.stage 'left adv. on the left side of a stage in a theatre, as seen by an actor facing the audience (

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.stage-'manage verb [VN] 1 to act as stage manager for a performance in a theatre jfiji If US If 2 to arrange and carefully plan an event that the public will see, especially in order to give a particular impression

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.stage 'right adv. on the right side of a stage in a theatre, as seen by an actor facing the audience (       ^

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stage-struck adj. enjoying the theatre a lot and wishing very much to become an actor

.stage 'whisper noun 1 words that are spoken quietly by an actor to the audience and that the other people on stage are not supposed to hear f&F# S MiHJF n X ^ flk M      in M fX 65 ) 2 words that are spoken

quietly by sb but that they in fact want everyone to hear M. it PJr A W JE 65 1$    :       ‘I knew this would

happen,’ she said in a stage whisper.

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stagey = stagy

stag-fla-tion /staeg'fleijn/ noun [U] an economic situ­ation where there is high inflation (= prices rising continuously) but no increase in the jobs that are avail­able or in business activity r§E (

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stagger /'staega(r)/ verb 1 to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall jfjf     MW;

HU1 totter: [V, usually +adv./prep.} The injured woman staggered to her feet,

MMo 0 He staggered home, drunk.     , Si 1^110

T %o 0 We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.

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company is staggering under the weight of a £10m

debt. i ooo o m

I                   managed to stagger the last few steps.

MMj£7&MJB ft# o 2 to shock or surprise sb very much fig ; 1$ A ® FT371 amaze : [VN] Her remarks staggered me. M 65 iff it & ft ts „ 0 [V that] It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.

3 [VN] to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times fig 3S ; fig if JF : There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.   ,

fM]X#XfE®S&65W 10] It ff c ► stag-ger noun: to walk with a stagger MMirX

stag gered /'staegad; NAmE -gard/ adj. 1 [not before noun] ~ (at/by sth) | - (to hear, learn, see, etc.) very surprised and shocked at sth you are told or at sth that happens ft ; A   amaz ed : I was staggered at the

amount of money the ring cost. $ fa ffi ;A m , Sc # 1$ ffe „ 2 arranged in such a way that not everything happens at the same time 3c£t 65; it 765: staggered working hours (= people start and finish at different times)

staggering /'staegarirj/ adj. so great, shocking or surprising that it is difficult to believe ^A^ttU tgfg 61) HT71 astounding ► stag-ger-ing-ly adv. : staggeringly beautiful/expensive WM / ^i^fi sta ging /'steid3irj/ noun 1 [C, U] the way in which a play is produced and presented on stage M Hi ; ?f( X J7 : a modem staging of ‘King Lear’ VI fjfi ft M iH hi 65 « ^ fa X > 2 [U] a temporary platform used for standing or working on iHSWXffc^ (     )

'staging post noun a place where people, planes, ships, etc. regularly stop during a long journey  ( n&f/l

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stag-nant /'staegnant/ adj. 1 stagnant water or air is not moving and therefore smells unpleasant (

H ) X M ffl f§ tk 65 2 not developing, growing or changing ff#65; XAM65; A$ffc65 H3Z1 static: a stagnant economy ##65i§'#F stag nate /staeg’neit; NAmE 'staegneit/ verb [V] 1 to stop developing or making progress f£j§; XAH; Xi&X: Profits have stagnated. MM     o 0 I feel Tm

stagnating in this job.

1                  to be or become stagnant 0         The

water in the pond was stagnating. ftfeJ®M65 7ki!6'$T3£J55c 7?EtKo ► stag-na-tion /staeg'neijn/ noun [U]: a period of economic stagnation

'stag night noun [usually sing.] 1 (Sr£) the night before a man’s wedding, often spent with his male friends H 7 mmfc (        ) 2 (also 'stag party)

(both BrE) (NAmE 'bachelor party) a party that a man has with his male friends just before he gets married, often the night before  )

— compare hen party

stagy (also stagey) /’steid3i/ adj. not natural, as if it is being acted by sb in a play A S$65; ftfcf£65; ^>${£165 staid /steid/ adj. (staid-er, staid-est) not amusing or interesting; boring and old-fashioned M. S 65 ; "S' W.

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stain /stein/ verb, noun

a verb 1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to leave a mark that is difficult to remove on sth; to be marked in this way (         ) $5

iX      [VN] I hope it doesn’t stain the carpet. #

MIZM        o [V] This carpet stains easily.

0 [VN-ADJ] The juice from the berries stained their fingers red. jfc A fl" IE Ilk ill 65¥$!&JEft7£Ifeo

II                  note at mark 2 to change the colour of sth using a

coloured liquid  : [VN] to stain wood

iu A14 X O Stain the specimen before looking at it under the microscope.

o [VN-ADJ] They stained the floors dark brown, ftkf] ftk Wt WWL 7M        o 3 [VN] (formal) to damage the

opinion that people have of sth $7/5, J&fj' (          ) :

The events had stained the city’s reputation unfairly. ^»f7^^TtT#X7XJSzW65S^0 mnoun 1 [C] a dirty mark on sth, that is difficult to remove A ; jft: a blood/a coffee/an ink, etc. stain ifiLli, 0 stubborn stains (= that

are very difficult to remove) M [§] 65 Y7 111 o How can I get this stain out?  ? o The carpet

has been treated so that it is stain-resistant (= it does not stain easily).      2 [u, C]

a liquid used for changing the colour of wood or cloth If felfij 3 [sing.] a ~ on sth (formal) something that damages a person’s reputation, so that people think badly of them ( £^±65 ) stained /steind/ adj. (often in compounds       ^w])

covered with stains or marked with a stain M ^ 65; ilk W WM 65: My dress was stained.    65 & A ^ # 7

7?§Mo o paint-stained jeans       657ff P

.stained 'glass noun [U] pieces of coloured glass that are put together to make windows, especially in churches

stain-less steel /.steinlas 'still/ noun [U] a type of steel that does not rust (= change colour)

Stall* 0"w /stea(r); NAmEster/ noun

III                 stairs [pi.] a set of steps built between two floors

inside a building ^      : We had to carry the piano up

three flights of stairs.     «3%yh;7£p

$50 o The children ran up/down the stairs. ?^7fl]J®X /

TA.o o at the bottom/top of the stairs ^          0 He remembered passing her on the stairs, jlk

JSMfto —see also downstairs, upstairs 2 [C] one of the steps in a set of stairs $ tyf ■. How many stairs are there up to the second floor? XfiJH — picture o staircase 3 [sing.] (literary) = staircase : The house had a panelled hall and a fine oak stair. ^765(77

i^0#'A^Ua65o ► stair adj. [only before noun]: the stair carpet #$iitkfl IT»T?1 below 'stairs (old-fashioned, BrE) in the part of a house where the servants lived in the past

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