answer the phone/the door/a call A
A
strange man answered the phone. I He still isn't answering my calls.
Don't say 'answer to the phone/door'. Say answer the phone/door.
Qget /get/ [v t] spoken to answer the telephone, or go to the door when someone knocks: "I think that's the phone." "It's OK -I'll get it." I Can someone get the door - I'm in the shower!
getting - got - have got
there was no answer/there was
ЛО reply /беэг wds пэо a:nsar, беэг wos пэо ri'plai||-'sen-/ BRrnsH use this to say that no-one answered the telephone or the door: She tapped on Mike's door but there was no answer t I've been trying to call Cathy all morning and there's no reply.
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El in a test or competition
answer /'amsafaen-/ [n C] an answer to a
question in a test or competition: Write your answers on a postcard and send it to this address.
the answer (=the correct answer) And the answer is ... Washington DC.' + to What's the answer to question 4? the right/wrong answer The first person to call us with the right answer will win 10 CDs of their choice.
answer /'ainsafaen-/ [v 1/T] to give an answer to a question in a test or competition
answer a question You have 20 minutes to answer all the questions. answer correctly/wrongly If you answer correctly, you could win a video camera.
solution /S3'lu:pn/ [n C] the correct answer to a complicated problem in a test or competition: Have you worked out the solution yet?
+ to The solution to last week's crossword puzzle is on page 25.
the answer to a problem
answer /'ainsafaen-/ (n С] a way of dealing with a problem
+ to There are no easy answers to today's environmental problems. the answer (=the best way of dealing with a problem) Some people think cars should be banned from the city, but I don't think that's the answer.
Solution /sa'lu:J>n/ [n C] a way of dealing with a problem, especially a complicated or difficult problem
+ to Nuclear power can never be the only solution to our energy problems, find a solution/come up with a solution
So far, all attempts to find a solution have failed.
solve /solv||sa:lv, soilv/ [и T] to successfully
deal with a problem
solve a problem The only way to solve the city's housing problems is to spend a lot more money on new homes.
know what to do /пэи ,wvt ta dих/ to
know what you should do in order to deal with a problem: Go and ask Larry - he'll
know what to do.
+ about Carrie thought her boyfriend was seeing another girl, but she didn't know what to do about it.
AREA
a part of the world, a country, or
a surface
^ see also space, place, land and sea
D an area of the world or
of a country
area /'ерпэ/ [n C] There will be sunshine in most areas tomorrow. + of A substantial area of Brazil is still covered by rainforest. iadustrial/<19ricultига 1Уrural area The news hadn't reached the rural areas yet.
region ("ri:dyn/ [n С) a large area that is
part of a country or of the world: There have been reports of fighting throughout the region. I They finally settled in the north-west region. + of Wild dogs are rare, even in the remoter regions of Africa.
zone /гэип/ [n C] an area that is in some way special or different from the areas around it, for example because it has a particular type of problem: Sen Francisco and Tokyo are both located in earthquake zones. I They uxmt the Pacific Ocean to become a nuclear-free zone. war/battle zone UN troops are unwilling to enter the war zone.
В an area in or around a town or city
area /*ел1э/ [n C] an area in or around a town or city
+ of They used to live in Mochfeld, an area of Duisburg.
poor/rich area Diego was brought up in a very poor area of Buenos Aires. tfie surrounding area (-the area around a town or city) Police are searching Blickhng and the surrounding area for the missing child.
district /'distnkt/ In CI part of a town or city that is either one of its officially fixed divisions or is a place where a particular group of people live or a particular activity takes place: The financial district is in the centre of Manila. + of Their apartment is in the Chongwen district of Beijing.
neighbourhood british neighborhood american /'neibaTiod/ [n C] one of the parts of a town or city where people live: Freddie and his family lived in a big house in a wealthy neighbourhood. 1 Everyone in the neighborhood seemed to have heard the news.
suburb /'sAbзЛ/ [n C] an area away from the centre of a city, where people live, especially an area where there are houses with gardens
+ of Amy teaches at a school in a suburb of Boston.
the suburbs It took about an hour to drive through the suburbs.
block /blDk(blade/ In C] especially american
a group of buildings in a city, with four streets around it - often used as a way of talking about distances in the city: She lived three blocks away, on 32nd Street I Most of the families on our block are Italian Americans.
precinct f"pri:sir)kt/ [n C) AMERfCAN an area in an American town or city that has its own local government and police: the fourteenth precinct