when it is not really there &7M (        ) f'JWAffi; £j

£j|^: Was the figure real or just a hallucination?

B6,   Qua Some speakers

do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of hallucin­ation and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned.        hallucination BtXA h # ,

iMffl an ffi Affl a, SEfcijlrj&fc&RtT*- hallucinatory /ha'luismatri; ha.lursi'neitari; NAmE ha'luisanatairi/ adj. [only before noun] connected with or causing hallucinations kllfctfi;      a hallucin­atory experience        0 hallucinatory drugs 1St

zm

hal lu cino gen /,haeTu:smad3an/ noun a drug, such as LSD, that affects people’s minds and makes them see and hear things that are not really there ij; £j ‘s&M ► hal lu cino gen ic /ha,lu:sina'd3enik/ adj.: hal­lucinogenic drugs/effects gfc   HNIJ Some

people use an instead of a before these words, and then usually do not pronounce the ‘h’. This now sounds old-fashioned. ^Affl an MAH! a, f'AA h  JJfl£njr

hail-way, /'hailwei/ noun 1 (especially BrE) = hall(1) 2 {NAmE) = hall(2)

halma /'haelma/ noun [u] a game for two or four people using pieces on a board marked with 256 squares

mm <ojAMA^raA#^,  256  )

halo /'heilau; NAmE -lou/ noun {pi. -oes or -os) 1 (in paintings, etc.) a circle of light shown around or above the head of a holy person (        A^il&SAAX W )

A A,  She played the part of an angel, complete

with wings and a halo.

W     0 (figurative) a halo of white frizzy hair

Sl^fe^A 2 = CORONA

halo-gen /'haelad30n/ noun {chemistry it) any of a set of five chemical elements, including fluorine, chlorine and iodine, that react with hydrogen to form acids from which simple salts can be made. Halogens, in the form of gas, are used in lamps and cookers/stoves. |5 % halon /'heilnn; NAmE -lain/ noun {chemistry it) a gas that is made up of carbon and one or more halogens, used especially to stop fires ftitffi ( #JSBAA ) halt /hailt; BrE also holt/ verb, noun m verb to stop; to make sb/sth stop (      jJt, if T: [V]

She walked towards him and then halted.

o ‘Halt!’ the Major ordered (= used as a command to soldiers).        AdjO [VN]

The police were halting traffic on the parade route. lEISlt    0 The trial was halted

after the first week.   Iran see

track n.

noun 1 [sing.] an act of stopping the movement or progress of sb/sth      Hit; Wff: Work came to a

halt when the machine broke down. #lfg—if,

T A A o 0 The thought brought her to an abrupt halt.

o The car skidded to a halt.

0 Strikes.have led to a halt in production.  0 They decided it

was time to call a halt to the project (= stop it officially).

MT0 2 [C] (BrE) a small train station in the country that has a platform but no buildings /Jn A AM ( RWMn ) ITSTK1 see grind v. hal ter /'hailta(r); BrE also 'holt-/ noun 1 a rope or narrow piece of leather put around the head of a horse for leading it with (        li 2 (usually used

as an adjective ills'a narrow piece of cloth around the neck that holds a woman’s dress or shirt in position, with the back and shoulders not covered ( A AltWAW )  She was dressed in a halter top

and shorts.

halting /'hoiltir); BrE also 'hnlt-/ adj. [usually before noun] (especially of speech or movement X fn i# M ^ A) stopping and starting often, especially because you are not certain or are not very confident l^ir^llW,;

EB W laran hesitant : a halting conversation if Hr H 0 a toddler’s first few halting steps j$t M W ► halt-ing-ly adv. : ‘Well ... ’ she began haltingly, “B§-”

halve /haiv; NAmE haev/ verb 1 to reduce by a half; to make sth reduce by a half ( f ) [V] The shares

have halved in value. B ^5     7 —o [VN] The

company is halving its prices.

2 [VN] to divide sth into two equal parts jfi -M A ft naan see trouble n. halves pi. of half

halwa /'haelwa:/ noun [U] a sweet food from S Asia, made from semolina or carrots, with almonds and

CARDAMOM \%K {  f iqWtfPsM A*?

frMWMStNt )

hal yard /'haeljad; NAmE -jard/ noun {technical A iff) a rope used for raising or taking down a sail or flag ( ifeU

im®) fjm

ham /haem/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C, U] the top part of a pig’s leg that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke) and is eaten as food; the meat from this AM; A M 1^1: The hams were cooked whole. &^AMII:!lI^;^M Wo o cl slice of ham —ft AM o a ham sandwich AMH^ifr — compare bacon, gammon, pork 2 [c] a person who sends and receives radio messages as a hobby rather than as a job a radio ham Ail&iMM*?# 3 [C] {informal) (often used as an adjective AXIff A^is]) an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions     ( AJb iMilA# ) : a ham actor %

MMAWMM 4 [C, usually pi.] {informal) the back part of a person’s leg above the knee ( AW ) AM/SnP —see also hamstring(I)

a verb ( mm-) ffifTTTl ,ham it up {informal) (especially of actors X 1bMin) when people ham it up, they deliber­ately exaggerate their emotions or movements ^ M ^

) ; AMMA

ham-burg er /'haemb3iga(r); NAmE-b3irg-/ (also burg-er) noun 1 {BrE also beef-burg-er) finely chopped beef made into a flat round shape that is then fried, often served in a bread roll "K. M B; $. M A 1^11# 2 (also hamburger meat) (both US) = mince ,ham-1 fisted {NAmE also 'ham-handed) adj. {informal) lacking skill when using your hands or when dealing with people     M^W H771 clumsy: his

ham-fisted efforts to assist her jffc A 7#> MWfi&ib

ham-let /‘haemlat/ noun a very small village AtlS: ham mer 0-*r /'haema(r)/ noun, verb e noun

►                 TOOL j 1 [C] a tool with a handle and a heavy metal head, used for breaking things or hitting nails H7;

A: {figurative) The decision is a hammer blow for the steel industry.        WfTA„

— picture o tool —see also sledgehammer 2 [C] a tool with a handle and a wooden head, used by a person in charge of an auction (= a sale at which things are sold to the person who offers the most money) in order to get people’s attention when sth is just being sold (  W ) AH: to come/go under

the hammer (= to be sold at auction)

►                 IN PIANO fPf A 3 [C] a small wooden part inside a piano, that hits the strings to produce a sound ef H

►                 IN GUN ffr M 4 [C] a part inside a gun that makes the gun fire

►                 SPORT if ff fe //j 5 [C] a metal ball attached to a wire,

thrown as a sport 6 the hammer [sing.] the event or sport of throwing the hammer    )

IffiTI hammer and 'tongs if two people are at it hammer and tongs or go at it hammer and tongs, they argue or fight with a lot of energy and noise

W ()

« verb

►                 HIT WITH TOOL X UtfX 1 - sth (in/into/onto sth) to

hit sth with a hammer ( HtT: [V] 7 could

hear somebody hammering next door.

tX&ISo 0 [VN] She hammered the nail into the wall.

6 [VN-ADJ] He was hammering the

sheet of copper flat.

HIT MANY TIMES        2 to hit sth hard many times,