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pay special attention to the studies or health, etc. of a student or a group of
students ^ ijf ; M -A tSuJrp : his history
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tutor
at university. ftkji jc A^ N" 64 A ABt I!1 ft
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role in a school or college ( + ) &
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individual student or a small group; to teach sb, especially privatelyft
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NAmE tu:-/ noun, adj. mnoun
1 a period of teaching in a university that involves discussion between an
individual student or a small group of students and a tutor ( A!A#!JiF64
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information on a particular subject or explains how sth is done %tM;
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(BrE) a
tutorial
college (= a private school that prepares students
for exams)
tutti-frutti
/,tu:ti
'fruiti/ noun [U] a
type of ice cream that contains pieces of fruit of various kinds ft^7jc^
tutu /‘tu:tu:/ noun a ballet dancer’s skirt made of
many layers of material. Tutus may be either short and
stiff, sticking out from the waist, or long and bell-shaped.
tu-whit tu-whoo /ta.wit ta'wu:/ noun used to represent the sound that an owl makes ( ® A ^ 64 n|j
^
pi — «
tux edo /tAk'si:dau; NAmE -dou/ noun (pi -os) (also informal tux /tAks/) (especially NAmE) 1 = dinner suit 2 = dinner jacket wflrdid From Tuxedo Park in
M,
TV
(Hr/, ti: 'vi:/ noun [C, U]
television What’s
on TV tonight?
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highly paid TV
presenter. @ ±t#A0 — see
also pay TV
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prepared, that you only have to heat up before you can eat it ( inj&BP 64 ) 4
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vegetable protein TW ahhr. (pi TW) terawatt(s)
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informal) something that has been said or written that you think
is stupid and not true $ if, A if; HiS; if; H33 nonsense
twain /twein/ number (old use) two ITiTTl never the .twain shall 'meet (saying) used to say that two things are so
different that they cannot exist together ziftfji
ms#®-, amm
twang /twaerj/ noun, verb
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describe a way of speaking, usually one that is typical of a particular area
and especially one in which the sounds are produced through the nose as well
as the mouth JMf ( iSS^B AW ) 2 a sound that is made when
a tight string, especially
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on a musical instrument, is pulled and
released (
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string being
pulled and released; to make sth do this #$£; ( )
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twanging a guitar in the next room. Plilf AAA#A4lL ’twas /twDz; NAmE twa:z/ abbr. (literary) it was * it was 64
m
twat /twaet; twDt; NAmE twait/ noun (taboo, slang, especially BrE) 1 an offensive word for an unpleasant or stupid person i4
A%i MU 2 an offensive word for the outer female sex organs M tweak /twi:k/ verb, noun
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She tweaked his ear playfully. Mt¥f&64^;&Mff5EJl0
2 to
make slight changes to a machine, system, etc. to improve it ( tflfS, )
: I think you’ll
have to tweak these figures a
little before you show them to the boss, mm
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She gave his
ear a tweak. — TBk64^;&o 2 a slight change
that you make to a machine, system, etc. to
improve it
(mm,
twee /twi:/ adj. (BrE, informal, disapproving) very pretty, in a way that
you find unpleasant and silly; appearing sentimental 64; £M$P864; i&tf^1i64:
The room was decorated with twee little pictures of animals. „
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different coloured thread in it ( a
tweed jacket
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that are not different from each other A It #!J 64M ^ A ( ) ;
¥ Jf A M t>i;ifcilJI From two characters in Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll who look
the same and say the same things.
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a tweedy jacket MM
2 (BrE, informal, often disapproving) used to describe the sort
of person who often wears tweeds and therefore shows that they belong to the
social class of rich people who live in the country ( BE A AIM ) A ^64,
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tweet /twi:t/ noun the short high sound made by a small bird ( A^64 )
tweet-er /‘twi:ta(r)/ noun a loudspeaker
for reproducing the high notes in a sound
system (
tweezers MA
tweez-ers
/‘twiizaz;
NAmE -arz/ noun [pi.] a small tool with two long thin parts joined together at one end,
used for picking up very small things or for pulling out hairs M A; AAIB: a pair of tweezers—Mif A .Twelfth 'Night noun [u] 1 January 6th, the day of
the Christian festival of Epiphany
± JL A , MSfiA (l M 6 0, 3S#i5t A 0 ) 2 the evening of January 5th,
the day before Epiphany, which
traditionally marks the