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a vehicle ilf 7 vft fl ; M / tin M: I throttled back as we approached the runway.    IS MU 7 „

noun a device that controls the amount of fuel that goes into the engine of a vehicle, for example the accelerator in a car 7 1^1; 7#!tff; MH; HHff: He drove along at full throttle (= as fast as possible). #,

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through Ohw /0ru:/ prep., adv., adj. m prep, i;iau For the special uses of through in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example get through sth is in the phrasal verb section at get. * through  $nget

through sth £1*17 get       1 from one end

or side of sth/sb to the other    ^; “U

M; MW: The burglar got in through the window. j&M H: A Iff 7 1ft A 0 0 The bullet went straight through him. 7#AM&il±!F7i3£o o Her knees had gone through (= made holes in) her jeans. M W W H tE 7 ff ilftfo O The sand ran through (= between) my fingers. '#>7AISWTMf MlWIliTTA» o The path led through the trees to the river. 77    if fa M

j& 0 o The doctor pushed his way through the crowd. E 7$HftAf}7 <> The Charles River flows through Boston. S 7 $t M ^ ± II o 2 see, hear, etc. ~ sth to see, hear, etc. sth from the other side of an object or a substance if il • • • # fU; M Iff • • • D/r 5'J: I couldn’t hear their conversation through the wall.

XitL O He could just make out three people through the mist.      3 from the

beginning to the end of an activity, a situation or a period of time g        AAIIS: The children are

too young to sit through a concert. j&]SjT£7A7, if 7 0 He will not live through the night.

7117X^117 „ o I’m halfway through (= reading) her second novel.        7^770 4 past

a barrier, stage or test ilM (       ) ; W

M: Go through this gate, and you’ll see the house on your left. WWm&mMl, $£«J7ffl67£77o o He drove through a red light (= passed it when he should have stopped). ftiJ 771^ 7 £L “IT 0 0 First I have to get through the exams. If      0 The bill

had a difficult passage through Parliament.

^ 7“1I       O I’d never have got

through it all (= a difficult situation) without you. fgt#P

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thru) (both NAmE) until, and including If 5, — llfi]

(       ) : We’ll be in New York Tuesday

through Friday. IS CTA M $ S M £4$ - M # 7 c> note at inclusive 6 by means of; because of \ll; ; 13 fj ■ ^ 7: You can only achieve success through hard work.    Jfc 71# A il Tlj o <> It was

through him (= as a result of his help) that I got the job.      o The accident

happened through no fault of mine. A7^M77 JilSfliJ

m adv. HldU For the special uses of through in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example carry sth through is in the phrasal verb section at carry. * through      W#$;fi AJSLAX^lWW

7„ bn carry sth through 7W7 carry    zjfjii] nPAo

1 from one end or side of sth to the other

; ilii: Put the coffee in the filter and let the water run through.      o The tyre’s

flat—the nail has gone right through. )Jn M 7 , it IT 7 IL W 7 o o The onlookers stood aside to let the paramedics through.    Al3 JF — 7$7 itE7$iifi!j

AMifiilo o The flood was too deep to drive through. 7AM, ft 7 TF 7 M A o 2 from the beginning to the end of a thing or period of time g        AAMM:

Don’t tell me how it ends—I haven’t read it all the way through yet.        fSa&TT#o

I expect I’ll struggle through until payday. ISIJIIS Af^T1] A# 0 o 3 past a barrier, stage or test j®j& (

) : The lights were red but he drove straight through. £1713% Ir, ffi ff! JF7PH 7MA„ o Our team is through to (= has reached) the semi-finals, if Cl PA IT 1ft 7 7 A If o 4 travelling through a place without

stopping or without people having to get off one train and onto another Jlj!; WH: ‘Did you stop in Oxford on the way?’ ‘No, we drove straight through.’ “4MTI&£5

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This train goes straight through to York, 1A?!J A7Jl 1!^ Ao 5 connected by telephone ( 77 ) iilllr: Ask to be put through to me personally. gc in IS 7 A o 0 1 tried to call you but I couldn’t get through. IS*fMftfT7, ^-&fr7i§o 6 used

after an adjective to mean ‘completely’ ( ^ 7 ffc W i^l WE: We got wet through.

7o r»T71 through and 'through completely; in every way % 7:; WE; ifeifeitil; WAWI: He’s British through and through.

adj. 1 [only before noun] through traffic travels from one side of a place to the other without stopping ( fj )       IkM.#) 2 [only before noun]

a through train takes you to the final place you want to get to and you do not have to get off and get on another train ( A7 )   JtLillft 3 [only before noun]

a through road or route is open at both ends and allows traffic to travel from one end to the other ( jit ) MMM) : The village lies on a busy through road.       0 No

through road (= the road is closed at one end), jit 1^7 il 0 4 [not before noun] ~ (with sth/sb) (especially NAmE) used to show that you have finished using sth or have ended a relationship with sb (        uOA

7 ) 7£b ,   Are you through with that newspaper?

£&7>%? O Todd and I are through.

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through out o-w /Orui aut/ prep.

1 in or into every part of sth      j|S: They export

their products to markets throughout the world. Ttfe TlH !E AtSiiii     2 during the whole period

of time of sth g  : The museum is

open daily throughout the year.        '71'J A# A

► through-out adv.: The house was painted white throughout. S#f777fl$MJE7 fife. 0 The ceremony lasted two hours and we had to stand throughout. 7*1177H, Tffl'li

through-put /'0ru:put/ noun [U, C, usually sing.] (technical A ) the amount of work that is done, or the number of people that are dealt with, in a particular period of time (  ) A7#, tmxm

through-way = thruway

throw 0-w /0rau; NAmE 0rou/ verb, noun

m verb (threw /0ru:/, thrown /0raun; NAmE 0roun/)

                 WITH HAND fff'T 1 to send sth from your hand through

the air by moving your hand or arm quickly &; $$: M; [VN] Stop throwing stones at the window! #ij |!j Iff 7 tfb 7 A 7 ! o She threw the ball up and caught it again.   0 Don’t throw it to him,

give it to him!       , j$Un7! !  0 [VNN] Can you

throw me that towel? i#ftl2$7%7? o [V] They had a competition to see who could throw the furthest, mmm

                 PUT CARELESSLY    2 [VN +adv./prep.] to put

sth in a particular place quickly and carelessly 3 ; A; #5: Just throw your bag down over there. fC# $J H

                 MOVE WITH FORCE 3 [+adv./prep.] to move sth

suddenly and with force Sjt;      tVNl The boat

was thrown onto the rocks. UP 7 M H 7 „ 0 The sea throws up all sorts of debris on the beach. A'/HIE 7 # 85

it      o o [VN-ADJ] I threw open the windows

to let the smoke out. TfSiAfiTf 1ff7>      

                 PART OF BODY # 7 itl. 4 [VN] to move your body or

part of it quickly or suddenly Szjfj ( A, %, fl® ) ; M muto); \m ( A ) ; n ( #A, 7# ) : He threw back his head and roared with laughter.  A&n

Pp A^® Ao O I ran up and threw my arms around him. HclflAfjA,  o Jenny threw herself

onto the bed.       ^A$I7A±0

                 MAKE SB FALL WA^7J 5 [VN] to make sb fall quickly or violently to the ground $1 jffi £ iffe# fE Hb: Two riders were thrown (= off their horses) in the second race. 7TM

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