brad-awl /'braedoil/ noun a small pointed tool used for making holes          ft&‘

brae /brei/ noun (Scoff) (often in place names a steep slope or hill

Brae-burn /'breib3:n; NAmE -b3:rn/ noun a type of red and green apple          )

brag /braeg/ verb, noun

m verb (-gg-) ~ to sb (about/of sth) (disapproving) to talk too proudly about sth you own or sth you have done Dft Hi; i Dfc g Jig cm boast: [V] He bragged, to his friends about the crime, fa M & W. fife (Hi H fr „ [also V that, V speech]

■ noun [U] a card game which is a simple form of poker

brag ga docio /.braege'deutj'iau; NAmE -'doutjiou/ noun [U] (literary) behaviour that seems too proud or confi­dent#'®; gft

brag gart /'braegat; NAmE -gart/ noun (iold-fashioned) a person who brags DA41 A3E; g g }g|f- Brah-man /'braiman/ (also Brah-min /-in/) noun a Hindu who belongs to the caste (= division of society) that is considered the highest, originally that of priests

mn (JSfcHIMBfc)

Brah min /'braimin/ noun 1 = Brahman 2 {NAmE) a person who is rich and has a lot of influence in society, especially sb from New England whose family belongs to the highest social class (

) ^A, £±, MfA: a Boston Brahmin ?j£±‘t®

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Brahms and Liszt /.braimz an(d) ‘hst/ ad/. {BrE, informal) drunk (used especially in London by COCKNEYS) Si Sift), "iS&ftl (   )

From rhyming slang, in which Brahms and Liszt stands for ‘pissed’. H g g] ft) fl    Brahms

and Liszt “^S$” o braid /breid/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [U] thin coloured rope that is used to decorate furniture and military uniforms (        )

fi'fell'r]?: The generals uniform was trimmed with gold braid.  % ft) $ij JjR iff W £ & ft ffir „ — picture o tassel

2 [C] (especially NAmE) = plait : She wears her hair in braids, mmmo

» verb [VN] (especially NAmE) = plait :         She’d braided her

hair.

Braille (also braille) /breil/ noun [u] a system of print­ing for blind people in which the letters of the alphabet and the numbers are printed as raised dots that can be read by touching them TfJ&IPWjt (          )

brain 0"w /brein/ noun, verb enoun

►                 IN HEAD ')- 1 [C] the organ inside the head that controls

movement, thought, memory and feeling ®: damage

to the brain ®     O brain cells jjE&gHJjfe 0 She died of

a brain tumour. #tfe fc ~f ® M 0    0 a device to measure

brain activity during sleep ® $!] Bi BR H J® ?£ tij 61) {S' fg — picture c> body

►                 FOOD if fy] 2 brains [pi.] the brain of an animal, eaten

as food ( $#J#ftj )        sheep’s brains

►                 INTELLIGENCE %D )j 3 [U, C, usually pi ] the ability to learn quickly and think about things in a logical and intelli­gent way I? A; J® A; W. If ® tfe A : It doesn’t take much brain to work out that both stories can’t be true.

I,        0

Teachers spotted that he had a good brain at an early age.        0 You need brains as

well as brawn (= intelligence as well as strength) to do

thisjob.&JRXftffiW^flftfjRlKWfctl o —see also NO-BRAINER

►                 INTELLIGENT PERSON M$\ A 4 [C, usually pi.] (informal) an

intelligent person       one of the

best scientific brains in the country |I||^Jif£?|ft)$4}$A jT~Z_— 5 the brains [sing.] the most intelligent person in a particular group; the person who is responsible for thinking of and organizing sth (      ) ft$PAft)A;

ffc $J £MAR#: He’s always been the brains of the family.

AfHtfel&Blh O The band’s drummer is the brains behind their latest venture. iAfv PAI& AAI ftfefll

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