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

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  • costa ricaphraseB1The peaceful Central American country of rainforests, with no army at all.
  • cotton onphraseC1To finally understand what is going on.
  • couch potato/ˈkaʊtʃ pəˌteɪtəʊ/phraseB2A person who lies on the sofa watching TV all day.
  • count on/kaʊntʌn/phraseB2To rely on someone or something with confidence.
  • cover all the basesphraseC1To prepare for every possibility.
  • cover your mouthphraseB1
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To put a hand over the lips in shock.
  • cover your tracksphraseC1To remove the signs that you were there.
  • crack down onphraseB2To start dealing with something far more strictly.
  • crease upphraseC1To laugh helplessly, or to make somebody do so.
  • credit card/ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/phraseA1The plastic rectangle you tap or swipe to pay without cash.
  • creep up onphraseB2To approach unnoticed, as age or a deadline does.
  • crop upphraseB2To appear unexpectedly.
  • cross that bridge when you come to itphraseC1To deal with a problem only when it actually arrives.
  • cross your fingersphraseB1To fold one finger over another for luck.
  • cross your legsphraseB1To rest one leg over the other while sitting.
  • cross your mindphraseB2For a thought to pass through briefly.
  • crowd aroundphraseB1To gather closely on every side of something.
  • cry over spilled milkphraseB2To waste sadness on a small mistake already made.
  • cup your earphraseC1To hold a hand behind the ear to hear better.
  • curiosity killed the cat/kjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti kɪld ðə ˈkæt/phraseC1The warning that asking too much can get you in trouble.
  • curtain upphraseC1The moment a performance begins.
  • cut backphraseB2To reduce the amount of something.
  • cut cornersphraseC1To do a job cheaply and carelessly to save time or money.
  • cut downphraseB12 meaningsTo reduce the amount of something you use or do.
  • cut it outphraseB2What you snap at someone to make them stop annoying you.
  • cut off/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]phraseB2To separate or disconnect — a phone line, power, or a village by snow.
  • cut your lossesphraseB2To stop before a bad situation gets worse.
  • cutting board/ˈkʰʌɾɪŋ bɔɹd/phraseB1The flat wooden board you chop vegetables on.
  • dawn onphraseC1To become gradually clear to somebody.
  • day in day outphraseB2Every single day, without change.
  • deal withphraseB12 meaningsTo take action about a problem or situation.
  • descend onphraseC1To arrive somewhere suddenly and in numbers.
  • devil's advocatephraseC1Someone who argues the opposite side just to test the idea.
  • dig upphraseB12 meaningsTo remove something from the ground by digging.
  • dive inphraseB2To start doing something eagerly and without delay.
  • do away withphraseC1To abolish or get rid of something entirely.
  • do businessphraseB1To trade with somebody.
  • do harmphraseB2To cause damage or injury.
  • do inphraseC12 meaningsTo exhaust somebody completely.
  • do not disturbphraseB1The sign hung out to keep staff from knocking.
  • do upphraseB12 meaningsTo fasten a garment or its buttons.
  • do withoutphraseB2To manage even though you lack something.
  • do your bestphraseA2To try as hard as you possibly can.
  • dole outphraseC2To hand something out in small measured amounts.
  • don't judge a book by its coverphraseB2The saying: appearances tell you little about what is inside.
  • don't mention it/dəʊnt ˈmɛn.ʃən ɪt/phraseB1A modest reply to being thanked.
  • double backphraseB2To turn round and go the way you came.
  • down on your luckphraseB2Going through a bad patch with no money.
  • down to earthphraseB2Practical, modest, and easy to talk to.
  • drag and dropphraseB1To move something by holding and releasing it elsewhere.
  • draw a blankphraseB2To search your memory and find nothing there.
  • draw a comparisonphraseC1To point out how two things are alike.
  • draw a conclusionphraseB2To work out what the evidence shows.
  • draw attentionphraseB2To make people notice something.
  • draw the linephraseB2To decide how far is far enough, and refuse to go past it.
  • draw the short strawphraseC1To be the one landed with the worst job.
  • draw upphraseC12 meaningsTo prepare a document or plan carefully.
  • dress upphraseB13 meaningsTo put on smart or formal clothes.
  • drop byphraseB2To make a short, casual visit without arranging it.
  • drop in the oceanphraseC1An amount far too small to matter against the need.