bomb-shell /'branjel; NAmE 'baim-/ noun [usually sing.]

(iinformal) 1 an event or a piece of news which is unexpected and usually unpleasant tB ^ M$4 [ft ♦ 'If >

) :            The news of his death came as

a bombshell life A # JHj il. 4* A M 0 o She dropped a bombshell at the meeting and announced that she was leaving. M&4±m/|JT4

ff0 2 a blond(e) bombshell a very attractive woman with blonde hair

bomb-sight /’bnmsait; NAmE 'baim-/ noun a device used in an aircraft for aiming bombs ( 1$|Jl) H/M®

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'bomb site noun an area where all the buildings have been destroyed by bombs MftJn Bon /bnn; NAmE ba:n/ (also O-Bon /au 'bon; NAmE ou 'ba:n/) noun [U] a Japanese Buddhist festival that takes place in August, when people show respect to the dead

Effari Festival of the Dead, Lantern Festival bona fide /.bauna 'faidi; NAmE .boona/ adj. [usually before noun] (from Latin) genuine, real or legal; not false XM$J;         a bona fide reason JUEIgtS 0

Is it a bona fide, reputable organization? jxllKIIAn'

bona tides /.bauna 'faidi:z; NAmE .bouna/ noun [pi.] (from Latin) evidence that sb is who they say that they are; evidence that sb/sth is honest KM; fs# bon anza /ba'naenza/ noun [sing.] 1 a situation in which people can make a lot of money or be very successful AM ( i&f&Aj ) frMJliS:               a cash bonanza for investors

S ^          S$B^ % & 0 a bonanza year for the computer

industry  2 a situation where

there is a large amount of sth pleasant Ail;        the

usual bonanza of sport in the summer

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bon-bon /'bonbon; NAmE 'bainbain/ noun a sweet/ candy, especially one with a soft centre ( ■;£

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bonce /bons; NAmE bains/ noun (BrE, informal) a per­son’s head AA

bond /bond; NAmE baind/ noun, verb u noun

►                STRONG CONNECTION A®            1 [C] ~ (between A and

B) something that forms a connection between people or groups, such as a feeling of friendship or shared ideas and experiences           ; A

A bond o/ friendship had been forged between them.

life fit A |a] Jfi 7 -  # A it #J gfl 'rft o O The agreement

strengthened the bonds between the two countries. tfriJC jl 7 M B ® ffl. %. o 0 the special bond between mother and child

►                MONEY 2 [C] an agreement by a government or a

company to pay you interest on the money you have lent; a document containing this agreement If#; /'Mf — see also junk bond 3 [U] (law #:) (especially NAmE) a sum of money that is paid as bail ikMfjx.: He was released on $5 000 bond. f& \>X 5 000 7L M & # Mt 0 4 [C] (also 1 mortgage bond) (SAfrE) a legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house, etc. which you pay back over many years; the sum of money that is lent               SrfflUifci to pay off

a bond    o We had to take out a second bond

on the property.    ficiSI0

bond rates (= of interest)

►                ROPES/CHAINS M 1R :      5 bonds [pi.] (formal) the

ropes or chains keeping sb prisoner; anything that stops you from being free to do what you want flSfME A^JM^ ( 3L&& ) ; to release sb from

their bonds AMAfllll^l 0 the bonds of oppression/ injustice f±i| /

►                LEGAL AGREEMENT UiW\;6 [C] (formal) a legal written

agreement or promise          We

entered into a solemn bond.

►                JOIN tnit 7 [C] the way in which two things are joined

together llMIc; fn'u :            cl firm bond between the two

surfaces

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