goad

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go at me for being late for work.

—>0!_o have sth on the go (BrE, informal) to be in the middle of an activity or a project JEftT (

£lj ) : The award-winning novelist often has three or four books on the go at once.

RM^Ni£[W]N‘WEfto «n one 'go (informal) all together on one occasion TiA I’d rather do the journey in

one go, and not stop on the way.

0 They ate the packet of biscuits all in one go. fMT-TTM&tWmake a 'go of sth (jinformal) to be successful in sth ( zkftFJf

JEfttfc ) : We’ve had a few problems in our marriage, but we’re both determined to make a go of it. ?JcCj (ft £1

a-sivm, —more

at LEAVE V., LET V.

goad /gaud; NAmE goud/ verb, noun m verb [VN] ~ sb/sth (into sth/into doing sth) to keep irritating or annoying sb/sth until they react ( A E#t ftk ) Sill, m%%, #]$(: Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out.

fn] Ilk® r& o 0 He finally goaded her into answering his question, fJTTiM ,goad

sb-*'on to drive or encourage sb to do sth H , $i) fflt ) ^ A : The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. ft ^ ML ft N J L 7v

* noun 1 a pointed stick used for making cows, etc. move forwards ( ££ 4¹ # ft Hr (ft.). 2 something that

makes sb do sth, usually by annoying them ( HFE

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'go-ahead noun, adj.

noun the go-ahead [sing.] permission for sb to start doing sth ft ?£ ; FF nj : The council has given the go-ahead to start building. ^ft^Eft?£lR±s&Io ®adj. [usually before noun] willing to try new ideas, methods, etc. and therefore likely to succeed (ft; a go-ahead company

goal frw /gaol; NAmE goul/ noun 1 (in sports W Is Eft) a frame with a net into which players must kick or hit the ball in order to score a point H : He headed the ball into an open goal (= one that had nobody defending it). 7$

H „ o Who is in goal (= is the goalkeeper) for Arsenal? psflAEfttPH ft Jitl? — picture o hockey 2 the act of kicking or hitting the ball into the goal; a point that is scored for this #.H; The winning goal

was scored by Hill. # ft jig )£ 7 lit Jft Eft—$ ₀ O Liverpool won by three goals to one. f iJ % M |A IA H It — f£ Jft „ 0 United conceded two goals in the first half.

0 a penalty goal j&JfcfiJ —see also drop goal, golden goal, own goal 3 something that you hope to achieve g IF; § Eft EYiTi aim : to work towards a goal #-©UAF!] g IF 0 to achieve/attain a goal III g IF 0 You need to set yourself some long-term goals, fF j# A/ i E iT“Sg Ipo o Our ultimate goal must be the preservation of the environment. f&ftiftli^ g o note at target

'goal area noun (in football (soccer) j£$c) an area in front of the goal from which goal kicks must be taken

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goal-ball /'gaulboil; NAmE 'goul-/ noun [U] a game in which teams of three players try to roll a ball containing bells over a line at the end of a court, played by people who have problems with their sight

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goal keep er /'g0ulki:pa(r); NAmE 'goul-/ (also informal goalie /'gauli; NAmE 'gouli/) {NAmE also goal-tend-er) (also BrE informal keeper) noun (in football (soccer), hockey, etc. a player whose job is to

stop the ball from going into his or her own team’s goal FpnM — picture o hockey ► goal-keep ing noun [U]: goalkeeping techniques /pH Eft ft A;

'goal kick noun (in football (soccer) ftjjt) a kick taken by one team after the ball has been kicked over their goal line by the other team without a goal being scored EjtH^c

goal-less /'gaullas; NAmE 'goul-/ adj. [usually before noun] without either team scoring a goal # : {BrE) The

match ended in a goalless draw.

'goal line noun (in football, hockey, etc.

the line at either end of a sports field on which the goal stands or which the ball must cross to score a goal or TOUCHDOWN ^|'l^

goal-mouth /• gaulmauB; NAmE ‘goul-/ noun the area directly in front of a goal ^c|'l P 'goal poacher noun = poacher(3)

’goal-post/'gaulpaust; NAmE 'goulpoust/ (also post) noun one of the two vertical posts that form part of a goal H 1*1771 move, etc. the 'goalposts {BrE, informal, disapproving) to change the rules for sth, or conditions under which it is done, so that the situation becomes more difficult for sb ( f£3£AA*t )

goal-scorer /'gaulsko:ra(r); NAmE 'goul-/ noun a player in a sports game who scores a goal ( ft# fct&IKl ) 'Aft

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goal-tend er /'gaultenda(r); NAmE 'goul-/ noun {NAmE)

= GOALKEEPER

go-around (also 'go-round) noun 1 {technical A i«j ^a path taken by a plane after an unsuccessful attempt at landing, in order to get into a suitable position to try to land again ( l=mP$i£ A&Jg Itt ) 2 {NAmE,

informal) a disagreement or argument

goat /gaut; NAmE gout/ noun 1 an animal with horns and a coat of hair, that lives wild in mountain areas or is kept on farms for its milk or meat ill : a mountain goat ill#- 0 goat's milk/cheese ^#3; — see also

BILLY GOAT, kid n.{2), nanny goat 2 old ~ {informal) an unpleasant old man who is annoying in a sexual way feik; tit ITOOTI get sb’s ’goat {informal) to

annoy sb very much — more at sheep

goatee /gau'ti:; NAmE gou-/ noun a small pointed beard (= hair growing on a man’s face) that is grown only on the chin ( HATBAMJ ) ll|#-#IA — picture o hair goat-herd /’gauth3:d; NAmE ‘gouth3ird/ noun a person whose job is to take care of a group of goats % A A;

goat-skin /‘gautskin; NAmE ’gout-/ noun [U] leather made from the skin of a goat gob /gDb; NAmE ga:b/ noun, verb

m noun {slang) 1 {BrE) a rude way of referring to a person’s mouth ( ig- ) Shut your gob! (= a rude way of telling sb to be quiet) $ Pf \ 2 a small amount of a

thick wet substance A # ( M ) : Gobs of spittle ran down his chin. — '$[ P ;jc |l|| IHtk T E £1T

'iiL 3 [usually pi.] {NAmE) a large amount of sth A®: great gobs of cash AJMlfe

■ verb ( bb-) [V] {BrE, slang) to blow saliva out of your mouth p± p 7jc; n$a#M E$2ZJ spit