make someone fee! frightened or very nervous: There was a pole, white face at the window, It really scared me. scare the hell out of sb informal I=make someone feel very frightened) The way he drives scares the hell out of me.
fi\ Scare's more informal than friahten and you usually use it in spoken English.
terri/y 'ter^fai (и Tj to make someone fee! very frightened: The idea of going down into the caves terrified her
terrifying - terrified - have terrified
Startle /'sta:rtl/ [v T] if someone or something startles you, they frighten you because you see them suddenly or hear them when you a:e not expecting them: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.
Qjives me the creeps mi: бэ
'krnps/ spoken informal, if a person or place gives you the creeps, they make you feel slightly frightened and nervous because they seem strange: I hate this house. It gives me the creeps.
В the feeling of being frightened
fear /fi3r; [n C/UI the feeling you have when you are very frightened, or the thought that something very unpleasant will happen: Her hands were shaking with fear, (^because she was frightened) + of fear of flying i fears of another war in Europe
+ that There was always the fear that he might never return.
terror /'ter9r/ [n U] a very strong feeling of fear when you think that something very bad is going to happen to you. especially that you will be killed In terror (=because you are very frightened) Shots were fired, and the children screamed in terror.
sheer terror {-very great terror) I'll never forget the look of sheer terror on her face.
horror /'hD^H'hoK ha:-/ [n U] a strong
feeling of shock and fear, which you have when you see something terrible happen, or when you think of something terrible in horror The crowd watched in horror
as the plane hit the ground and burst into flames.
to sb's horror (=making someone feel very frightened) He suddenly realized to his horror that the brakes weren't working.
panic /'ргешк/ |n U] a sudden, strong feeling of fear when you are in a dangerous situation. which makes you do things that are not sensible because you cannot think clearly: There was a suc/den panic and everyone started rushing towards the door.
FROM
to come from a place or to come from something else
see also country, town, live
D when someone was
born in a place or has lived there a long time
come /rom/be from клт from, bn
from [phrasa/ verb- TI if you come from or are from a particular place, that is
where you were born or where you lived for a long time: Where are you from? I She comes from Japan. I When we were on uacation we met a couple who canoe from the same town as us.
Q when something has
developed from something
that existed before
come from Sth клт from (sth)
[phrasal verb T] use this to say that something which exists now developed from something else that existed before; The word 'origami' comes from the Japanese words on", meaning 'folding', and 'kami\ meaning 'paper'. 1 Many modern stories come from ancient Greek and Roman myths.
be based on sth /bi: 'beist on (sth)/ if a
film or story, or an idea or plan is based on something else, that is where its basic ideas or facts come from: The movie The Far Pavilions' is based on a novel about India. 1 a new traffic policy, based on a six-month suruey of road useorigin/origins /'Drid3^n(z)|'K-, 'a:-' [n C] the situation, ideas, events etc that something else developed from, especially when this helps to explain why something has developed
+ of a TV programme about the origin of
the universe I We hod to write an essay
on the origins of World War I.
A Origin and origins often mean the same, but use origins especially about something that has many different parts or stages: the origins of the modern noveUse origin especially about something that developed from a single thing, cause, or situation: Doctors are still not sure what the origin of the infection is.
FULL
when nothing more can fit into container, room, or space
opposite empty
full
full
full /fo 1/ [adj] if a container, room, or space is full, nothing more can go into it: a full bottle of milk I I can't get anything more in this suitcase - it's full. I All the parking spaces were full.
+ of We found a box full of old letters. \
The buses were full of people cooing to work.
A Don't say 'full with something'. Say full of something.
filled with sth /'fild wift (sth)/ full of something - use this about a container when a lot of things have been put into it: an enormous vase plied with flowers I Pour the mixture into a tail glass filled with ice. I There were lots of tiny drawers filled with screws and nails.
packed /paekt/ [adj] completely full of people - use this about a room, theatre, train, bus, etc: "Were there many people on the train?" ''Oh, it was packed!" I a packed theatre crammed with sth /'kraemd wis (sth)'
completely full of things or people, so that they are all pressed together: Security
guards discovered a bag crammed with
explosives. I small boats crammed with refugees I a shelf crammed with books
overflowing эи\эг-
flooir]* [adj] a container that is overflowing is
so full that the liquid or things inside it come out over the top: The bath's overflowing! Who forgot to turn off the water? I The tables were covered with dirty coffee cups and overflowing ashtrays. + with a trashcan overflowing with garbage
overloaded .oova'l^od^d, if a vehicle or ship is overloaded, too many things have been put in it, so it is carrying too much: The truck was completely overloaded, and things had started to fall out of the back I ал overloaded bus
to become full
/ill up ,f [ 1 ,\p [phrasal verb 1] to gradually become fulclass="underline" About half an hour before the performance. the theatre starts to fill up. 1 The drought has ended at last, and the reservoirs are filling up again.