baraza

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have a bar of it. 4$ rE#J-&3M&.o

be,hind 'bars (informal) in prison ^: The murderer is now safely behind bars. AAfESiA

n verb (-rr-) [VN]

►                 CLOSE WITH BARS |§#;AA£fft,1 [usually passive] to close

sth with a bar or bars (      ) if, If: All the

doors and windows were barred, ]jff% $1 fT> S’ ffl jJO ± T

^0

►                 BLOCK ffi£ 2 to block a road, path, etc. so that nobody

can pass ffif^;   : Two police officers were barring

her exit.    If M #J fti {&„ 0 We found our way

barred by rocks.        mim*

►                 PREVENT ffiit 3 ~ sb (from sth/from doing sth) to ban or

prevent sb from doing sth ^it, ffi.il: (  ) :

The players are barred from drinking alcohol the night before a match.

Iffifil see hold n.

mprep, except for sb/sth ••• A : The students all

attended, bar two who were ill.

AfPi1! T o 0 It’s the best result we’ve ever had, bar none (= none was better).     AW MM#?

)$M.o 8T7T771 see shouting

VOCABULARY BUILDING M/tit 35

a bar of chocolate

If you want to describe a whole unit of a particular substance, or a group of things that are normally together, for example when you buy them, you need to use the correct word.          ( #nj!tj%

■                  a bar of soap/chocolate; a candy bar %,l ilj$L

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■                  a block of ice/stone/wood -At&frK / 7iA / A A

■                  a bolt/roll/length of fabric —E / — % /

m a cube of ice/sugar; an ice/sugar cube       i&frfc / A

If; Alt

■                  a loaf of bread —

■                  a roll of film/carpet —#t£Jt / HfeU

■                  a slab of marble/concrete AStfilx;

■                  a stick of gum — p

■                  a bunch of bananas/grapes — AlfIS /

■                  a bunch/bouquet of flowers —

» a bundle of papers/sticks —

■                  a set/bunch of keys —ag: / —

h a set of chairs/glasses/clothes/guitar strings — |jsff

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baraza /ba’raizo/ noun (EAfrE) a public meeting that is held in order to discuss important matters affecting the community

barb /ba:b; NAmE ba:rb/ noun 1 the point of an arrow or a hook that is curved backwards to make it difficult to pull out ( m. 7jW )        fM    2 a remark that is

meant to hurt sb’s feelings ( iScfftA, 7$] )

— see also barbed

barbarian /bai’bearien; NAmE bair'ber-/ noun

1                  a person long ago in the past who belonged to a

European people which was considered wild and uncivilized (        )       IMS A: barbarian

invasions of the fifth century AtttffiN'lflSA^Aft

2                  a person who behaves very badly and has no respect for art, education, etc. &WAft£KlA; llif$)A

barbaric /bai'baerik; NAmE bair'b-/ adj. 1 cruel and violent and not as expected from people who are educated and respect each other Aft : a barbaric act/custom/ritual if ff A / ^ f&/ f^A 0 The way these animals are killed is barbaric.

2 connected with barbarians(1) ifikAfKJ; W.ifcpP^AW ► barbarical- ly /-kli/ adv.