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/ˌɒn'mæs/

AmE

/ˌɑ:n'mæs/

adverb - (of people) together and in large numbers

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/'grəʊnəp/

AmE

/'groʊnʌp/

adjective - connected with adults

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/'ædʌlt/

AmE

/ə'dʌlt/

adjective - of age, grown-up

BrE

/ˌjʌŋ 'ædʌlt/

AmE

/ˌjʌŋ ə'dʌlt/

noun - a person in their late teens or early twenties

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/ˌvəʊt'ɪn/

AmE

/ˌvoʊt̬'ɪn/

verb - to elect somebody for a particular position

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/'meɪk ðə bed/

AmE

/'meɪk ðə bed/

verb - to arrange the sheets and blankets on a bed

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/bɪznəs 'pɑ:tnə/

AmE

/bɪznəs 'pɑ:rtnər/

noun - an organisation that shares business with another organisation

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/'retɪnə/

AmE

/'retɪnə/

noun - a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that receives light and sends pictures of what the eye sees to the brain

noun - the language of the Slovenians

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/slə'vi:niən/

AmE

/sləʊ'vi:niən/

adjective - relating to Slovenia

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/slə'vi:niən/

AmE

/sləʊ'vi:niən/

noun - a person from Slovenia

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/'si:mstrəs/

AmE

/'si:mstrəs/

noun - a woman who is good at sewing or whose job sewing and making clothes

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/'si:θru:/

AmE

/'si:θru:/

adjective - so thin you can see through it, usually of cloth

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/ɪk'sel/

AmE

/ɪk'sel/

verb - to be very good at something

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/'kɔ:sbʊk/

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/'kɔ:rsbʊk/

noun - a book used by students regularly on a particular course of study