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array/range A A 01UH 0, SL ift S X / # ^ 0 There is a bewildering variety of software available.

@ ABfx$c0 ► bewilderingly adv.: All the houses looked bewilderingly similar.

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be wil der merit /bi'wildamant; A//\/r?F -darm-/ noun [U] a feeling of being completely confused je£f|f; E SL confusion : to look/stare in bewilderment

be witch /bi'witJV verb [VN] 1 [often passive] to attract or impress sb so much that they cannot think in a sensible way MQ.; : He was completely bewitched by her

beauty.     (ft     T „     2 to put a magic

SPELL on sb     Hd enchant

bewitching /bi'witjir)/ ad/. so beautiful or interesting that you cannot think about anything else IAW; ^ AftS^fAj: a bewitching girl/smile a bewitching performance

be yond 0-w /bi'jnnd; NAmE bi'jaind/ prep., adv.

mprep. 1 on or to the further side of sth /E ft;[aj ) ■■■$£ The road continues beyond the village up into the Mis.      2 later

than a particular time ft ; ifi ft : It won’t go on

beyond midnight. & p-       f| % ft       A ft i 0 I know

what I’ll be doing for the next three weeks but I haven’t thought beyond that,      Aft &, ffi#

3 more than sth Hi E;

Our success was far beyond what we thought possible.

o she’s got

nothing beyond her state pension.

, jet # ft, 1$ $£o 4 used to say that sth is not possible ( AAA AT i!s ) : The bicycle was beyond repair (= is too badly damaged to repair),

&&0 O The situation is beyond our control. 3M]

]$ M & — M ffi 0         5 too far or too advanced for sb/sth

Hi tH ■ • • A /b; ft • • ■ X: The handle was just beyond

my reach.  fEfto 0 The exercise was

beyond the abilities of most of the class.    AlHiE 7

IM be beyond sb (informal) to be impossible for sb to imagine, understand or do {<£ ^AAfelf ( ftflift flfc# ) : It’s beyond me why she wants to marry Jeff.

» adv. on the other side; further on ft ft — )£ ; ft ( £& |oJ )    AizS: Snowdon and the mountains beyond

were covered in snow.

life 0 The immediate future is clear, but it’s hard to tell what lies beyond, ft i£ # A E M ft! ft!, fl M ft ft *fc IBSi^To O the year 2005 and beyond * 2005 AX A ft IR71 see back n., doubt n.

bez el /'bezl/ noun (technical A A) a ring with a long narrow cut around the inside, used to hold sth in place, such as the cover of a watch or mobile phone/ cellphone ( ftA,

bezique /ba'ziik/ noun [u] a card game for two players, played with a double pack but including the seven to ace only in each suit ( f£WASn, Rft.

Bhag-wan /bAg'wam/ noun (IndE) 1 God # : iMay Bhagwan bless you, ’ he said. “ M ^ A % <, ”it i#»

2 a title for a guru or a god in the form of a man ft# (       ) : Bhagwan Rajneesh £

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bhai /bai/ noun (IndE) 1 a brother If if;     2 used as

a polite form of address to a man; in western India, often added to the first or last name (

Bf; ftEPJS®SP,  ).: Suresh Bhai

ft, 0 Gandhi Bhai

bhaji /'ba:d3i/ (also bha-jia /'ba:d3ia/) noun [pi. bhajis or bhajia) 1 [c] a spicy S Asian food consisting of vegetables fried in batter (= a mixture of flour and liquid) Eft ( M^n, #AffiHiftAMfti ) 2 [U] a S Asian dish of spicy fried vegetables A

bhang (also bang) /baer)/ noun [U] the leaves and flower tops of the cannabis plant, used as a drug Af^^Uffn ftfl (  )