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than other people, so that they are rude to them or do not consider them HtfS; g fa arrogant /'aeragant/ adj. behaving in a proud, unpleasant way, showing little thought for other people W ► arrogantly adv.

ar-rogate /'asrageit/ verb IJil:IW arrogate to yourself sth (formal) to claim or take sth that you have no right to        WiM: I do not arrogate to myself the right to

decide.

arrow 0-w /'aerau; NAmE 'aerou/ noun

1                  a thin stick with a sharp point at one end, which is

shot from a bow m: a bow and arrow 'jmio to fire/ shoot an arrow %fnt 0 The road continues as straight as an arrow. £ M # 0        2 a mark or sign like an

arrow (—), used to show direction or position fij -£§•; fijSJk: Follow the arrows.     0 Use

the arrow keys to move the cursor.

ar row head /'aerauhed; NAmE 'aerou-/ noun the sharp pointed end of an arrow fij jk; fiji$| arrow-root /'aerauruit; NAmE 'aerou-/ noun [U] a plant whose roots can be cooked and eaten or made into a type of flour, used especially to make sauces thick; the flour itself

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ar-royo /a'roiau; NAmE -ou/ noun (pi. -os) (from Spanish) a narrow channel with steep sides cut by a river in a desert region (

arse/ais; NAmE a:rs/ noun, verb

mnoun (BrE, taboo, slang) 1 (NAmE ass) the part of the body that you sit on; your bottom M ; flit: Get off

your arse (= stop sitting around doing nothing)/

U ij 2 (usually following an adjective MlfljtTl&'&MfEi) a stupid person ^   jH —see also smart-arse

ITiTOI My arse! (taboo, slang) used by some people to show they do not believe what sb has said Je& work your ‘arse off (taboo, slang) to work very hard 1%X — more at kiss v., know v., lick v., pain n. mverb fTWflil can’t be arsed (to do sth) (BrE, taboo, slang) to not want to do sth because it is too much trouble X Jg (       ) : I was supposed to do some work this

weekend but I couldn’t be arsed,

HSUS arse a bout a'round (BrE, taboo, slang) to waste time by behaving in a silly way JUtS; MI

arse-hole /'aishaul; NAmE 'airshoul/ (BrE) (NAmE ass-hole) noun (taboo, slang) 1 the anus M BH ; fll fl

2                  a stupid or unpleasant person  What

an arsehole!     of!

'arse-licker(6r£) (NAmE ass-licker) noun (taboo, slang) a person who is too friendly to sb in authority and is always ready to do what they want A. M IS ► arse-licking (BrE) (NAmE ass-licking) noun [U] ar senal /'aisanl; NAmE 'airs-/ noun 1 a collection of weapons such as guns and explosives (

Britain’s nuclear arsenal ®        2 a building

where military weapons and explosives are made or stored ^Xr;

ar-senic/'aismk; NAmE 'airs-/ noun [u] (symb As) a chem­ical element. Arsenic is an extremely poisonous white powder. #

arsey /'aisi; NAmE 'airsi/ adj. (AustralE, informal) very lucky

arson /'aisn; NAmE 'airsn/ noun [u] the crime of deliberately setting fire to sth, especially a building ( H ) ; Mcfi ( H ) : to carry out an arson attack

arson ist /'aisamst; NAmE 'airs-/ noun a person who commits the crime of arson  l

art Otw/ait; NAmEairt/ noun, verb mnoun 1 [U] the use of the imagination to express ideas or feelings, particularly in painting, drawing or SCULPTURE zE X ,       Bt M > Jit 21 ) :

modem/contemporary/American art lift / / 'US?)

X o an art critic/historian/lover    ^      M

£f# 0 Can we call television art? ffcCItiffin.