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to be
rejected or ignored; to be no longer possible # ; : AH her efforts
to be polite went by the
board and she started to shout.
A
^ftfcJF&A^ANo on'board
on or in a ship, an aircraft or a
train 4$S± ( I&Alfl-h, A A_fc ) aboard: Have the passengers gone on
board yet ? o
(figurative) It’s good to have you
on board (=
working with us) for this project.
take
sth on 'board to
accept and
understand an idea or a suggestion X $,
( AIL Hij/
) : I told her what I thought, but she didn’t take my advice on board.
— more at sweep v.
k verb
►
GET ON PLANE/SHIP, ETC. It Mil / IS# 1 to get on a ship,
train,
plane, bus, etc. ±IS ( A7, ~UJL ^ A# ) : [VN] The ship was boarded by
customs officials. MX'W M 7 j&HlSo O [V] Passengers are waiting to
board. ^ %tf}IE £ f/l „ 2 [V] be boarding when a
plane or
ship is boarding, it is ready for passengers to get on i( i£±IS# ) : Flight
BA193 for
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LIVE SOMEWHERE f±?g 3 [V] ~ at ... /with sb to live and take meals in sb’s
home, in return for payment # H
( A M: A M S ) It m : She always had one or two
students boarding with her.
4 [V] to live
at a school during the school year (
iJikMi .board sb 'out (BrE) to arrange for sb to live somewhere away from their place of work,
school, etc. in return for payment JE ( |£A ) .board
sth~'up
to cover a window, door, etc. with
wooden boards Jfl( M, H# )
board er /'boida(r);
NAmE 'boird-/ noun (especially BrE) 1 a child who lives at
school and goes home for the holidays ^
If A: boarders and day
pupils person who pays money to
live in a
room in sb else’s house ETi71 LODGER
'board game noun any
game played on a board, often using dice
and small pieces that are moved around
board
ing /'boidm; NAmE
'boird-/ noun [U] 1 (BrE) long pieces of wood that are put together to
make a wall, etc. ( # ^ ) X
®; U U 2 the arrangement by
which
school students live at their school, going home during the holidays ( A Afft )
trlt: boarding fees ^
'boarding card (BrE) (also 'boarding
pass NAmE, BrE) noun a card that you
show before you get on a plane or
boatMrh
'boarding house noun a private house where people can pay for
accommodation and meals
'boarding kennel noun [usually pi.] (BrE) a place where people
can leave their dogs to be taken care of when they go on holiday/vacation — see also
kennel(2)
'boarding school noun a school where children can live during
the school year —compare day
school(I)
board-room /'boidruim;
-rum; NAmE 'boird-/ noun a room in which the meetings of the
board of a company (= the group of people who control it) are held : a
boardroom row
board-sail ing /‘boidseilirj; NAmE
'boird-/ noun [U]
=
WINDSURFING
board-walk /'boidwoik; NAmE
'boird-/ noun (especially NAmF) a path made of wooden boards,
especially on a beach or near water A^ALfit ( )
boast /baust; NAmE
boost/ verb, noun
mverb 1 ~ (about/of
sth) to talk with
too much pride about sth that you have or can do g#; g g If: [V] I don’t
want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages. o She is