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will perform, and the general artistic policy of the company ( Jgjgj )

art-is-try /'aitistri; NAmE 'a:rt-/ noun [u] the skill of an artist X A *5 : He played the piece with effortless

artistry.

art-less /'aitlas; NAmE 'a:rt-/ adj. (formal) 1 simple, natural and honest X Jt Eft ; it ^ Eft : the artless sincerity of a young child ty) M 0A M £ S 2 made without skill or art ®iXXAt£Eft; JUj^Eft art nou-veau (also Art Nouveau) /,a:(t) nui'vau; NAmE ,a:r(t) nui'vou/ noun [U] a style of decorative art and architecture popular in Europe and the US at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century that uses complicated designs and curved patterns based on natural shapes like leaves and flowers (i920

.arts and 'crafts noun [pi.] activities that need both artistic and practical skills, such as making cloth, jewellery and pottery XXX

the .Arts and Crafts Movement noun [sing] a group of people in England at the end of the 19th century who wanted to show the importance and value of arts and crafts at a time when machines were being used more and more XXItAiisfr ( 19 ^ift-^is^, 3S«f/ltmttXXXiftmi£tt»m)

artsy /'a:tsi; NAmE 'a:rtsi/ adj. (NAmE) = arty artsy-fartsy /,a:tsi 'faitsi; NAmE ,a:rtsi 'fairtsi/ adj. (especially NAmE) = ARTY-FARTY

.art 'therapy noun [u] a type of psychotherapy in which you are encouraged to express yourself using art materials XA?nE»7.( W&KJfnlr

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art-work /'a:tw3:k; NAmE 'a:rtw3:rk/ noun 1 [u] photographs and pictures prepared for books, magazines, etc. ( XFJ^XP*! ) Sit 2 [C] a work

of art, especially one in a museum ( Afatf^JitllEft ) XAXp°b

arty /'a:ti; NAmE *a:rti/ (BrE) (NAmE artsy) adj. (informal, usually disapproving) seeming or wanting to be very artistic or interested in the arts PftJllJxlft Eft; MX £F X A (ft: She hangs out with the arty types she met at

drama school.

arty-farty /,a:ti 'fa:ti; NAmE ,a:rti 'fairti/ (BrE) (especially NAmE .artsy-'fartsy) adj. (informal, disapproving) connected with, or having an interest in, the arts PffjtrJxlS Eft: I expect he’s out with his arty-farty friends.

aru-gula /ae'ruigjula/ noun [U] (NAmE) = rocket n.(4) arum lily /'earam lili; NAmE 'eram/ noun (especially BrE) an African plant with large white petals S, ^ ; 7jc

X;

arvo /‘aivau; NAmE 'airvou/ noun (pi. -os) (AustralE, NZE, informal) afternoon T X ; X Is : See you this arvo!

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-ary suffix (in adjectives and nouns connected with X • • Xf X: (Eft ) : planetary Fr M Eft 0

budgetary mM-tf)

Aryan /‘earian; NAmE 'er-/ noun 1 a member of the group of people that went to S Asia in around 1500 BC ( ^TGitu 1 500 XittnsliJiM ) 2 a person who spoke any of the languages of the Indo-European group ijf Ep 1$; X in Is Eft A 3 (especially according to the ideas of the German Nazi party) a member of a Caucasian, not Jewish, race of people, especially one with fair hair and blue eyes JSX«mA#lftA (

) ► Aryan adj.

AS o AS (level)

as On /az; strong form aez/ prep., adv., conj. u prep. 1 used to describe sb/sth appearing to be sb/sth else ff; [W]_: They were all dressed as clowns. ffeCffP

fT #)• A fl o o The bomb was disguised as a package. W # fA S A tl Is o 2 used to describe the fact that