sth that you ought to do, or to bring or buy sth that you ought to bring or buy ) : [V] ‘Why

weren’t you at the meeting?’ ‘Sorry—I forgot. ’ “ A ft £&ft#jJ0£i*? ” “#7®, Hc^>7o ” O [V to inf]

Take care, and don’t forget to write. iH^ir, #ij & 7 'H ft ₀ o I forgot to ask him for his address. itkiiho 0 [VN] I forgot my purse (= I did not remember to bring it). $ciS7 0 ‘Hey, don’t forget me (= don’t

leave without me)/’ “ug, ^ Bt £>J 7 ?£! ” 0 Aren’t

you forgetting something? (= I think you have forgotten to do sth) ft JH 7 JH n* 7 ft £. ? lil Jlia You cannot use forget if you want to mention the place where you have left something: I’ve left my book at

home, o Pve-forgotten my book at home. JE 7 ffi 3* ft

^ ft 7 ft forget: I’ve left my book at home. 7ft I’ve forgotten my book at home.

► STOP THINKING ABOUT STH 7 it .ill 3 ~ (about) sb/sth to deliberately stop thinking about sb/sth 7#i®; 7 It fE ■ • • $[ft: [V] Try to forget about what happened. J7 M 7 # H % ft M W i 'If ₀ 0 Could you possibly forget about work for five minutes?

*1 I ft ? 0 [VN] Forget him! j)ij jE fife ft 7' ±! 0 Let’s

forget our differences and be friends. HSCII}ij]EftJ$$Cft ± , f 0 [V (that)] Forget (that) I said

anything! 7?cjEflUMi$$lftft±! 4 ~ (about) sth to

stop thinking that sth is a possibility 7 S # it • • • ft

: [V] If I lose this job, we can forget about buying a

newcar.^jkft^imiftXft, 0 [VN]

‘I was hoping you might be able to lend me the money. ’ ‘You can forget that!’ “?lc#§iffctEftl£££?ico ” “fT?B

► YOURSELF \‘\ iE 5 [VN] - yourself to behave in a way that is not socially acceptable ( 7 it ) 7 % ft : I’m forgetting myself. I haven’t offered you a drink yet! j%M-

F771 and don’t (you) for'get It (informal) used to tell sb how they should behave, especially when they have been behaving in a way you do not like ft^i]^7 ; ft ft in iS ft ; ft in ^ ^ & : You’re a suspect, not a detective, and don’t you forget it. ft H H <fE, 7 lift M, in$HZ&T o for'get it (informal) 1 used to tell sb that sth is not important and that they should not worry about it A % ; 7 iE' ft %: ‘I still owe you for lunch yesterday.’ ‘Forget it.’ “ Bt A 7 IS 17 A II ft %₀ ” “ 3$ 7 ⁿB! ” 2 used to tell sb that you are not going to repeat what you said ( A 7 7 ft it ft M W 7: ‘Now, what were you saying about John?’ ‘Forget it, it doesn’t matter. ’ “nf, ft ® ft ^ H ft A 7 fr? ” “JJflUft, ” 3 used to emphasize

that you are saying ‘no’ to sth ft ; 7 ft : ‘Any chance of you helping out here?’ ‘Forget it, I’ve got too much to do.’ “ftfBfcflMMtai? ” “7ftfft ISifrfr- A*£fSl?7ⁿJiL ” 4 used to tell sb to stop talking about sth because they are annoying you ft ; £i| ft^Ailfeift 777: Just forget it, will you! ft ± P8, ff 7 ff! not forgetting ... (6r£) used to include sth in the list of things that you have just mentioned 7 & : I share

the house with Jim, Ian and Sam, not forgetting Spike,

thedog.nmim. im^ft-77^7,

— more at forgive

for-get-ful /fa'getfl; NAmE far'g-/ adj. 1 often forgetting things ft ;g (ft; £F ^ (Hi rom absent-minded : She has become very forgetful in recent years. j/r ft 7 M 7 ft 2 ~ of sb/sth (formal) not thinking about sb/sth that you should be thinking about 7^

► for-get-ful-ly/-fali/ adv. for get ful ness noun [U] for'get-me-not noun a small wild plant with light blue flowers ( ffft, JfWfe )

forgettable /fa'getabl; NAmE far'g-/ adj. not interesting or special and therefore easily forgotten ( 0 7 % ft ft ) W fr IS ^ W'J: an instantly forgettable

tune mgpft rrm unforgettable for giv able /fa'givabl; NAmE far'g-/ adj. that you can understand and forgive ft M i7 #J ; ft % M H731 excusable : His rudeness was forgivable in the circumstances, fife 7i Bf ft Mt# ft ft W, ₀ rania unfor

givable

forgive 0-w /fa'giv; NAmE far'giv/ verb (for-gave /fa'geiv; NAmE far'g-/, for-given /fa'givn; NAmE far'g-/)

► ~ sb/yourself (for sth/for doing sth) | ~ sb sth to stop

feeling angry with sb who has done sth to harm, annoy or upset you; to stop feeling angry with yourself i7; % : [VN] I’ll never forgive her for what she did. Tfe

i7^1ilif Wf. 0 I can’t forgive that type of behaviour. M % M IP # f? 7 » 0 I’d never forgive

myself if she heard the truth from someone else. 7 M

Jfc»]A3Pai)lTi!l7JMB, o [vnn]

She’d forgive him anything. M^Hwftfe^ff [also V]

► ~ me (for doing sth) | ~ my ... used to say in a polite way that you are sorry if what you are doing or saying seems rude or silly Zf 7®; if ®ill: [VN] Forgive me, but I don’t see that any of this concerns me. Zt7il£,

0 Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does the company do? if Mig ft, & 0 Forgive me for interrupting, but I really don’t agree with that, if MiM^cfT£, 7M3£ $1 %71«] M iP—& o 0 [VN -ing] Forgive my interrupting but I really don’t agree with that, if J^iglicfT^, 7il|lc ]j$5£7|w]|£gp—3 (formal) (of a bank, country, etc. ifMf, to say that sb does not need to pay back

money that they have borrowed % ( ff # ) : [VN]

The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt. [also vnn] Em _Sb

could/might be forgiven for doing sth used to say that it is easy to understand why sb does or thinks sth, although they are wrong

: Looking at the crowds out shopping, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone has plenty of money.

fto for.give and for'get to stop feeling angry with sb for sth they have done to you and to behave as if it had not happened 7&IBiK; 7ififfl for-give-ness /fe'grvnas; NAmE far'g-/ noun [U] the act of forgiving sb; willingness to forgive sb J7 i#; ; %

7Afi: to pray for God’s forgiveness 0 the

forgiveness of sins 0 He begged forgiveness for

what he had done. ftfe^7^&ffe#JJ?ffft0f:7o for-giv-ing /fa'givirj; NAmE far'g-/ adj. ~ (of sth) willing to forgive jSl;£Ait#J; She had not inherited

her mother’s forgiving nature. iftfe^ft7Hittfe#ft A fto o The public was more forgiving of the president’s difficulties than the press and fellow politicians. £ fk tt

forgo (also forego) /foi'gau; NAmE fair'gou/ verb (forwent /foi'went; NAmE fair'went/, for-gone /foi'gnn; NAmE fo:r'go:n; -'gain/) [VN] (formal) to decide not to have or do sth that you would like to have or do ft,

it! !#;£.$/ ) : No one was prepared to forgo their lunch hour to attend the meeting. i£f£7El!C]k#_;ft#B^,t z^iXo

for-gOt pt Of FORGET

for-got-ten pp of forget fork 0-w /foik; NAmEfoirk/ noun, verb a noun 1 a tool with a handle and three or four sharp points (called prongs), used for picking up and eating food # X: to eat with a knife and fork ft Zi X (£7 ffi

— picture o cutlery 2 a garden tool with a long or

short handle and three or four sharp metal points, used for digging XljgliftWilXXftr) — picture o garden — see also pitchfork 3 a place where a road, river, etc. divides into two parts; either of these two parts ( 2U&, #'Mh, &P, ft®-.

Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the

left-hand track. mm&H, ,

£i£ftJ/M2^77o 0 Take the right fork.

jf§ o 4 a thing shaped like a fork, with two or more

long parts a jagged fork of lightning

ft —see also tuning fork 5 either of two metal

supporting pieces into which a wheel on a bicycle

or motorcycle is fitted ( § fj ft ^ ft ft fit) ) ft X 7

— picture o bicycle

■ verb 1 [V, often +adv./prep.] (not used in the progressive tenses 7ft7itt7rft) (of a road, river, etc. Mit^) to divide into two parts that lead in different directions & JFW^ifrA : The path forks at the bottom of the hill 7 ft ill ft M 7 ft & „ o The road forks right