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be onto a good thing to have found a job, situation or style of
life that is pleasant or easy 3\ ^
0 7; M#7if do things
to sb
(iinformal) to have a powerful
emotional effect on sb jj£A7£t$(^l; A:
That song
just does things to
me. — do your own 'thing
(informal) to do what you want to do or what
interests you, without thinking about other people; to be independent f&g MgIfcfc
g ±; g .first/,last
thing early
in the morning/
late in the evening —-f- /
B& hHls ( ) : I need
the report on my desk first thing Monday morning.
—; — .fi^t things
'first (often humorous) the most important
matters must be dealt with first ic ♦ 5fc A: Wie have a lot to discuss, but, first
things first, let’s have a cup of coffee! fi\\]^Xf P|dA«iMl«! for 'one thing used to introduce one of
two or more reasons for doing sth ( jl 1^31 d}W7UA±(ft3I&;2:-M —A, — A®: ‘Why don’t you get a car?’ ‘Well, for one
thing, I can’t drive!’ “ iff A if A 7 H7 % ? ” “
W,
WA,
He 7^:77! ” have
a thing about sb/sth (informal) to have a strong like or dislike of sb/sth
in a way that seems strange or unreasonable ( j|l ^ $ ffo ) M■■■#&$, She
has a thing about
men with beards. it
isn’t my, his, etc. 'thing it isn’t sth that you really enjoy or are
interested in 117;! He (
#J7H;
77---0r£F it’s a ... thing (informal) it is sth that only a
particular group understands 1A jl • • • (ft
7 ( R7^$¥'$7HII?tft ) : You wouldn’t know what it
means—it’s a girl thing. SPJtff
A M, SPJi
know/tell sb a thing or two (about sb/sth) (informal) to know/tell sb some
useful, interesting or surprising information about sb/sth 7 H / M
MBBweawnBW,
ftftfiu&A; mnr*/**;
:•* She’s been married five times, so
she knows a thing or two about men! A7#r
7$$c
make a
(big) thing of/about sth (informal) to make sth seem more
important than it really is /MIA \tt; A1f 7't£; $#£0 not know, etc. the first thing
a'bout sth/sb to know nothing at all about sth/sb Z7 — A#f$n; £»7ifi not .quite the 'thing 1 not
considered socially acceptable 7
A 7 W S; 7 AW A; 7 % W :
It wouldn’t
be quite the thing to turn up in running gear.
M o 2 (old-fashioned) not healthy or normal # fa 7 IS; 5£i!]7ii (just) .one of those 'things used to say that you do
not want to discuss or think about sth bad or unpleasant that has happened, but
just accept it # 7«m[sllft*: It wasn’t
your fault. It was just one of those things. 7II# (ft itt 0 «**• one (damned/damn) thing after
a'nother
(informal) used to complain that a
lot of unpleasant things keep happening to you ( )
—ffi .one thing leads to a'nother used to suggest that the
way one event or action leads to others is so obvious that it does not need to
be stated
He
offered me a ride home one night, and, well, one thing led to another and now
we’re married! — A 7. #. it
«g,
be
’seeing/'hearing things (informal, humorous) to imagine that you can see or hear sth
that is in fact not there AAAfir there’s only one thing for it there is only one
possible course of action these .things are sent to try its (saying) used to say that you
should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it (
AAAMgfcA:, J$i£$c g ) &®#WiWHcCl(ft%it/mm the .thing 'is (informal) used to introduce an
important fact, reason or explanation 7^11; 7H#0H:. I’m sorry my assignment isn’t
finished. The thing is, I’ve had a lot of other work
this week.
W7&, 7^J£0£He&M$£r
*be
.thing (about/with sth/sb) ‘is used to introduce a problem about sth/sb •
• • (ft |r] Mfk: The thing with Karl is, he’s
always late. 7 7.(ft [ftflll, the (whole) ... thing (informal) a situation
or an activity of the
type mentioned ( £6# (ft ) • • •♦;
( 7: H ) •••(fttS^J: She
really didn’t want to be
involved in the whole family
thing.
.things
that go .bump in the 'night (informal, humorous) used to refer to ghosts and other supernatural
things that cannot be explained lftfl|n]7; Jfcfl; too
much of a good thing
used to say that, although
sth is pleasant, you do not want to have too much of it Kf 7^ 7 what)
with
.one thing and a'nother (informal) because you have been
busy with various problems, events or things you had to do 0 $7Cf#7^7
: I completely forgot her birthday, what
with one thing and another. 0AtC!#7RT£f0 & — more at chance n., close2 adj., close2
adv., DAY, DECENT, DONE adj., EASY adv., NATURE, NEAR
adj., only adj., overdo, push v., real adj., scheme /?.,
SHAPE n., SURE adj., TURN V., WAY /?.,
WORK V. thing ummy /'Girjami/ noun (pi. -ies) (also thingama- bob /'0iqamabDb; NAmE -ba:b/ thingumajig /'0irj- amad3ig/ thingy) (informal) used to refer to a
person or thing whose name you do not know or have forgotten, or which you do
not want to mention ( id, I7«^)ll, m^A, It’S one of
those thingummies for
keeping papers together.
7#
(ft Suit JLo 0 Is thingummy going to be
there? You know, that woman from the Sales Department? ItHAA
AIPJL^? 3tji««FWWllP7*W.
thingy /'0irji/ noun (pi. -ies) = thingummy think tHr /0113k/
verb, noun m verb (thought, thought /Oort/)
►
HAVE OPINION/BELIEF ##&/£, ;£ 1 ~ (about sth) (not
used in the progressive
tenses 7ffi7#£frW) to have a particular idea or opinion about sth/sb; to
believe sth iA A; IA A : [V (that)] Do you think (that) they’ll come? fMA A#,{(J OI
thought I heard a scream, ft itf-
(k M M 7 -* P A oH o
0 I didn’t think you liked sports. iMIA ^#7#^o Am I
right in thinking that you used to live here? W1®;? 0
I think this is their house, but I’m not sure.
%, 0
He ought to resign, I think. ffciHfe
jR7.i£S£?Ro o We7/ need about 20 chairs, I should
think.
20 ^EM7o o [VN (that)] It was once thought that the
sun travelled around the earth. AiH ^ ^iAA o [VN] What did you think about
the idea? #iAAii7i®^^&W?
o Well, I like it. What do you think? m, HcS-XA&'Hl&o TWA A A. A#?
0 [V] ‘Will we make it in
time?’ ‘I think so.’ i%? ” ”
0‘Is he any good?’‘I don’t think
so.’ “ftk^
A#? ” “^ciAA-^ffeo ” 0 [VN^-ADJ] I think it highly unlikely that
I’ll get the job. $HA f7 t^'l4M/JNo
o She thought him kind and generous.
ifeiAA'ftfelSJ^fZ^c
O [VN to inf] He’s thought to be one
of the richest men in
think is in the passive. think
►
USE MIND if) M 2 ~ (about sth) to use your mind to
consider sth, to form
connected ideas, to try to solve problems, etc. .*!; .SA; [V]
Are
animals
able to think? o Let
me think (= give me
time before I answer), it
iH — $! 0 0 I can’t tell you now—I’ll
have to think about it. fcMfEA'&a, ft
% % —7
o 0 She had thought very deeply about this
problem,
thinks about is money, ifa JjjHf 7 K ® ^ 0 0 I’m
sorry, I wasn’t thinking (= said when you have
upset or offended sb accidentally). W7^, I^Al®t76 o [V wh-] He was trying
to think what to do. fife f£ A $S ft
3 (usually used in the progressive tenses il7 j$: if
Bt) to have ideas, words or images in your mind *E ; W fe : [VN] You’re very quiet.
What are you thinking? jfc — ^ 7 pA, £E M
ft A1 ? 0 [V wh-]
7 was just thinking what a long way it is.
7o
0 [V speech] ‘I must be crazy,’she thought. jl
”
mm,
►
IMAGINE % 4 [no passive] to form an idea of sth; to
imagine sth j# : [V wh-] We couldn’t
think where you’d gone, fiCli#S7WS*i
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