august (Oppenheimer)

At some point we've got to discuss money but I don't know how to Shall we broach another cask of wine? broach the subject with him.

You may need to get planning permission to set up a business at home. Many will also help you find the site and get planning permission.

an arms/weapons depot a fuel/storage depot

My clothes are all tousled because of the strong wind. He tousled the boy's hair and turned to look at his wife. Naomi stood in front of them, her face flushed, her hair tousled. He came to breakfast, all tousled, in last night's clothes.

We had our own table up here for crayons and drawing. Place where he had crayoned the wall through the bars of the crib.

The baby was sleeping in the crib. We were building a crib in the church for

This morning's meeting was short and sweet.

There are a few small things that I don't like about my job, but by and large it's very enjoyable.

he fingered my urethra to pieces and now, whenever I get a need to relieve myself, I have a feeling of releasing a tremendously tiny trickle from a riddled bucket.

She prepared a swell dinner for me. a swell party. I didn't expect a swell like him to behave like that.

We facilitated our studies to the society.

Shall we hail a taxi? I tried to hail her from across the room. After his speech he faced a hail of questions from reporters. The film was hailed as a masterpiece.

I will be in the audience and I will root for you.

a kitschy gilt-framed mirror The room was decorated in a cheerfully kitschy style.

She spent a month in the country recuperating from/after the operation. After your operation, you'll need to convalesce for a week or two.

There are bowls of potpourri in every room. This cupboard is a potpourri of sweets and snacks.

I'm afraid that the thing your work is missing, is its succinctness. I'm trying to be more succinct, and really, three words are all I need.

It's nothing more that a reductive explanation for the reasons why the migration period began. reductive explanations of the origin of life

there is no point in trying to corroborate the existence of higher power. there are certain phenomena in the universe that you either take on trust or not

And that can be both good and ill, for one can spread oneself too thin.

self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. They produce an intruder alarm system which is completely self-powered.

I firmly believe my son has been entrapped by this cult.

an upstanding character

Despite local opposition, the plans for the new supermarket have been cleared by the council. Ladies and gentlemen, air-traffic control has now cleared the plane for take-off. Before you can enter the country, you have to clear customs.

she was awarded $284,000 in damages. losses estimated to 51 billions of dollars in damage

The computer didn't work due to the power cut. They issued a blackout as they got reports of oncoming planes. After the blackout, the audience gave a thunderous applause to the actors.

The task force was no longer of any interest to him.

I never expected you to have a marksman on call. Police marksmen were called to the scene.

He blamed the lack of liaison between the various government departments. The police have appointed a liaison officer to work with the local community. She served as a liaison between the different groups. Any liaison with this woman would be dangerous.

He lived to be three score years and ten. People are leaving the organization by the score.

Don't be discouraged! Reverses are inevitable! Our performance was a huge reverse!

Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.

His letters became infrequent, then stopped completely.

Self-assembly is the process of association of individual units of a material into highly arranged/ordered structures/patterns. It imparts unique properties to both inorganic and organic structures, so generated, via non-covalent interactions.

Your salary is a measly 50% of mine.

She swivelled round to look out of the window. The ostrich swivelled its head in our direction. a swivel chair a swivel lamp. The swivel enables the elements to be moved freely.

curtail the power of the executive branch curtail inflation Some school activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds. ceremonies curtailed because of rain

They are moving up the west bank of the fen.

I'll pay you good money if you do away with that rat.

being weaned off the medication wean the bears from human food. wean him off his excessive drinking

an imposing mansion He was an imposing figure on stage.

Stop hedging and tell me what you really think.

No one is fazed by the sight of guns here any more.

sport utility vehicle

an inked sailor

She did a stencil of a rainbow on her daughter's bedroom wall. She has also become a stencil artist in her own right.

Can you believe it? I paid a grand for nothing! It costs us four grand.

The young teacher was full of pep.

troublemaker. "I may be able to get a line on some of those plotters, if there are any here."

Sorry to speak ill of the dead, but you were a tosser.

we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university

His words met with much derision.

the drudgery of housework. The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down.

I don't need somebody hovering over me all the time!

a shoal of fish

please, deselect the function that you chose at the beginning. After being deselected he decided to run as an independent.

A drop-down list makes it easy to move between members. Go to the drop-down menu at the top of the Window.

Click on it so as to pull up some information about this event.

As such, we were actually able to read a book!

Such is the predisposition in this city to leave things as they are. possess the predisposition to achieve formidable exploits.

put a stopper on decaying processes.

have a flick through Harry Potter. I was bored, so I leafed through some magazines. She's been nervously flipping through a magazine.

After hours of wondering, I finally found the link I had been looking for. There is a strong link between alcoholism and crime. His links with Spain are still strong.

The allotment of the company's shares to its employees is still to be decided. We have used up this year's allotment of funds.

But he had some witticisms today that really surprised me." But do try to keep the witticisms under control, if you would."

The door was closed, but the cat flap was open. A few flaps of its long wings and the bird was gone.

Look at him, what a buck! We saw two bucks goring

How much money do you want to borrow?" "Could you stretch to £50?"I'm not too fond of taxes either, but it's a bit of a stretch to claim they are the cause of all our problems." "It's a bit of a stretch to call her a teacher.

The company's CEO seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.

I live in a neighbourhood ridden with crime and violence

She denied that the magazine objectified women.

a type of tent in the shape of a cone made from animal skins that was the traditional shelter of some Native Americans

She raved about/over the clothes she had seen at the Paris fashion shows. The show has received rave reviews/notices in all the papers. an all-night/open-air rave. The tourists raved over London. After taking the drug, the addict began to rave.

The immensely hot weather resulted in the attrition of the forests. There is no attrition in him for what he has done. This fabric is prone to attrition. Terrorist groups and the government have been engaged in a costly war of attrition since 2008.