stand up for sb/sth /,stxnd лр b:r
(sb/sth)/ Iphrasa/ verb T] to strongly defend someone who is being criticized, or strongly defend your ideas or your rights: You have to be ready to stand up for what you believe in. I Didn't anyone
stand up for James and say it wasn't his fault?
stand up for yourself Politics can be a very tough business, and you have to learn to stand up for yourself.
stick up for sb stik лр tb:r (sb)
DELIBERATELY
[phrasal verb t] spoken to strongly defend someone who is being criticized, especially when no one else will defend them: The only person who stuck up for me was Sarah.
iii Intentionally is more formal than deliberately or on purpose and is not
common in spoken English.
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intentional in'tenpnal [adj] especially written use this about things that you do or say deliberately in order to get a particular result or have a particular effect: The damage was not intentional, but I was still annoyed. I If their advertisements are shocking, this is entirely intentional.
DELIBERATELY
when you do something because you intended to do it
^ opposite accidentally
deliberately мгпыгэШ/ \adv] if you do something deliberately, you do it because you want to do it, and you hope it will have a particular result or effect: She left the letter there deliberately so that you'd see it. I Police believe the fire was started deliberately. I I think he was deliberately ignoring me.
deliberate /di'lib^t Mj] use this about things that you do or say deliberately: a deliberate attempt to prevent the truth from being known I His rudeness was quite deliberate.
Qon purpose /Dn p3Irp3S; [adu] especially spoken if you do something on purpose, you do it deliberately, in order to annoy people or to get an advantage for yourself: I spilled my drink on purpose -1 needed an excuse to leave the room. I He always pronounces my name wrong. Do you think he does it on purpose?
intentionally /in'tenpnsli/ [acta] especially written if you do something intentionally, you plan to do it and you hope it will have a particular result or effect: The jury has to decide whether he killed John Bishop intentionally or whether it was an accident, i They arrived late intentionally, in order to avoid seeing him.
Intentional js more formal than deliberate and is not common in spoken English.
to do Sth in,tend t3 du: (sth)/' if you intend to do something, you decide that you want to do it, and you plan to do it: / intend to win this game. I She clearly intended to kill him, and nearly succeeded.
DEPEND/ IT DEPENDS
when the way something happens is influenced by other facts or
events
if you mean 'depend on someone',
go tOtrust/not trust
see also decide, think
depend di'pend/ [и 1] if something depends on a fact, result, decision etc. it is not fixed or decided because it will change if the fact, result, decision etc changes
+ on The amount of tax you pay depends on how much you earn. it depends how/where/what etc I might not be able to go to France - it depends how much it costs.
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depending on / kept getting different answers, depending on who I asked. Qit depends/that depends spoken (say this when you cannot give a definite answer, because your decision may change according to what happens) "Are you going to apply for that pb?" "Well, it depends." Qit all depends spoken (say this to emphasize that you cannot be certain
about something at all) We stili don't know whether we'll hove to move to a new house or not - it oil depends.
Don't say 'it is depending'. Say it j depends.
according to sth oko:rdu] tu: (sth)/ if
something is done according to particular facts or principles, these facts or principles are what affect the way it is done: Telephone charges vary according to the time of day. I The students were grouped according to age and ability.
DESCRIBE
^ see also detail, describing people,
HOUSES/WHERE PEOPLE LIVE
II to describe someone or something
describe /di'skraib/ [v T] to talk or write about a person, place, event etc, saying what they are like and giving details about them: Could you try and describe the man you saw? I In her book, she describes her journey across the Sahara. describe sb/sth as Police described the attack as particularly violent. describe sb/sth. to sb I tried to describe the feeling to my doctor, but she didn't understand.
describe How/what It's difficult to
describe how I felt.
/К Don't say 'I described him the scenery'. Say I described the scenery to him-
write about sb/sth/rait sbaut (sb/sth); [phrasa/ verb T] to describe a person, place, or situation by writing about it: Thomas Hardy wrote about life in the countryside in nineteenth-century England.
give an account of sth /,giv эп
a'kaunt dv (sth)/ to describe something that happened, only giving the facts and not adding your own feelings or opinions: P/ease give a brief account of your previous work experience.
port ray sb/sth as sth /ptf'trei (sb/sth)
<ez (sth); [phrasal verb T] formal, to describe someone or something in a way that shows your opinion of them, especially when this is untrue or unfair: In the book. Diana is portrayed as the victim of