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A In British English, you use graduate only to talk about leaving university. In American English, you can use graduate to talk about leaving high school or leaving university.
drop out /,dmp 'aotl.draip-/ [phrasal verb I) to leave school, college, or university
leave /li:v/ [u I/T not in passive] to stop doing a job, or stop belonging to an organization: Why did you leave your last job? 1 J had enjoyed teaching, and was sorry to leave. I Several leading
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before you have finished studying: One third of the students drop out at the end of the first year.
+ of When he was 15, he dropped out of school and joined a band.
flunk OUt :Плг]к aot [phrasal verb I]
amf.rican informal to have to leave school or college because your work is not good enough
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to make someone leave a job, school, or organization
fire fai3r [и T] ! чич l-\i! y American to make someone leave their job. especially because they have done something wrong: The boss fired him for being drunk.
sack sb/give sb the sack s^k (sb
giv (sb)Оэ s<tk [u Tj BRnsH to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong: The company has sacked three of its senior managers. I If I'd known what she was doing. ! would have given her the sack long ago.
kick sb out/throw sb out kik (sb)
act. Bra) (sb) 'aot, [phrasa/ uerb T] informal to make someone leave a school, college, club etc. because they have done something wrong: / said I'd kick them out if I caught them smoking again. + of Nick failed his exams and was thrown out of school.
expel ik'spel [i> T1 to make someone permanently leave a scnool or college, because they have behaved very badly: The principal is expelling three boys who were caught taking drugs, get expelled (from/for) She got expelled from her school for hitting one of the teachers.
expelling - expelled - have expelled
suspend suspend [и T] to make someone leave their school, job, or an organization for a period of time, because they have disobeyed rules or behaved badly: Several police officers have been sus pended for taking bribes.
to be forced to leave
your job
lose your job /,lu:z , 'pir d3Db|-'d3a:b/ to be forced to leave your job: Terry lost his job just before Christmas - it was terri Ые I People don't complain - they're frightened of losing their jobs.
be fired hi: 'fai3rd lspfcially american to be forced to leave your job. especially because you have done something wrong: Did he resign or was he fired?
be sacked/get the sack /bi: s<ekt.
get ft? Seek/ British to be forced to leave your job, especially because you have done something wrong: If you keep com ing in late, you'll get the sack.
be laid off (also be made redundant British) /bi: ,leid of. bi: ,meid
rrd.\n(tant to lose your job, because your company does not need you any more: Dad was laid off after 32 years in the steelworks. I 250 people will be made redundant when the factory closes.
redundancy ridAndonsi [n C/U] British when someone has to leave their job. because the company does not need them any more: The men were offered shorter working hours as an alternative to redundancy. I more redundancies in the banking industry
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to let someone use something that they will give back to you
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to lend something to someone
lead (also loan, american) lend. 1эоп [и Tj to let someone have money which they will pay back later or let them use something that is yours, which they will give back to you later
lend/loan sb sth Can you (end me $20?I 1 wish I'd never lent him my car. I I could loan you $100 if you need it. lend/loan sth to sb Did you lend that book to Mike? I The camera had been loaned to him by his cousin.
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lending - lent - have lent
You lend or loan things that can be moved, but you let someone use a room, building etc.
Let sb use sth /Jet (sb) ju:z (sth) to let someone use something that belongs to you, for a short time, especially something such as a room, a house, or a piece of land: Some friends are letting us use their house while they are on facation. I Bob won't let me use his computer.
ОП loan, ion '1эоп/ something that is on loan, especially a library book or a painting, has been lent to a person or organization: /couldn't get that book from the library ~ all the copies are out on loan + frот The museum has an exhibition of paintings on loan from the Louvre.
to lend houses, land, machines etc for money
rent out /.rent 'aot, [phrasal verb T] to
allow someone to use a house, piece of
Mark lent Julie £10. Julie borrowed £10 from Mark
land, or vehicle that belongs to you, in exchange for money
Julie paid Mark back the following week.
rent sth out If you can't sell your house, why don 't you rent it out? rent oat sth They rent out boats for pleasure cruises.
rent sth out to sb The field at the back of the house is rented out to a local farmer.
lease ,'liis [u T| to allow a company, organization etc to use buildings, land, or equipment for a fixed period of time, in
exchange for money
lease sth to sb The aircraft had been leased to a Nigerian airline.
let BRrnsH re fit American let, rent/ [u T) to allow someone to use a room, house, or office in exchange for money let/rent sth to sb I've let my spare room to a Japanese student. I We usually rent our house to someone over the long vacation.
To Let British For Rent american (written on a sign to show that a room, house, or office is empty and can be rented)