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m ' buzz saw noun (NAmE) = circular saw

buzz-word /'bAzw3:d; NAmE -W3:rd/ noun a word or phrase, especially one connected with a particular subject, that has become fashionable and popular and is used a lot in newspapers, etc. ( jf fll # W ) HM? ifh Wfs'tsifc

b/w abbr. (in writing   black and white US

bwana /'bwa:na/ noun a word used in parts of E Africa to address a man who has authority over you, for example your employer (        ±fl - )

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by Ott /bai/ prep., odv.

■ prep. 1 near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth Hiir; #•■■#!£: a house by the river      0

The telephone is by the window. i% if 4 la Z3 ^     <>  0

Come and sit by me.      2 used, usually

after a passive verb, to show who or what does, creates or causes sth ( #gA) : He was knocked down by a bus. flili&^Ai^^ll/@]To 0 a play by Ibsen J§>   WJg'J A <> Who’s that book by? it

M A %W $ i ? 0 1 was frightened by the noise. A

ffF |fT f 3 used f°r showing how or in what way sth is done ( sjIA AA ) : The house is heated by gas.   Wo 0 May I pay by cheque?

fh A® #1^ ? 01 will contact you by letter. ft fk W o o to travel by boat/bus/car/plane fj& A / $f X / IS til 0 to travel by air/land/sea ^ 71$ til;   fifi && / M 8$ O Switch it on by pressing this button.

4 used before particular nouns without the, to say that sth happens as a result of sth ( jiAAfftthe W^islitu,     ) &A: They met by

chance. ffefH ■A ffl i§» of did it by mistake. U fift 7 ik Ao o The coroner’s verdict was ‘death by misadventure’.

o 5 not later than the time mentioned; before A IS A; fE • • • £ HU:  Can you finish

the work by five o’clock? #5^#^   0 I’ll

have it done by tomorrow. l£#ABi A^MitAf^TU^# Ao o By this time next week we’ll be in New York. A g 0 He ought to have arrived by now/by this time, fik M fE JSZi£ B 3\ 7 0 o By the time (that) this letter reaches you I will have left the country.     6 past

sb/sth : He walked by me without speaking, ffe — 7 during sth; in a particular situation £ •• ■ M |b] ; A ^ E :       to travel by

day/night S A /  0 We had to work by candle­light. 3$ if] A.# A fa 8 used to show the

degree or amount of sth ( 3pjri j§! . I&M ) :    The

bullet missed him by two inches. fife 7 o 0 House prices went up by 10%. J% ffr ±   7

10% 0 o It would be better by far (= much better) to ...

tt • ■ • £H# ^ o 9 from what sth shows or says; according to sth M.• • ■ #; f2c; $cp: By my watch it is two o’clock.  0 I could tell by the look

on her face that something terrible had happened. M. itfe

0 By law, you

are a child until you are 18.     18

AJ$tAA0 10 used to show the part of sb/sth that sb touches, holds, etc. (

ft ) : I took him by the hand. 3$ li fife W A 0 o She seized her by the hair. MSfcfiMW AAo 0 Pick it up by the handle!   11 used with the to

show the period or quantity used for buying, selling or measuring sth ( %the^A,  Illicit) :

We rented the car by the day. ff] 0 IS ^ ^ 0 0 They’re paid by the hour. fMl W3ft0WiSc/hWit#Wo o We only sell it by the metre. 3% f] R ^ ^ Hi W 0 12 used to state the rate at which sth happens (     ) :

They’re improving day by day. —A  o

We’ll do it bit by bit. 3$ fH ^ — fk — ^ fife fk 0 o It was getting worse by the minute (= very fast), if ito O The children came in two by two (= in groups of two). ^ACI—ft—13 used for giving more information about where sb comes from, what sb