discourage Мгчклг^зЦ-'кзгг- [v T] to
stop someone wanting to do something, by making them think that it will be difficult or unpleasant: We need to discour age the use of cars.
discourage sb from doing sth Girls are
sometimes discouraged from studying subjects like engineering and physics.
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deterrent/di'ter3nt||-'t3ir-/ [n C] something that is intended to stop people from wanting to do something: Prison is supposed to be a deterrent.
to persuade someone that something is true or right
convince kan'vmsi [и T] to make someone believe that something is true, especially when they doubted it before: Vou still don't believe me, do you? What do I have to do to convince you? convince sb that It took him a long time to convince the police that he was telling the truth.
persuade por'sweid [u TI to make someone believe that something is true or right, by telling them things that seem to prove it persuade sb that She won't lend me the car unless I can persuade her that Гт a safe driver.
something that persuades you
persuasion /p3r'swei;yn< [n ui things
that you say in order to persuade someone to do something: It took a lot of persuasion to get Dad to agree to the idea. I They got what they wanted with a mixture of persuasion and threats.
convincing /kan'vmstq/ [adj] a convincing reason, explanation, or excuse makes you believe that something is true or right. That's not a very convincing excuse for being late! I There is convincing evidence that smoking causes heart disease.
persuasive/p3r'sweisiv/ [adj] good at persuading people; Ben can be very persuasive if he wants something. I The salesman had a smooth persuasive manner.
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+ to Window locks are a cheap and effective deterrent to burglars.
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PAINT
i V
a picture that you paint or draw
picture piktjV/ [n C] a painting or drawing: Van Gogh's Sunflowers' is one of the most famous pictures in the world. + of There was a picture of a windmill on the bedroom wall. sb's picture (=a painting or drawing of someone) The house belonged to the Duke of Wellington, and his picture hangs in the hall.
draw/paint a picture She drew some beautiful pictures of the church. do a picture informal (-draw or paint a picture) Jamie loues doing pictures of cats.
painting /'pemtii)/ [n С] a picture that someone has painted: an exhibition of Cezanne's paintings
+ оfa painting of the Grand Canal in Venice by Сапа let to
do a painting She enjoys doing paint- ings of wildflowers.
drawing /'dmi]/ (n С) a picture that someone has drawn using a pen or penciclass="underline" Sy/uia's teacher was very impressed by her drawings.
+ of On the wall was a drawing of a woman 's head.
do a drawing Monet did a series of drawings of water I Hies.
Sketch /sketj/ [n С] a picture consisting of
a few lines drawn quickly with a pen or pencil
+ of I thought your sketches of the garden were very attractive, do a sketch The architect did a sketch of how the building will look when it's finished.
quick/rough sketch (=a sketch done very quickly) Gabriel la did a quick sketch of her baby daughter.
plural sketches
illustration /jb'streipn/ [n С] a picture
in a book, which shows people or events that have been mentioned in the book: Who did the illustrations for the Winnie- the-Pooh books? I The new encyclopedia is full of colour illustrations and
photographs.
cartoon /ka:r'tu:n/ (n С] a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine, often with a joke written under it: a cartoon showing the President's wife dressed as a witch in a black cloak
poster fpaostaV [n CJ a very large picture
or photograph printed on paper, which you put on a wall for decoration + of Anna's bedroom wall uxis covered in posters of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.
portrait /'po:rtri,tj |n С] a painting, drawing. or photograph of a person + of A portrait of the Queen hung on the wall.
paint a portrait He has painted the portraits of a lot of famous people.
landscape /Isendskeip, \n С) a painting
showing an area of countryside
a photograph
photograph /'foot3gra:f||-graef/ [n С] а picture made using a camera: an exhibition of war photographs + of a book full of photographs of Kenya take a photograph Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum.
sb's photograph (=a photograph of someone) The police have her photo graph and are hoping to find her soon. wedding/passport/school photograph
The guests stood still and posed for the wedding photographs. photograph album (=a book that you put photographs in)
Д Photograph is more formal than photo or picture
photo/picture /'faotao, piktJV/ |П С] a photograph - use this especially to talk about photographs of you. your friends or family, or places you have visited: Who's that woman in the picture? She looks familiar.
+ of That's an awful photo of me - it makes me look really stupidf take a photo/picture We always take tots of photos of the children.
sb's photo/picture (=a photo of someone) Let me take your picture by the swimming pool. I We saw her photo in the local paper.
wedding/passport/school photo I must
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remember to get some passport photos.
ZIaYou can also use photobefore a noun,
like an adjective: a photo album I a silver photo frame
snap especially british snapshot especially american snsp, snsp/Dtfl-Juit [n c| informal a photograph which you take yourself, for example of your family or on holiday, not one that is taken by a professional photographer: Patrick was showing his holiday snaps to everyone in the office.
take a snap/snapshot Did you take any snaps in Greece?
+ of She showed me a snapshot of her three children.
photography /ft'togrofiH-'tu:- [n U] the
art or profession of taking photographs: Chris is studying photography ai night school.
El what you see in a mirror, on a screen, or on water
image 'imids; [n CJ a picture on the screen ol a television, cinema, or computer: The images on a computer screen are made up of thousands of tiny dots. I the flickering images of an old silent movie
reflection /п flekpn/ [n C] what you see when you look in a mirror or at the surface of water: Anna stood looking at her reflection in the mirror. I the reflection of the moon on the surface of the lake
El the front or back of a