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invent a story (an excuse)

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  • invent — [[t]ɪnve̱nt[/t]] invents, inventing, invented 1) VERB If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. [V n] He invented the first electric clock... [V n] Writing had not been invented as… …   English dictionary

  • invent */*/ — UK [ɪnˈvent] / US verb [transitive] Word forms invent : present tense I/you/we/they invent he/she/it invents present participle inventing past tense invented past participle invented Collocations: If you are the first person to make a new type of …   English dictionary

  • invent — in|vent [ ın vent ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to design or create something such as a machine or process that did not exist before: He invented the technique that allows scientists to examine DNA. It s one of the most time saving devices ever… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • story */*/*/ — UK [ˈstɔːrɪ] / US [ˈstɔrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms story : singular story plural stories 1) an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true She s written several children s stories. The book is about the… …   English dictionary

  • invent*/*/ — [ɪnˈvent] verb [T] 1) to design or create something that did not exist before Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.[/ex] The mountain bike was invented in California.[/ex] 2) to make up a story, excuse etc that is not true …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • сочинять — СОЧИНЯТЬ1, несов. (сов. сочинить), что. Создавать (создать) какое л. художественное произведение (литературное или музыкальное) с помощью воображения в результате напряженного творческого поиска, находя подходящие варианты, пытаясь наиболее полно …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • cook — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to prepare food for eating by using heat: Mmm! That s delicious! Where did you learn to cook like that? | cook dinner/supper/a meal etc: I m tired. Will you cook dinner today? | cook sth for sb: Sarah cooked lasagne for her… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • cook up — verb 1. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients (Freq. 1) concoct a strange mixture • Syn: ↑concoct • Derivationally related forms: ↑concoction (for: ↑concoct) …   Useful english dictionary

  • make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • make — 1 verb past tense and past participle made, PRODUCE STH 1 (T) to produce something by working: I m going to make a cake for Sam s birthday. | Did you make that dress yourself? | a car made in Japan | They re making a documentary about the Civil… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sham — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, act, act a part, acting, adulterated, affect, affectation, affected, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, ape, apocryphal, apology, appearance, artificial, artificiality, assume, assumed …   Moby Thesaurus

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