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Bobby keeps hitting me. I How can I explain if you keep interrupting me? I / keep forgetting to mail this letter.
always/all the time 'oiiweiz. -wiz. x\
<Ъ taim/ \adv\ very often, in a way that is annoying: She just complains all the time and never tries tc help be always doing sth I'm sick of Harold - he's always telling me what to do.
elder /'elda'/ [adj only before noun] elder brother/sister someone's older brother or sister: My elder brother's an actor.
things
opposite new old /aold/ |adj] They live in a big old
Д Don't say 'elder people', 'elder students' etc. Only use elder to talk about members of the same family.
eldest /eldest [adj] eldest brother/sister/son/daughter someone's oldest brother, sister, son. or daughter: Her eldest son is in college. I I shared the bedroom with my eldest sister. the eldest (=the oldest) Rosie was the
eldest of four daughters.
senior citizen (also senior American) ,si:ni3r 'sitgZ^n, \ь'лЬг [л С] someone who is above the age of 60 - use this to talk about older people as a group, and their particular interests, rights etc: They have special prices for senior citizens. I Many seniors have uery active lives.
pensioner/old age pensioner
'penj>n9r, .sold cid3 'penj^ns1"/ \n C] British an old person who has stopped working and receives money from the government: Many pensioners cannot afford to heat their homes in winter. \ Old age pensioners can travel free on the buses.
food
State /steil/ \adj] stale bread or cake is
hard, dry, and unpleasant to eat because it is no longer fresh: I found some stale cake at the back of the cupboard. go stale (=become stale) The bread's gone stale - you'd better throw it away.
mouldy British moldy american /'maoldi/ [adj] mouldy cheese, bread etc has a soft green or black substance growing on it because it has been kept too long: There was nothing in the fridge except a piece of mouldy cheese.
go mouldy (=become mouldy) Someone left coffee in my mug, and it's gone
mouldy.
mouldy - mouIdier - mouldiest
rotten /'rotn||'ra:tn/ [adj] rotten food, especially eggs or fruit, has been kept too long and it smells bad: At the back of the cupboard was a bag of rotten apples. Some of the tomatoes were rotten.
the time when someone is old
old age /.auld 'eid3/ [n U] the time in someone's life when they are old: the problems of old age
when something has been used before
old aold [adj only before noun] old clothes, books, chairs etc have already been worn or used a lot by someone else. I was the youngest in the family, so I had to wear all my brothers' old clothes, i Do you have any old magazines the kids can cut up? I My dad fust bought a new TV, and he's giving me the old one.
second-kand /sekand haendw [adj]
second-hand books, clothes, cars etc have already been owned by someone else and are then sold: Max spent a whole afternoon looking around a secondhand book store. I Do you know where I can buy a second-hand bicycle? buy/get sth second-hand "Is that table new?" "No, we got it second-hand."
used (juizd/1adj only before noun] a used car is one that someone else has already owned, which is then sold: He made his money buying and selling used cars.
OLD-FASHIONED
not modern, or not suitable for the present time
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FASMONABU UNMSMONABU
clothes/styles/words
in his/her old age (=when he/she is old) Her grandfather's getting a bit forgetful in his old age.
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old-fashioned /,эold 'faef^nd<j [adj] old- fasnioned clothes, styles, words etc are no longer considered modern or fashionable, although some people still wear them or still use them: J don 't wear that skirt now - it looks so old-fashioned. I 'Wireless' is an old-fashioned word for radio.
dated deitjd [adj not usually before noun] use this about clothes or styles that used to be fashionable, especially until recently, but now seem old-fashioned: Just look at the hairstyles in this photo - they're so dated I The song was a big
hit last year, but it's already starting to
sound dated.
opinions/methods/ systems/people
old-fashioned /,эиШ Сергий [adj] old-
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fasnioned opinions and ways of living were common in the past, but are not the way most people think and behave now: In those days, people believed that divorce was morally wrong, but this now seems very old-fashioned. 1 He has some very old-fashioned ideas about women.
You can also use this about people who have old-fashioned opinions: Her parents were very old-fashioned and wouldn't let her go out with boys.
outdated /,aot'deitJ>d4 [adj] outdated opinions, methods, or systems are not suitable for modern times and need to be changed and made more modern: The British legal system is hopelessly outdated. I The school's approach to teaching English is totally outdated.
traditional /tra'dipnal lad;] traditional
opinions, methods, or customs have existed for a long time, and have not been changed or affected by modern ideas: The local people still use frac/ifiona/ farming methods which have been used for hundreds of years. I the traditional idea that a woman's place is in the home I Tom went to a very traditional all-boys school. (=a school using traditional methods)
/К Outdated is always used in a negative
way, but old-fashioned and traditional
OLD-FASHIONED
are sometimes used in a positive way, to talk about ideas or methods: old-fashioned family values I They want to bring back traditional teaching methods.