separate plate         on/to one 'side 1 out of your

way & ( MM ) —li; £ ( &M ) —I left my bags on one side. $£fE A Af*!          2 to be dealt with

later lf|S;      I put his complaint to one side

until I had more time. $fElftMl&ift$:ilJ~-'i£, #04® A f     O Leaving that to one side for a moment,

are there any other questions?

# £i] Ml IrI IS ? be on sb’s side to support and agree with sb   i&; 4n^A2JL&—I’m definitely

on your side in this. 'Hr]jgg±, ?c Wf &IK& W®

&—„ 0 Whose side are you on anyway? f/j;M

the other side of the ‘coin the aspect of a situation that is the opposite of or contrasts with the one you have been talking about #1#ffi .side by 'side 1 close together and facing in the same direction : There were two children ahead, walking side by side. ftu  it *, 2 together,

without any difficulties jffrT'W; 41XA#: We have been using both systems, side by side, for two years. W ^

m,     o me two

communities exist happily side by side. W ftfflBi &k,      take 'sides to express support for sb in

a disagreement       /K X f# ^ A; it M X :§j : She didn't

think it was wise to take sides in their argument. A A life,

take/draw sb to

one side to speak to sb in private, especially in order to warn or tell them about sth fG^Ai&SJ—*i£ ( ig ) this side of ... before a particular time, event, age, etc. A®: They aren’t likely to arrive this side of midnight,Z fl ’% 111/f> A M ik jS SI. — more at

BED n., BIT, BRIGHT adj., CREDIT n., DISTAFF, ERR, GRASS

n.       , KNOW V., LAUGH V., RIGHT adj., SAFE adj., SPLIT V., THORN, TIME 77 , TWO, WRONG adj.

mverb               side with sb (against sb/sth) to support

one person or group in an argument against sb else A j#£A ( fort- ) ; 40»AM*-& ( ff*f-• ) : The kids always sided with their mother against me. A 111

side-bar /'saidbai(r)/ noun 1 a short article in a news­paper or magazine that is printed next to a main article, and gives extra information ( ft sE MJ ) Vi M fft H 2 a narrow area on the side of a web page that is separate from the main part of the page ( jff

side-board /‘saidboid; NAmE -boird/ (NAmE also buf-fet) noun 1 a piece of furniture in a dining room for putting food on before it is served, with drawers for storing knives, forks, etc. 2 = sideburn

side-burn /’saidb3:n; NAmE -b3:rn/ (BrE also side-board) noun [usually pi.] hair that grows down the sides of a man’s face in front of his ears ( HXMJ ) Mfti — picture

t> HAIR

side-car /'saidka:(r)/ noun a small vehicle attached to the side of a motorcycle in which a passenger can ride

'side dish noun a small amount of food, for example a salad, served with the main course of a meal ( Rt |ij M

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'side drum noun a small drum that is hit with hard sticks /M£

'side effect noun [usually pi.] 1 an extra and usually bad effect that a drug has on you, as well as curing illness or pain ( H5#/MJ )          2 an unexpected result of a

situation or course of action that happens as well as the result you were aiming for

'side-foot verb [VN] to kick a ball with the inside part of your foot /WlAlM, mWffi ( M )

'side issue noun an issue that is less important than the main issue, and may take attention away from it AJ?

side-kick /'saidkik/ noun (informal) a person who helps another more important or more intelligent person JJIj ¥•; l!]^-: Batman and his young sidekick Robin

side-light /'saidlait/ noun 1 ~ (on sb/sth) a piece of information, usually given by accident or in connection with another subject, that helps you to understand

sb/sth-jft&£iat;       fiU&iBJi 2 (BrE)

| 1861  sideswipe

either of a pair of small lights at the front of a vehicle

( «§]§u®M) )

side-line /'saidlain/ noun, verb

m noun 1 [C] an activity that you do as well as your main job in order to earn extra money gijik;

2 sidelines [pi.] the lines along the two long sides of a sports field, tennis court, etc. that mark the outer edges; the area just outside these (

WIIJ^thE^: The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players.          AA/af^is/tl

Mo rnn on/from the sidelines watching sth but not actually involved in it /A#21#Mj^ E;        He

was content to watch from the sidelines as his wife built up a successful business empire,    Ifi!

verb [VN] [usually passive] 1 to prevent sb from playing in a team, especially because of an injury Mil ill ItHh M ( Ala       ) : The player has been sidelined by

a knee injury. PAM2 to prevent sb from having an important part in sth that other people are doing fE • ■ • j# |E AM; ftH: The vice-president is increasingly being sidelined. MU        0

side-long /‘saidlDrj; NAmE -loir)/ adj. [only before noun] (of a look @ A) out of the comer of your eye, especially in a way that is secret or disapproving IM BUfirll’Mj; 44 If 01 IT MJ; IJi $2, MJ: She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder. Mf§fltf44f3T#lil5TL~~ 01,  ► side long adv.: She

looked sidelong at him. s£MHIIfftL .side-1 on adv. (BrE) coming from the side rather than from the front or back /AIM®; II] fM: The car hit us side-on. M^/AftiJ® It raffl e 'side order noun a small amount of food ordered in a restaurant to go with the main dish, but served separ­ately ( A HAM ) 3 A Ml sen Hn SIDE DISH: a side order of fries &&&-&&*&

'side plate noun a small plate used for bread or other food that goes with a meal   /Jfflfe#

sid er eal /sai'diarial; NAmE -'dir-/ adj. (astronomy A) related to the stars that are far away, not the sun or planets fill Ml

'side road noun a smaller and less important road leading off a main road XU;

'side-saddle adv. if you ride a horse side-saddle, you ride with both your legs on the same side of the horse

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‘side salad noun a salad served with the main course of a meal

side-show /'saidjau; NAmE -Jou/ noun 1 a separate small show or attraction at a fair or circus where you pay to see a performance or take part in a game (

) >M!F @    2 an activity or event

that is much less important than the main activity or event         ISfll

'side-splitting adj. (informal) extremely funny; making people laugh alotjffgjilMMl; ^A1$0MJ: side-splitting anecdotes

side-step /'saidstep/ verb (-pp-) 1 [VN] to avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem [U ill, M IS ( lAI IS ) : Did you notice how she neatly sidestepped the question?

0 M    ? 2 to avoid sth, for example being hit,

by stepping to one side $ &  M; 111 &— % ist:

[VN] He cleverly sidestepped the tackle, -fife JfrAb Afe—^ MPMPAMo [also v]

'side street noun a less important street leading off a road in a town /M$; /Jn^j

side-stroke /'saidstraok; NAmE -strouk/ noun [u] a style of swimming that you do while lying on your side ||JQc side-swipe /'saidswaip/ noun 1 (NAmE) a hit from the side ii ft A ; IIJ ft; ff ft: a sideswipe by a truck A^Mlff ft 2 ~ (at sb/sth) (informal) a critical comment made about sb/sth while you are talking about sb/sth completely different ftt/lM;        Mlfttif: It was

a good speech, but he couldn’t resist taking a sideswipe at