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fe&Jfltaj&Mo 0 [VN] Her face had been blistered by the sun.       2 [V, VN] when a surface

blisters or sth blisters it, it swells and cracks (

%£ )  , 'JH fg 3 [VN] (NAmE) to criticize sb strongly

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blistered skin    blistered paintwork

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blister ing /'blistarirj/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 (de­scribing actions in sport done very fast or

with great energy      ^4*/S.£Kl: The runners set

off at a blistering pace.

2 extremely hot in a way that is uncomfortable gg $ cm baking: a blistering July day dr/! (ft—0 blistering heat 3 very critical          ^£'J(ft:

a blistering attack $$i[(ft$^ ► blisteringly adv. 'blister pack (also 'bubble pack) noun a pack in which small goods, such as tablets, are sold, with each indi­vidual item in its own separate plastic or foil section on a piece of card (

blithe /blaiQ/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 (disapproving) showing you do not care or are not anxious about what you are doing   He drove with

blithe disregard for the rules of the road.

2 (literary) happy; not anxious      ft

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► blithe ly adv.: He was blithely unaware of the trouble he’d caused:     0

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blithering /'bliQarirj/ adj. [only before noun] (old- fashioned, BrE, informal) complete   ^nP(ft: He

was a blithering idiot. #J14H“>5L(ft#!iL blitz /blits/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C, usually sing.] something which is done with a lot of energy H t fl it Vi $ ;   :       an

advertising/a media blitz (= a lot of information about sth on television, in newspapers, etc.) H d3 dc fl

(ft/"*^ / MWa# 2 [C, usually sing.] ~ (on sth) a sudden attack ^ H ; |XJ E& : Five shops were damaged in a firebomb blitz.

0 (figurative) a blitz on passengers who avoid paying fares 0 (figurative) I’ve had a blitz on the house (= cleaned it very thoroughly), fie /is '/# £3 T Ji-7o 3 the Blitz [sing.] the German air attacks on Britain in 1940 * 1940

■ verb [VN] to attack or damage a city by dropping a large number of bombs on it in a short time H 73 % 2c

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blitz krieg /‘blitskriig/ noun (from German) a sudden military attack intended to win a quick victory |X] %

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blizzard /'blizod; NAmE -zard/ noun 1 a snowstorm with very strong winds |R | ; H H :  blizzard

conditions ^ [AM H 0 a raging/howling blizzard (ft / f    2 a large quantity of things

that may seem to be attacking you ;fc#t,BI#til’!fe(ft^:%; a blizzard of documents —

bloat /blaut; NAmE blout/ verb to swell or make sth swell, especially in an unpleasant way ( {<6 ) W> Bfc, Ht /}£ :       [VN] Her features had been bloated by years of

drinking.   [alsoV]

bloat ed /'blautid; NAmE 'blou-/ adj. 1 full of liquid or gas and therefore bigger than normal, in a way that is unpleasant 0 Ufc (ft; /$ (ft; iWW: a bloated body floating in the canal MIW#/3 o (figurative)

a bloated organization (= with too many people in it) H J3t (ft #1 fkj 2 full of food and feeling uncomfortable t/C#i±EiE(ft; Pi IK ft: I felt bloated after the huge meal they’d served. ifUttfE

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bloat er /'blauta(r); NAmE 'blou-/ noun (BrE) a herring (a type of fish) that has been left in salt water and then smoked MHtjMl.

bloat-ware /'blautwea(r); NAmE 'bloutwer/ noun [U] (informal, computing if) programs which use too much

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