another thing of a similar type  ^ ft ft" ^ ft fit): If

you want to call a meeting or anything, just let me know.

'any time (BrE) (also anytime NAmE, BrE) adv. at a time that is not fixed £ ftft fltfi; gg ft ft £ ft ft: Call me any time. |5i ft in 3£ ft %  „ FTiTTI .anytime 'soon

{NAmE) used in negative sentences and questions to refer to the near future ( ft ft it £.^J ft M l»j frj ) BP $, S,±: Will she be back anytime soon? any way 0-w /'eniwei/ (also anyhow) adv.

1                  used when adding sth to support an idea or argument jfij J=L; S. JE Fran besides : It’s too

expensive and anyway the colour doesn’t suit you.

^ , jfff ft M & 1fi ^ ili ft ft 0 0 It’s too late now, anyway.

2                  despite sth; even so /jl;

BP ft ft :    The water was cold but I took a shower

anyway.   ftiWo o I’m afraid

we can’t come, but thanks for the invitation anyway.

3                  used when

changing the subject of a conversation, ending the conversation, or returning to a subject (

5 IE: Anyway,

let’s forget about that for the moment. lMl?ci££fl>ftWft ft II  ft -Ift o Anyway, I’d better go now—I’ll see

you tomorrow.            BJ] ^ JE0

4                  used to correct or slightly change what you have said (      she works in a bank.

She did when I last saw her, anyway.        Ift „ M

any where On l'eniweo(r); NAmE -wer/ (NAmE also any-place) adv.

1 used in negative sentences and in questions instead

of somewhere ( ftftit^frJftlEfcl'BL ft ft somewhere ) & ft ft ft fS: I can’t see it anywhere, ft J i tfe JE ft f>J T/0 0 Oid you go anywhere interesting? ftxJ ±tfa n^r ? 0 Many of these animals are not found

anywhere else.  ^ tl ft ftJi ft ft ^ S ft W 0 0

He’s never been anywhere outside Britain. ftAk5k&:ll‘:£ nT3I3 The difference between anywhere and somewhere is the same as the differ­ence between any and some. Look at the notes there. * anywhere ft somewhere P'J K ^ any ft some #J K M ft [WJ o #ft M M & T W ft If ■  2 in, at or to any place,

when it does not matter where (■ MfMft^f; KCft ft ft : Put the box down anywhere. JE ft ft ft ft iP J L IP «J IM o o An accident can happen anywhere.

► anywhere pron.: /don’t have anywhere to stay, ft & Wft W f# % fj „ 0 Do you know anywhere I can buy a second hand computer? ftfr1

AOB /,ei ou ‘bi:; NAmE ou/ obbr. any other business (the things that are discussed at the end of an official meeting that are not on the agenda)    ( lEft^

A-OK l,ei 0U ’kei; NAmE ,ei ou 'kei/ adj., adv. {NAmE, informal) in good condition; in an acceptable manner ft & U; il % ;'' 1$ Of: Everything’s A-OK now. M -

W fP £ W ft o 0 The party went off A-OK. H £ M ff I# xE

Jifto

aorta /ei'oita; NAmE ei'oirta/ noun {anatomy ft?) the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body once it has passed through the lungs Ao tea roa /au.teia'raua; NAmE -‘roua/ noun (NZE) the Maori name for New Zealand, usually translated as ‘the land of the long white cloud’ ff ® - ( ft. ft it, M fl

tfe” )

AP /,ei 'pi:/ abbr. Associated Press apace /a'peis/ udv. (formal) at a fast speed; quickly |tij§ ft ; ifi ft ft : to continue/grow/proceed/develop

apacemmtmm-, Mil; MiSft;

Apache /a'paetji/ noun (pi. Apache or Apaches) a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in the US states of New Mexico and Arizona

u nm±M,   >

apart On /a'pa:t; NAmE o'pairt/ adv.

1 separated by a distance, of space or time ( ft* S |a] sJc (ft fa] ) ft Pi , ft fig:   The two houses stood 500 metres

apart. Wfftftrftft i® 500      o Their birthdays are only