middle /midl/ [adj only before nounl the middle dra.werlshelflfi.nger etc (=the one in the middle) You'll find the scissors in the middle drawer of my desk. I Jane was wearing a gold ring on her middle finger. I I am the middle child in a family of five.
central sentr^l [adj] in the middle of an area, country, or town: We are getting
reports of bad weather in central
Europe. I The houses face onto a central courtyard. I central London
hal/way /haifwei^ll.haef- [adu] at the
middle point between two places or of a period of time or event + across/between/down/up etc Our car
broke down halfway across the bridge, i We were halfway down the mountain when it started snowing. I Joe left the college halfway through the year.
mid- mid [prefix] in or near the middle of a period of time
m id-afte r noon/mi d-week/mid-December/mid-18th century/mid-1990s etc
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MIDDLE
The house was built in the mid-18th century. I That's how people used to wear their hair in the mid-80s.
MIND
BODY
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MIND
THINK ^ ^IMAGINE subconscious (also unconscious)
/sAb'konJss, лп'коп/^Ц-'кагп-/ \adj] subconscious feelings, desires, worries etc are hidden in your mind and you do not realize you have them: a subconscious fear of failure
subconsciously [adt>] Fathers are often
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subconsciously jealous of their sons.
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MISTAKE
your mind
mind /maind/ |n C] what you use to think and imagine things; His mind was full of big ideas for developing the company. I I never know what's going on in her mind. I' She had a picture of him in her mind - tall, blond, and handsome, I He had to push these worries out of his mind. (=tried not to think about them)
brain /brein/ [n C] your ability to think and the way that you think: My brain worked fast as I tried to decide what to do. She has an excellent business brain.
affecting your mind
mental /mentl/ [adj usually before noun] affecting your mind or happening in your mind: After months of overworking. Briggs was suffering from mental and physical exhaustion. I It takes a lot of mental effort to understand these ideas. mental picture/image (=a picture that you have in your mind)
mental illness/problem/break down (=an illness, problem etc of your mind, not your body)
mentally (ado] By the end of the day we were mentally and physically worn out.
psychological /.saiks'lDdjik^HI-'la:-/ lad;] affecting the mind - use this especially about mental problems that influence the way someone behaves: She works with children who haue psychological problems. I The causes of a physical illness can often be psychological. psychologically [adu] psychologically disturbed children
CUIITY/NOT GUILTY WRONG ^ ^ ^ ADMIT
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CARELESS ^^ BLAME
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ACCIDENTALLY
a mistake
mistake /m^'steik/ |n CI something that is not correct, which you do, say, or write without intending to: Your essay s full of mistakes.
make a mistake Sampras uxjs playing badly, making a lot of mistakes. + in There's a mistake in the address. correct a mistake (=make it correct) I hope you'll correct any mistakes I've made.
spelling mistake (=when you spell a word wrongly) Check your work carefully for any spelling mistakes.
error / егэг/ [n C/U] a mistake - use this especially to talk about mistakes in calculating or in using a language, system, or machine: the most common errors among students of English + in an error in the calculations human error (=when a mistake is caused by people, not by a machine) The report decided that the accident was caused by human error.
computer error (=a mistake caused by a computer) Our enormous phone bill was due to a computer error.
misprint /'mis-print/ [n CJ a word that has been printed wrongly in a book or newspaper: There were several misprints in the menu.
Q a bad decision, idea etc that causes problems for you
mistake /mi'sterk.. (n C] something that you do or decide which is not at all sensible and which causes a lot of problems for you
make a mistake My first marriage was a terrible failure. I don't want to make the same mistake again. it is a mistake to do sth It iuas a mistake
to think that we could go on living on borrowed money.
big/serious mistake Buying the farm was the biggest mistake of her life.
H to make a mistake
make a mistake /meik о m' steik/ My
spoken Spanish was okay, but I kept making mistakes in my written work ! Don 't worry - everyone makes mistakes.
Qget sth wrong /get (sth) roi]||-'n:i];;
especially spoken to make a mistake in something that you do, say, or write, especially when this has bad or annoying results: I've been there a year now, and my boss stif/ gets my name wrong! I There was a report about it in the newspaper, but they got their facts wrong. get it wrong This is a delicate operation. If we get it wrong the patient may die.
MIX
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U mix substances/liquids
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ГО-1* -miks, [v T] to mix different liquids or substances together so that they can no longer be separated
mix sth and sth You can make green by mixing blue and yellow paint. mix sth with sth Shake the bottle well to mix the oil with the vinegar mix sth together Concrete is made by mixing gravel, sand, cement, and water together. I If these two chemicals are mixed together they will explode.
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Stir /st3:r/ [и T] to mix things by moving them around in a container with a spoon or a stick: He sat on the front step stirring the paint to make it smooth.
stir in sth/stir sth in (=add something to a food mixture by stirring it) When the butter has melted, stir in the soy sauce and ginger. I Add the grated cheese to the sauce and stir it in.