Английский словарь Вордер

adjective

Containing acid or having the properties of an acid; having a ph of less than 7.

Примеры использования:

Acid soils

noun

A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

Примеры использования:

Trees were exposed to mixtures of heavy metals, acids, and overdoses of nutrients

noun

The amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something

Примеры использования:

At no extra cost when you buy a new computer, you usually get software included at no extra cost., …

verb

If something costs an amount of money, you must pay that amount to buy or do it

Примеры использования:

"how much does this book cost?" "it costs £25.", it costs something to do something it costs a lot …

noun

A person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.

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Financially they were well enough established to be able to employ a domestic servant.

noun

A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

Примеры использования:

Dockers voted for an all-out strike

verb

Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Примеры использования:

He raised his hand, as if to strike me

noun

A belief or idea that something may be true

Примеры использования:

[ + that ] i have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to., she h…

noun

A fall in the amount, number, or quality of something

Примеры использования:

Drop-off in there has been a drop-off in the share price of both companies., travel agents say ther…

phrasal verb

Get worse

idiom

To have sex

Примеры использования:

He was having it off with his friend's wife.

phrasal verb

Have sexual intercourse with

phrase

Have sex.

collocation

Institute, enact, or establish

phrasal verb

Pay or bet money.

Примеры использования:

When it comes to field sports, large sums of money are laid down

noun

A written or printed message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and delivered as mail

Примеры использования:

I got a letter from the bank this morning., she wrote her name on the board in large letters.

phrase

The exact words of the law and not its more important general meaning

Примеры использования:

She abided by the letter of the law, but not the spirit of the law., i suppose that his application…

idiom

Used when you are angry about something that you feel is unfair and that you intend to stop happening

Примеры использования:

He wants to park his car on my lawn? well, we'll soon see about that!

phrasal verb

To start to exist suddenly

Примеры использования:

Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.