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. to think carefully about sth, or to say sth that you have been thinking about start learning
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he reflected on his good fortune to have such a friend as Marcia
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chance or luck, and the effect that it has on your life start learning
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he reflected on his good fortune
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an imaginary line on the surface of the earth, for example showing where one country or area of land stops and another begins start learning
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But she was just a friend, firmly on that side of the line.
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a problem or difficulty that stops you from achieving something start learning
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The stumbling block, Marcia thought, was Eddie.
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willing to consider new ideas or listen to someone else's opinions start learning
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he would be more receptive to the idea of a relationship with a woman
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to take sb's attention away from sth by making them look at or listen to sth else start learning
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Having his son there distracted him
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to make something less bad, good, strong etc start learning
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Having his son there distracted him and took the edge off his loneliness.
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if a young person ______, he or she moves out of their parents' home in order to live independently start learning
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it was surely time for him to fly the nest
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to accidentally tell someone something that should have been kept secret start learning
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Unfortunately, Marcia had once let slip her low opinion of Eddie
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Pol. nieostrożnie, nierozważnie start learning
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she incautiously describing him as a "waste of space".
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start learning
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It had been unwise – she knew that
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annoying or difficult in a way that makes you feel worried, tired etc start learning
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a rather trying reception
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if you _____ your lips, you bring them together tightly into a small circle, especially to show disapproval or doubt: start learning
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he had pursed his lips in anger.
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someone who is part of your family is _______. start learning
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to move somewhere quietly and secretly, esp. because you are afraid or ashamed start learning
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slunk slunk Eddie had turned round and slunk back into his room
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an old man who is the father of Ophelia and Laertes in the play Hamlet by Shakespeare. Hamlet accidentally kills _____ when _____ is hiding behind the "arras" (=a sort of thick curtain). start learning
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a Polonius in retreat from behind the arras.
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a movement away from the enemy after a defeat in battle start learning
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a Polonius in retreat from behind the arras.
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a _____ woman is fat and looks untidy start learning
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that blowsy woman is after my dad
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the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc start learning
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if she gets him, then she gets the lot
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