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/'faɪn/

AmE

/'faɪn/

adjective, British English - (of weather) sunny, not raining

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/'slæmdʌŋk/

AmE

/'slæmdʌŋk/

verb - (in basketball) to jump up and throw the ball through the basket

verb - (in basketball) to jump up and throw the ball through the basket

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/'dʌŋk/

AmE

/'dʌŋk/

verb, American English, informal - to push someone under water, usually as a joke

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/'dʌŋk/

AmE

/'dʌŋk/

verb - to put something, especially food, quickly into liquid and take it out

BrE

/ˌɪl'hju:məd/

AmE

/ˌɪl'hju:mərd/

adjective, literary - in a bad mood

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/ˌɪl'hju:mə/

AmE

/ˌɪl'hju:mər/

noun, literary - bad mood

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/ˌgʊd'hju:mə/

AmE

/ˌgʊd'hju:mər/

noun - good mood

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/'sekrətri/

AmE

/'sekrəteri/

noun - an officer in an organisation who supervises its records, legal matters, correspondence etc.

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/'sekrətri/

AmE

/'sekrəteri/

noun - on officer of state in charge of one of the government departments

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/ə'pɔɪntmənt/

AmE

/ə'pɔɪntmənt/

noun - the act of choosing someone for a position or a job

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/'ʌðəwaɪz/

AmE

/'ʌðərwaɪz/

adverb - if not, in the opposite case

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/'ʌðəwaɪz/

AmE

/'ʌðərwaɪz/

pronoun - the opposite, something else

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/'hju:mə/

AmE

/'hju:mər/

verb - to do what someone wants you to do to keep them happy

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/ˌself'hɑ:m/

AmE

/ˌself'hɑ:rm/

noun - physical harm that someone does to their own body intentionally, e.g. cutting the skin with a knife