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/ˌhəʊm'taʊn/

AmE

/ˌhoʊm'taʊn/

noun, British English - the town where you live and where you feel at home

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/ʌn'rævl/

AmE

/ʌn'rævl/

verb - (of a plan, relationship, etc.) to start to break up

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/ˌʃu:t'ʌp/

AmE

/ˌʃu:t̬'ʌp/

verb - to rise by a large amount abruptly

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/'ɪnbaʊnd/

AmE

/'ɪnbaʊnd/

adjective - travelling towards a particular place

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/ˌkʌt'ɒf/

AmE

/ˌkʌt̬'ɑ:f/

verb - to remove something by cutting

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/wɪð'drɔ:/

AmE

/wɪð'drɔ:/

verb, formal - to remove or take away something from something

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/kʌm tə'geðə/

AmE

/kʌm tə'geðər/

verb - to form a united group and work with each other successfully

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/'pendʒələm/

AmE

/'pendʒələm/

noun - a long straight part of a clock with a weight at the end which swings from side to side

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/'vɜ:tɪbrət/

AmE

/'vɜ:rtɪbrət/

noun, technical - an animal that has a backbone

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/'kætfɪʃ/

AmE

/'kætfɪʃ/

noun - a type of fish that have long hairs around their mouths

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/ˌsi:krət 'eɪdʒənt/

AmE

/ˌsi:krət 'eɪdʒənt/

noun - a person whose job is to find out secret information for a government or other organization

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/di:'fju:z/

AmE

/di:'fju:z/

verb - to prevent a bomb from exploding

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/di:'fju:z/

AmE

/di:'fju:z/

verb - to make a dangerous or tense situation calmer

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/'tʃɑ:kəʊl/

AmE

/'tʃɑ:rkəʊl/

noun - a hard, black substance obtained by burning wood without much air, can be used as fuel

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/'saɪzəbəl/

AmE

/'saɪzəbəl/

adjective, American English - fairly large