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'couch potato noun (informal, disapproving) a person who spends a lot of time sitting
and watching television ^^UEUIbu$jA
cou gar /'ku:ga(r)/ noun (especially NAmE) = puma COUgh
tHr /kDf; NAmEkoiff verb, noun • verb 1 [V] to force out air
suddenly and noisily through your throat, for example when you have a cold ftg
Gft:
I couldn’t stop coughing. ft 1$ 7 it „ 0 to cough
nervously./politely/discreetly MAitfe / /
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— picture o page R26 2 [VN] ~ sth (up) to force sth out of your throat
or lungs by coughing ( M. !*&•!&
Iifi
7 ) PA utl: Sometimes she coughed (up) blood. itfeAN"
Jfll o 3 [V] (of an engine %
^1] Ul) to make a sudden unpleasant noise ^ A 7 $!] ^ £$ If IslliUifl .cough 'up | .cough sth~'up (informal) to give sth, especially
money, unwillingly M 3$ in (
7 fife
AMI o note at spend
m noun 1 an act or a sound of coughing ■.
She gave a little cough to attract my attention. #tfe$£$£:Ftfe 2 an illness or infection that
makes you cough often 1$ : to have a dry/
persistent/hacking cough n£
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My cold’s better, but I can’t seem to shake off this cough. IMM*7, —see-also
WHOOPING COUGH
COUgh-ing
0-w
/'kDfiq;
NAmE 'ko:f-/ noun [U] the action of coughing n$; :
Another fit of coughing seized him.
cough mixture (BrE) (also
cough
syrup, cough medicine BrE, NAmE) noun [U] liquid medicine that you take for a
cough it
could 0"w /kad; strong form kud/ modal verb (negative could not, short form couldn’t /' kudnt/)
1 used as the past tense
of ‘can’ ( ^ 7
can A 0t ) : She said that she couldn’t come. #tfei&MA77 n$0 0 I couldn’t hear what they
were saying. ft oft 7.HLflfe ill A Fi1ft
'a o 0 Sorry, J couldn’t get any more. A7 f£AA#5!jlL^7o
o
note at can1 2 used to ask if youqan do sth ( ) IB, nJFA Could I
use your phone, please? i#
it fit —T^IHlfkiSnTlUn%?
0
Could we stop by next week? M77J^§siiA—“F^?
3 used to politely ask sb to
do sth for you ( ILfftiifeii $L A lift ¥ ) its, W ill: Could you babysit for us on
Friday? ft f] # - T ^ ~fM "9 ? _4 used to
show that sth is or might be possible ( bJ IE ) Rl t&: I could do it now, if you
like. ft M
ft t)t A If. IS 3^ 7 o 0 Don’t worry—they could have
just forgotten to call, g&b , (Ml Jt77tT7ii7 0
You couldn’t have left it on the bus, could you?
A 77 'AA 7 7BC? O ‘Have some more cake.’ ‘Oh,
1
couldn’t, thank you (= I’m too full).’
Rfio ” “iftilMA, fe^T7o ” 5 used to suggest sth ( ffl T i iK ) nj W : We could write a letter to
the director. ft (\ ] 7 ± ITVTffg „ 0 You could always try
his home number, iff nj IU fr & fife A % M IT ffe iS D7
0 6 used to show that you are
annoyed that sb did not do sth ( )
AAhT lU: They could
have let me know they were
going to be late! fifed Sc A, 111iMA o'ft!
7 (informal) used to emphasize how strongly you want
to express your feelings ( )
jD$!: I’m so fed up I could scream!
tV #A®Ad7A! o note
at modal IRifil could do with sth (informal used to say that you need or would like to
have sth ( A ) ffilc: I could
do
with a drink! lie'If! 0 Her hair could have done with a wash. MdXXiA&77fc7o cou-lis /'kuili; NAmE kui'li:/ noun {pi. cou-lis) (from French) a thin fruit sauce #^ir cou lomb /'kuilDm; NAmE -la:m; -lo:m/ noun {abbr. C) (physics ft)) a unit for measuring electric charge J$ 7
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coun cil (Hr /'kaunsl/ noun [C+sing./pl. v.]
1 a
group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city or county ( rfc, )
NAHM's-, itfe
A iV 7: a
city/county./borough/district council Tfr /
IP
/ i ?nT|J / KS&AUM^ O She’s on the local council, itfe liitfe A~X7W iVMo 0 a council member/meeting 1ft & (BrE) the organization that
provides services in a city or county, for example education, houses,
libraries, etc. ( sStHfeAlfJI ) MAUI 17 council workers/services ifjjfft.£#‘AM / nPf ] 3 a group of people chosen to give advice,
make rules, do research, provide money, etc. ( Md, A A. , 3£ the Medical
Research Council A7
0 In
4 (formal) (especially
in the past) a formal meeting to discuss what action to take in a particular
situation ( A Is IF! Fit fifj ) The King held a council at
from 14 to
'council chamber noun (BrE) a large room in which a
council meets
'council estate noun (BrE) a large group of houses
built by a local council lifeMitfeA; HfeAMf sMfi
m-
' council house, council flat noun (BrE) a
house or flat rented from the local council ftfeA^^tiJlfifi^ ( A
^
coun cil lor (NAmE also coun-cil-or) /'kauns0l0(r)/ noun (abbr. Cllr) a member of a council AXM; &.AH M: Councillor Ann Jones X • 0 Talk to your
local councillor about the
problem. A 7 & 7 d M Rl -~f Ok SP S fill $ A ^ M ^ o —
see also councilman,
COUNCILWOMAN
coun cil man /'kaunslman/ noun (pi. -men /-man/) (l/S) = COUNCILLOR
.council
of 'war noun
(pi. councils
of
war) (BrE) a
meeting to discuss how to deal with an urgent and difficult situation.- ( M
'council tax noun (often the council tax) [sing., U] (in
ilWRM,) rmn
coun cil woman /'kaonslwuman/ noun (pi. -women /-wimin/) (US) =
COUNCILLOR coun-sel /'kaunsl/ noun, verb
m noun [U, C] 1 (formal) advice,
especially given by older people or experts; a piece of advice (
) Vl A, -S'A, Listen to the counsel of your
elders. ^P/fAo 0 In the end, wiser counsels
prevailed. M£ 7±Mo 2 (law W) a lawyer or group of
lawyers representing sb in court $£ # Wl |pJ ; ^i|rp: to
be represented by counsel fhf^'JfPfV A 0 the counsel for the
defence/prosecution M A / A W !feP 0 defence/prosecuting
counsel o The
court then heard counsel for the
dead woman’s father. & U&.f vmj&lgWit—see also king’s/queen’s
counsel o note at lawyer fTiTXI a counsel of des'pair (formal) advice
not to try to do sth because it is too difficult a counsel of
perfection (formal) advice that is good but that is difficult
or impossible to follow n/f 7 A tc A &
A 7 It keep your own 'counsel (formal) to keep your opinions,
plans, etc. secret ( Sfcif
■
verb (-II-, NAmE -I-) 1 [VN] to listen to and
give support or professional advice to sb who needs help itj: Therapists were brought in
to counsel the bereaved.
2 (formal) to advise sb to do sth iJ' , yfo A ( M ® ♦ ) : [VN] Most experts counsel
caution in such cases.
0
[VN to inf] He counselled them to give
up the plan, ftfe fik A iMif c
counsel ling (BrE)
(NAmE coun-sel-ing)
/'kaunsaliq/
noun [U] professional advice about a
problem ^
student counselling service ^7^ ifOMA coun-sel-lor (especially BrE) (NAmE usually
coun-sel-or)
/'kauns0l0(r)/ noun 1 a person who has been
trained to advise people with problems, especially personal problems ( Aft®W ) ;
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