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bread bin
allowing him back into the house. it
brazen*ness noun [U]
a verb fliTHTO .brazen it 'out to behave as if you are not ashamed or embarrassed about sth even though
you should be J¥lf J&JF&: Now that everyone knew the truth, the only
thing to do was to brazen it out. AlCf&ftl
fltJMBT, *#*«&&#***.
bra zier /'breizi8(r)/ noun a large metal container that holds a fire and is used to keep people
warm when they are outside ( ) ‘X%L
bra zil /bra'zil/ (also bra'zil nut) noun the curved nut of a large S American tree. It has a hard shell with
three sides. EMM^ — picture o nut Bra-zil-ian /bra'zilian/ adj., noun m adj. from or connected
with Brazil BM#J m noun a person from
Brazil EM A Brazilian 'wax noun a style of removing a woman’s pubic hair using wax, in which almost
all the hair is removed with only a very small central strip remaining )
breach /briitJV noun,
verb
m noun 1 [C, U] ~ of sth a failure to do sth that must be
done by law ( ii3B: a breach of
contract/copyright/warranty <fB ^ |S]; ii
S^iiE 0 They are in breach of Article
119. IMliMET %
119 o {BrE)
(a) breach of the peace (= the crime of behaving in a noisy or
violent way in public) lASUn A 2 [C, U] ~ of sth an action that breaks an agreement to
behave in a particular way ; MX : a breach of
confidence/trust ; f i o a breach of security (= when sth that is
normally protected is no longer secure) 3
[C] a
break in a relationship between
people or countries ( ^ik: a breach in
Franco-German relations & tl A ^ Eft ® li 4 [C] an
opening that is created during a military attack or by strong winds or seas ^ P ; P ; 0 M : They
escaped through a breach in the
wire fence. W±M->NSfePJI£7* IH3BI see step
v.
* verb [VN] 1 to not keep to an agreement or not
keep a promise liS.; HTM break: The government is
accused of breaching the terms of
the treaty.
2 to make a hole in
a wall, fence, etc. so that sb/sth can go through it # • ■ • ± tt JF P : The dam had been breached. A^AP T0 bread <Hr /bred/ noun [U]
1 a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast
mixed together and baked ffl : a loaf/slice/
piece of bread — & / — A / — jlo 'll o white/brown/
wholemeal bread & / —
see also crisp-
bread, French bread, gingerbread 2 (old-fashioned, slang) money $$ fT*TTCl take the bread out of sb’s 'mouth to take away sb’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough
money to live A$j£i+; if
—more at daily adj., half
det., know v.,
SLICED BREAD
.bread and 'butter noun [u] 1 slices of bread that have been
spread with butter lie ffi 13, It: a piece of
bread and butter — 2 (informal) a person or
company’s main source of
income ( ±
, bread-and- butter adj. [only before noun] basic; very important (ft; jjtliic (ft: Employment and taxation are
the bread-and-butter issues of politics.
mMMjgfctei"]®.
.bread-and-butter pudding noun [u, c] a dessert (= sweet dish)
consisting of layers of bread with butter on, cooked with dried fruit in a
mixture of eggs and
milkffi&jtWT,
bread bas ket /'bredbaiskit; NAmE -bees-/ noun [sing.] {especially NAmE) the part of a country or region that produces large amounts of food,
especially grain, for the rest of the country or region Bl&itfelXlft
'bread bin {BrE) {NAmE bread-box /'bredbDks; NAmE -ba:ks/) noun a wooden, metal or plastic container for