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/ə'breɪsɪv/

AmE

/ə'breɪsɪv/

adjective - rough, coarse, capable of being used to polish something or grind something

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/kə'rɪərɪst/

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/kə'rɪrɪst/

noun - someone whose career is more important than than other things

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/'pɑ:mˌtri:/

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/'pɑ:mˌtri:/

noun - a kind of tropical tree which has large leaves at the top and no branches

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/'teɪst/

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/'teɪst/

verb - to detect or recognize a particular flavour

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/əˌbʌv 'menɜnd/

AmE

/əˌbʌv 'menɜnd/

adjective - mentioned higher up in a text

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/ˌeɪ'aɪ/

AmE

/ˌeɪ'aɪ/

noun - (abbreviation) artificial intelligence

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/ˌpəʊst'heɪst/

AmE

/ˌpəʊst'heɪst/

adverb, dated - as soon as possible

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/'stæt/

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/'stæt/

adverb, informal - a word used in medical jargon meaning 'as soon as possible'

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/ˌeɪ es eɪ eɪtʃ 'pi:/

AmE

/ˌeɪ es eɪ eɪtʃ 'pi:/

adverb, informal - short for 'as soon as humanly possible'

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/ɪn'laɪvn/

AmE

/ɪn'laɪvn/

verb, formal - to make something more interesting

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/'hɑ:dnɪŋ/

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/'hɑ:rdənɪŋ/

noun - the process of becoming resistant to cold weather, imrpoving one's fitness and immunity etc.

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/'hɑ:dnd/

AmE

/'hɑ:rdnd/

adjective - having become resistant to cold weather, having improved one's fitness and immunity

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/'hɑ:dnd/

AmE

/'hɑ:rdnd/

adjective - having become hard

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/'hɑ:dn/

AmE

/'hɑ:rdn/

verb - to become resistant to cold weather etc., to improve one's immunity

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/'grɑ:sˌsneɪk/

AmE

/'græsˌsneɪk/

noun - a type of non-venomous snake (Natrix natrix) that lives in Europe and Asia