Monday, April 6, 2009

Bandage

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http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/bandage

Bandage: noun,verb
Definition:
(noun): a narrow piece of cloth that you tie around a wound or around a part of the body that has been injured.
(verb): [transitive] to tie or cover a part of the body with a bandage.

Mosquito

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Mosquito: noun [countable]
Definition:
a small flying insect that sucks the blood of people and animals, sometimes spreading the disease MALARIA.

Exposure

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Exposure: noun
1. [uncountable] when someone is in a situation where they are not protected from something dangerous or unpleasant.
2. [uncountable] the action of showing the truth about someone or something, especially when it is bad.
3. [uncountable] the attention that someone or something gets from newspapers, television etc [= publicity]
4. [singular, uncountable] the chance to experience new ideas, ways of life etc.
5. [uncountable] the harmful effects on your body of being outside in very cold weather without protection.
6. [countable]
a) a length of film in a camera that is used to take a photograph.
b) the amount of time that light is allowed to enter the camera when taking a photograph.
7. [countable] the act of showing something that is usually hidden.
8. [uncountable and countable] the amount of financial risk that a company or person has.
9. [singular] the direction in which a building, hill etc faces.

Preoccupied

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Preoccupied: adejective

Definition:
thinking about something a lot, with the result that you do not pay attention to other things.
preoccupied with

Allegiance

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Allegiance: noun [uncountable and countable]

Definition:
loyalty to a leader, country, belief etc.
allegiance to
swear/pledge allegiance
switch/transfer allegiance

Cohesion

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Cohesion: noun [uncountable]

Definition:
1. if there is cohesion among a group of people, a set of ideas etc, all the parts or members of it are connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole.
2. technical a close relationship, based on grammar or meaning, between two parts of a sentence or a larger piece of writing.

Enthusiastic

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Enthusiastic: adjective

Definition:
feeling or showing a lot of interest and excitement about something.

Other form:
—enthusiastically adverb