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Alacrity

əˈlæk.rə.ti
noun

Speed and interest

Usage examples:

He invited us all to visit, and we agreed with alacrity.
Alacrity - all meanings in English

Costs

noun

An amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something.

Usage examples:

We are able to cover the cost of the event
phrase

The amount of money needed for a business or to do a particular job

Usage examples:

We need to cut our advertising costs., the estimated costs of the building project are well over £1…
verb

(of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done.

Usage examples:

Each issue of the magazine costs £1
Costs - all meanings in English

Do

dəʊ
abbreviation

Ditto.

auxiliary verb

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will) in questions and negative statements.

Usage examples:

Do you have any pets?
noun

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.

Usage examples:

Do you have any pets?
verb

Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).

Usage examples:

Very little work has been done in this field
Do - all meanings in English

Leave

liːv
noun

(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

verb

Go away from.

Usage examples:

She left london on june 6
Leave - all meanings in English

No

nəʊ

The chemical element nobelium.

abbreviation

North.

adverb

Not at all; to no extent.

Usage examples:

They were no more able to perform the task than i was
determiner

Not any.

Usage examples:

There is no excuse
exclamation

Used to give a negative response.

Usage examples:

‘is anything wrong?’ ‘no.’
noun

A negative answer or decision, especially in voting.

Usage examples:

He was unable to change his automatic yes to a no
No - all meanings in English

Stretch

stretʃ
noun

A stage in a race, or a part of a racetrack

Usage examples:

She looked certain to win as she entered the final stretch., he fell as he galloped down the home s…
verb

To reach across a distance or become longer or wider, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] rubber stretches when you pull it., [ t ] the banner was stretched across the street., [ m ] …
Stretch - all meanings in English

Duck out of

dʌk
phrasal verb

To avoid doing something

Usage examples:

You can't duck out of your responsibilities.
Duck out of - all meanings in English

Show round

phrasal verb

Point out interesting features in a place or building to someone.

Usage examples:

He showed us round and took us to the museum
Show round - all meanings in English

Stand-down

stænd
noun

A period of relaxation after a state of alert.

Usage examples:

News of the stand-down had not reached mogadishu
phrasal verb

(military) a temporary stop of offensive military action

Stand-down - all meanings in English

Go-through-the-floor

idiom

To fall to very low levels

Usage examples:

House prices have gone through the floor this year.
Go-through-the-floor - all meanings in English

Streets-ahead

idiom

To be much better or much more advanced than another thing or person

Usage examples:

Be streets ahead of the latest sales figures show that we're streets ahead of the competition.
Streets-ahead - all meanings in English

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bunking

verb

Sleep in a bunk or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters.

Usage examples:

They bunk together in the dormitory
verb

Abscond or play truant from school or work.

Usage examples:

He bunked off school all week
noun

A narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.

Usage examples:

Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others cont…
Bunking - all meanings in English

downplaying

verb

Make (something) appear less important than it really is.

Usage examples:

This report downplays the seriousness of global warming
verb

Present participle of downplay

Usage examples:

The government has been trying to downplay the crisis.
Downplaying - all meanings in English

endochondral

adjective

Situated or occurring within cartilage.

Usage examples:

Endochondral bone formation
Endochondral - all meanings in English

nonderivative

adjective

A non-derivative asset is one whose value does not depend on the value of another asset such as a currency

Usage examples:

Non-derivative financial instruments consist of trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivale…
Nonderivative - all meanings in English

polylemma

noun

†(logic) a complex syllogism which involves more than two alternatives (obsolete); (also more generally) a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between more than two unfavourable alternatives.

Polylemma - all meanings in English

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