parson-age /'paisamc^; NAmE 'pairs-/ noun a parson’s house

parson’s 'nose {NAmE also .pope’s 'nose) noun the piece of flesh at the tail end of a cooked bird, usually a chicken (        xm&fo ) M»l*l

part Otw /part; NAmE pairt/ noun, verb, adv. a noun

                SOME 1 [U] ~ of sth some but not all of a thing ft: We spent part of the time in the museum. ficCli& T

o Part of the building was destroyed in the fire. A # 64 nfiftf&fr AXo o Voters are given only part of the story (= only some of the information). R 44 E K i§ H 7    Ini „ 0 Part of me

feels sorry for him (= I feel partly, but not entirely, sorry for him),        if 0

                PIECE it lx 2 [C] a section, piece or feature of sth )4l£;

ft ; f jk ': The early part of her life was spent in Paris. £f 4$£0444E   0 The novel is good in parts.

0 0 We’ve done the difficult part of the job. mi a  0 The procedure

can be divided into two parts. E.—ftV/ftX]IHp$fto 0 The worst part was having to wait three hours in the rain.

                MEMBER j& .ui 3 [U] a member of sth; a person or thing that, together with others, makes up a single unit

; rffft: You need to be able to work as part of a team.

                OF MACHINE i/ifg 4 [C] a piece of a machine or structure

bP tt; ^ if: aircraft parts  ft fl ^ fir 0 the working

parts of the machinery l/ltl Wisf^nP# 0 spare parts |§-

                OF BODY/PLANT ft ft; ftft)] 5 [C] a separate piece or area of a human or animal body or of a plant fg'ir; bMv;

ft: the parts of the body ft ft        — see also

PRIVATE PARTS

                REGION/AREA jf E: KM 6 [C] an area or a region of the world, a country, a town, etc. .( tfrj?-.

64 ) EM, if E; the northern part of the country E4 S^W^ pPifeE 0 a plant that grows in many parts of the world 4i££#^l4j£if E64“#fJl$!l 0 Which part of Japan do you come from ? i& II 0,4 7 if E 64 A ? o Come and visit us if you’re ever in our part of the world.

ft/mmmamftmxft, L t pans[Pi.]

(old-fashioned, informal) a region or an area EM; if E: She’s not from these parts. MAJiE —if 64 A0 o He’s just arrived back from foreign parts, fife W\ /A 4 if

                OF BOOK/SERIES ft;        8 [C] {abbr. pt) a section of a

book, television series, etc., especially one that is published or broadcast separately (45,

64,   ) bP, £P3M an encyclo­

pedia published in 25 weekly parts d}®— bM4, ftft 25M*?r64Ef4745o 0 Henry IV, Part n T Hi The final part will be shown next Sunday evening. *E-*^TS^A^±fSaio . .

                FOR ACTOR jjlfu 9 [C] a role played by an actor in a play,

film/movie, etc.; the words spoken by an actor in a particular role        B M : She was very good in the

part. jf E 'Ml    M M £F o 0 Have you learned your

part yet? i/jUfiiki/r'64 o isIT^? 0 (figurative) He’s always playing a part (= pretending to be sth that he is not).

                 INVOLVEMENT ft ft 10 [C, usually sing., U] the way in which sb/sth is involved in an action or situation #

jjp; ft ft: He had no part in the decision. if    ft ft

E^iA/E-c

                IN MUSIC if A 11 [C] music for a particular voice or instrument in a group singing or playing together £P; ft SP ; # £P ; & the clarinet part ft fg ^ £|$ 0 four-part harmony

                EQUAL PORTION 12 [C] a unit of measurement that

allows you to compare the different amounts of substances in sth (        ) #14, i4: Add three

parts wine to one part water.     &Jt H fJH# $§iff 0

                IN HAIR 13 [C] (NAmE) = parting n.{2)

IT7T77M the best/better part of sth most of sth, espe­cially a period of time; more than half of sth ( ft ^ 04 W 64 ) A §P ft, ft The journey took her the better part of an hour. MH fjc A 7 if 47ft 7 04 D for

the 'most part mostly; usually ft ft ; il # : The contributors are, for the most part, professional scientists. Kil#A^Jik4ik444l7 for 'my, 'his, 'their, etc. part speaking for myself, etc. ( Mi life, if ill# ) M g nnm personally have a part to play (in sth) to be able to help sth;MW3h,  : We all

have a part to play in the fight against crime, fj ftf 4E P,       have/play a part (in sth)

to be involved in sth ft ft ^ ft: She plays an active part in local politics. if fR|ft#4if AM.in /Szfto have/play/ take/want no 'part in/of sth to not be involved or refuse to be involved in sth, especially because you disapprove of it *#%, 7#A, jgif #0 A (

64^'If ) : I want no part of this sordid business. A #AE—^iPAl^o in 'part partly; to some extent £P frifo ; f£: Her success was due in part to luck.     look/dress

the 'part to have an appearance or wear clothes suit­able for a particular job, role or position ft ( IR# ) a man/woman of (many)

'parts a person with many skills on the part of sb/on sb’s part made or done by sb i ^A0f Al: It was an error on my part. HPJI4!c&4MAo part and parcel of sth an essential part of sth JrUgp 2= Keeping the accounts is part and parcel

of my job. part of the 'furniture

a person or thing that you are so used to seeing that you no longer notice them JE'lf 7 64 A ( ) ; ft ft

B A#t7AfA&jt&4 A ( ) : / worked there so

long that I became part of the furniture. ^^MM.Xft% XX,    take sth in good 'part (BrE) to

accept sth slightly unpleasant without complaining or being offended jKUMM,   ( XA'ItlA

64    ) take part (in sth) to be involved in sth

Cgn participate -, to take part in a discussion/ demonstration/fight/celebration # 40 i4 i£ / 7 M / $ 47 0 How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games? take sb’s 'part

(BrE) t;o support sb, for example in an argument ( fEffl EEE3 side with:

His mother always takes his part. #.£44^ & JH F] # if 0 — more at discretion, large adj., sum n.

m verb

                LEAVE SB $7I:&A 1 [V] - (from sb) (formal) if a person

parts from another person, or two people part, they leave each other MJfl frWl: We parted at the airport. 4S ill 4e 4 tH %h ft ft- T o 0 I hate to part on such bad terms.       Affio 0 He has recently

parted from his wife (= they have started to live apart).

— see also parting adj.

                KEEP APART Pft $ 2 [VN] [often passive] ~ sb (from sb)

(formal) to prevent sb from being with sb else ; ft 4F;   : I hate being parted from the children. 4^4®

ft 7 C ft ft o 0 The puppies were parted from their mother at birth. /hftlSlJL— th4M40'S/fn64^^5447o

                MOVE AWAY ft ft 3 if two things or parts of things part or you part them, they move away from each other ft f[; ^Jp; (Sift: [V] The crowd parted in front of them. Al^tEjf ff]WM^W7 o 0 The elevator doors parted and out stepped the President. ftf] ftftT, ^fkMffi4 {±| o [VN] Her lips were slightly parted. M64

ft0 o She parted the curtains a little and looked out. M

                HAIR A A 4 [VN] to divide your hair into two sections

with a comb, creating a line that goes from the back of your head to the front ft ft;   A: He parts his

hair in the middle, if Mil ft ft A 0 —see also parting

n.( 2)

1SIB1 part 'company (with/from sb) 1 to leave sb; to end a relationship with sb Mft; ft ft,    This

is where we part company (= go in different directions). E Ife H in ft ft 64 if ft o 0 The band have parted company with their manager, ft        B ifciA T 0 0

The band and their manager have parted company, ft]A ft ^ M E fflt iA 7 o 2 to disagree with sb about sth ( ft^X y ^MULftAfr: Weber parted company with Marx on a number of important issues. 4H0 A4 ASE ^ ft S A 64 ® ± M JAL ft ft o — more at fool n.