sth to not be enough for what is needed <7
ftftL; ^ : Four bottles of wine won’t go far
among
twenty
people. KlS^flfAlo 'so far | 'thus
far until now; up to this point 3\ g it; 3\&
Alt: What do you think of the show so far? 3\ §
|ij ^ db (§, A # ? o Detectives are so far at a
loss to explain the
reason for his death.
,so ‘far [informal) only
to a limited degree KftftPUfgBPft I
trust him only
so far. ,so far,
so 'good [saying)
used to say that
things have been successful until now and you hope they will continue to do so,
but you know the task, etc. is not finished yet 3\ l=j gif ^3 it, ISMWfM
— more at afield, few adj.,
near adv.
madj. (far ther, far thest or further,
fur thest) [only before noun]
► DISTANT ]£(»'& k
1 at a greater distance away from you &3ZS$J: I saw her on
the far side of the road.
o at the far
end of the room |E |W| R
—
R 0 They
made for an empty table in the far comer.
o 2 at the furthest
point in a particular direction ( ft (ft ) JS 321ft, m ^ ft:
the far north of
MSI
ffTST^l a
far cry from sth a very different experience from sth EKE1 remote
Farad /'faeraed/ noun [abbr. F) [physics #j) a
unit for measuring capacitance )
Fara day cage /'faeradei keid3/ noun [physics
#]) a metal screen that is put around a piece of equipment in order to stop
electricity from gathering on it (fSAintPit)
far-away /'fairawei/
adj. [only before noun] 1 a long distance away )2 ft; 32 ft ft;
M 32 ft ECT71 distant: a war in a faraway
country ft—
2 a ~ look/expression an expression on your face that
shows that your thoughts are far away from your present surroundings ft ft ft ^
#1; tS ft; ft # ft
Pfl?l DISTANT
farce /fa.:s; NAmEfairs/ noun 1
[C, U] a funny play for the theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situations
and events; this type of writing or performance MWiM ( Mil ft') ; mm
( Mift ) ; ^JgiJ ( Mlf ft ) : a bedroom farce [- a funny play about sex) 2 [C] a situation or
an event that is so
unfair or badly organized that it becomes ridiculous jnijif fti^tf; f-9 hi:
The trial was a complete farce.
far ci cal /'faisikl;
NAmE 'fairs-/ adj. ridiculous and not worth taking seriously ^it
W; ItHft; nj^eft: It was a farcical trial. $1$ I! — IX Ifc ilr ft
ft PI 0 o a situation verging on the farcical 3frft1!JSft^ffi
fare/fea(r); NAmE fer/ noun,
verb
m noun 1 [C,
U] the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc. ft ^; ftlJlSI#: bus/taxi
fares o train/rail fares ftft0 Children travel (at)
half fare. o
When
do they start paying
full fare? Ml#
—
see also airfare,
return fare at return n.
(7) 2 [C] a passenger in a taxi tBffift^^r: The taxi driver picked up a fare
at the station, ft ffi ft ^] f/l ft ft M ® 7
3 [U] [old-fashioned or formal)
food that is offered as a meal tS. M: The
restaurant provides good traditional fare. „
•
verb [V] ~
well, badly, better, etc. to be successful/ unsuccessful in a particular
situation j&zfj ( 3$; ft 5ft jgM ^ ) BOH get on : The party fared very badly in the
last election.
the ,Far 'East noun
fare-well /.fea'wel;
NAmE .fer'wel/ noun, exclamation
noun [C, U]
the act of saying goodbye to sb ft-^i]; Wif-.
She said her farewells and left. M ft
$>J fi§ JF 7 o O a farewell party/drink, etc. £i]Mft
■ exclamation [old
use or formal) goodbye #JE; ,far-'fetched adj. very
difficult to believe M/Sfsft; ^[Jgft: The whole story sounds very
far-fetched.
,far-'flung adj. [usually before
noun] (literary) 1 a long distance away j§ 32 ft : expeditions
to the far-flung corners of the world fttttlMlISl&ftft^l^ 2 spread over
a wide area ft ft ft ft; ft ?£ ft: a newsletter that helps to keep all our
far-flung graduates in touch
,far 'gone adj. [not before noun]
[informal) very ill/sick, crazy or drunk ^ Jr; Sft She was too far
gone to understand
anything we said to her. M R ft ft ft
/#, n/rft'Siicfn^M^wftmto farm /faim; NAmEfairm/
noun, verb m noun 1 an area of land, and the buildings on it,
used for growing crops and/or keeping animals ft 1% : a 200-hectare farm
— ft 200 ft ft ft ft ^ 0 a farm workerAabourer ft ^ I A 0 farm
buildings/ machinery ftJ^ lt^^; ft Mil W 0 to live/work on a farm
ftft^fiHt / Xff 2 the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives ft# 3
(especially in compounds a place where particular fish or animals are bred a trout/mink/pig
farm AM ^ see also
BATTERY FARM, COLLECTIVE FARM, DAIRY FARM at DAIRY adj.[2),
FACTORY FARM, FUNNY FARM, HEALTH FARM, TRUCK FARM, WIND FARM
a verb to
use land for growing crops and/or keeping animals ^-ft; ftffl; [V] The family has
farmed in Kent for over two hundred years,
i^ft^^ft 1=r##ftWW^¥79 0[VN] They farm dairy cattle, ft ill
t0] ft M ft o 0 He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land, ft # 7 200 ^ f
0 o organically farmed produce #lil#Hftftnp fTITTI see buy v. ,farm
sb-» out (to sb) [BrE,
disapproving) to arrange for sb to be cared for by other people ft ( £ij A ) MftJfA .farm sb/sth~'out to sb to send
out work for other people to do ft (
% A ) : The company farms out a lot
of work to
freelancers. j^^ft^iEftiI#/&^7
ft#1 AMo .
'farm belt noun (
farm-er 0-w /'faima(r); NAmE
'fairm-/ noun a person who owns or manages a farm ftJ^jft; ft A ‘farmers’ market noun a
place where farmers sell food directly to the public ft^ft^; farm-hand /'faimhaend;
NAmE 'fairm-/ [NAmE also field hand) noun a
person who works for a farmer ftilA farm-house /'faimhaus; NAmE
'fairm-/ noun the main house on a farm, where the farmer lives fti^ftT;,
ft ft ( fe )
farm ing o-w /'faimirj;
'fairmirj/ noun [U] the business of managing or working on a farm ftft;
ft ^ ^ #: to take up farming Al^ftik o sheep/fish, etc. farming
ft#, ftftft 0 organic farming 0
modem
farming methods M ft ft ft 0 a farming community
ftikl±K
farm-land /'faimlaend; NAmE 'fairm-/ noun [U, pi.]
land that is used for farming ftffl; #lft: 250 acres of farmland * 250
W ffli ft 0 the prosperous farmlands of
farm-stead /'faimsted; NAmE 'fairm-/ noun [NAmE or formal)
a farmhouse and the buildings
near it ft ft Jk.
farm-yard /'faimjaid; NAmE 'fairmjaird/ noun an
area that is surrounded by farm buildings ft^Hgt 'far-off adj. [only
before noun] 1 a long distance away M 32 (ft Fiftl DISTANT,
FARAWAY, REMOTE: a far-off land —ft Mia ff) It2a long time ago MX lit m
W;
HT7I distant : memories
of those far-off days X 32 ft ft
far rago /fa'raigau; NAmE -gou/ noun [usually
sing.] [pi. -oes or -os) [formal,
disapproving) a confused mixture of different things /1ft#] Em hotchpotch