to pay attention to a sound, or to try to hear a sound
to collect several things, often from different places or people | if people gather, or if someone gathers them, they come together in one place to see or do something | if something gathers force, speed, or strength, its force, speed, or strength increases | to bring things closer together
an imaginary creature that is large and frightening | someone who is very cruel | a situation, system, or organization that has become so large that it can no longer be managed or controlled
leaving a room or building | away from an area, town, or country | used for saying how far away from a place something is | used for saying that someone is forced to leave a group, organization, or job
past simple and past participle of make. It means to produce something, often using a particular substance or material
to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult to do this | to go somewhere to have a holiday, often because you need to rest | to leave or escape
to lift something or someone with your hands or arms in a quick movement
to be conscious of what is around you by using your eyes | to watch a film, television program, etc. | to understand, know, or realize | to meet or visit someone, or to visit a place
existing only in stories | imaginary or not real
the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or animal stands
to return to a place | to start to happen or exist again | to start to be remembered again
used with another verb to form questions and negative sentences, including negative orders, and sometimes in affirmative sentences for reasons of style | used instead of the main verb in questions that are added to the end of a sentence to check information | used to avoid repeating a verb or verb phrase | to perform, take part in, or achieve something | to deal with or be responsible for something | to study a subject | to make, produce, or create something | Finish something or completed something
to be real, or to appear in the real world
silly or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
the actual facts or information about something, rather than what people think, expect, or make up
to think that a fact is true | to think that what someone has said is true
Greet (someone arriving) in a glad, polite, or friendly way.
if a letter, an abbreviation, or a symbol stands for something, that is what it means or represents | to be willing to accept something that someone does | if someone stands for a particular principle, they believe that principle is important
information or evidence that shows that something is definitely true or definitely exists | a printed copy of something that is examined and corrected before the final copies are printed
impossible to see
to make a device operate, or to cause a device to play something, such as a CD or DVD, by pressing a switch | to cover part of the body with clothes, shoes, make-up, or something similar | to produce or provide something, especially for the good of other people or for a special purpose
to show a particular result after a period of time | to show that something is true
to have information in your mind | used to ask someone to tell you a piece of information | to be certain | to leave a place, especially in order to travel to somewhere else
Stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens.
Move from one place to another; travel. | Leave; depart. | to travel or move to another place | to be in the process of moving | to move or travel somewhere in order to do something
a male child or, more generally, a male of any age | used to express excitement, worry, disappointment, etc. or to emphasize something
related to a religion or a god | considered to be pure or good because of being related to what a religion values
to tell someone another person’s name when they meet for the first time | to bring something into existence or use for the first time | to start to use a new system, process, or law for the first time
a wild animal that some people believe exists in the Himalayas. It is said to look like a human with a lot of hair
to think about a subject carefully so that you can make a decision about it
Inspiring great affection; delightful; charming.
to stop being friendly with someone because you have had a disagreement with them Have you two fallen out? | if something such as your hair or a tooth falls out, it comes out | to drop from a place where it was attached or contained