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,low
‘tide (also low 'water) noun [U, C] the time
when the sea is at its lowest level; the sea at this time (
$J ) {&/$! Rtf $3, : The island can
only be reached at
low tide. EEHhightide
low-'water mark
noun a line or mark showing the lowest point that the sea
reaches at low tide ^;
7jcrtm HIGH-WATER mark lox /lDks; NAmE la:ks/ noun [U] (NAmE) smoked salmon (=
a type of fish) UMA
loyal 0-w /loial/
adj.
~ (to sb/sth) remaining faithful to
sb/sth and supporting them or it $ (ft; & ^ #J OTTl true ; a
loyal friend/supporter 0 She has
always
remained loyal to her political principles, fck&jfe fg ^
g S #J3&fn ISJW o ESS! disloyal ► loyally /'loiali/
adv.
loyal ist /'loialist/
noun 1 a
person who is loyal to the ruler or government, or to a political party,
especially during a time of change (
MA 2 Loyalist a person who
supports the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland W A —compare Republican n.{ 3)
loyalty /'loialti/
noun (pi -ies) 1 ~ (to/towards
sb/sth) [U] the quality of being faithful in your support of sb/sth J£; M;
A& %; & A 4/1/: They swore their loyalty to the king, mn ffMlIo
b Can I count on your loyalty?
2 [C, usually pi.] a strong
feeling that you want to be loyal to sb/sth •••
'Hf: a case of divided loyalties (=
with strong feelings of support for two different causes, people, etc.) M ffi
loyalty card
noun (BrE) a card given to
customers by a shop/store to encourage them to shop there regularly. Each time
they buy sth they collect points which will allow them to have an amount of
money taken off goods they buy in the future. (
%
lozenge W&
lozenge
/'lDzind3; NAmE 'la:z-/ noun 1 (geometry
Zlfaf) a figure with four sides in the shape of a diamond that has two opposite
angles more than 90° and the other two less than 90° 2 a small sweet/candy, often in
a lozenge shape,
especially one that contains medicine and that you dissolve in your mouth H ^; (ft fn ) throat/cough lozenges ut /it ®
mx
LP I,el 'pi:/ noun
the abbreviation for ‘long-playing record’ (a record that plays for about 25
minutes each side and turns 33 times per minute) long-playing record, # ® *4 25
4t # , 33 (ft
mx)
LPG
/.el pi: ‘d3i:/ noun
[l>] a fuel which is a mixture of gases kept in a liquid form by the
pressure in a container (the abbreviation for ‘liquefied petroleum gas’)
/$/t7/ftA ( ikAA liquefied petroleum gas )
'L-plate
noun (in
LPN /,el pi:
'en/ abbr. (in the
(ns) m»aiMr±
LSAT
/,el es ei 'ti:/ abbr. Law School
Admission Test (a test taken by students who want to study law in the
C US )
LSD
/.el es 'di:/ (also slang acid) noun [U] a powerful
illegal drug that affects people’s minds and makes them see and hear things
that are not really there M Mi Ftt -
z,m-, mm-, mim
Lt (BrE) (NAmE Lt.) abbr. (in writing) Lieutenant ( 45
'H
^5$ ) ( Pftg? ) Lt
(Helen)
Brown (
Ltd
abbr. Limited (used
after the name of a British company or business) ( JB
) : Pearce and Co.
Ltd
lu-bri-cant/'lu:brikant/
(also informal lube/lu:b/) noun[ U, C] a substance,
for example oil, that you put on surfaces or parts of a machine so that they
move easily and smoothly p] ft ftj; PI ft'/ft
lu bri cate /'lu:brikeit/ verb [VN] to put a
lubricant on sth such as the parts of a machine, to help them move smoothly ± p| ft /ft ; ± /ft 7 CTlfl grease, oil ► lu bri
ca tion /,lu:bri'keijn/ noun [U] lu bri cious /lur'brijas/
adj. (formaf) showing a great
interest in sex in a way that is considered unpleasant or unacceptable #J; HTTIlewd
lucid /'lu:sid/ adj. 1 clearly
expressed; easy to understand ^ i£ 0 Miffi ; M i (ft HTl clear : a lucid
style/explanation ^ 0 J/lIWJxItf; /SMWIf# 2 able to think clearly,
especially during or after a period of illness or confusion (
Wflft , fjfUlft: In a rare lucid moment, she looked at me and smiled.
&$£ ijf ill Jft Ht M, c, ► lu-cid-ity /lu:'sidati/ noun [U]
lucidly adv.
Lucifer
/'lu:sif0(r)/ noun
[sing.] the Devil ( M
%, ) EEE3 Satan luck
0-w/lAk/ noun,
verb
m noun [U] 1 good things that happen to you by
chance, not because of your own efforts or abilities is; # ig; ttA: With
(any) luck, we’ll be home before dark. M-M4ijim o(Br£)with
a bit of luck,
we’ll finish on time. Mfb
O So far I have had no luck with finding a job. 4ic
I ft “It 7 is 0 0 I could hardly believe my
luck when he said yes. tf foiSLff, g 2£-
A it is o 0 It was a stroke of luck that
we found you.
\\V$M 7fto 0 By sheer luck nobody was hurt in
the explosion. ft41 ^0
o We
wish her luck in her
new career. 4£CI#iMM]4
0 You’re in luck
(= lucky) —there’s one ticket left. 0
You’re out of
luck. She’s not here. ^715, 0
What a piece of
luck! jg^%; — see also beginner’s luck 2 chance; the force that causes good or
bad things to happen to people |fl iS ; ^ is ; is H fortune
: to have
good/bad luck is H
/17 — see also hard-luck story IW1 any
'luck? (informal) used
to ask sb if they have been successful with sth ( P] I n] fkjjjfUtf] ) is Hit
/iff--. ‘Any luck?’ ‘No, they’re all too busy to help.’ “ig H&'aW?
” ¥*&m, MBSSStto ” as
luck would 'have it in the way that chance decides what will
happen fit 15; fP?$Sl, 7 :
As luck would
have it, the train was
late. bad, hard,
etc,
luck (on sb) used to express sympathy for sb ( ^ 7 PI If ) is A 7
ft, 7^: Bad luck, Helen, you played very well, mt, ifcMmmttff, Olt’s
hard luck on him that
he wasn’t chosen.
7#0 be down
on your 'luck (informal) to have no