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scarcely adverb [not gradable] (NOT) - formal

certainly not

bound adjective (CERTAIN)

certain or extremely likely to happen:

bound adjective (FORCED)

having a moral or legal duty to do something:

bound verb (JUMP)

to move quickly with large jumping movements

bound verb (BORDER)

to mark or form the limits of:

bind verb (TIE/FASTEN)

to sew or stick material along the edges of something such as a jacket, in order to make it stronger or to decorate it:

bind verb (TIE/FASTEN)

to make separate pieces of paper into a book:

bind verb (COMBINE)

(used especially in cooking) to make a mixture stick together in a solid mass, or to be made to stick together like this:

bind - CHEMISTRY

to combine with something by a chemical bond (= the force holding atoms together in a molecule), or to be combined like this:

bind verb (UNITE)

to unite people or to make them feel that they share something:

bind - noun - informal - [difficult]

a difficult or annoying situation in which you are prevented from acting as you might like:

bind verb [FORCE}

fig. To bind someone is also to force the person to keep a promise:

bind noun [U] (UNPLEASANT SITUATION)

a difficult situation in which none of the choices available are good:

bind [TAX]

to agree not to increase the rate of a tax, tariff, etc. above a particular level:

double bind

a difficult situation in which, whatever action you decide to take, you cannot escape unpleasant results:

bound up

closely connected or involved:

bind sb to sth

to force someone to keep a promise:

fray verb (CLOTH)

to become or to cause the threads in cloth or rope to become slightly separated, forming loose threads at the edge or end:

fray verb (BECOME ANNOYED)

If your temper frays or your nerves fray, you gradually become upset or annoyed:

the fray

a fight or argument, esp. one in which several people take part

fray around/at the edges

to start to become less effective or successful:

tribe

plemię - a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities:

tribe [FAMILY] informal

a large family or other group that someone belongs to:

aboriginal

rodowity - a member of a race of people who were the first people to live in a country, before any colonists arrived:

aboriginal

having lived or existed in a place since the earliest known time:

Aborigine

a member of any of the groups of people who first lived in Australia

womenfolk old-fashioned

the women in a family or society:

communal adjective (SHARED)

belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one single person:

communal adjective (IN A COMMUNITY)

involving different social or religious groups within a community:

outperform

to do well in a particular job or activity compared to others of a similar type:

outperform [STOCK MARKET]

if shares, bonds, etc. outperform, or if they outperform a particular stock market or financial market, they produce more money for investors than other shares, bonds, etc. of a similar type:

prowess formal

great ability or skill:

misleading

causing someone to believe something that is not true:

radiant adjective (HAPPY/BEAUTIFUL)

obviously very happy, or very beautiful:

radiant adjective (HEAT/LIGHT)

producing heat or light:

radiant energy

energy such as heat, light, and sound in the continuous repeating pattern of waves

wares

small products for selling, especially in a market or on the street:

wares

a company's products:

exult

to express great pleasure or happiness, esp. at your success or at someone else’s failure

favour noun (SUPPORT)

the support or approval of something or someone:

be in favour of sth/doing sth

to support or approve of something:

in your favour

When something is in your favour, it gives you an advantage:

find in sb's favour

If a judge finds in someone's favour, he or she says that that person is not guilty.

favour noun (KIND ACT)

a kind action that you do for someone:

favour

an advantage that you give to someone, such as money or a good job, especially when this is unfair

favour noun (PRESENT)

a small present that you give to every guest at a wedding, party, etc.:

favour

to give an advantage to someone or something, in an unfair way:

dispense

to give out things, especially products, services, or amounts of money:

dispense - UK

to prepare medicines as a job and give or sell them to people:

vend - formal

to sell something:

vending machine - noun

a machine you put money into to buy small items such as packages of food, candy, and drinks

dispense with something

to get rid of or do without something:

party favour (US party favor)

a small present given to guests at a party:

out of favour (US out of favor)

investments, products, or services that are out of favour are no longer popular with investors or consumers

be free with your favours old-fashioned

to be willing to have sex with a lot of people:

do me/us a favour! informal

something you say in answer to a stupid and impossible suggestion:

not do sb any favours

to do something that is likely to have a bad effect on you or on another person:

speak in sb's favour

to state your support for someone

curry favour disapproving

to praise someone, especially someone in authority, in a way that is not sincere, in order to get some advantage for yourself:

curry verb (HORSE)

to clean and brush a horse with a special comb

favour sb with sth - formal

to be polite and kind enough to give something to someone:

brief adjective (SHORT IN LENGTH)

(of clothes) very short:

brief against/in favour of sb/sth

to make information about someone or something public, with the intention of criticizing/praising him, her, or it:

briefs noun (UNDERWEAR)

a piece of underwear worn by men or women, covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs:

brief noun (LAWYER) UK informal

a lawyer who will speak for someone in a court of law:

brief verb [T] (GIVE INSTRUCTIONS)

to give someone instructions or information about what to do or say:

brief

instructions that explain what someone's work or task is

brief [LAW]

a document that shows the facts of a legal case that will be argued by a lawyer in a court

humble adjective [NOT PROUD]

not proud or not believing that you are important:

humble adjective [POOR]

poor or of a low social rank

humble verb [NOT IMPORTANT}

to make someone understand that they are not as important or special as they thought:

eat humble pie informal (US also eat crow)

to admit that you were wrong:

abode noun [HOME]

the place where someone lives:

no fixed abode

used in legal cases to say that someone does not have a permanent address:

chunk noun [PIECE]

a roughly cut piece:

chunk noun informal [LARGE PIECE]

a part of something, especially a large part:

chunk - noun [LUMP]

a thick piece or lump:

compulsory - adj. [MUST DO]; compulsorily - adverb

If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule or law:

compulsory purchase (also compulsory acquisition); (US eminent domain)

a situation in which a government has the legal power to buy private property at a fair price when it will be used for something that will be of use to the public, for example a new road:

compulsory purchase order

a demand made by a public authority to buy land or property from a private owner in order to use the land for public purposes

winding up [CLOSE BUSINESS]

the process of closing a business that is not successful and has debts that it cannot manage:

winding up [CLOSE AN INVESTMENT]

the act of closing an investment, a pension agreement, etc.:

wind up [UNPLEASANT SITUATION] informal

to find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a result of what you do:

wind-up - noun [JOKE]

something that is not true that you tell someone in order to make a joke:

wind-up - adj. [WATCH, TOY, ETC.)

A wind-up toy, watch, etc. has a key or part that you turn in order to make it operate:

wind up [CLOSE A UNSUCCESSFUL BUSINESS]

to close a business, especially when it is not successful and has debts:

wind up [END AN ACTIVITY]

to end a meeting, discussion, or an activity:

put/get the wind up sb - UK [FEEL WORRIED]

to make someone feel worried about their situation:

to be left on the cutting room floor (also to end up/wind up on the cutting room floor)

to be filmed, but not included in the final version of a film or television programme:

wind sb up - UK informal (ANNOY)

to annoy or upset someone:

wind sb up [MAKE A JOKE]

to tell someone something that is not true in order to make a joke:

compulsory winding up

a decision by a court of law that a failed business must close:

wind - UK informal [DO NOT MEAN ANYTHING]

words that do not mean anything and false statements:

the wind section (US also the winds)

the group of woodwind instruments (= ones played by blowing into a hole near one end) and their players in an orchestra

wind verb (TURN)

to turn or cause something to turn:

wind verb {ROAD];

(of a road, path, or river) to follow a route that turns repeatedly in different directions

wind verb (WRAP AROUND)

to wrap something around an object several times or twist it repeatedly around itself:

winding story [COMPLICATED]

A winding story or series of events is complicated and involves many changes:

unwind verb (UNFASTEN)

to unfasten something that is wrapped around an object:

unwind verb (RELAX) (also wind down)

to relax and allow your mind to be free from worry after a period of work or some other activity that has made you worried:

unwind verb [SELL SHARES]

to sell shares, etc. that you bought expecting that their price would rise:

unwind verb [CHANGE THE EFFECT]

to change or remove the effects of something:

second wind - noun

a return of strength or energy that makes it possible to continue in an activity that needs a lot of effort:

wind instrument

a musical instrument whose sound is produced by blowing:

wind chimes - noun

an arrangement of shells or small decorative shapes of metal or wood that hang from pieces of wire or string and make a gentle noise when moved by the wind