Hit0 o a pile of bricks — jiff 0 a brick wall ff i§ — see also red-brick — picture c> page R24 2 [C] a plastic or wooden block, used as a toy for young children to build things with fRA 3 [C, usually sing.] (old- fashioned, BrE, informal) a friend that you can rely on when you need help   IT7T77I be up against a

brick 'wall to be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you iSfiJ W i$L 18 (ft fi# bricks and 'mortar a building, when you are thinking of it in connection with how much it cost to build or how much it is worth ; They put their money into bricks and mortar, life f] jft $5 & ^ 5'J 7 f* it 0 make bricks without straw (BrE) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information, etc. f&ffcAA !$: — more at cat n., drop v., head n., ton n. m verb iasl;AVj .brick sth«-»'in/'up to fill an opening in a wall with bricks jbfifi|H£ ( i&fi&fi ) : The windows had been bricked up.   P fBfififftT 0

brick-bat /'brikbaet/ noun [usually pi.] an insulting remark made in public         ^

bricklay er /'brikleia(r)/ (also BrE informal brickie) noun a person whose job is to build walls, etc. with bricks fftfif X; 7CX ► brick-lay-ing noun [U] brick-work /'brikw3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/ noun 1 [U] the bricks in a wall, building, etc. (        (ft ) fif £& j&l:

Plaster had fallen away in places, exposing the brickwork.

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(pi. brick works) (BrE) a place where bricks are made ff

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bri dal /'braidl/ adj. [only before noun] connected with a bride or a wedding iff #1 (ft;        :         a bridal gown

Iff £1 (ft } UK 0 the bridal party (= the bride and the bridegroom and the people helping them at their wedding, sometimes used to refer only to the bride and those helping her) if A (    ) Mf'3^£§?L(ftA

0 a bridal suite (- a set of rooms in a hotel for a couple who have just got married) A tt (ft Iff iK A |h] 0 (NAmE) a bridal shower (= a party for a woman who will get married soon) AXff^itufft^L^- bride /braid/ noun a woman on her wedding day, or just before or just after it if ; gp# ( M M'l W\ )        tf)

AX: a toast to the bride and groom loJifMif       0

He introduced his new bride.          T f&fft|jf£Ro

bride-groom /'braidgruim/ (also groom) noun a man on his wedding day, or just before or just after it

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brides maid /'braidzmeid/ noun a young woman or girl who helps a bride before and during the marriage ceremony     —compare best man, page-

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bridge OTt /brid3/ noun, verb « noun

►                 OVER ROAD/RIVER 0 / M X:A, 1 [C] a structure that is

built over a road, railway/railroad, river, etc. so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other # : We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush.

JklSiiTiLM-kfbMAlfttfo —see also suspension bridge, swing bridge

►                 CONNECTION % 2 [C] a thing that provides a connec­tion or contact between two different things ®       %. ff

jbfft^ltf;      Cultural exchanges are a way of

building bridges between countries. A A M H # IS £

►                 OF SHIP 3 [C, usually sing.] (usually the bridge) the part of a ship where the captain and other officers stand when they are controlling and steering the ship

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►                 CARD GAME        4 [U] a card game for two pairs of

players who have to predict how many cards they will win. They score points if they succeed in winning that number of cards and lose points if they fail. — see also CONTRACT BRIDGE

►                 OF NOSE # 5 the ~ of sb’s nose [sing ] the hard part at the top of the nose, between the eyes — picture o BODY

►                 OF GLASSES Ufa 6 [C] the part of a pair of glasses that

rests on your nose      — picture o glass

OF GUITAR/VIOLIN ffe: /Ml# 7 [C] a small piece of