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tattooed on his shoulder. Alpfftfe&jft 8t±$l
7
o His shoulder was tattooed
with a heart. 1
tat too list /ta'tuiist; NAmE tae't-/ noun a
person who draws tattoos on people’s skin, as a job $iJWW
tatty /'taeti/
ad/'. (informal, especially BrE) in a bad condition
because it has been used a lot or has not been cared for well MW HUI
shabby: a tatty carpet |0 Witilfi, tau /to:;
tau/ noun the
19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, x) 19
A®#
taught pt,
pp of
TEACH taunt /taint/ verb, noun
m verb [VN] to try to make sb
angry or upset by saying unkind things about them, laughing at their failures,
etc. nfl^; M$J; The other kids continually
taunted him about his size. ^ilk'fife’W’t'
AJL
v noun an insulting or unkind
remark that is intended to make sb angry or upset ) WW
: Black players often had to
endure racist taunts. H
taupe /taup;
NAmE toup/
noun [U]
a brownish-grey colour W)M& ►taupe adj.
taurine /'toiriin/
noun [U]
an acid substance which is sometimes used in drinks that are designed to make
you feel more active 4"I®B&, 4,
)
Taurus
/'toiras/
noun 1 [u] the
second sign of the zodiac, the Bull UlIUziS; IS)®
2 [sing.] a person born under the
influence of this sign, that is between 21 April and 21 May M^:41®W A ( W it] 4 A 4
,4 21 0M5J3 21 0 ) ► Taur-ean /'toirian/ noun, adj.
taut /to:t/
adj. 1
stretched tightly Keep
the rope taut. 0 2 showing that you
are anxious or tense ^iW
# )
r Her
face was taut and pale.
So
3 (of a person or their body A^cAf£) with firm muscles; not
fat fl |^l ^ ^ W; A it W: His body was solid and taut. fjl|£]Aj£0 4 (of a piece of
writing, etc. X ^ #) tightly
controlled, with no unnecessary parts in it ^ #3 A iS W ;
%
'& W
►
taut-ly adv. taut-ness
noun [U]
taut en
/'taitn/
verb [V,
VN] to become taut; to make sth taut ( & ) »
tau
tol ogy /to:'tDl0d3i; NAmE -'tail-/
noun [U,
C] a statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, when
this is unnecessary, for example ‘They spoke in turn, one after the other.’ [W]
X
& M;
►
tauto-logic-al /.taita'hxlsikl; NAmE -'la:d3 J adj. tau-tolo-gous /tai'tnlagas; NAmE -'tail-/
adj. tav-ern /'taevan; NAmE -varn/
noun (old use or
literary) a
pub or an innMI£;
taw-dry /'taidri/
adj. (disapproving) 1 intended to be bright
and attractive but cheap and of low quality
flt'n.W; tawdry jewellery
#r
M If* S W If tfp 2 involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or
offensive flf&W;. T#flW;
SPW;
-$• W: a
tawdry affair # f$T E W A ► taw- dri-ness noun [U]
tawny /'taini/
adj. brownish-yellow
in colour life W; the lion’s tawny mane iFAWAflfeltdli
tawny owl noun a reddish-brown or grey European bird
of prey (=
a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the owl family (
r&M&mmmin;>.
tax o-w /taeks/ noun, verb
h noun [C, U] ~ (on sth) money
that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax
according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits.
Tax is also often paid on goods and services, ; ffttt:
to
raise/ cut taxes ±ct)jn / o
tax
increases/cuts f&SftWil1
tP / fij M 0 changes in tax rates 0 to pay over
£1 000 in tax 1 000 o
profits
before/
after tax flu / f&jg ftJii o a tax on cigarettes #10^ — see also corporation tax, council tax, inheritance
TAX, POLL TAX, ROAD TAX, SALES TAX, STEALTH TAX, VALUE ADDED TAX, WITHHOLDING
TAX
SYNONYMS
tax
duty ♦ customs ♦
tariff ♦ levy ♦ excise
These
are all words for money that you have to pay to the government.
tax money that you have to
pay to the government so that it can pay for public services income tax o tax cuts duty a tax that you pay on
things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country
AjfiftP The company has
to pay customs
duties on all imports.
customs
tax
that is paid when goods are brought in from other countries %A$L iftPfft tariff a tax that is paid on
goods coming into or going out of a country 1b
A general tariff was imposed on foreign imports.
ffco
levy an extra amount of money
that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government taffi (]£$[[, A# a levy on oil
imports Ait P
excise a tax that is paid on
some goods made, sold or used within a country There
has been a sharp
increase in vehicle excise.
«®
DUTY, CUSTOMS, TARIFF, LEVY OR EXCISE? duty, customs, tariff, levy £E*i excise?
These
are all words for taxes on goods. Excise is for goods sold within a country.
Customs is for goods brought into a country. Tariffs are on goods going into or
coming out of a country, often in order to protect industry from cheap imports.
Duty is more general and can be a customs or excise tax. Levy is the most
general of all and can be any sort of tax or charge. IA excise customs jf
«PM$; tariff
pnp^AA, ASiBP^pVm&UAa; duty$«, ^P^fFp^art^p^^Bj; levy£Mii|*S
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
(a) tax/duty/tariff/levy/excise on sth
■
to pay an amount of money in tax/duty/customs/
tariffs/levies/excise
■
to pay (a)
tax/duty/customs/tariff/levy/excise «to collect taxes/duties
» to increase/raise/reduce
(a) tax/duty/customs/tariff/ levy/excise
■
to impose (a) tax/duty/tariff/levy
■
to cut taxes/duties
■
to put (a) tax/duty/tariff on sth
m verb [VN] 1 to put a tax on sb/sth;
to make sb pay tax
A •
• • IE ; if: ; ill ^ :
Any
interest payments are
taxed as part of your income. pft
Ale
A DiH0 His declared aim was to tax the rich.
@ #JH
A® Affii$L 2 (iBrE) to pay tax on a vehicle so
that you may use it on the roads W M ffc: The car is taxed until July, it H A fk M
3 to
need a great amount of physical or mental effort ft $ *0 ;
gffi A ; \t A ti
J3I %: The questions did not tax me.
0 The problem is currently taxing
the brains of the nation’s experts (= making them think very hard), g $1 iii:i:ri tax sb with