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

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  • drop offphraseB12 meaningsTo deliver someone or something on the way somewhere.
  • drop outphraseB2To leave a course, race or activity before completing it.
  • drum upphraseC1To gather support or custom through effort.
  • drum your fingersphraseC1To tap the fingers in sequence, impatiently.
  • dry cleanphraseB1To clean a garment with chemicals instead of water.
  • dry upphraseB2To lose all moisture, or to run out of things to say.
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dwell onphraseB2
To think or talk about something for too long.
  • early birdphraseB2A person who happily wakes at dawn.
  • ease offphraseC1To become less strong or less intense.
  • easier said than donephraseB2The plan sounds simple but will be hard in practice.
  • eat your wordsphraseC1To have to admit that what you said was wrong.
  • edit downphraseB2To shorten a piece by cutting the weaker parts.
  • eke outphraseC2To make a small supply last, or to scrape a living.
  • elephant in the roomphraseC1The huge obvious problem everyone politely ignores.
  • end to endphraseB2Joined so that the ends meet.
  • end upphraseB1To reach a final situation or place, often unintentionally.
  • even sophraseB2Despite that, this is still true.
  • evenly spacedphraseB2With the same gap between each one.
  • every cloud has a silver lining[eːvɹi kʰlɑʊd hæz ə sɪlvɚ laiːnɪŋ]phraseB2The saying: something good hides in every bad situation.
  • every now and thenphraseB1Occasionally, without any pattern.
  • excuse me/ɛksˈkjuːz mi/phraseA12 meaningsUsed to get someone's attention politely, or to ask to pass.
  • excuse me for a momentphraseB1A polite way of leaving briefly.
  • extra timephraseB1The added minutes played when the match ends level.
  • eye upphraseC1To look at something with interest or desire.
  • face a challengephraseB2To have to deal with something difficult.
  • face the factsphraseB2To accept the truth of a situation.
  • face the music/ˌfeɪs ðə ˈmjuːzɪk/phraseC1To accept the punishment for what you did.
  • face to facephraseB1Directly facing one another.
  • face up tophraseB2To accept a difficult truth and deal with it.
  • fade awayphraseB2To grow gradually weaker until gone.
  • fair enough/fɛəɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/phraseB2Used to acknowledge that something is reasonable.
  • fair pointphraseB2An admission that your opponent is right.
  • fairy tale/ˈfɛɹi ˌteɪl/phraseB1An old magic story for children, ending happily ever after.
  • fall apartphraseB2To break into pieces — objects, plans, or people under stress.
  • fall behindphraseB2To fail to keep up with the pace of others or payments.
  • fall down/fɔːl ˈdaʊn/phraseA2To drop from standing to the ground.
  • fall forphraseB2To be tricked by a lie; also, to fall in love with someone.
  • fall short/fɔl ʃoɹt/phraseB2To fail to reach the standard needed.
  • fall throughphraseC1To fail to happen after being planned.
  • fast food/ˈfæst ˈfuːd/phraseA2Cheap hot food served in minutes over a counter.
  • fat chancephraseC1Sarcastically, there is no chance whatever.
  • fathom outphraseC1To finally understand something deep or puzzling.
  • fawn overphraseC1To flatter somebody shamelessly to win their favour.
  • ferret outphraseC1To search persistently until you find something hidden.
  • field tripphraseB1A day when the whole class travels somewhere to learn outside school.
  • fifty-fiftyphraseB1Shared equally, or as likely one way as the other.
  • figure outphraseB1To understand or solve something after thinking about it.
  • fill a gapphraseB2To supply what was missing.
  • fill inphraseB12 meaningsTo write information into the spaces on a form.
  • find outphraseA22 meaningsTo learn information you did not previously have.
  • fingers crossed[fɪŋɡɚz kʰɹɔst]phraseB2Said when you are hoping hard for a good outcome.
  • first aidphraseB1Simple quick help for a hurt person before the doctor comes.
  • fit as a fiddle/ˈfɪt æz ə ˈfɪdl̩/phraseC1In excellent health.
  • fix upphraseB2To arrange something, or to put it back in order.
  • flea marketnounB2An open market selling second-hand goods cheaply.
  • fly off the handlephraseB2To lose your temper very suddenly.
  • fold your armsphraseB1To cross the arms over the chest, often defensively.
  • follow suitphraseC1To do the same as somebody else has just done.
  • follow upphraseB2To take a further step after a first one.
  • follow your nosephraseB2To go straight on, or to trust your instinct.