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

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  • make yourself at homephraseB1Relax here and behave as if it were your own place.
  • makes sensephraseB1That is a reasonable explanation.
  • many hands make light workphraseC1A job is easy when everybody helps.
  • maternity leavephraseB2A period of leave from work granted to a mother around childbirth.
  • meet a deadlinephraseB2To finish by the time set.
  • meet a requirementphraseB2To satisfy what is demanded.
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  • meet expectationsphraseB2To be as good as people hoped.
  • meet halfwayphraseB2To settle by each side moving the same distance.
  • meet somebody's eyephraseC1To look directly at somebody who is looking at you.
  • meet upphraseB1To come together with somebody by arrangement.
  • mend fencesphraseC1To put a quarrel right and be friends again.
  • mess aboutphraseB22 meaningsTo waste time doing nothing useful.
  • mess upphraseB1To spoil something, or to make it untidy.
  • mill aboutphraseC1To move around aimlessly in a crowd.
  • mind youphraseC1Used to add a qualifying thought.
  • mind your own businessphraseB2A sharp refusal to explain yourself.
  • miss the boatphraseC1To lose an opportunity by acting too late.
  • mix upphraseB1To confuse one thing with another.
  • more often than notphraseB2In the majority of cases.
  • more or less/mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs/phraseB1Approximately; almost but not exactly.
  • mother tongue/ˈmʌð.ə ˌtʌŋ/phraseB1The first language you grew up speaking.
  • mother-in-law/ˈmʌ.ðəɹ.ɪnˌlɔː/phraseB2The mother of your husband or wife.
  • motion sicknessphraseB2The dizzy sick feeling some people get in moving cars and boats.
  • mount upphraseB2To grow steadily larger, as costs do.
  • move in/ˌmuːv ˈɪn/phraseB12 meaningsTo begin living in a new home.
  • move in withphraseB1To begin sharing a home with somebody.
  • move onphraseB22 meaningsTo put a difficult experience behind you and continue.
  • move outphraseB1To leave a home permanently, taking your possessions.
  • move overphraseB1To shift aside to make space.
  • mull overphraseC2To turn a question over slowly in your mind.
  • mustn't grumblephraseC1A very British way of admitting things are all right.
  • my pleasurephraseB1A warm reply to being thanked.
  • need to knowphraseC1Restricted to those whose duties require the information.
  • neither here nor therephraseC1Not relevant to the point being discussed.
  • never mind/ˈnɛ.vɚˌmaɪnd/phraseA2Do not trouble yourself about it.
  • never you mindphraseC1A playful refusal to answer a nosy question.
  • new zealandphraseB1The far Pacific island country of sheep, rugby, and movie landscapes.
  • next of kinphraseC1A person's closest living relative, recorded for official purposes.
  • night owl/ˈnaɪt aʊl/phraseB2A person who comes alive after midnight.
  • no/nəʊ/exclamationA14 meaningsUsed to refuse something, to disagree, or to deny what has been said.
  • no chancephraseB1A firm way of saying it will not happen.
  • no kiddingphraseB2Said in surprise, or in flat disbelief.
  • no offencephraseB2Said before something that might sting.
  • no pain, no gainphraseB2The gym saying: results demand suffering.
  • no rhyme or reasonphraseC1No sense or pattern to it whatsoever.
  • no vacancyphraseB2The lit-up sign meaning the hotel is completely full.
  • no worriesphraseB1A relaxed way of saying that something is fine.
  • nod offphraseC1To fall asleep without meaning to.
  • none of your businessphraseB2Used to say that something does not concern the person asking.
  • none takenphraseB2A reply meaning you were not upset by the remark.
  • not a hopephraseB2There is no possibility at all.
  • not have a leg to stand onphraseC1To have no evidence or argument at all.
  • not see the wood for the treesphraseC1To be so lost in detail that you miss the whole.
  • not too badphraseB1A modest English way of saying things are actually fine.
  • nothing muchphraseB1Used to say that little of note has happened.
  • nothing to declarephraseB2The channel for travellers carrying nothing taxable.
  • now that you mention itphraseB2Said when somebody's remark reminds you of something.
  • occur tophraseB2To come into somebody's mind as an idea.
  • off the beaten trackphraseB2Away from the places most people go.
  • off the gridphraseC1Living where no record or signal can find you.