infection, etc. M MIB Ife to disappear

ff A: Has your rash cleared up yet? M 3c 7

n±i? ,clear up | .dear sth—'up to make sth clean and

neat f£3l 1$: j|p_: It’s time to clear up. IflTo 0

I’m fed up with clearing up after you! #I£

jdi7ftj3, &&&!'. 0 clear up your own mess!

-clear

sth^'up to solve or explain sth to

clear up a mystery/difficulty/misunderstanding % jf

^0; mkmm-,

• adv.

► NOT NEAR/TOUCHING 7 IS iff; S 1 - (of sth) away

from sth; not near or touching sth $} Jf; 7 H i£; 7 jgM: Stand clear of the train doors. 71n

₀ 0 He injured his arm as he jumped clear of the car. #, fC 7 Bf 7 W o o By lap two Walker was two metres clear of the rest of the runners. J&lf ZlglHf,

► ALL THE WAY i f 2 (especially NAmE) all the way to sth

that is far away — ]|[ ( f !j m ) : She could see clear

down the highway into the town. M Jill fr A —* ll §!A,

fT»m keep/stay/steer clear (of sb/sth) to avoid a person or thing because it may cause problems j@ Jf;

0 jig; — more at way n.

clearance /'kliorons; NAmE ‘klir-/ noun 1 [c, U] the removal of things that are not wanted if (^; if

JI: forest clearances jfitk 0 slum clearance (= the removal of houses that are in very bad condition in an area of a town) 0 a clearance sale (= in a

shop/store, when goods are sold cheaply to get rid of them quickly) if 'fcAMI? 2 [U, C] the amount of space or distance that is needed between two objects so that they do not touch each other 77; |aj fft; |hJ _; There is not much clearance for vehicles passing under this bridge. „ 0 a clearance of one metre 3 [U, C] official permission

that is given to sb before they can work somewhere, have particular information, or do sth they want to do t w) intftnr,

SYNONYMS

dear

obvious ♦ apparent * evident ♦ plain ♦ crystal clear

These words all describe sth that is easy to see or understand and leaves no doubts or confusion. 1U±#

m&m., if®, mm,

dear easy to see or understand and leaving no doubts

mmw, mmm-. it was

quite clear to me that she was lying,

mm.

obvious easy to see or understand Bfjltjft,

1$, ]: It’s obvious from what he said that

something is wrong. If liBJl:#il»M7₉

apparent [not usually before noun] (rather formal) easy to see or understand jf $p|§ j*L 0 >1.

$: It was apparent from her face that she was really upset. umdim%

evident (rather formal) easy to see or understand jf f# m&(/), #}: The orchestra played with

evident enjoyment.

plain easy to see or understand jf if HfHj, Bf IfeSf; frtl: He made it very plain that he wanted us to leave.

WHICH WORD?

These words all have almost exactly the same meaning. There are slight differences in register and patterns of use. If you make sth clear/plain, you do so deliberately because you want people to understand sth; if you make sth obvious, you usually do it without meaning to. I5t h

im, make sth clear/plain ABf£l;

make sth obvious iS77 jf S'J.®: / hope / make myself

obvious, o Try not to make it so clear/plain. In the

355

I’m waiting for clearance from headquarters. &

O All employees at the submarine base require security clearance.

4[U] official

permission for a person or vehicle to enter or leave an airport or a country ( A, A7?t^£B A*i

(fr ) i7«I, /if¹: The pilot was waiting for clearance for take-off. 7 Iff M 7 ^ j# 7 7 o 5 [U, C] the process

of a cheque being paid by a bank ( ;£ISffr ) &ijft 6 [C] a clearance in football (soccer) and some other sports is when a player kicks or hits the ball away from the goal of his or her own team ( aS^ ^ fife ~ ll? # If Is zft 7 W)il

clear- cut adj. definite and easy to see or identify mm

(fr; m M (fr; M if iA (fr; There is no clear-cut answer to this question.

clear-¹ headed adj. able to think in a clear and sensible way, especially in a difficult situation ( AjafElU^

7)«/fi67 m&mmi

clearing /'kliarirj; NAmE 'klirir)/ noun an open space in a forest where there are no trees #771$, 0213 glade

'clearing bank noun (in Britain) a bank that uses a clearing house when dealing with other banks (

IS )

'clearing house noun 1 a central office that banks use in order to pay each other money and exchange cheques, etc. ( ftfr ) £#0?

2 an organization that collects and exchanges information on behalf of people or other organizations faE3c Mlf7 {7E»7ir

clearly On /'kliali; NAmE 'klirli/ adv.

1 in a way that is easy to see or hear if Write:

Please speak clearly after the tone, if fr II] ft E Jf i# ^ % iff if o 2 in a way that is sensible and easy to understand BfJ HHife : She explained everything very

clearly. f&ftfffilMIPi] S ₀ 3 used to emphasize

that what you are saying is obvious and true S ilk;

expressions clear majority, for obvious reasons, for no apparent reason and plain to see, none of the other words can be used instead. You can have a(n) clear/ obvious/plain case of sth but not an fE clear majority ( m&.&M ) [ for obvious reasons (

IE® ) . for no apparent reason ( t^WBlj) III plain to see ( ) 7, A7B/}S.W07^

oTtU fj clear/obvious/plain case of sth ( Bf l^jf^ ) , fH.7fl^lfl evident case-ofsth, Apparent and evident are both rather formal. They can always be replaced by obvious. Obvious and evident can both be used before a noun for an emotion, meaning that the emotion is easy to see with your eyes. * apparent ft! evident #j jf IE A, fEfJtt'fftgtpTftj obvious ft#o obvious jfl evident

She read the letter out with obvious/evident reluctance. MM71fHMffA«m.lo crystal clear very easy to see or understand, leaving no doubt or confusion at all jsST0||JtL$h ftfj: / want to make my meaning crystal clear. jicSlEffe atSIMifilo

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

► clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain/crystal clear to sb/sth

► clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain/crystal clear that/what/who/how/where/why ...

► to be/look/seem/become/make sth clear/obvious/ apparent/evident/plain/crystal clear

a perfectly/quite/very dear/obvious/apparent/evident/ plain

a fairly/pretty clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain a not at all clear/obvious/apparent/evident/plain