seem quite herself this morning.

o She needed space to be herself. Mil I? § £ i£$|b]0 (all) by her'self 1 alone; without anyone else ( ift ) & S , #■&: She lives by herself.          § — A£

2 without help (      She runs the busi­ness by herself.       (all) to her'self

for only her to have or use If ) : She wants a room all to herself.

hertz /h3:ts; NAmE h3irts/ noun {pi. hertz) [abbr. Hz) a unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves Wf,

mm (mmm®.>

he*s short form 1 /hi:z; his; iz/ he is 2 /hi:z/ he has hesi-tancy /'hezitansi/ noun [U] the state or quality of being slow or uncertain in doing or saying sth %)tM; M i$f; i§l€Ai&: I noticed a certain hesitancy in his voice.

hesi tant /‘hezitant/ adj. ~ (about sth) | ~ (to do sth)

slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain, embarrassed or unwilling (Hi; (ft; Alt KW: a hesitant smile M 51 '0. % o She’s hesitant about

signing the contract.  BEEtfe3fcA&„ 0

the baby’s first few hesitant steps

0                   Doctors are hesitant to comment on the new treatment.

ftififeo ► hesi tant-ly adv. hesitate O-w /'heziteit/ verb

1                   ~ (about/over sth) to be slow to speak or act because

you feel uncertain or nervous       iSMA

A: [V] She hesitated before replying.

3§- o o I didn’t hesitate for a moment about taking the job.  [also V speech]

2                   [V to inf] to be worried about doing sth, especially because you are not sure that it is right or appropriate |pi it; I# : Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. ® ^ W It Of Ifc lit il- 1f Ifl IS M M.

►                 hesi-ta-tion /.hezi'teijn/ noun [U, C] : She agreed without the slightest hesitation.

O I have no hesitation in recommending her for the job.

o 0 He spoke fluently and without unnecessary hesitations.       , M

A A If- o nil?!! he who ' hesitates (is ' lost) (saying) if you delay in doing sth you may lose a good oppor­tunity

hessian /'hesian; NAmE 'hejn/ (especially BrE) {NAmE usually burlap) noun [U] a type of strong rough brown cloth, used especially for making sacks  A

hetero- /‘hetarau; NAmE -rou/ combining form (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs    other;

different^#,; A|p](tfJ: heterogeneous ft o heterosexual #14^# — compare homo- heterodox /'hetaradnks; NAmE -darks/ adj. {formal) not following the usual or accepted beliefs and opinions # $$ fft; $ j£ HE 69 — compare orthodox, unorthodox

►                 heterodoxy noun [U, C] {pi. -ies)

het ero ge neous /,hetara'd3i:nias/ adj. {formal) con­sisting of many different kinds of people or things ft    the heterogeneous

population of the United States ft         A

P 1*133 homogeneous ► het-ero-gen-eity /-d3a'ni:ati/ noun [U]

het-ero-nym /‘hetaramm/ noun {linguistics ifj- Jlf) 1 one of two or more words that have the same spelling but different meanings and pronunciation, for example ‘tear’ meaning ‘rip’ and ‘tear’ meaning ‘liquid from the

eye’mm^^XmUR^ “iM” iftteari^A “01

” (ft tear ) 2 one of two or more words that refer to the same thing, for example ‘lift’ and ‘elevator’ RMM A is] ( in lift jfl elevator )

het ero sex ual /.hetara'sekfual/ noun a person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex #14^ # —compare bisexual, homosexual ► het-ero-sex- ual adj.: a heterosexual relationship #1het- ero-sexu-al-ity /.hetara.sekj’u'aelati/ noun [U] het-erotroph /'hetaratraof; -trnf; NAmE -trouf; -trarf/ noun {biology £) a living thing that gets its food from the body of another living thing and does not make it from simpler substances

) — compare autotroph ► het-ero-troph-ic /.hetara’traufik; -'trnfik; NAmE -’troufik; -‘traifik/ adj. het erozy gote /.hetara'zaigaut; NAmE -gout/ noun {biology A) a living thing that has two varying forms of a particular gene, and whose young may therefore vary in a particular characteristic 3^7 ( ISLSfr'

) ► heterozygous /-gas/ adj. het up /,het 'ap/ adj. [not before noun] ~ (about/over sth) {BrE, informal) anxious, excited or slightly angry M M; Alf;         What are you getting so het up about? #

heur is tic /hju'ristik/ adj. {formal) heuristic teaching or education encourages you to learn by discovering things for yourself (

heur is tics /hju'ristiks/ noun [U] {formal) a method of solving problems by finding practical ways of dealing with them, learning from past experience gg % &; in

hew /hju:/ verb (hewed, hewed or hewn /hjuin/) [VN] 1 {old-fashioned) to cut sth large with a tool fiA # ( A ) : to hew wood ff AA 2 {formal) to make or shape sth large by cutting          f£ft (   ^

$9 ) : roughly hewn timber frames If A 7 0 The statues were hewn out of solid rock.      Ji^E^

7776±i)ftAifto

hex /heks/ verb [VN] {NAmE) to use magic powers in order to harm sb     ( KA ) ►hex not//?: to put a

hex on sb  AiS^ — compare curse

hexa- /'heksa/ (also hex-) combining form (in nouns, adjectives and adverbs $ % ia], ffc § is] fq jgij -is]) six; having six A;

hexa deci mal /.heksa'desiml/ (also hex /heks/) adj. {computing if) a system for representing pieces of data using the numbers 0-9 and the letters A-F 7Ajffitll W: The number 107 is represented in hexadecimal as 6B. * 107       6B0

hexa gon /'heksagan; NAmE -gain/ noun {geometry /If5!) a flat shape with six straight sides and six angles A3& 7\MM ► hex-agon-al /heks'aeganl/ adj. hexa-gram /'heksagraem/ noun {geometry /iRf) a shape made by six straight lines, especially a star made from two triangles with equal sides A/I hexa he dron /.heksa'hiidran; -'hed-/ noun {geometry Ji fpj) a solid shape with six flat sides A® A hexameter /hek'saemita(r)/ noun {technical A iff) a line of poetry with six stressed syllables AHr^iltT hey /hei/ exclamation {informal) 1 used to attract sb’s attention or to express interest, surprise or anger (

u$\MmM&rnmxrn, \m^H)m.^ it: Hey, cam

just ask you something? t®,         •%? 0 Hey, leave

my things alone! R{|, £l] 1$ A ffi!   2 used to show

that you do not really care about sth or that you think it is not important (          ) H:

That’s the third time I’ve been late this week—but

hey!—who’s counting?                 

Ail, H itlflRJL 3 {SAfrE) used at the end of a

statement, to show that you have finished speaking, or to form a question or invite sb to reply (

m,      if

&W,  %: Thanks for your help, hey. if itf # W W &]

©o 0 My new bike’s nice, hey? Wjfr i    f,

%? fEITII what the 'hey! {NAmE, informal) used to say that sth does not matter or that you do not care about it         This is probably a

bad idea, but what the hey! A JS A tt i Jt > ffi W

hey-day /’heidei/ noun [usually sing.] the time when sb/sth had most power or success, or was most popular **»*'( jfcjftStK     ) Mn® HaUPRiME: Inits

heyday, the company ran trains every fifteen minutes. A

-aija a0 o a fine

example from the heyday of Italian cinema

O a picture of Brigitte Bardot in

her heyday ||® •

,hey ’presto exclamation {BrE) {NAmE presto) 1 some­thing that people say when they have just done sth so