounB2A small hand drum ringed with jingling discs.
  • tame/teɪm/adjectiveB24 meaningsOf an animal, used to people and not dangerous.
  • tangle/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/nounB22 meaningsA confused, twisted mass.