iron, especially horseshoes ( X$a fJj

—                 compare farrier

'black spot noun (BrE) a place, a situation or an event that is a problem or that causes a lot of problems

( fBfJfi )%&: an environ­mental black spot  0 That comer is a

notorious accident black spot (= a lot of accidents happen there). pP^&^&£ft£Wff#£&l£o black-thorn /'blaek0o:n; NAmE -0o:rn/ noun [u] a bush with thorns with black branches, white flowers and sour purple fruit called sloes      (        ft 6

)

.black 'tie noun a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket (          ►.black tieadj.-. The

party is black tie (= dinner jackets should be worn). H £%Xmimo 0 a black-tie dinner black-top /'blaektDp; NAmE -ta:p/ noun, verb (NAmE) = Tarmac

.black 'velvet noun [U, C) an alcoholic drink made by mixing very dark beer called stout with sparkling wine (= wine with bubbles) HMt&M (

lllifll)

.black 'widow noun a poisonous American spider. The female black widow often eats the male.

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blad-der/'blaeda(r)/ noun 1 an organ that is shaped like a bag in which liquid waste (= urine) collects before it is passed out of the body — see also gall bladder — picture c> body 2 a bag made of rubber, leather, etc. that can be filled with air or liquid, such as the one inside a football i£H, ( #0^11 ) blade 0-w /bleid/ noun

1 the flat part of a knife, tool or machine, which has a sharp edge or edges for cutting ZJ #; ZI Jt; 73 73

—                 picture o cutlery, penknife, scissors, scythe,

tool — see also razor blade, switchblade 2 one of the flat parts that turn around in an engine or on a helicopter (  ) iftft; 2£lft: the blades

of a propeller $1 $e [ft 0 rotor blades on a helicopter 4 ft Ifl $e It —picture o page Rii 3 the flat wide part of an oar (= one of the long poles that are used to row a boat) that goes in the water (        ) ^£ft, %

ft- — picture o canoe 4 a single flat leaf of grass (

(Kj ) ft jf 5 the flat metal part on the bottom of an ice skate (    ) ftcft —see also shoulder blade

blad-ing /'bleidirj/ noun [U] the sport of moving on Rollerblades

blag /blaeg/ verb [VN] (-gg-) (BrE, informal) to persuade sb to give you sth, or to let you do sth, by talking to them in a clever or amusing way 1^ • • ; : I blagged some

tickets for the game. ^ H T 3k 3% tb # $1 Jl fl M „ 0 We blagged our way into the reception by saying that we were from the press. Ml blah /bla:/ noun, adj.

mnoun [U] (informal) people say blah, blah, blah, when they do not want to give the exact words that sb has said or written because they think they are not important or are boring ( ^ K ffl ft £1 fi M A W i£ ffti& ) •. They said, ‘Come in, sit down, blah, blah, blah,

sign here’. iMlift:  ^ft, ftkft, ft HP ft, ft

”

madj. (NAmE, informal) 1 not interesting £^65 :     The

movie was pretty blah.  2 not feeling

well; feeling slightly unhappy ftftIM; NNftft blame o-* /bieim/ verb, noun

b verb [VN] ~ sb/sth (for sth) | ~ sth on sb/sth to think or say that sb/sth is responsible for sth bad     ;

fcft; fa m : She doesn’t blame anyone for her father’s death.  ^PftftftAo 0 A dropped

cigarette is being blamed for the fire. —■  4-Jb

o 0 Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.

r^71 be to blame (for sth) to be responsible for sth bad (       ft in ft: If anyone’s to blame,

it’s me. ^PMftAi^ifiift,   0 Which driver

was to blame for the accident? (iL ej          lit A ft E/j 31