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/ˌkɔ:lɪn'sɪk/

AmE

/ˌkɔ:lɪn'sɪk/

verb - to phone your work and say that you are ill (and not coming to work)

BrE

/ɪn'tʃɑ:dʒ/

AmE

/ɪn'tʃɑ:rdʒ/

adjective - responsible for something

BrE

/ˌgəʊ'ɒn/

AmE

/ˌgoʊ'ɑ:n/

verb - to happen or be happening

BrE

/ɒn'gɒdzˌgrin'ɜ:θ/

AmE

/ɑ:n'gɑ:dzˌgrin'ɜ:rθ/

adverb, informal - a phrase we use in questions which ask when we're angry

BrE

/ˌhɪðə'sæk/

AmE

/ˌhɪðə'sæk/

verb, informal - to go to bed

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/'wɒt/

AmE

/'wɑ:t/

interjection, informal - a word we use to express surprise or disbelief

BrE

/'weɪ/

AmE

/'weɪ/

adverb, informal - very

BrE

/'greɪt/

AmE

/'greɪt/

adjective - large in size, amount, number etc.

BrE

/'hævɪt/

AmE

/'hævɪt/

verb - to claim something, to say that something is true

BrE

/ˌælfrəd ðə'greɪt/

AmE

/ˌælfrəd ðə'greɪt/

noun - an Anglo-Saxon king who ruled between 871 and 899.

BrE

/'ɒksfəd/

AmE

/'ɑ:ksfəd/

noun - an English university town, the oldest university in England

BrE

/ˌjʊərə'pi:ən/

AmE

/ˌjʊrə'pi:ən/

noun - a person who comes from Europe

BrE

/'skwaɪə/

AmE

/'skwaɪər/

noun - a man who owned land in a particular area (in England in the past)

BrE

/'si:mən/

AmE

/'si:mən/

noun - a sailor

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/'tenʃn/

AmE

/'tenʃn/

noun - a situation in which people are worried, nervous or angry