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the
O I’m leaving on the
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"E A ^ A o 0 the glaring light of high noon @ l$PB A see MORNING
noon-day /'nuindei/adj. [only before noun] (old-fashioned or literary) happening or appearing
at
;
EE i M W: the noonday sun IEE#JAPB 1 no One On
(also
no-body) pron. not anyone; no person
SfA; W IE M A: No one was at home, Ef A E It „ 0 There
was no one else
around. jillS'&E^'teAo o We were told to speak to no one. <!HU No one is
much more common than nobody in written English. EE E, no one It nobody jgA 0
noon-tide
/'nuintaid/
noun [U] (literary) around 12 o’clock in
the middle of the day IEE; F noose /nu:s/
noun a circle that is tied
in one end of a rope with a knot that allows the circle to get smaller as the
other end of the rope is pulled MS; S^; '/S40: a hangman’s noose 0 (figurative) His debts were a
noose around his neck. ||#tfcjiLSE($—■'&
nope /naup; NAmE noop/ exclamation (informal) used to say ‘no’ E;
Eft; : ‘Have you seen my pen?’ ‘Nope.
’
” uim0 ”
'no place adv. {informal, especially NAmE) = nowhere:
I
have no place else to go. nor On /no:(r)/ conj., adv.
1 neither ... nor ... | not ... nor ... and not liLE: She seemed neither surprised nor
worried. &
Effl.Eo
O He wasn’t
there on Monday. Nor on Tuesday, for that matter. 1~#,
E
E o 0 (formal) Not a building nor a tree was left standing. — 2 used
before a positive verb to
agree with sth negative that has just been said (
iITaE#/!! ) liLE: She doesn’t like them and nor does Jeff. j&E#&ffc(TI,
jfc A fg E # ft o o Tm not going. ’ ‘Nor am
Nor dic /'noidik; NAmE 'noirdik/ adj. 1 of or connected with the countries of
Scandinavia, Finland and Iceland 2 typical of a member of a European race of
people who are tall and have blue eyes and blonde hair AIxfcA&E Nordic 'skiing noun [U] the sport of skiing across
the countryside JtUxfcAifl!; Mffftl! —compare Alpine skiing
norm /no:m; NAmE norrm/ noun 1 (often the norm) [sing.] a situation or
a pattern of behaviour that is usual or expected IE#
ft A EEEIRule: a departure
from the norm — 0 Older parents seem to be the
norm rather than the exception nowadays. EW&B&WA ffiPFJi'm 2 norms [pi.] standards of behaviour
that are typical of or accepted within a particular group or society M ?£;
ft A ?f£: social/cultural
norms 4t S / A IE /£ 3 [C] a required or
agreed standard, amount, etc. foM;
AE$ft; detailed
education norms for children of particular ages
normal On /'norml; NAmE 'norrml/ adj., noun m adj. 1 typical, usual or
ordinary; what you would expect H M W
; IE # (ft ; — Wl Ej : quite/perfectly (= completely) normal 7 ^!:£IE# 0 Her temperature is normal. Mlft'ffcMlEltA o It’s normal to feel tired after such a long trip. it M
It £
Js B M M $r
j| IE # o 0 Divorce is complicated enough in
normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse. E —
#M#HE, o
Under
normal circumstances, I would say yes’. — $£ff ffi E , “ ft ” o o He should be able to lead a
perfectly normal life. 4j&i£t^M±7n£lE##jE?go o In the normal course of
events I
wouldn’t go to that
part of town. ES^'J^EMIXAGE
0 We are
open during normal office hours. E IE #±illN‘
|'h] ft, CNfPSfto 2 not suffering from any
mental disorder ft IE
#
W ; M1R ft ft : People who commit such crimes
aren’t normal. P W A
E'
S k IE
# 0 PH3
ABNORMAL
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noun [U]
the usual or average state, level or standard # ^above/below normal M'MU
/ 3L~E 0 Things soon returned to
normal. 'If EtS
tftffc&TlEfto
.normal
distri bution noun (statistics g|if) the usual way in
which a particular feature varies among a large number of things or people,
represented on a graph by a line that rises to
a high symmetrical curve in the middle — compare bell curve
nor-mal-ity /noi’maelati; NAmE norr'm-/ (also nor-malcy /‘noimlsi; NAmE 'no:rm-/ especially in NAmE) noun [U] a situation where
everything is normal or as you would expect it to be They
are hoping for a
return to normality now that the war is over.
^nrr,
mmm-m
normal ize (BrE also -ise) /'noimalaiz; NAmE 'norrm-/ verb (formal) to fit or make sth fit
a normal pattern or condition ( {£ ) IE1IHE, [VN] a lotion
to normalize oily skin ^ -ft ^ Ik IE # Jl£ ^ 0
The
two countries agreed to normalize relations (= return to a normal,
friendly relationship, for example after a disagreement or war). W0(®]lFI$cijE?f^^o
0 [V] It took time
until the political situation had normalized. ®:^^ilT;fS-F:Btl0]^^cSlE'to
►
normalization,
-isa-tion /.normalai'zeijn;
NAmE .noirmala'z-/ noun [U]: the normalization of relations normal ly (Ht /'noimali; NAmE 'no:rm-/ adv.
II
usually; in normal circumstances M#;
IE#'l#iH,T:
I’m
not normally allowed to stay out late. ,
0 It’s normally much warmer than
this in July. Mlftk B ^ o o It normally
takes 20 minutes to get there. 20
III
in the usual or ordinary way IE # Jfe; # Afe: Her
heart is beating normally. M E' ©fc IE # „ 0 Just try to behave normally. 0
Norman
church/castle ilr jl^lft%(.?£/ WM 2 connected with the
normative /'normativ; NAmE 'norrm-/ adj. (formal) describing or setting
standards or rules of behaviour a normative approach
Norn
/norn;
NAmE norm/ noun [U] a form of Norse
that used to be spoken on the islands of Orkney and Shetland to the north of
Scotland (
Norse
/nors;
NAmE norrs/ noun [U] the Norwegian
language, especially in an ancient form, or the Scandinavian language group
north ^
/nor0;
NAmEnorr0/ noun, adj., adv. m noun [U, sing.] (abbr. N, No.) 1 (usually the north) the direction that is on
your left when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass dt; ItA Which way is north? iPiiJiA?
0 cold winds
coming from the north 0
is to the north of (=
further north than)
IV
the North the NE states of the
H,
itn 4 the North the richer and more
developed countries of the world,