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mistakes; not fluent B ^ E f'J 6A to
speak in broken English ► GROUND j&ffi 7 having a rough surface
i»J : an area of broken, rocky ground M
—
see also break,
broke, broken v.
,broken-'down adj. [usually before noun] in a very bad
condition; not working correctly; very tired and sick 4A tB £KJ; tlW: a
broken-down old car/ horse o note at broken
.broken
'heart noun a feeling of great sadness, especially
when sb you love has died or left you : No one ever died
of a broken heart
►
.broken-'hearted adj. : He was broken-hearted
when his wife died, iikffi
'frlftTo —compare heartbroken .broken 'home noun a family in which
the parents are divorced or separated )
tflMM: She comes from a
broken home. 't"
broken ly /'braukanli; NAmE 'brou-/ adv. (formal) (of sb’s manner of
speaking #4f£A^) in phrases that are very short or not complete, with a lot of
pauses; not FLUENTLY
^^EEJft;
broker /'brauka(r); NAmE ’brou-/ noun, verb a noun 1 a person who buys and sells
things for other people ££ £E A; $1 §: an insurance broker ^ M £E A 2 = STOCKBROKER —
See also HONEST BROKER, PAWNBROKER, POWER BROKER
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verb [VN] to arrange the
details of an agreement, especially between different countries fzW, 1^F§i ( BfriAW ) : a peace plan
brokered by the UN
brokerage /'braukarid3; NAmE 'brou-/ noun [U] 1 the business of being
a broker H ik # : a brokerage
firm/house £E A 3]; 2 an amount of money
charged by a broker for work
that he/she does i££E A ( sJclattBr)
'broker-dealer noun (finance M) a person who works
on the Stock Exchange buying shares from and selling shares to brokers and the public ( )
3c
JI£g£EA, — compare jobber
brolly /'brnli;
NAmE 'braili/ noun (pi. -ies) (BrE, informal) = umbrella(I)
brom ide /'braumaid;
NAmE 'brou-/ noun [G, U] a chemical which contains
bromine, used, especially in the
past, to make people feel calm (
IBBtAfflfBil
mm)
brom ine /'braumiin; NAmE 'brou-/ noun [u] (symb Br) a chemical element.
Bromine is a dark red poisonous liquid and has a very strong unpleasant smell.
It is mainly found in the form of salts in sea water. M ( HT
)
bron chial /'brnqkial;
NAmE 'brairj-/ adj. [usually
before noun] (medical E)
of or
affecting the two main branches of the windpipe
(called bronchial
tubes) leading to
the lungs bronchial pneumonia
—
picture c> body
bron-chitis
/bmq'kaitis; NAmE
brair)-/ noun [u] an illness that affects the bronchial tubes leading to the lungs H If ifc
: He was suffering from chronic
bronchitis. ► bron-chit-ic /brnrj'kitik;
NAmE brair)-/ adj.: a bronchitic cough
3C H
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bronchus
/'brorjkas; NAmE
'bran]-/ noun (pi. bron-chi /'brnrjkai; NAmE 'brair)-/)
(anatomy f?) any one of the system of tubes which make up the
main branches of the windpipe
through which air passes in and out of the lungs
bronco /'broqkau; NAmE
'braiqkou/ noun (pi. -os) a wild horse of the western
bucking bronco in the rodeo
brontosaurus /.brnnta'sairas;
NAmE ,brain-/ noun = APATOSAURUS