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'glued to sth (informal) to give all your attention to sth; to stay very close to sth

iS: He spends every evening glued to the TV. ftfe#;A:B& • 0 Her eyes were glued to the screen (= she

did not stop watching it). M @ A ft W fife IT U # ^ 0 glued to the spot not able to move, for example because you are frightened or surprised Afj # A ; Iff Mf; IsiMf

,glue 'ear noun [U] (BrE) a medical condition in which the tubes going from the nose to the ear are blocked with mucus     )

'glue-sniffing noun [U] the habit of breathing in the gases from some kinds of glue in order to produce a state of excitement; a type of solvent abuse    ,

« ( ) gluey /‘glu:i/ adj. sticky like glue; covered with glue K

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glug /ghvg/ verb, noun (informal)

u verb (-gg-j 1 [V +adv./prep.] (of liquid $£#:) to pour out quickly and noisily, especially from a bottle ( XlnfkM 4* ) ?0?0itfe#J 2 [VN] to drink sth quickly X P : She glugged down a glass of water MAP H§T“IF7.Ko ■ noun a small amount of a drink or liquid poured out M

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glum /glAm/ adj. sad, quiet and unhappy

&J; $ $ A pgzn GLOOMY: The players sat

there with glum looks on their faces. lAiMn^/i^J&itfe |E if )L c ► glum ly adv.: The three of us sat glumly looking out to sea. ^pHAMEAftNl^A^ftfe^0 glut /glAt/ noun, verb

? noun [usually sing.] ~ (of sth) a situation in which there is more of sth than is needed or can be used     ;

f&AiA A surfeit: a glut of cheap videos on the market r|J^±       032 shortage

« verb (-tt-) [VN] [usually passive] to supply or provide sth with too much of sth MU j&Iy; Alff: The market has been glutted with foreign cars,      rfi%v0

glu ten /‘gluitn/ noun [U] a sticky substance that is a mixture of two proteins and is left when starch is removed from flour, especially wheat flour S; ffi M : We sell a range of gluten-free products (- not containing gluten). d * H  A#® 6 A & o

glutes /gluits/ noun [pi.] (informal) the muscles in the buttocks that move the top of the leg WJUl glu teus /’gluitias; NAmE also gluitias/ (also gluteus muscle) noun (anatomy ft?) any of the three muscles in each buttock WE

glu tin ous /'gluitanas/ adj. sticky It (ft ; It : glutinous rice jff A

glut-ton /'glAtn/ noun 1 (disapproving) a person who eats too much       If# 2 - for

punishment/work a person who enjoys doing difficult or unpleasant tasks Itff I#WA ► glut-ton-ous /'glAtanas/ adj. KT.n greedy glut-tony /‘glAtani/ noun [U] the habit of eating and drinking too much fMfr; |MA; 0303 greed gly-cer-ine /'glisariin; -rm; NAmE -ran/ (especially BrE) (US usually gly-cerin /-rin; NAmE -ran/) noun [U] a thick sweet clear liquid made from fats and oils and used in medicines, beauty products and explosives ; jAi X.B

glyph /glrf/ noun a symbol carved out of stone, espe­cially one from an ancient writing system 511 #•*§■; ^

GM /,d3i: 'em/ abbr. 1 (BrE) genetically modified: GM foods or ‘Frankenstein foods’ as they are popularly called

2 grant-

maintained (used in Britain to describe schools that receive money from central, not local government) ( H

gm (BrE) (also gm. US, BrE) abbr. (pi. gm or gms) gram(s)

GMAT /'d3i:maet/ abbr. Graduate Management Admis­sions Test (a test taken by graduate students in the US who want to study for a degree in Business) ( US ) C

GMT /,d3i: em 'ti:/ noun [U] the abbreviation for ‘Greenwich Mean Time’ (the time at Greenwich in England on the line of 0° longitude, used for calcu­lating time everywhere in the world; also called Uni­versal Time)          Greenwich

Mean Time)

gnarled /narld; NAmE nairld/ adj. 1 (of trees W A) twisted and rough; covered with hard lumps ffl. #3       ;

: a gnarled oak/branch/trunk g 2 (of a person or part of the body          bent and twisted because of age or

illness         ffi ft : gnarled

hands jfiftftj^

gnarly /'naili; NAmE 'nairli/ adj. (NAmE, slang) 1 very good; excellent l^BJIlfii]^ ;   Wow, man! That’s

totally gnarly! Pi, % ft, IP M Ji X 0 7 ! 2 not very good

gnash /naeJV verb ITT71 gnash your teeth to feel very angry and upset about sth, especially because you cannot get what you want ( A# )          He’ll be

gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract.        <£5f

gnash-ers /'naejaz; NAmE -Jarz/ noun [pi.] (BrE, informal) teeth 0

gnat /naet/ noun a small fly with two wings, that bites DT

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gnaw /no:/ verb ~ (away) (at/on sth) to keep biting sth or chewing it hard, so that it gradually disappears P&; »t; H0: [VN] The dog was gnawing a bone. IP^j^Pjt# Xo 0 [V] Rats had gnawed through the cable. X I^ITo 0 She gnawed at her fingernails. M -7 %a Ep 0 o (figurative) Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence. i # £ 0 ft # .£ J W H 1H & „ CTHM gnaw at sb to make sb feel anxious, frightened or uncomfortable over a long period of time ( j£ E |hJ ). iffM^X : The problem had been gnawing at him for months. AAAI A&AfaW gnaw-ing /'nourj/ adj. [only before noun] making you feel worried over a period of time (. j£Bt|ii] ) fffMXtf), A

A^^W,       gnawing doubts

gneiss /nais/ noun [u] (geology fife) a type of metamorphic rock formed at high pressure and temperature deep in the ground       ( ftfejU^&t^Si

gnoc-chi /'njDki; NAmE 'njaiki/ noun [pi.] an Italian dish consisting of small balls of potato mixed with flour and boiled, usually eaten with a sauce MXMWIX (

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gnome /naum; NAmE noum/ noun 1 (in stories) a crea­ture like a small man with a pointed hat, who lives under the ground and guards gold and treasure ( ^ ) ftfeTSj^^^tt 2 a plastic or stone figure of a gnome, used to decorate a garden (       H )

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gno mic /'naumik; NAmE 'nou-/ adj. (formal) (of a person or a remark A ^ W in) clever and wise but sometimes difficult to understand        n

GNP /,d3i: en ‘pi:/ noun the abbreviation for ‘gross national product’ (the total value of all the goods and services produced by a country in one year, including the total income from foreign countries) §

(         gross national product ) — compare GDP

gnu /nu:; nju:/ noun (pi. gnu or gnus) = wildebeest GNVQ /,d3i: en vi: ‘kju:/ noun a qualification taken in British schools by students aged 15-18 to prepare them for university or work (the abbreviation for ‘General National Vocational Qualification’) ^ H # 11IM ik iE 4$ (      General National Vocational Qualification,

15 m is          xwwm) ■.

She’s doing GNVQ Business Studies at college.

Wo — compare

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goo-* /gao; NAmE gou/ verb, noun a verb (goes /gauz; NAmE gouz/, went /went/, gone /gxm; NAmE gain; gain/) ITf313 Been is used as the past participle of go when sb has gone somewhere and