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) on the 'nose (informal, especially NAmE) exactly ?£ $       : The budget should hit

the $136 billion target on the nose. ® ^ Jv>Z IE £F iil'J 1 360       fl poke/stick your nose into sth

(informal) to try to become involved in sth that does not concern you   ) put sb’s

nose out of joint (informal) to upset or annoy sb, espe­cially by not giving them enough attention (

Htt>5 turn your 'nose up at sth (informal) to refuse sth, especially because you do not think that it is good enough for you    under sb’s

'nose (informal) 1 if sth is under sb’s nose, it is very close to them but they cannot see itgftlE^Affimj ( £P ) : I searched everywhere for the letter and it was under my nose all the time!         1l

Itte.feffliSifo 2 if sth happens under sb’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is not being done secretly ^1£AW®, ifc££ABg^‘j£t ( jfc ) : The police didn’t know the drugs ring was oper­ating right under their noses. fpAIS # II0 tfc & fife Tlsf^o with your nose in the air (informal) in a way that is unfriendly and suggests that you think that you are better than other people iScfi; #A3iA;

A, § A — more at follow, lead1 v., pay v.,

PLAIN adj., POWDER V., RUB V, SKIN /?., THUMB V.

■                  verb 1 [+adv./prep.] to move forward slowly and

carefully S M fife 0 Htf ^    :       [V] The plane nosed

down through the thick clouds.

[njAPW, o [VN] The taxi nosed its way back into the traffic. ffiliAliiifife/CA^/rL 2 [V +adv./prep.} (of an animal $$}) to search for sth or push sth with its nose ( ffi J|.        ) ng,  ®: Dogs nosed around in piles of

refuse. - ffi ffij £ & M H ± m A m A , EJEH ,nose about/around (for sth) to look for sth, especially information about sb St;      H1^! poke

about/around : We found a man nosing around in our backyard.

,nose sth^'out (informal) to discover information about sb/sth by searching for it {ft ^ tb ; f T        ffi ; 3§r ft :

Reporters nosed out all the details of the affair. ifi#d fT

nose-bag /'nauzbaeg; NAmE 'nouz-/ (BrE) (NAmE feed-bag) noun a bag containing food for a horse, that you hang from its head ( gtE5,A_t:W ) nose-band /'nauzbaend; NAmE 'nouz-/ noun a leather band that passes over a horse’s nose and under its chin and is part of its bridle ( S,W ) j|.f§ nose-bleed /'nauzbliid; NAmE 'nouz-/ noun a flow of blood that comes from the nose #ffiiftL ' nose cone noun the pointed front end of a rocket, an aircraft, etc. ( AM,  AH

nose-dive /'nauzdaiv; NAmE 'nouz-/ noun, verb m noun [sing.] 1 a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where sth suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail T I#;          : Oil prices took a nosedive

in the crisis. /g^/U^Ih] , U Hi $£ II o 0 These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive.        2 the

sudden sharp fall of an aircraft towards the ground with its front part pointing down ( W ) MM1

■                  verb [V] 1 (of prices, costs, etc. iff      ffi ^) to fall

suddenly W PI; % ffi] T ££ ; Bsk H771 plummet : Building costs have nosedived. It^j^ffiMii^T Ao 2 (of an aircraft "1$ ff £§) to fall suddenly with the front part pointing towards the ground

'nose flute noun a type of flute played by blowing air from the nose, not the mouth ( ffi#?LP¥^#H|Rl ) nose-gay /'nauzgei; NAmE 'nouz-/ noun (old-fashioned) a small bunch of flowers /h?£ A 'nose job noun (informal) a medical operation on the nose to improve its shape

' nose ring noun 1 a ring that is put in an animal’s nose for leading it ( ffiA^3l5&t;W )      2 a ring

worn in the nose as a piece of jewellery     #5^

nosey = nosy

osh /nDj; NAmE naif/ noun, verb m noun 1 [U, sing.] (old-fashioned, BrE, slang) food; a meal She likes her nosh.      „ o Did

you have a good nosh?    n%? 2 (especially NAmE)

a small meal that you eat quickly between main meals

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■ verb [V, VN] (informal) to eat 0£

, no-'show noun (informal) a person who is expected to be somewhere and does not come; a situation where this happens &Wfin$ffi»A; AW; MtlfMiT 'nosh-up noun (slang, especially BrE) a large meal AW — H ; A If : Wie went for a nosh-up at that new restaurant in town. 3% fi 1<£JM E fltfA*fe7 -i„ ,no ‘side noun [sing.] (in rugby      the end of the

game        A: The whistle went for no side. —ffi ^ PfR]

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.no-'smoking adj. =f non-smoking nos ology /nD'SDlad3i; NAmE nou'sa:lad3i/ noun [U] the part of medical science that deals with arranging diseases into groups or classes nos tal gia /nD'staeld3a; NAmE na's-; na:'s-/ noun [U] a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you think of happy times in the past ff |0 ; ^ IB : a sense/wave/pang of nostalgia ff IB ; ~^IA M ^IW fflBAl'If 0 She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days. H B W A^A Hit Itffi Tff0 ► nos tal gic /nD‘staeld3ik; NAmE na's-; na:'s-/ adj. : nostalgic memories 31 ® 1A IB £ If 1^ 0 fZ, 0 I feel quite nostalgic for the place where I grew up. II fE & & nos-tal-gic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.: to look back nostalgically to your childhood iflfFHAN-A; nos tril /'nnstral; NAmE 'na:s-/ noun either of the two openings at the end of the nose that you breathe through #/L — picture o body nos-trum /'nnstram; NAmE 'na:s-/ noun 1 (formal, disap­proving) an idea that is intended to solve a problem but that will probably not succeed

W it IS 2 (old-fashioned) a medicine that is not made in a scientific way, and that is not effective nosy (also nosey) /'nauzi; NAmE 'nouzi/ adj. (informal, disapproving) too interested in things that do not concern you, especially other people’s affairs Hf |Z] # W; Miin/FW HEI inquisitive: nosy neighbours jtflf Pf A W4IJ® .0 Don’t be so nosy—it’s none of your busi­ness. 3'J if IP &.. P^l ♦ ——   ft A o ► nosi-ly adv.

nosi-ness noun [U]

,nosy parker noun (BrE, informal, becoming old- fashioned) a person who is too interested in other people’s affairs MUPf ♦ W A; U♦ # not 0-w /nDt; NAmE na:t/ adv.

■                  used to form the negative of the verbs be, do and have and modal verbs like can or must and often reduced to n’t ( Au^^jisil be, do ffl have At#can

tl^n’D A SW: She did not/didn’t see him. M ^ # JSL #. 0 0 It’s not/It isn’t

raining. T ffi „ o I can’t see from here,

JaL o 6 He must not go. ffe [A A 0 o Don’t you eat meat? jft A & I^J? 0 It’s cold, isn’t it? ig , Ji BE ?

■                  used to give the following word or phrase a negative meaning, or to reply in the negative (

j£#££WIU& ) A, : He warned me not to be late, £1 SI ^ jS 3\ a 0 I was sorry not to have seen them. 3$ fit m     ^ AT JSL S'J fife ill „ 0 Hot everybody

agrees.        0 (Who’s next?’ ‘Not me.’

” 0 ‘What did you do at school?’Not a lot’      J? ”

|0 ” o It’s not easy being a parent (= it’s difficult). A A/#ft3 used after hope, expect, believe, etc. to give a negative reply ( ffi A hope , expect. believe       ‘Will she

be there?’ ‘I hope not. ’ “ M ^ ^ iP JL ? ” “ fB ^

” o‘Is it ready?’‘I’m afraid not.’ j§-£FT®[? ”

“ i© ‘If IS ^ o ” o (formal) ‘Does he know?’ ‘I believe not.’          ” 4 or ~ used to

show a negative possibility ( S/K§SWbI1'I4 ) i§,

: I don’t know if he’s telling the truth or not.

o 5 used to say that you do not want sth or will not allow sth (     ^ A ft if- ) ^: