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cut up
› to behave in a very active and silly way in order to make people laugh:
There are a couple of kids who are always cutting up in class.
cut out
(STOP WORKING)
› If an engine, machine, or piece of equipment cuts out, it suddenly stops working:
word for word
using exactly the same words:
She listened to everything I said and repeated it word for word to her mum.
word-for-word
› If you translate speech or writing word for word, you change one word at a time in the same order rather than in phrases or other larger units of meaning.
word-for-word
› using exactly the same words that someone spoke or wrote:
I can give you a word-for-word transcript of what we talked about.
a word-for-word copy of a government report
sensuous
› giving or expressing pleasure through the physical senses, rather than pleasing the mind or the intelligence:
She luxuriated in the sensuous feel of the silk sheets.
sensual
› expressing or suggesting physical, especially sexual, pleasure or satisfaction:
sensual pleasure
a sensual mouth/voice
He is elegant, sensual, conscious of his body.
subterfuge
› a trick or a dishonest way of achieving something:
It was clear that they must have obtained the information by subterfuge.
stratagem
› a carefully planned way of achieving or dealing with something, often involving a trick:
Her stratagem for dealing with her husband's infidelities was to ignore them.
He was a master of stratagem.
manoeuvre noun (MOVEMENT)
› a movement or set of movements needing skill and care:
Reversing round a corner is one of the manoeuvres you are required to perform in a driving test.
manoeuvre verb (MAKE SB DO STH)
› to try to make someone act in a particular way:
The other directors are trying to manoeuvre her into resigning.
room for manoeuvre
› the opportunity to change your plans or choose between different ways of doing something:
The law in this area is very strict and doesn't allow us much room for manoeuvre.
ineffable
› causing so much emotion, especially pleasure, that it cannot be described:
ineffable joy/beauty
stupendous
› very surprising, usually in a pleasing way, especially by being large in amount or size:
He ran up stupendous debts through his extravagant lifestyle.
Stupendous news! We've won £500,000!
appalling
>very bad:
appalling weather
The drive home was appalling.
> shocking and very bad:
appalling injuries
Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.
philistine
› a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture:
I wouldn't have expected them to enjoy a film of that quality anyway - they're just a bunch of philistines!
cannibal
› a person who eats human flesh, or an animal that eats the flesh of animals of its own type
inteRment
› the act of burying a dead body
InterNment
› the act of putting someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war:
an internment camp
genealogy
› (the study of) the history of the past and present members of a family or families:
I became interested in the genealogy of my family.
› a drawing showing the history of a family with all past and present members joined together by lines
epistemology
› the part of philosophy that is about the study of how we know things
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