they have to repeat the safety process again and again until they can do it in 30 seconds. 1 Repeat this exercise 20 times every day and you'll soon have firmer, more muscular arms.
Over /'эоуэг/ [acM american if you do something over, you do it again from the beginning: I'm afraid you'll have to do it over. I I'm sorry I messed it up - let's start over.
Qall over again /я! .эоуэг a'gen/ especially spoken if you do something long or
difficult all over again, you do it again from the beginning: At the police station they asked me the same questions all over again.
start (sth) all over again The computer crashed and deleted all my июгк -1 had
to start the essay all over again.
redo /rii'du:/ [v T] to do a piece of work again: I can't read a word of this - you'll have to redo it.
redoing - redid - havp redone
retake /rii'teik/ \v T] to do a test again because you failed it: She retook her driving test five times before she passed.
retaking - retook - have retaken
El to start again
Start again /,sta:rt s'gen/ (phrasal verb I/Tj to start doing something again, or to start happening again: The drilling noise started again in the next room. start work/school etc again After her vacation Trish really didn't feel like starting her classes again, start doing sth again Have Jill and Larry started talking to each other again?
start to do sth again It's storting to snow again.
bring back sth /.brio Ьжк (sth)/
(phrasa/ verb T] to start to use a law, method» or system again: Do you think they should bring back the death penalty?
revival /n'vaiv*l/ [л С] when something becomes popular or fashionable again - use this especially about ideas, customs, or styles in art or music: a seventies revival (=when things from the 1970s become fashionable again)
+ of the recent revival of interest in astrology and faith healing
go back to Sth fgso Ьзек tu: (sth)/
(phrasa/ verb T] to start doing a job or activity again after a period when you stopped it: / wouldn 't like to go back to full-time work again. go back to doing sth Tim was determined he would never go back to using
drugs.
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AGAINST
when you think that something Is wrong and should not be allowed
opposite support
see also disagree, m disagreeing,
(s opinions
D to think something is wrong and try to prevent it
be against sth/be opposed to
sth jbii o'genst (sth), bi: a'paozd tu: (sth)/ to think that something is wrong and that it should not be allowed, especially because you think it is morally wrong: I'm not agpinst people eating meat, but I don't think people should kill animals for sport. I 92% of the population is opposed to the use of nuclear weapons. be strongly opposed to sth They ore strongly opposed to any form of violence.
object to Sth /3b'd3ekt tu! (sth)/ to
believe that something is wrong, unfair, or unreasonable, especially when this makes you angry-. What I object to most is the way the book portrays women. strongly object to sth Most of the students strongly object to the new rules.
Qnot agree with sth /not a'gri: wid
(sth)/ especially spokhn to be against something , for example because it is new or different and you do not like things to change: I don't agree with all these new anti-smoking laws, do you? 1 My grandmother doesn't agree with divorce.
not believe in sth /not b^iiiv in (sth)/ to be against something, especially because you think it is wrong or immoraclass="underline" She doesn't believe in sex before marriage. I I don't believe in hitting children ,
for any reason.
flnti- /■aentjfaenti, -tai/ Iprefix] anti-war/ anti-snralui^aKiti-American etc against war, smoking, America etc: An ti-war demonstrators gathered on Capitol Hill. I anti-globalization campaign
В someone who Is against something
opponent /э'рэипэт/ [n CJ someone who
thinks that a plan, type of behaviour etc is
wrong; and tries to prevent it: a debate between an anti-abortion group and its opponents
+ of All opponents of the government are likely to be imprisoned. life-long opponent (=someone who has opposed something since they were young) a life-long opponent of nuclear weapons
В things you say or do to show that you are against something
opposition np,v/.ipn||.c:p- [n U] things that people say or do in order to show that they are against something: Plans to build the airport faced a lot of opposition from local people. + to Opposition to the war was growing rapidly.
strong opposition The new law was
passed, despite strong opposition, widespread opposition (=when a lot of people are against something) Widespread opposition to the military government led to rioting and violence on the streets.
objection abd^ekpn [n C) a reason that you give to explain why you ere against something: If anyone has any objections, please let us know as soon as possible. + to What were her father's objections to their marriage?
have no objection (=not be against something) formal I'll give them your name as a luitness, if you have no objection.
AGE
YOUNG. _BABY
\ t
see
old also adult
/ V,
CHAD DESCRIBING
PEOPLE
D how long someone has
lived, or how long something has existed
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AGAINST
age /eids/ |n C/Uj the number of years that someone has lived or something has
existed
the age of sb/sth The average age of the students is 18. \ The amount you pay depends on the age of the car. sb's age i tried to guess her age. I The children's ages range from three to 1 7. be sb's age (=be the same age as someone) When I was your age I was already working.
the same age as sb/sth Their house is about the same age as ours, of my age/her age etc (=about the same age as me. her etc) I'm surprised a girl of your age didn /enow that! at the age of 10/20 etc writtfn (use this to say how old someone was when something happened) He died in J 995 at the age of 73.
over/under the age of (=older or younger than) Anyone over the age of 14 had to pay the full fare.
be small/tall etc for your age (=be small, tall etc compared with other people of the same age) Jimmy's very tall for his age. I She's 86. but uery /it for her age.