to join a club, organization, or military force
^ see also member
Don't say 'join in a club'. Say join a
join /dpin/ \v I/T] to join a club, company, organization, or military force: Do you think we should join the union? I She joined the Conservative Party in 1952. I William joined IBM in 1979 as a programmer. 1 A lot of people want to join, so there's a big waiting list, join the army/navy/air Jorce Paul joined the army when he was 16.
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A. Don't use join about going to a school or college. Say she went to Harvard in 1990 (not 'she joined Harvard').
become a member /ы.клт э тетЬэг/ to join a club, organization, or political group, but not a company or a military force: You have to be eighteen before you can become a member. + of I was hoping to become a member of the tennis club. I Several other countries had applied to become members of
NATO
enlist/join up /in'list, ,dym лр/ [v I] to
join the army, navy, or air force: My grandfather went to join up on the day war broke out.
enlist in the army/navy/airforce Josie
en/isted in the airforce and eventually became a pilot.
JOKE
see also funny, laugh, serious
funny story
joke /йзэик/ [n C] something you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story.- Do you know any good jokes? tell a joke Tony told me a really funny joke last night, but I've forgotten it.
со median/comic /ks'miidian, 'komik|| ka:- [n C] someone whose job is to tell jokes and make people laugh: Sandra Bern hard is an actor, singer, comedian, and a regular guest on the David Letterman show.
when you pretend that something is true as a joke
be joking/be kidding /bi: d^aukiq, bi:
kidn]/ informal to say something that is not true, as a joke: When he asked me to marry him, I thought he was joking! I Don't get mad - J was only kidding/
pull sb's leg /,pul (sb's) leg/ informal to try to make someone believe a story that is not true, as a joke: He isn't really related to Madonna - he was only pulling your leg.
to make someone seem stupid by making jokes about them
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make fun of sb/sth / meik Тлп dv (sb/ sth)/ to try to make someone or something seem stupid by making jokes about them: Stop making fun of me. f The other children at school are always making fun of Tom's clothes.
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tease /ti:z/ [u I/T] to make jokes about someone, either in an unkind way, or in a friendly way that shows you like them: The kids at school used to tease Sam because he was overweight. I Don't get upset, Stuart, she's only teasing, tease sb about sth Kevin's always teasing me about my cooking.
JOURNEY
LAND AND SEA
Л HOLIDAY
STAY
TRANSPORT
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also
VISIT
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COUNTRYSIDE
journey /'d30:rni/ [n C] the time during which you travel from one place to another. especially when you go a long way: I've made us some sandwiches to eat on the journey. 1 We had an awful journey - there was heavy snow and the car broke down.
bus/train/car journey the long train journey to St Petersburg a two-fiour/five-mile journey They arrived in Nice after an eight hour jour ney by car.
make a journey These birds make an incredible 10,000-kilometre journey to Africa every winter.
COUNTRY
TRAVEL
JOURNEY
plural journeys
+ of The President left Washington today for a tour of the Middle East.
flight /flait/ (n C) a journey in a plane-. All flights to Tokyo were delayed because of
bad weather.
a 30-minutef3'hour flight From Athens it's a 30-minute flight to the island.
drive /draiv/ [n C] a journey in a car: It was quite a pleasant drive along the coast to the cottage. a 12-hour/15-minute drive It's about a 20-minute drive into the city from here
crossing 'krusiijll'kro:-/ [n С] a short journey in a boat or ship from one side of a lake, river, or sea to the other: The crossing from Dover to Calais is often very rough.
Use voyage especially when you are writing stories.
JUMP
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voyage /'V3i-id3/ [n С] a long journey in а boat or ship: In those days, the voyage to Australia was long and dangerous.
Don't say 'Good journey' to someone who is about to make a journey. Say Have a good journey or Have a safe journey.
trip /trip/ |n C] a journey when you go to a place, stay there for a while, and then come back: We had a lovely trip - the flight wos fine and the hotel was fantastic. take a trip They decided to take a trip
to Paris.
business/school/skiing trip a school trip to the zoo
on a trip (=taking a trip) My husband's away on a business trip in China, a day trip (=when you go and come back on the same day) a day trip to Oxford
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Don't say 'do a journey'. Say make a journey.
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tour /Шзг/ (n C] an organized journey in which an entertainer, sports team, or politician visits several different places: Did you see the Rolling Stones during their last tour?
^ see also run, dance, fall
jump d3Amp/ [и 1] to push yourself off the ground using your legs: How high can you jump?
+ into/ojfj/over I bet you can't jump over
that wall i Boys were diving and jumping off the bridge.
+ up/down Jump down and I'll catch you.
jump up and down (=jump several times, while staying in the same place) Excited fans were jumping up and down and screaming.
jump [n C] Aziz won the event with a
jump of 2.35 metres.
leap /Игр/ [и I/Tj to jump suddenly as far as you can
+ over/through/across The barman leapt over the bar and tried to stop the fight.