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ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE I'l; A f'J 4 ~ in favour of sb/sth | ~ against sb/sth acting either as an
advantage or a disadvantage to sb/sth in a way that is unfair ( A
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young
(= gives them an advantage) /fXS
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WORD/STATEMENT ,'f i§ ; 5 having more meaning
than you realize at first
and intended to make you think in a particular way jgc($fc$H£6<j; AH (ft: It was a loaded question
and I preferred not to comment. j&j! A #Affi#lftl«m S^A#i¥tfc*f*?0
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GUN/CAMERA ffr X ; fJl 6 containing bullets,
film,
etc. sgW ( X#, ) (ft: a loaded shotgun m#lr
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DRUNK «£§# 7 (informal, especially NAmE) very drunk ^
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load ing /'laudirj;
NAmE 'loud-/ noun [U, C] 1 {AustralE, NZE) extra money that sb
is paid for their job because they have special skills or qualifications ( 0
)
2 an extra amount of money that you must pay in addition to the usual price
Pft: The 2%
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'load line noun =
Plimsoll line load-star noun = lodestar load-stone noun = lodestone loaf /lauf; NAmE louf/ noun, verb
mnoun {pi. loaves /lauvz; NAmE louvz/) an amount of
bread that has been shaped and baked in one piece — ® 1*1 ) : a loaf of bread — ® ^ o Two white
loaves, please. i# # M ^ ffi 0
O a
sliced loaf — ffi & — see also cottage loaf, French loaf, meat loaf ITiTTl see half det., use v. m verb [V] ~ (about/around) {informal) to spend your time
not doing anything, especially when you should be working X X 0 ; jcf f I; 0 ^ EEC! hang about/around : A group of kids were
loafing around outside. —
loaf
er /'laufa(r);
NAmE 'louf-/ noun 1 a person who wastes
their time rather than working jg ft; ft Pfi #; W X&F0#;
.?HX; Loafer™ a flat leather shoe
that you can put on your
foot without fastening it 1 — picture o shoe
loam /laum; NAmE loum/ noun [u] {technical AiH) good quality
soil containing sand, clay and
decayed vegetable matter ®±; flE±; R± ► loamy adj. loan On /laun; NAmEloun/ noun, verb m noun 1 [C] money that an
organization such as a bank lends and sb borrows fffA: to take out/repay a loan (= to borrow
money/pay it back) MM / 0
bank loans with low interest rates ft ff
f& S S' IA <> It took three years to repay my student loan (= money lent to a
student).
#;
o o a car loan (= a loan to buy a
car) j$j X gfc 2 [sing.] ~ (of sth) the act of lending sth; the state of being
lent ft tb ; ffctn ; ® ft iij: I even gave her the loan of
my car. £tL 0 an exhibition
of paintings on loan (= borrowed) from private collections ft)]]AAMMimMifl'WBI ■ verb 1 ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth {especially NAmE) to lend sth to sb,
especially money fffcb, ( XfUM
) : [VN] The
bank is happy to loan money to small businesses. ftfTX X ifcia A M ik o 0
[VNN] A
friend loaned me $1 000. f-f&Mft^Sc
1 000 TCo 2 ~ sth (out) (to sb/sth) | ~ (sb) sth {especially BrE) to lend a valuable
object to a museum, etc. ibft ( If) :
[VN]
This
exhibit was kindly loaned by the artist’s family. &f¥ Ji «°n ^ 1C Ift ^A S ft ffl M ti (ft „ O [VNN]
He
loaned the museum his entire collection. MjE £j B (ftXipP
‘loan shark noun {disapproving) a person who lends
money at very high rates of interest t&AP
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’loan translation noun {linguistics iH g) = calque
loan-word /'laonw3:d; NAmE 'lounw3:rd/ noun {linguistics it W) a word from
another language used in its original form ft is]; A A is]: ‘Latte’is a loanword from
Italian.
* latte Jift i^A^Jitfifl^hAislo loath (also less frequent loth) /lauG; NAmE lou0/ adj. ~ to do sth {formal) not willing to do sth
A‘If IS; A A M;
M 3M: He was loath to admit his
mistake. ffeAS^iA § B
loathe /laud; NAmE loud/ verb (not used in the
progressive tenses Affl to dislike
sb/sth very much $£
AHAA; H77I detest: [VN] I loathe modern art.
X
ft A If/A 52 ft It A o o They loathe each other. fMUP
SitR/tXo [also V ing] □> note at hate
loath-ing
/'laudiri;
NAmE 'loud-/ noun [sing., u] ~ (for/of sb/sth) (formal) a strong feeling of
hatred titit; 'It M; ft it! : She looked at her attacker with fear and loathing. BEtTfeXHHBo o Many
soldiers returned with a deep loathing of war.
loath-some /'laudsam; NAmE 'loud-/ adj. {formal) extremely unpleasant;
disgusting MAfiw I&fifJ; ^AiA it-RPfJ SX3 repulsive loaves pi. of loaf
lob /lob; NAmE la:b/ verb (-bb-) [VN] 1 [+adv./prep.] {informal) to throw sth so that
it goes quite high through the air ( )
ilJ), Stones
were lobbed over the wall.
o note at throw 2 {sport fft) to hit or kick a
ball in a high curve through the air, especially so that it lands behind the
person you are playing against jSS , ft ft# ( ) : He lobbed the
ball over the defender’s head. ffelCJA
Si l$j X (A .k
6^ A Mo ► lob noun-, to play a lob lobby /'lnbi; NAmE 'la:bi/ noun, verb m noun (pi. -ies) 1 [C] a large area
inside the entrance of a public building where people can meet and wait (
PidiM ) n/f. Mif, AJt HTl foyer, a hotel lobby jjfett Af? 2 [C] (in the British
Parliament) a large hall that is open to the public and used for people to meet
and talk to Members of Parliament (
W ) 3 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who
try to influence
politicians on a particular issue (
) mimw-. The gun lobby is/are
against any change in the law.
ff M ft ± ^ fk o 4
[C,
sing.] {BrE) an organized
attempt by a group of people
to influence politicians on a particular issue (
H771 pressure group : a recent lobby of
Parliament by pensioners
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verb (lob bies,
lobby-ing, lobbied, lobbied) ~ (sb) (for/against sth) to try to influence a
politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or
oppose a change in the law
^ ) : [VN] Farmers will lobby Congress
for higher
subsidies, fc g ® ft Aik W # W» o [v]
Women’s groups are lobbying to get more public money for children. If A
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lobby-ist
/-ist/
noun:
political lobbyists
lobe /laub; NAmE loub/ noun 1 = ear lobe 2 a part of an organ in
the body, especially the lungs or brain ( J§-
fWWft!) Pf; (Xft) J®X
lo belia /lau'biilia; NAmElou-/ noun [C, U] a small garden
plant with small blue, red or white flowers Aiixi ( HI
mm m\ mm. ftafej
lob-ola /la'baula; ln'boila; NAmE lou'b-/ noun [U] {SAfrE) in traditional
African culture, a sum of money or number of cattle
that a man’s family pays to a woman’s family in order that he can marry
her ( k AH Af A
) mi, mmi: topay loboia &mi
lob-ot-om-ize {BrE also -ise) /la'bntamaiz; NAmE -'bait-/ verb [VN] 1 to perform a lobotomy on sb A A
A
2 to make sb less intelligent or less mentally active
iob-ot-omy /lau'bDtami; la-; NAmE lou'bait-/ noun {pi. -ies) a rare medical
operation that cuts into part of a person’s brain in order to treat mental
illness j$j Jfi-