^: a slushy, sentimental love story A$P W W1#dn& o He’s not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships. #,A>§:SWAiB
0 $} A1f Ao 033 unsentimental ► sen-ti-
men
tal ly /-tali/
adv.
senti mental ist /.sentimentalist/ noun (sometimes disapproving) a person who is sentimental about things
senti mental ity /.sentimen'taelati/ noun [u] [disapproving) the quality of being too sentimental
senti mental ize (BrE also -ise) /.sentimentalaiz/ verb (disapproving) to present sth in an
emotional way, emphasizing its good aspects and not mentioning its bad aspects j££FAffi:
[VN] Jackie was
careful not to sentimentalize
country life. A 3S E, mixi'MMmtt'm* [also V] sen ti nel /'sentinl/ noun (literary) a soldier whose job is to guard sth H7?l sentry: (figurative) a tall round tower standing sentinel over the river i*
sen-try /'sentri/ noun (pi. -ies) a soldier whose job is
to guard sth B^^: to be on sentry duty Mcnft ' sentry box noun a small shelter for a
sentry to stand in
mm
sepal /‘sepl/ noun (technical Ait) a part of a
flower, like a leaf, that lies under and supports the petals (= the delicate coloured parts that make up the head
of the flower). Each flower has a ring of sepals called a calyx. # it. —
picture o plant
sep-ar-able /'separabl/ adj. 1 4-: (from sth) that can be separated
from sth, or considered separately nj’fr ff ; uf.ft Pi ; nj ft ^ : The moral question is not
entirely separable from the financial one. M H IP M A M ® I'nJ J® A f£ #4 ft ff o 2 (grammar it ?&)
(of a phrasal verb fe it is|) that can be used with
the object going either between the verb and the particle or after the particle nj ft ft (ft : The phrasal verb
‘tear
up’ is separable because you can say ‘She tore the letter up’ or ‘She tore up the
letter’. * tear up MftMftft $jMif zftia], 03]KoTliii&
She
tore the letter up . Xujti She tore up the letter 0 023 inseparable ► sep-ar-
abil-ity
/.sepra'bilati/
noun [U] sep arate o-n adj., verb
adj. /'seprat/ 1 ~ (from
sth/sb) forming a unit by itself; not joined to sth else Jp. M ; <f& fL ; ft ft 61) : separate bedrooms $6 j/_ Eh it o Raw
meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
£ |3l #1 S l3l MM ft ft ft 0
0
The school is housed in two separate
buildings.
2
[usually before noun] different; not connected All](ft; Al$; ft happened on three
separate occasions. A' 0 For
the past three years they
have been leading totally separate lives. ► sep-
. ar ate ness noun
[U, sing.]:
1
to end a relationship with sb A; ft iS ‘it 1$
2
to go in a different
direction from sb you have been travelling with ft$&Mfj; ft ft — more at cover
n.
m verb /'separeit/ 1 ~ (sth) (from/and sth) to
divide into different parts or groups; to divide things into different parts or
groups ( ) ftft, ft^\ ftpf %\ft: [V] Stir
the sauce constantly so
that it does not separate. Afr iffe UKi M ftM o o [VN] It is impossible to
separate belief from emotion. fkftftft K)0
0
Separate the eggs (= separate the yolk from the white).
o Make a list of points
and separate them into ‘desirable’ and ‘essential’.
m “*im” m mm*
2~sb/sth
(from/and
sb/sth)
to move apart; to make people Or things move apart ('{<£) ftffl, ftWi : [V] We separated into several
different search parties. ft(\]ftj$l[LftW.’ftft m0 O
| 1-817 Sephardi
c O The war
separated many families. & o Those suffering from
infectious diseases were separated from the other patients. # 3 (VN] ~ sb (from/and sb) to be between two people, areas,
countries, etc. so that they are not touching or connected Pi Jf ; IS Pi : A thousand kilometres separates the two
cities. W'®
Pi
— ft ft M o 0 A high wall separated our back yard from the playing
field. —if
rtf i# 0 4 [V] ~ (from sb) to stop
living together as a
couple with your husband,
wife or partner ft jfjj: He separated from his wife after 20 years of
marriage, jfefn 20 ftJsftffiTo 0 They separated last year. ■ffk
ill ft ft; ft-ft fft ft » 5 [VN] ~ sb/sth
(from sb/sth) to
make sb/sth different in
some way from sb/sth else E ft; K HTfl divide : Politics is the
only thing that separates us (= that we disagree about). A jiH A |h] b#; - 0 The
judges found it impossible to separate the two contestants (- they gave
them equal scores). Mft 0
Only four
points separate the top
three teams. ft o ' see man n., sheep, wheat QHHQ ,separate out | separate sth*-1
out to
divide into different parts; to divide sth into different parts i^.%^ft jf:
$J ft: to separate out different meanings E ft th ft
|M] W
Em '
sep-arated CHr /'separeitid/ adj.
~ (from sb) no longer living with
your husband, wife or partner ( fd^A ) ftJUstf}:
Her parents are separated but not divorced. ^
£ff 0 o He’s been
separated from his wife for a
year,
ftfe Id -M ft\ ft M ft~ ¥To
sep ar ate ly o-w /'sepratli/ adv.
~
(from sb/sth) as a separate person
or thing; not together EiAiffe ; ft^\M: They were
photographed separately and then as a group. fMl
|^0 o Last year’s figures are shown separately.
fftmf&o
sep-a rates
/'seprats/
noun [pi.] individual pieces of
clothing, for example skirts, jackets, and trousers/ pants, that are designed
to be worn together in different combinations ( rJ ^4 fife ft
[r! A fid 'ft- [0 )
'separate
school noun (CanF) a public school for
Catholic children in some parts of
sep aration o^/.sepa'reifn/ noun 1 [U, sing ] ~ (from sb/sth) | ~ (between A and B) the act
of separating people or
things; the state of being separate ft ft-, ftM', the state’s eventual
separation from the federation
o the need for a
clear separation between Church and State iikftL
#jj ftM(f) M M '14 2 [C] a period of time that
people spend apart from each other M
: They were reunited after a separation of more than 20 years. #, jp ^ ^ij 20 ^ ft fa fi X M E o 3 [C] a decision that a
husband and wife make to live apart while they are still legally married ft M : a legal separation ft ?£ ft S
— compare divorce n.( 1)
the .separation of. 'powers noun [sing.] the principle
of the US Constitution that the political power of the government is divided
between the President, Congress and the Supreme Court ( || B % fe ft fj
,
)
H u ft
BALANCES (2)
sep-ar-at-ist /'sepratist/ noun a member of a group of people within a
country who want to separate from the rest of the country and form their own
government ft Basque separatists
±XE ► sep-ar-at-isni /'sepratizam/ noun
[U] sep-ar-at- ist adj.: a separatist
movement ft M ftXterfj
separator /'separeita(r)/ noun a machine for
separating things ; /HMl
Seph-ardi /.se'faidi; NAmE
-'fairdi/ noun (pi. Seph-ar-dim) a Jew whose ancestors came
from