Qsteer clear of sb/sth /,stior kiu>rov
(sb/sih)/ especially spokf.n to make an effort to avoid a person or place, because there could be serious problems if you do not: We were told to steer clear of the main roads, where we might be recognized. I She advised me to steer clear of Matthew - she said he couldn't be trusted.
El to avoid a difficult
question or subject
avoid /э'уэеd( [v T| to avoid talking about
a subject or answering a question, because you do not want to cause embarrassment or problems for yourself: Try to avoid subjects like sex or religion that might offend people. I Typical politician! He just kept avoiding the question.
evasive /Vveisiv/ [adj] someone who is evasive tries to avoid answering questions or explaining their plans, because they
want to hide something: All of the journalists' questions were met with vague. evasive answers. I When we asked him where his wife was, O'Hare suddenly became evasive.
ш to avoid being hit
avoid /a void/ [и T] to move so that you do not hit something or get hit by it: I had to swerve to avoid the truck, avoid doing sth Penny jumped out of the toay to auoid being hit by the falling
branch.
get out of the way get ди лэ wei
to move quickly in order to avoid something dangerous that is moving towards you: "Get out of the way!" he yelled, as the wall began to crumble. + of trying to get out of the way of the advancing fire
duck Д1лк/ [и I] to move your head and the top part of your body down in order to avoid something: I forgot to duck and hit my head on the low doorway. I Josie ducked and the vase smashed against
the wall.
dodge дЫзЦскЫз/ [и I/T] to avoid something or someone by quickly moving sideways: We had to run across some open ground, dodging the bullets. I He almost caught me, but 1 dodged and rcn across the road.
+ be hirtd/in to/thro ugh When Kevin saw the soldiers, he dodged into an alley.
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BABY
В
BABY
born ^ ^mother
\ /
see
child also father
d \
young family
D a baby
baby /'beibi/ [л С] a very young child who has not yet learned to speak or walk: Who will look after the baby when you go back to work?
new baby (=a baby that was born only recently) Have you seen Rachel's new baby?
newborn baby (=a baby that has just been born and is only a few hours old) The average weight of a newborn baby is about seuen pounds, baby boy/girl a four-day-old baby boy baby son/daughter Steve and Martha are proud to announce the birth of their baby daughter, Kate Louise, unborn baby (=a baby that is still growing inside its mother) There are a lot of sounds that an unborn baby can hear. plural babies
child /tjaild/ In C] a baby - use this especially in writing or in formal speech: They had their first child after ten years of marriage.
unborn child (-a baby that is still growing inside its mother) The rubella virus can seriously harm the unborn child.
plural children
В to be born
be bora /bi: Wn/ when a baby is born, it comes out of its mother's body and begins its life: The baby was born two months early. I Where were you born?
birth jb-yJQj [n CM the process of being born, or the time when someone is born + of It's quite common for fathers to be present at the birth of their babies. at birth (=at the time when a baby is bom) He only weighed 1.5 kg at birth.
premature /'prematja', -tJoar, ,ргешэ- 't/ualpriima'tjoar/ [adj] a premature baby is born too early and is often small or weak: Many premature babies have breathing problems.
three months/seven weeks etc premature
(=born three months etc before the normal time) The baby was six weeks premature.
В have a baby
have a baby /,hav э 'beibi/ if a woman
has a baby, it comes out of her body:
Helen had her baby at home.
have a bo у/girl Va! had a baby boy at 9
o'clock yesterday evening
have twins (=have two babies at the same
time)
give birth /,giv W0/ if a woman gives
birth, a baby comes out of her body: An /ta/ian woman has giuen birth at the age of 61.
give birth to a boy/girl/son/daughter
Your wife has given birth to a iouely baby boy.
ih Give birth is more formal than have a baby, and is not often used in conversation.
childbirth /tjauldbs'e/ (n U] the process during which a baby is coming out of its mother's body: drugs that ease the pain of childbirth
natural childbirth (=without drugs, medical operations etc)
ia labour British in labor American m 'Ieib3r/ a woman is in labour during the hours when her baby is being born: She was in labour for over 16 hours with her first child.
go into labour (=when labour starts) Anna was at work when she went into labour.
□ going to have a baby
pregnant /'pregnant/ [adj] a pregnant woman has a baby growing inside her body: Have you heard that Liz is pregnant?
get pregnant (=Ъесоте pregnant) She
got pregnant while she was only 15. twelve weeks/eight months etc pregnant Helen's three months pregnant.
Qbe going to have a baby /Ы:
,g30it] 13 hxv 9 'beibi/ especially spoken to
have a baby growing inside your body: I've
got something to tell you alclass="underline" I'm going to have a baby!
/h Use be going to have a baby especially when you are teffing someone for the first time that you or someone else is going to have a baby.