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/'prɪvəlɪdʒd/

AmE

/'prɪvəlɪdʒd/

adjective - known only by a small group of people

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/'prɪvəlɪdʒd/

AmE

/'prɪvəlɪdʒd/

adjective - having an advantage or opportunity that most other people don't have

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/'predʒədɪs/

AmE

/'predʒədɪs/

verb, formal - to influence someone so that they are unfair in some way

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/'predʒədɪs/

AmE

/'predʒədɪs/

verb, formal - to have a harmful influence on something or someone

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/ɪnˌdʌstriəl 'ækʃn/

AmE

/ɪnˌdʌstriəl 'ækʃn/

noun, British English - an occasion when workers stop working to protest to their employers about something

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/'ɔ:strʌk/

AmE

/'ɔ:strʌk/

adjective, literary - being very impressed or amazed by something

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/'ɔ:flnəs/

AmE

/'ɔ:flnəs/

noun, informal - the fact of being unpleasant or extremely bad

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/'ɔ:/

AmE

/'ɔ:r/

verb, formal - to make someone feel amazed, respectful or frightened

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/'ɑ:tləsli/

AmE

/'ɑ:rtləsli/

adjective, formal - in a way that is honest and simple

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/'ɑ:tləs/

AmE

/'ɑ:rtləs/

adjective, formal - honest and simple

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/'ɑ:tfəli/

AmE

/'ɑ:rtfəli/

adverb - in a way that is clever and cunning

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/'ɑ:tfl/

AmE

/'ɑ:rtfl/

adjective - clever, especially in getting what you want

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/ˌɑ:tɪ'fɪʃəli/

AmE

/ˌɑ:rtɪ'fɪʃəli/

adverb - in a way that is not natural and only copies something natural

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/ɑ:'tɪstɪkli/

AmE

/ɑ:r'tɪstɪkli/

adverb - in a way that is connected with art

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/'ɑ:ti/

AmE

/'ɑ:rti/

adjective, British English, informal - seeming very interested in everything connected with art