wood on a guitar, violin, etc. over which the strings are stretched — picture o page Rio

►                   FALSE TEETH iUM 8 [C] a false tooth or false teeth, held

permanently in place by being fastened to natural teeth on either side (        ) i&M", i§#

ITbICT see burn v., cross v., water n. m verb

►                   BUILD/FORM BRIDGE it# [VN] to build or form a bridge

over sth it •• •   :         The valley was originally bridged

by the Romans.

0 A plank of wood bridged the stream. M ± ^ T — & A

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ITMI bridge the 'gap/'gulf/di'vide (between A and B)

to reduce or get rid of the differences that exist between two things or groups of people ^       , Z>

'bridge-building noun [u] activities intended to make relations between two groups, countries, etc. friendlier

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bridge-head /'brushed/ noun 1 a strong position that an army has captured in enemy land, from which it can go forward or attack the enemy Ert  ) 2 [usually sing.] a good position from

which to make progress (      #§,&

bridge-work /‘brid3W3:k; NAmE -W3:rk/ noun [U] 1 arti­ficial teeth and the parts that keep them in place in the mouth  # ft ( if ) 2 the work of

making these teeth or putting them in place # fh'i

ffr mm

'bridging loan (BrE) (NAmE 'bridge loan) noun an amount of money that a bank lends you for a short time, especially so that you can buy a new house while you are waiting to sell your old one

bri-die /’braidi/ noun (ScotE) a small pie containing meat

mm

bridle /’braidi/ noun, verb

a noun a set of leather bands, attached to reins, which is put around a horse’s head and used for controlling it

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m verb 1 [VN] to put a bridle on a horse S».)  2 [V]

~ (at sth) (literary) to show that you are annoyed and/or offended at sth, especially by moving your head up and backwards in a proud way ( /cfaMtilkcnlf Xf--- ) AA ^f #: She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying.

'bridle path (BrE also bridle-way /'braidlwei/) noun a rough path that is suitable for people riding horses or walking, but not for cars S,It;

Brie /bri:/ noun [U, C] a type of soft French cheese fp M

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brief 0-w /briif/ adj., noun, verb

m adj. (brief-er, briefest) 1 lasting only a short time; short M N- |h] W M # (K):     a brief visit/meeting/conversation

M Eft |h] (/)        |h] / fyiX/ 0 a brief pause/silence WN"#

W /    0 Mozart’s life was brief.

2                   using few words itripEft;     a brief description/

summary/account fa) BJ #] f® i£ /   0 Please

be brief (= say what you want to say quickly). ifiB| Ua lco 3 (of clothes AM.) short and not covering much of the body         MW <K): a brief skirt

— see also brevity, briefly IT7T771 in brief in a few words, without details ft] W        WV/WiA: In brief,

the meeting was a disaster.      To 0 Now

the rest of the news in brief.

■ noun — see also briefs 1 (BrE) the instructions that a person is given explaining what their job is and what their duties are M ifr; fa ip.: It wasn’t part of his brief to speak to the press, ft # # W ft m f£ ft Iff PH ft- it a 0         0 I was given the brief of reorganizing the

department. M ft lit £ S 4" p$ H o o to stick to your brief (= to only do what you are asked to do) ft |#(ft |*J    0 to prepare/produce a brief for sb

fk / ^'J iTft 2 (BrE, law #) a legal case that is given to a lawyer to argue in court; a piece of work for a

BARRISTER (

(NAmE, law W) a written summary of the facts that support one side of a legal case, that will be presented