their own apartment. better off (=having more money than before or more than someone else) Most families will be better off when the tax changes are introduced.
millionaire hm\\p'nc^Tj [n C] someone
who is extremely rich and lias at least a million pounds or a million dollars: He had his own company at 25 and was a millionaire by 30. You'd have to be a millionaire to afford a place like that.
the rich /дэ 'ritJV |n plural] people who are rich, especially when you are comparing them to people who are poor: the wide gap between the rich and the poor
rich countries
/ntj/ [adj] a rich country has a lot of money, so most of the people living there have comfortable lives: Many of the laid-off workers have received aid from their richer neighbours.
developed /di'vehpt/ [ac/j only before noun] a developed country is rich and has modern industrial, health, and education systems: Typhoid and cholera are not now serious problems in developed countries.
to become rich
Qget rich /.get ritf/ especially spoken to become rich, especially to make a lot of money quickly: Roger got rich selling second-hand cars.
make a fortune /meiko toj^n/ informal to become rich by earning or winning a lot of money: A good salesman can make a fortune if he works hard.
make a fortune doing sth He had made a fortune gambling in Las Vegas.
RIGHT
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correct and without any mistakes when someone's behaviour is reasonable morally right
legal rights and rights in society opposite wrong
see also suitable/unsuitable, good
„ correct and with no mistakes
right /rait; [adj] something that is right is true, or has no mistakes in it. or is the way that it should be: Yes, that's the right answer. I Is that the right time? I Make sure you use the right amounts of flour and sugar. ! Put the words in the right order to make a sentence. sb is right (=what they say is right) I think you're right ~ there's not going to be enough food for everyone. C^that's right spoken (use this to emphasize that what someone has said is true) "Your mothers a teacher isn't she?" "Yes, that's right."
be right about sb/sth (=have the4right opinion about someone or something) You're right about Тага. You can't trust her.
get sth right (=be right in what you say or
write) Make sure you get people s names right when you're sending out the inui- tations.
correct /ka'rekt. [adj] correct answers, facts, methods etc are right, for example because they contain no mistakes or they break no rules: The first ten correct answers will win a prize. I This information is no longer correct. I Did the police use the correct procedure when they interrogated him?
Correct is more formal than right
Д Don't use correct about people. Use right: You're right; Mario
accurate aekj^t/ [adj| information, measurements, descriptions etc that are accurate are completely correct and all the details are true: She gave the police an accurate description of her attacker. I It is vital that measurements are accurate.
in the right way
Qright tail ladu] especially stoken if you do something right, you do it without making any mistakes: Have I spelled your name right? I Most people can't do it right the first time.
correctly /ks rektii [advj if you do something correctly, you do it in the way that it should be done and without making any mistakes: The drug is quite safe if used correctly. I You're not holding the racket correctly.
properly /'ргорэг1]||'рга;-/ [adv] especially BHmsH if you do something properly, you do it in a satisfactory way or in the way that it should be done: Make sure you put the fid on properly. I He accused me of not doing my job properly.
to make something correct
correct ka'rckt/ [и T] to change something wrong that someone has said or written, and make it right: We read through the first version, correcting the errors. I fr's a program that lets you say a sentence. then corrects you if it's wrong.
correction ko'rekpn (n CI a mark or
note that corrects something in a piece of writing: My homework was covered with corrections.
make a correction I still have a few last- minute corrections to make.
when you think it is right to do something
right /rait/ [adj] use this to talk about what someone has done, to say that you agree with what they did because it was fair or reasonable
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be right to do sth You were right to complain - the waiter was rude and the food was awful.
the right thing to do Believe me, it's the right thing to do. You can't let him treat you like this.
justified /'d^Ast^faid/ [adj] if you say that someone is justified or that something they do is justified, you believe they have good reasons for what they do, because of what you know about the situation: I don't think Colin's criticisms were really justified.
be/feel justified in doing stk The government feels justified in using military force to protect its own citizens. I Do you think the principal was justified in expelling those students?
reasonable ;'п:гл1эМ/ ladj] if someone does something reasonable, you think they are behaving in a fair and sensible way: The police say they only used 'reasonable force' to break up the demonstration.
it is reasonable to assume/expect/suppose It is reasonable to assume that about half of the students will pass.
Ql don't blame you/her etc ai
.daunt 'bleim (you, etc)/ spoken informal say this when you can understand why someone has behaved in a particular way, and you think they were right: 'Sheila's (eft her husband." "Well, I don't blame her!" + for (doing) sth / don 't blame you jor losing your temper with Ann - she was being so annoying.