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  • brake — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ defective, faulty ▪ front, rear ▪ emergency (AmE), foot (usually footbrake), hand …   Collocations dictionary

  • brake — brake1 [breık] n 1.) a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop ▪ Test your brakes after driving through water. ▪ Moira slammed on the brakes (=use them suddenly and with a lot of force) and skidded to a halt. ▪ I managed to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • brake — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of equipment that makes a vehicle go more slowly or stop, usually operated by pressing on a bar with your foot or hand: Remember to test your brakes regularly: put/slam on the brakes also apply the brakes formal: Moira… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • skid — skid1 [skıd] v past tense and past participle skidded present participle skidding if a vehicle or a wheel on a vehicle skids, it suddenly slides sideways and you cannot control it ▪ The car skidded as she turned onto the highway. skid… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • as it were — adverb as if it were really so (Freq. 4) she lives here, as it were • Syn: ↑so to speak * * * SO TO SPEAK, in a manner of speaking, to some extent, so to say; informal sort of. → as * * * phrasal …   Useful english dictionary

  • slam — slam1 [slæm] v past tense and past participle slammed present participle slamming ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door etc)¦ 2¦(put something somewhere)¦ 3¦(hit with force)¦ 4¦(criticize)¦ 5 slam on the brakes 6 slam the door in somebody s face ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fix — fix1 W2S2 [fıks] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(repair)¦ 2¦(limit)¦ 3 fix a time/date/place etc 4¦(arrange)¦ 5¦(attach)¦ 6¦(prepare food)¦ 7¦(solve)¦ 8 fix your attention/eyes/mind etc on somebody/something 9 fix somebody with a stare/glare/look etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • slam — 1 verb 1 DOOR/GATE (I, T) if a door, gate etc slams, or if someone slams it, it shuts with a loud noise: Please don t slam the door. | We could hear people shouting and doors slamming in the house next door. | slam shut: A door slammed shut in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fix — 1 /fIks/ verb (T) 1 REPAIR to repair something that is broken or not working properly; mend 1 (1b) BrE : Dad s outside fixing the brakes on the Chevy. 2 LIMIT to decide on a limit for something, especially prices, costs etc, so that they do not… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • apply — verb 1 REQUEST PERMISSION/A JOB (I) to make a formal, usually written request for something such as a job, place in university, or permission to do something (+ to): I applied to four universities and was accepted by all of them. (+ for):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • distance — dis|tance1 W2S2 [ˈdıstəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amount of space)¦ 2¦(far away)¦ 3¦(unfriendly feeling)¦ 4 keep your distance 5 go the (full) distance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(AMOUNT OF SPACE)¦ [U and C] the amount of space between two places or things distance… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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