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Are you sure he was lying? I can’t believe that of him. iKn%?
be liever /bi'li:v8{r)/ noun a person who
believes in the existence or truth of sth, especially sb who believes in a god
or religious faith EEQ unbeliever HTf?l be a (great/firm) believer in sth to believe strongly that
sth is good, important or valuable #£
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Be-li-sha
bea-con /ba.lirXa
'biikan/ noun (in Britain) a post with an orange flashing light on top
marking a place where cars must stop to allow people to cross the road tt,
belittle /bi'litl/ verb [VN] to make sb or
the things that sb does seem unimportant |£ {& ; /Jn # : She felt her
husband constantly belittled her achievements.
bell CHr/bel/ noun
1 a
hollow metal object, often shaped like a cup, that makes a ringing sound when
hit by a small piece of metal inside it; the sound that it makes ^ ( r ) ; # ( H A
peal of church bells rang out in the
distance.
jze&LpIrI^BT—- „ o a bicycle bell g
ff A-1? ^ o His
voice came down the line as clear as a beii. othe
bell of a trumpet (= the bell-shaped part at the end of it) /Jv W BA P 0
a bell-shaped flower i$J uAJ&fefk — picture o goat, page R8 2 an electrical device
which makes a ringing sound when a button on it is pushed; the sound that it
makes, used as a signal or a warning ^ ) : Ring the bell to see if they’re in.
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11t, O The bell’s ringing! tf It
T ! o The bell
went for the end of the lesson, f if (ft It H Bfqj T o 0 An alarm bell
went off. # It B(qj T „ 0
Warning bells started ringing in her head as she sensed that something
was wrong.
ffiilkB|Rl7H'l'f’o give sb a ‘bell (BrE, informal) to
call sb by telephone tT A — more at alarm n.,
PULL V.,
RING2 V., SOUND adj.
bella-donna /.bela'dmia; NAmE -'dcnna/ noun
[U]
1
= deadly nightshade 2 a poisonous drug made
from DEADLY NIGHTSHADE r|!j?flj
'bell-bottoms
noun [pi.] trousers/pants with
legs that become very wide below the knee ^|]nA|$ bell-boy /'belboi/ (especially NAmE) (NAmE
also bell-hop)
noun a person whose job is to
carry people’s cases to their rooms in a hotel ( #fctt(ft )
'bell curve noun (mathematics W) a line on a graph that rises to a high round curve
in the middle, showing normal
distribution
belle /bel/ noun (old-fashioned) a
beautiful woman; the most beautiful woman in a particular place HA; ( ^
m ) UltiftAA
belle epoque /,bel ei'pnk; NAmE ei'poik/ noun
[sing.] (from French) the period of comfortable
and peaceful life before World War I ft-®] (
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belles-lettres /,bel 'letra/ noun [U+sing./pl. v.] (from
French, old-fashioned) studies or writings on the subject of literature
or art, contrasted with those on technical or scientific subjects HA (
bell glass noun a bell-shaped glass cover, especially for
plants i(xmvmmm)
bell-hop /'belhDp; NAmE-harp/ noun {NAmE)
= bellboy belli •cose /'belikaus; -kauz; NAmE
-kous; -kouz/ adj. (formal) having or showing a desire to argue or fight
if (ft; 4 (ft; (ft HIM aggressive,
warlike
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bel-li-cos-ity /.beh'knsati; NAmE -'ka:s-/ noun [U]
-bellied
obelly
bel-liger-ent /ba'hd3arant/ adj., noun ■ adj. 1 unfriendly and
aggressive A(ft; #tf^(ft;
(ft HjE3 hostile : a belligerent attitude A ^ (ft H
2
[only before noun] (formal) (of a country g M) fighting
a war # (ft ; A $c (ft : the belligerent countries/