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

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  • sweet potato/ˈswiːt pəˈteɪ.təʊ/phraseB1The orange root vegetable, sweeter than its plain cousin.
  • sweet toothphraseB2A strong love of sugary treats.
  • switch offphraseA22 meaningsTo turn a machine or light off.
  • switch onphraseA2To start a machine working.
  • sword in the stonephraseB2The blade only the rightful king could draw.
  • swot upphraseC1To study hard for a test at the last minute.
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  • t-shirtphraseA1A simple soft top with short sleeves and no buttons.
  • take a decisionphraseC1To reach and announce a formal choice.
  • take a short cutphraseB1To go by a quicker route, or to skip proper steps.
  • 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 away/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/phraseA22 meaningsTo remove something from a place or person.
  • take backphraseB1To return a purchase to the shop; also, to unsay hurtful words.
  • take carephraseA22 meaningsUsed as a warm farewell.
  • take downphraseB12 meaningsTo write down what somebody says.
  • take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phraseB26 meaningsTo understand and absorb something you are told or shown.
  • take it easyphraseB12 meaningsTo relax and avoid exerting yourself.
  • take it one day at a timephraseB2To face only what today asks of you.
  • take offphraseB12 meaningsOf an aircraft, to leave the ground.
  • 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 stockphraseC1To pause and review how things actually stand.
  • take the blamephraseB1To accept fault, whether or not it was yours.
  • take the first turningphraseB1To leave the road at the earliest junction.
  • take the law into your own handsphraseC1To punish somebody yourself instead of using the courts.
  • take the plungephraseB2To finally commit to something you have been putting off.
  • take the scenic routephraseB2To go the long and pretty way round.
  • take the wind out of your sailsphraseC1To take away your confidence suddenly.
  • take tophraseB22 meaningsTo develop a liking for somebody or something.
  • take upphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a new activity or hobby.
  • take with a pinch of saltphraseC1To not fully believe what you are told.
  • take your timephraseB1To do something without hurrying.
  • 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.
  • talk roundphraseC1To persuade somebody to change their mind.
  • tap your footphraseB1To beat the floor lightly with impatience.
  • tear down/tɛə(ɹ) ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To demolish a building or structure.
  • teddy bearphraseA2The soft toy animal children hug when they sleep.
  • 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.
  • test outphraseB1To try something to see whether it works.
  • thank you/ˈθæŋk ˌju/phraseA1Used to express gratitude.
  • that figuresphraseC1That fits exactly what I would have expected.
  • that reminds mephraseB1Said when something triggers another memory.
  • that's a shamephraseB1An expression of mild sympathy at bad news.
  • the ball is in your courtphraseC1It is now your turn to decide or act.
  • 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 calm before the stormphraseC1The strange quiet just before trouble breaks loose.
  • the cold shoulderphraseC1Deliberate unfriendly silence toward someone.
  • the edge overphraseC1A slight advantage that puts you in front.
  • the icing on the cakephraseB2An extra pleasure on top of something already good.