A
danger of death or serious harm
danger demd^'/ (n C/U J the possibility
that someone or something will be harmed or killed: Danger! Keep out. 1 I stood at the side of the road and waved my arms to warn other drivers of the danger. + of Many people are still not aware of the dangers of drugs such as Ecstasy.
risk risk [n C/U] the possibility of serious harm if you do something dangerous - use this especially when you want to say how great the possibility is: Doctor how much risk is there with this kind of operation? I A lot of children start smoking without realizing what the risks are.
+ of Wearing a seat belt can reduce the risk of serious injury. + to The disease a//ects cats but there is no risk to humans.
DARK
look here for... when there is not much light dark colour, skin, hair
see also colour/color, light,
bright/not bright
place/room
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dark ,da;rk, [adj] if a place is dark, there is little or no light: Thick curtains covered the windows and the room was very dark. I I hid in the darkest corner of the
Don't say 'it becomes dark' to talk
about the time when night comes. Say it
gets dark-
dimly-lit /.dimli lit*/ [adj] a dimly-lit
street, room, building etc is almost dark because the lights there are not bright: a long dimly-lit corridor
yard and prayed that the soldiers would not find me. I No, you cant play outside now - it's too dark. it gets dark (=night comes) It was starting to get dark outside and lights were coming on all over the city. be pitch dark (=be completely dark) It was pitch dark. She felt a small animal scuttle across her feet.
A
colour/hair/skin
see also hair
dark /da:rk/ [adj] dark colours are close to black and are not at all bright or pale: There was a dark stain on the carpet that looked like blood. I a boy with dark curly hair
dark blue/green/brown etc She had
beautiful dark brown eyes. I a dark blue dress
DEAD
opposite alive see also die, exist
D no longer alive
dead /ded; [adj] someone who is dead has stopped living: Shes stopped breathing - 1 think she's dead. I The dead man s wife was questioned by the police. I She was found dead in her apartment, with a bottle of sleeping pills beside her.
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gloomy gluimi/ [ad;] a gloomy place or room is not at all bright or cheerful - use this especially in stories or written descriptions: Mr Casaubon would sit all day in his gloomy study.
dingy /dindji/ [adj] a building, room,
office etc that is dingy is fairly dark and usually dirty and in bad condition: He ate lunch in a dingy little cafe near the station.
dingy - dingier - dingiest
the dark /Йэ 'da:rk/ [n singular] when there is no light, especially in a room: Most children are afraid of the dark. in the dark Why are you sitting there in the dark? Put the light on.
darkness /'da:rknЈs/ [n U] a place or time
where there is no light: A voice came from out of the darkness, but she could see no-one. I There was a sudden flash of light, then darkness again. in complete/total darkness (=with no light at all) The lights suddenly went out and we found ourselves in total darkness.
late (le it/ [adj only before nounl especially written use this as a polite way of talking
about someone who has died, especially
someone who died recently
sb's late husband/wife/mother/father
She set up the fund in memory of her late husband.
the (ate President Marcos/John Lennon
etc He is the last surviving son of the late Indira Gandhi.
the dead /йэ ded/ In plural] especially writfen people who have died - use this especially to talk about people who died in wars or accidents: a re/igious seruice to commemorate the dead of two World Wars I Four of the dead had been travelling in the same car.
A\ When you are talking about a group of people who have died, don't say 'the dead people'. Say the dead-
the body of a dead person
body /'bDdi||'ba:di/ [n CI the body of someone who has died: Police found the body
of a young boy in Јpp/ng Forest last
night. I The woman sat down beside her son's body and wept.
plural bodies
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A\ We usually just say body, not 'dead body'. Only say 'dead body' if it is not clear from the rest of the sentence that the person is dead: Have you ever seen a dead body?
corpse /fo:rps/ [n C] the body of a dead
person - use this when you are talking about the body as an object, not as a person: A corpse was found floating in the river.
remains /n'meinz/ [л plural] parts of a dead person's body, especially someone who has been dead for a long time the remains of They discovered the remains of a young woman hidden under the floorboards, sb's remains His remains will be flown back to Ireland.
ashes [n plural] the powder that is
left after a body has been burned as part of a funeral ceremony sb's ashes His ashes were scattered over the Jumna river
DEAL WITH
to deal with a difficult problem or
with things that need to be done
see also problem, answer 5
D to do things that need
doing
deal with sth di:l wirt (sth)/ [phrasa/ verb TJ to decide what needs to be done and make sure that it is done, especially when it is your job to do this: Who is dealing with the accommodation arrangements for the conference? I I spend most of my working day dealing with customer inquiries.