getting - got - have got (вкт^н) - have gotten (лмгшг an)
Qmake it /meik it/ especially spoken to arrive at a place, especially when you were not sure that you would be able to get there: The weather looked so bad that I wasn't sure we would make it. I If we run. we should be able to make it before the bus leaves.
+ to/across/home etc He couldn't swim, but somehow he managed to make it to the side of the pool.
READ
see also books/literature,
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newspapers and magazines
to read something
read ri:d [l> I/T] Read the instructions carefully before you start. I Have you read 'A Tale of Two Cities'? I Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers.
+ about Did you read about that terrible car crash9
read to sb/read sb a story (=read something aloud, so that people can listen) Our mother used to read to us every evening. + that Steve was amazed when he read that his sister had won a prize
reading - read - have read
reading[n U] the skill or activity of reading: Children are taught reading and writing in their first years at school. I I like to do a lot of reading when I'm on vacation.
reader [n C] someone who reads something: The newspaper is trying to attract more women readers.
read out /,ri:d autI [phrasal verb T] to read something and say the words so that people can hear it. especially the words or numbers that are written in a message, list etc
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read out sth He opened the envelope and read out the name of the winner, read sth out Read the numbers out and I'll write them down, read sth out to sb Sarah left a message - I'll read it out to you.
browse through Sth /'braozBru; (sth)/
jphrasa) verb T) to turn the pages of a magazine or book, stopping to read parts that interest you: I was browsing through the magazines at the station bookstall when I noticed Susan.
read through/read over ri:d 6ru:.
ri:d 3ovar/ [phrasal verb T) to read something carefully from beginning to end, in order to check details or find mistakes
read through/over sth A/ways read through what you have written before you leave the exam room, read sth througK/over Before you sign the contract. read it through carefully.
to be able to read
cafl read /кэп ri:d Tom is only four and he can read already. 1 Two hundred years ago, few ordinary people could read or write.
literate / litorjjt/ [adj] someone who is literate can read and write - use this about adults or older children: People have become healthier, more literate, and better educated. I Every student shou/d be /iterate by the time he or she leaves primary school, literacy fhi?r?si [n U] the ability to read and write: a program to improve standards of literacy
to not be able to read
can't read /,ka:nt 'ri:d|kЈent-/ We run courses to help odults who can 't read. 1 Of course she can't read - she's only 3/
illiterate /ilit^t/ [adj] someone who is
illiterate cannot read or write - use this about adults or older children: His father was an illiterate farm worker ! If 70% of the population is illiterate, how do people know who they are voting for?
В writing that is easy to read
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legible /'МзУ»1/ [adj] written clearly enough for you to read: Is the date on the coin still legible? I Her writing was so tiny that it was barely legible.
writing that is impossible to read
can't read sth /',kamt ri:d (sth)j,ksnt-
I can't read your handwriting - it's so messy.
illegible /iled^b.?!/ (adj| writing that is illegible is impossible to read because it is not clear: / don't know what this note says - Dad's handwriting is totally illegible! I The label had got wet and was now illegible.
READY/NOT READY
see also prepare, hurry
D when you are ready to do something
ready /'redi/ [adj not before noun) if you
are ready for something, you have done everything that needs to be done in order to prepare for it: Are you ready? The taxi's here. I When everyone is ready, I will give the signal to start, ready to do sth Everything is packed and we're ready to leave. + for I don't want to take the test until I'm ready for it.
get ready (=prepare yourself to do something) We haue to leave in 10 minutes, so you'd better go and get ready. I We've spent the last few days getting ready for
Christmas. I Get ready to start the
We often use get ready to mean 'get washed and dressed in the right clothes': / got ready for bed. I She's getting ready to go
engine when I tell you.
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prepared /рпреэМ [adj not before nounl ready to deal with a situation, because you were expecting it or because you have made careful preparations + for The police were prepared for trouble. 1 / was not prepared for all those questions.
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well prepared When the storm came, we were well prepared
О ready to be used or eaten
ready /'redi/ [adj not before noun] if something is ready, you can use it or eat it immediately: I'll let you know when lunch is ready. I When the pasta is
ready, add the sauce. I Your suit will be ready on Wednesday, sir. I I'm sorry, your car isn't ready yet. ready to eat/drink/wear etc In a year's time the wine will be ready to drink. + for Is everything ready for the party? get sth ready (^prepare it) They were getting the boat ready for a long voyage.
ripe raip \adj\ ready to eat - use this about fruit that has been on the plant for long enough: The apples were ripe and juicy. I Is this melon ripe enough to eat?
REAL
^ see also false, natural, imagine
II not false or artificial
real пэ1/ [adj] not false or artificiaclass="underline" That's a nice watch - is it real gold? I Are those flowers real or artificial? 1 Sinbad's not his real name.
genuine /'djenju^n/ [adj] real, not just seeming to be real or pretending to be reaclass="underline" For years people thought the picture was a genuine Van Gogh, but in fact it's a fake. 1 a system for dealing with genuine refugees
authentic p:'0entik/ [adj] authentic food, music, clothes etc are correct for the place or the period in history that they are supposed to be from: a friendly restaurant offering authentic Greek food I They play music on authentic medieval instruments.