passage

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pas-sage On /‘paBsid3/ noun

►                LONG NARROW WAY $ ■£ ii SI 1 (also pas-sage way

/'paesid3wei/) [C] a long narrow area with walls on either side that connects one room or place with another j® it; MM S33 corridor: a secret under­ground passage      O A dark narrow passage

led to the main hall        ,

►                IN THE BODY pfc| 2 [C] a tube in the body through

which air, liquid, etc. passes ( j£|*|i®"H,  ) If

SI, iiil: blocked nasal passages        —see also

BACK PASSAGE

►                SECTION FROM BOOK X 3 [C] a short section from a

book, piece of music, etc. #       f£ BQ3

excerpt, extract : Read the following passage and answer the questions below.

►                OF TIME UtlEi] 4 [sing.] the ~ of time (literary) the process

of time passing ( MiaJlW ) Her confidence

grew with the passage of time. 0

►                OF BILL IN PARLIAMENT $^0^ 5 [sing.] the process of discussing a bill in a parliament so that it can become law ii il: The bill is now guaranteed an easy passage through the House of Representatives.

►                JOURNEY BY SHIP 6 [sing ] a journey from one place

to another by ship (   Her grand­

father had worked his passage (= worked on a ship to pay for the journey) to America.    JitT

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►                GOING THROUGH i®H 7 [sing] a ~ (through sth) a way

through sth i® SI; iiii: The officers forced a passage through the crowd.        A$ + J$JF-&MSIo 8 [U]

(formal) the action of going across, through or past sth % M; M : Large trees may obstruct the passage of light.      t6PB.lt      9 [U, C, usually sing.] the

permission to travel across a particular area of land ii

: We were promised (a) safe passage through the occupied territory. feC0#l!j#UiE, ^l^3c£ifiM£^£0 — see also bird of passage, rite of passage

pas sant o en passant

pass-book /'paisbuk; NAmE 'paes-/ noun a small book containing a record of the money you put into and take out of an account at a building society or a bank H

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passe /'paesei; 'pars-; NAmE pae'sei/ adj. [not usually before noun] (from French, disapproving) no longer fashionable iifrt; US 10; WIIt H323 outmoded

pas sen ger /'paesind3a(r)/ noun 1 a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it or working on it ^ % ; M : cl passenger train (= carrying passengers, not goods) ^izj^ij^ 2 (informal, disapproving, especially BrE) a member of a group or team who does not do as much work as the others M i£t!* (Hi A; P’fJffcAM: The firm cannot afford to carry passengers. w] iSWAo

'passenger seat noun the seat in a car which is next to the driver’s seat (        B!l*6

— picture o page Ri

.passer-'by noun {pi. passers-by) a person who is going past sb/sth by chance, especially when sth unexpected happens SI A; jTSKftA: Police asked passers-by if they had seen the accident.        fS]i&SIAJi^ Tiii

^#t0 o note at witness

.pass-'fail adj. (l/S) connected with a grading system for school classes, etc. in which a student passes or fails rather than receiving a grade as a letter (for example, A

or b) m -    a. b zmm

9k ) ► pass- fail adv.: to take a class pass-fail H

pas-sim /'paesim/ adv. (from Latin) used in the notes to a book or an article to show that a particular name or subject appears in several places in it ( RJA45,

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pass ing On /'pa:sir); NAmE 'paes-/ noun, adj. m noun [U] 1 the ~ of time/the years the process of time going by ( HtflWh X Rtf) ) ML WM 2 {formal) the fact of sth ending or of sb dying ( ^-^jtf) ) t;

( A (ft ) £r#C, ifitfr: When the government is finally brought down, no one will mourn its passing. ^ Ifc Iff M

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passing of the old year {= on New Year’s Eve) 1^0 0 Many will mourn her passing (= her death, when you do not want to say this directly),

3 the ~ of sth the act of making sth become a law ( EkW^tf) ) iiil: the passing of a resolutionAaw (ft ii £1 Him in passing done or said while you are giving your attention to sth else J®( ill; Kt M PTI71 casually : He only mentioned it in passing and didn’t give any details. ffcRJifit PMAMB,

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■ adj. [only before noun] 1 lasting only for a short period of time and then disappearing fr N"     MI hi tf) Em

brief : a passing phase/thought/interest M Eft lx; — |X]^:; — AA O He makes only a passing reference to the theory in his book (= it is not the main subject of his book).     o She

bears more than a passing resemblance to {— looks very like) your sister. MSMlU'ffc&lMo 2 going past Tj; : I love him more with each passing day. E&

*■ 0i |B1W Mifi,        MX&ifo To 0 the noise of passing

cars   3 {NAmE) ~ grade/mark a grade/

mark that achieves the required standard in an exam, a test, etc. ( # ft,  ) Aft

'passing lane noun {NAmE) = outside lane 'passing shot noun (in tennis ^J-ejc) a shot which goes past your opponent, and which he or she cannot reach

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pas sion /'paejn/ noun 1 [C, U] a very strong feeling of love, hatred, anger, enthusiasm, etc.     #'lf:

He’s a man of violent passions. fikJi'Tl’ilf il^lHj Ao 0 a crime of passion S'lf    o She argued

her case with considerable passion.   g

o Passions were running high (= people were angry and emotional) at the meeting. & _t fit ft M o 2 [sing.] {format) a state of being very angry        PST71 rage- She flies into a passion

if anyone even mentions his name. iE'te J! W A$1M (tfe tf) 3 [U] ~ (for sb) a very strong feeling of sexual love •$.%ltf)%k ( Ate W^la] (ft ) : His passion for her made him blind to everything else, ftk ¥? 1f Tilfe,        tJJtfJtfoMo 4 [C] ~ (for sth) a very

strong feeling of liking sth; a hobby, an activity, etc. that you like very much        ?&itf) %%? ( %]

) : The English have a passion for gardens,   IS Alp

MfEMo 0 Music is a passion with him.

„          5 the Passion [sing.] (in Christianity S#tSt) the

suffering and death of Jesus Christ M^tf)^M passionate /‘paejanat/ adj. 1 having or showing strong feelings of sexual love or of anger, etc. $1^ (1$;

to have

a passionate nature A14 B ift 2 having or showing strong feelings of enthusiasm for sth or belief in sth #!- 1$   ; $£ W: a passionate interest in music

o a passionate defender of civil liberties i ► pas-sion-ate-ly adv.; He took her in his arms and kissed her passionately, fifeOff'll £E ^ M o 0 They are all passionately interested in environmental issues.

'passion flower noun a tropical climbing plant with large brightly coloured flowers MUM 'passion fruit noun [C, u] {pi. passion fruit) a small trop­ical fruit with a thick purple skin and many seeds inside, produced by some types of passion flower ^ S ) —picture O PAGE Ri8

pas sion less /'paejnlas/ adj. without emotion or enthu­siasm mm-,            ftm

‘passion play noun a play about the suffering and death of Jesus Christ pas-sive /’paesiv/ adj., noun

m adj. 1 accepting what happens or what people do without trying to change anything or oppose them