(= next to the driver). ^llXA^fttftft^lttjMo
<> The teacher made me move my seat to
the front of the class- room. ^jjrFfEflcWMft^ftffcM^JByffio 0 Write your name
in the front of the book (= the first few pages). ft
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CHEST 4 sb’s front [sing.]
the part of sb’s body that faces forwards; sb’s chest ft ft bu lrl$; IjfcJ nP: She was lying on
her front. M#f£blr <, 0 7 spilled coffee down my front.
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SIDE OF BUILDING ft 'tftfy-MWl 5 [C] the
west, north, south, east, etc. ~ the side of a large building, especially
a church, that faces west, north, etc. (
4k, 3s, )
ffi: the west front of
the cathedral ffi
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EDGE OF SEA/LAKE M /Mill 6 the front [sing.] {BrE) the
road or area of land
along the edge of the sea, a lake or a river m; $|Hf; 'Mli; '/&'/§ ( 7$ , M ) iI0:
Couples walked hand in hand along the front. ft/'tff fp
i&o — see
also seafront
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IN WAR $ <f 7 [C, usually sing.] an area where
fighting takes place during a war ffl&c; BU ft: More British
troops have been sent to the front. W 5^® oPPA E m^o 0 to serve at the
front ft bu ft IK# 0 fighting
a war on two fronts ftW^iK^$±f$ft
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AREA OF ACTIVITY ft rj] 8 [C] a
particular area of
activity %;%!]§%%&$ Things are looking unsettled
on the economic
front. ^ ± 1f R
& # X 0 o
Progress has been made on all fronts. #ft
ffi IkffMIf-T
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HIDING TRUE FEELINGS 9 [sing.] behaviour that
is not genuine, done
in order to hide your true feelings or opinions :
Rudeness is just a front for her
shyness. M$&#Rhft
7ft tfr M„ o It’s not always easy to put on a brave front for the family. X
ft M o The
prime minister
stressed the
need to present a united front (= show people that all members of
the group have the same opinion about things), Ei
IS ~Ifco
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HIDING STH ILLEGAL ft£ M ft m
ft 10 [C, usually sing.]
~ (for sth) a person or an organization that is
used to hide an illegal or secret activity ft?& ( ) ft Rift
jf # : The travel
company is just a front for drug trafficking.
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POLITICAL ORGANIZATION i&ftto 11 Front [sing]
used
in the names of some
political organizations ( 7 i$L
ft ) 0k: the Animal Liberation Front
z
— see also popular
front
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WEATHER Aft 12 [C] the
line where a mass of cold air
meets a mass of warm
air ( ) #: a
cold/warm front ft /
iBf
IfiTTH .front and ‘center (NAmE) in or
into the most important position ft ( pJtiiftA
VUlfilcfvS in
'front adv. 1 in a position that is further forward
than sb/sth but not very far away ft itu ®: Their house is the one with the
big garden in front. Mrffiftftftgl
2 in first place in a race or competition ( U The blue team is currently in front with a lead of
six points. UPAS BUiAft;$HPl5fc0 in 'front of prep. 1 in
a position that is further forward than sb/sth but not very far away ft • • • bu ffi: The car in front of me
stopped suddenly and I had to brake.
1±LR£F$1 fto 0 The
bus stops right in front of our house. ;£4ftftftlfc^ftf!cC!!ftJ^7iiuffio 0 He was standing in front of me in the
line, ft lA^’J ftftkM ft (ft hu
ffi o 0 She spends all day sitting in front of (= working at) her
computer. MSX^ftif^fJlBU ( CL jf )
0 2 if you do sth in front of sb, you do it when
they are there ^ lr ■ • • Ift ffi; ft • • • ffifHl: Please don’t talk
about it in front of the children, if ft 1:- ^ If ® 7 Cl(tfJ ffi ij£ UP # $■
o 3 ~ sb (of time Rft |b|)
still to come; not yet passed ; ft ••• 3u ffi: Don’t give up. You still have
your whole life in front of you. #lftfltffiiE
ft —* ft njj} o out
'front 1 in the part of a theatre,
restaurant, etc. where the
public sits ( ) HZ/
J$>; (
HIT If ) MIS: There’s only a small audience out front
tonight, ft ft ftIS ± AIM ft0 2 (also BrE
informal out the front) in the area near
to the entrance to a building ft ( ) ~k
| J /h: I’ll wait for you out (the)
front, ft A:
H ^b ^ # o up 'front (informal) 1 as
payment in advance M#; : We’ll
pay you half up
front and
the other half when you’ve finished the job. ik
—see also
upfront(2) 2 (in sports l^Wis^) in a forward position
ft BU^fvfi: to play up front ill ft bu # — more at back n., cash n., lead1 v.
u adj. [only
before noun] 1 on or at the front of sth m ffl #J; BufPW; ftij^J;front
teeth Hft o the front wheels of the car bu 0
We had seats in the
front row. licfll^ft BU O an
animal’s front legs
^ Let’s go through to the front room (=
the main room in a house where people sit and entertain guests). fiH %
?1 £ l! 3\ ft It o 0 a
front-seat passenger
—compare back adj.{ 1), hind adj. 2 (phonetics ft) (of a vowel jc ft) produced with the
front of the tongue in
a higher position than the back, for example /i:/ in English ft ; ft mj frv
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compare back adj.{4), central(5) 11*17?! on the 'front burner (informal, especially NAmE) (of an issue, a plan, etc. |p] H,
if $J ft) being given a lot of attention because it is considered important
M S Anything that keeps education
on the
front burner is good.
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compare on
the back burner at back adj. m verb
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FACE STH $! |u] 1 ~ (onto sth) to face sth or be
in front of sth; to have the front pointing towards sth M fp]; ft
HU M; If]; fp]: [VN] The
cathedral fronts the city’s main square. 0 [V] The line of houses
fronted
straight onto the road.
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COVER FRONT |I
lE®* 2 [VN] [usually
passive] to have the front covered with sth •••ftIE®; ffl -SMiEffi: a
glass-fronted bookcase
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LEAD GROUP 3 [VN] to lead or
represent an organization, a group, etc. (
gift, iftEft ) :
He fronts a multinational company, —
is] 0 o
A former art student fronted the band (= was the main singer). ftsPAWiftl^X^Ji—
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PRESENT TV PROGRAMME ± If E& %
ft @ 4 [VN] (BrE) to
present a television programme, a show, etc.
m, mm)
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GRAMMAR iftft 5 [VN] (linguistics ifijf) to give more
importance to a part of a
sentence by placing it at or near the beginning of the sentence, as in ‘That I
would like to see.’ ( ) Hu*
B33B front for sb/sth to represent a
group or an organization and try to hide its secret or illegal activities ) : He
fronted for
them in
several illegal property deals. IftAfMlft JliAft 6
WHICH WORD?
in front of«in the front of
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In front of can
mean the same as outside but not
opposite. * in front of outside (fj® A.,
opposite : I’ll meet you in front of/ outside your hotel. f^ftWjSAttfft ffi / o
There’s a bus stop in front of
the house (= on the same
side of the road).
( ftftJ^WiASf ) o o There’s a bus stop opposite the house
(= on the other side of the road).
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In/at the front (of
sth) means ‘in the most forward
part of something’. * in/at the front (of sth) ^ftft^t ^jWHbu The driver sits at the front of the bus.
A)ft! w o Put the shortest
flowers in the front (of the bunch).
mmmm.
front-age /’frAntid3/ noun 1 [C, U] the front of a building, especially when this faces a
road or river ( ft , X ft life % Itw M fHj ) IE ffi: the baroque
frontage of
(iespecially NAmE) land that is next to a building, a street or an area
of water ilfigr ( ) ±Jfe: