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M burn your ‘bridges (BrE also burn your boats) to do sth that makes it impossible to return to the previous situation later 7 il      H iff #; # X M

:         Think carefully before you resign—you don’t want

to burn your bridges.

ilj£&0 burn the candle at both ends to become very tired by trying to do too many things and going to bed late and getting up early

burn your fingers | get your fingers burnt to suffer as a result of doing sth without realizing the possible bad results, especially in business ( AlgXlci: ) &W He got his fingers

badly burnt dabbling in the stock market. fifc $3 Midlife To 7^7o burn a‘hole in your pocket if money bums a hole in your pocket, you

want to spend it as soon as you have it —ff ( ^ ) tfi*E ft; burn the midnight oil to study or

work until late at night        burn ‘rubber

(informal) to drive very fast 1$^ burn sth to a ‘cinder/ ‘crisp to cook sth for too long or with too much heat, so that it becomes badly burnt lEli'^!$i^l (

— more at ear, money     .burn a'way | .burn

sth<-a'way to disappear as a result of burning; to make sth do this ( i$l )   , j&it:         Half the candle had

burnt away.         <> The clothing on his

back got burnt away in the fire,     AA^^S

If To .burn down if a fire burns down, it becomes weaker and has smaller flames ( A^ ) .burn 'down | .burn sth<-*'down to be destroyed, or to destroy sth, by fire ($£)$£!$: The house burned

down in 1895.     1895  .burn sth<-'off

1 to remove sth by burning Burn off the

old paint before repainting the door. ArjG H _k IB W; %£ If, ^ Hll §r ^ o 2 to use energy by doing exercise (    This workout helps you to

burn off fat and tone muscles.

Jftj,   .burn 'out | .burn itself 'out (of a

fire A) to stop burning because there is nothing more to burn )&    ; ;£§. X :        The fire had burnt (itself) out

before the fire engines arrived. IAA 7 f'J i£ 7 IlA ifc 'll A To .burn 'out | .burn stlv-'out to stop working or to make sth stop working because it gets too hot or is used too much ( {$) ifcifclSf:          The

clutch has burnt out. If-n §H|li‘M^'MTo .burn ‘out | .burn yourself/sb ‘out to become extremely tired or sick by working too hard over a period of time ; fR Wi&'fc; If he doesn’t stop working

so hard, he’ll bum himself out.

I B l^o o By the age of 25 she was completely burned out and retired from the sport. 25 ^ Bf B W ft % ‘R , il HJ‘7 W iS o — related noun burnout(I) .burn sth ‘out [usually passive] to destroy sth completely by fire so that only the outer frame remains IE ■ • •     ^ T :         The hotel was completely

burnt out. M t| $£ I# R M — A ^ it „ 0 the bumt-out wreck of a car fC 7 ^ Is £1 f£ .burn ‘up 1 to be destroyed by heat If :     The spacecraft

burned up as it entered the earth’s atmosphere. 7 Iff 7 In Xi& A X^'® WlftSo 2 (usually used in the progressive tenses          (informal) to have a

high temperature X     M if& :       You’re burning

up—have you seen a doctor?          7       

? 3 (of a fire A) to bum more strongly and with larger flames % jg H£ ; A iU A .burn sb ‘up (NAmE, informal) to make sb very angry ; f<g A The way he treats me really burns me up. f# Jt life W A = .burn sth<-*‘up 1 to get rid of or destroy sth by burning $&jf: The fire burned up

1             500 acres of farmland. A A^l£7 1 500 X 0# ffl 0

2             to use calories or energy by doing exercise ( i§M

( l&tb ) :     Which bums up more calories—

swimming or cycling? fn^7 ,

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► INJURY ifj 1 [c] an injury or a mark caused by fire, heat or acid fa®; Mft; ft ft-, fc(jft ) MI: minor/severe/third-degree bums $£f§; / MH: /

0 cigarette bums on the furniture