jini$h/end sth with sth He finished his lecture with a quotation from Shakespeare.
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DESTROY
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KILL
HOT
FIRE
HURT/INJURE BURN ^ ACCIDENT
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FIRE
It took firefighters four hours to put out the blaze.
/К Don't say 'do you have fire?' if you want to light a cigarette. Say do you have a light?
a fire that damages a building, forest etc
be inflames/be ablaze /bi: in fleimz,
bi: 3'bleiz/ if something is in flames or is ablaze, it is burning strongly and being very badly damaged by fire: The ship was ablaze. 1 Within minutes the whole school was in flames.
Be in flames and be ablaze are used especially in stories and newspaper reports.
a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or for burning unwanted things
fire /Таюг/ |n Cj She sat down in front of the fire and read a book- log/coal fire There's something very comforting about a real log fire. make a fire (=collect things you need for a fire) The children collected some wood to nuke a fire.
light a jire (=make a fire start burning) Where are the matches? I need to light the fire.
fire ;'fai3r/ln C/U] 30 people died in a fire in Chicago last night. I The fire quickly spread throughout the building, fire breaks out (=it starts suddenly) A fire broke out in the hotel kitchen. start a jire The fire wcs started by an electrical fault.
/оrest fire A huge forest fire is burning out of control in the south of France.
blaze ,/bleiz/ [n singular] a large and dangerous fire that burns very strongly: Firefighters struggled to control the blaze at
a huge chemical plant. I The church was
completely destroyed in the blaze.
,x Blaze is used especially in newspaper reports.
flames /fleimz/ [n plural! the bright parts of a fire that you see burning in the air: I saw flames coming from the engine.
when something is burning and being damaged by fire
be on /ire /bi: on 'faisr/ if something is on fire, it is burning and being damaged by fire: One of the plane's engines was on fire. I I can smell smoke. Something must be on fire.
bonfire
bonfire /'bonfai3r||'bo:n-/ [n C] a large outdoor fire for burning dead leaves, wood, or things you do not need build/make a bon/tre They piled up all the branches and made a big bonfire.
to make something start burning
set fue to sth /set Ыэг tu: (sth)/ to make
something start to burn, so that it gets damaged: Vandals set fire to a disused warehouse near the docks last night. I Don't put up the barbecue there - you 'II set fire to the trees.
light la.it/ [v TJ light a cigarette/fire/ candle etc to make a cigarette, fire etc start to burn: Ricky sat down and lit a cigarette. I We searched around for twigs and fallen branches, so we could light a fire.
lighting - lit - have lit
arson /'a:rs^n/ [л U] the crime of deliberately starting a fire in order to damage a building: Police are treating the fire as a case of arson.
В to stop a fire
put out /,pot aot [phrasa/ verb T] to make a fire stop burning pat out tKe fire/the blaze It took firefighters four hours to put out the blaze. pat stK out She threw sand on the fire to put it out.
extinguish ik'stirjgwij [и T] formal, to stop a fire burning: He managed to extinguish the flames with his coat.
blow out /,Ыэи aot/ [phrasal verb T] to make a flame or fire stop burning by blowing on it
blow oat a candle fa match/a fire He
blew out the candle and went to sleep. blow sth out We tried to light a fire but the wind kept blowing it out.
Ц people whose job is to stop fires
/ire/ighter ffai^faita'/ [n C] someone whose job is to stop fires burning. Firefighters rescued the children, who were trapped in an upstairs room.
fire man /Тэдэгтэп/ [n C] a man whose job is to stop fires burning piural firemen
the /ire brigade British the /ire department american /бэ fai3r bri.geid, 'faiar di,pG:rtm9m/ [л singular) the organization in a town or area that works to prevent fires and to stop fires burning: The City Fire Department recommends that every home should have с smoke alarm.
fire engine (also/ire truck american) /'faiar .ends^n, 'fai3r tr\kj [n Cj a special vehicle that carries firefighters and their equipment, including the equipment used to shoot water at a fire
FIRST
opposite last
m see also beginning, start
II before other things or people
/irst /f3:rst [adj] before everyone or everything else: Laurie's name was first on the list. I 1 still remember my first day of school. I She had her first baby in 1984. I I only read the first chapter. I The first thing I noticed was that the front door had been smashed in. the first person to do sth Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel into space.
first /f3:rst [adf] before you do any other things, or before anything else happens: / always read the sports page of the newspaper first. I Shai/ we go out now. or do you want to eat first? i He's had a bad year. First he lost his job, then his girlfriend left him.
first of all (=first, before a lot of other things) First of all, fry the onions
be first/come first ibh f3irst, кдт
'f3:rst/ to be the person who wins a race or a competition: Joyner came first in the 200 metres.
original /эг^зтЛ -d^nsl/ [adj only before noun] before all the others - use this about something that existed at the beginning, especially before a lot of things were changed: The house still has its original stone floors. I Our original plan had been to go camping, but it was pouring with rain.