noun [U]: the buoyancy of the market TfT ^ tS gfc o a

mood of buoyancy $ ftfj 1# 0 a buoyancy aid

(- sth to help you float)

hup-pie (also buppy) /'bApi/ {pi. -ies) noun {SAfrE, informal) a black person who is a yuppie HA^t&dr;

bur = burr(3)

Burberry™ /'b3:bari; NAmE 'b3:rberi/ noun {pi. -ies) a type of raincoat         A

bur ble /'b3:bl; NAmE 'b3:rbl/ verb 1 ~ (on) (about sth) {BrE, disapproving) to speak in a confused or silly way that is difficult to hear or understand      ;

i#M iS: [V] What’s he burbling about? ©£       N&&P& ?

[also V speech] 2 [V] to make the gentle sound of a stream flowing over stones i0?0#P|R] burbs /b3:bz; NAmE b3:rbz/ noun the burbs [pi.] {NAmE, informal) = suburb

burden /'b3:dn; NAmE 'b3:rdn/ noun, verb m noun 1 the - (of sth) | a ~ (on/to sb) a duty, responsi­bility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work ( Xk,         ) S©, A©: to bear/carry/ease/

reduce/share the burden / ©A /     / WL'X / 5)"©

Jr© O The main burden of caring for old people falls on the state. @|C©ft&70 o the heavy tax burden on working people

1                  0 I don’t want to become a burden to my children

when I’m old. $ 7,4# © HM$ A & 7 (H H 37

2                  (formal) a heavy load that is difficult to carry Jr ©; 1135. — see also beast of burden

mverb [VN] 1 ~ sb/yourself (with sth) to give sb a duty, responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work (&)©:&(  ) ■. They

have burdened themselves with a high mortgage. © ft] ;ft©7—ftl7 0 I don’t want to burden you with my worries, it7llit©A 3c (ft„ 0 to be burdened by high taxation 7 IS S 1h FliTO unburden 2 be burdened with sth to be carrying sth heavy 35. Jr: She got off the bus, burdened with two heavy suitcases.

the .burden of 'proof noun [sing.] {law #) the task or responsibility of proving that sth is true burden-some /'bsidnsam; NAmE 'b3:rd-/ adj. (formal) causing worry, difficulty or hard work 35. ©frill ©#©#J; JKMW 033 onerous burdock /'b3:dDk; NAmE 'b3:rda:k/ noun [U] a plant with flowers that become prickly and stick to passing animals ©# ()

bureau /‘bjuarau; NAmE 'bjurou/ noun {pi. bur-eaux or bur-eaus /-rauz; NAmE -rouz/) 1 (BrE) a desk with drawers and usually a top that opens down to make a table to write on ( 1£ 2 {NAmE) = chest of drawers 3 an office or organiza­tion that provides information on a particular subject (     .)     an

employment bureau ?Kik         4 (in the US) a govern­

ment department or part of a government department ( the Federal Bureau of

Investigation

bureau cracy /bjua'rnkrasi; NAmE bju'rark-/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 [U] (often disapproving) the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated f fi j(; HTf^ # M :        unnecessary/

excessive bureaucracy 7ift^

2 [U, C] a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system      $!];

the power of the state bureaucracy H O living in a modern bureaucracy

bureau crat /'bjuarakraet; NAmE 'bjur-/ noun (often disapproving) an official working in an organization or a government department, especially one who follows the rules of the department too strictly Hf ± X #;

bureau cratic /.bjuara'kraetik; NAmE ,bjur-/ adj. (often disapproving) connected with a bureaucracy or bureau­crats and involving complicated official rules which