highway /'haiwei/ [n C] AMERICAN a wide
fast road that connects cities and towns: / got onto the highway and drove as fast as I could.
Highway 61/70 «tc There's a rest stop somewhere on Highway 61
/reeway/expressway /frkwei, ik-
'spreswei/ (n C] american a wide fast road that takes traffic into and out of a big city: They took the expressway to the airport.
bypass /'baipa:s||-paes/ [n C] British a road that goes around a town, so that people can avoid driving through the town
El an area for people to walk on
path /рагбЦраеЭ/ [n C] a long, narrow piece of ground for people to walk along: A narrow path took us down to the river. I a path through the woods
pavement british sidewalk american
/'peivmsnt, 'saidwDik/ [n C] a path built along the side of a street for people to walk on
/ootpath /Тшра:8||-рж0/ [n C] British a public path for people to walk on in the countryside: They followed the coastal footpath into the village.
trail /tre11 / [n C) american a path in the mountains or in the forest: hiking trails I The trail follows the river most of the woy to Aua/anche Lake.
Ы a place where roads or paths join
junction /'d3Ai]kpn/ [n C] especially British a place where two or more roads cross or join: Kerry slowed down as she approached the junction.
+ of Turn left at the junction of Abbots Road and Church Street.
intersection /'intsr.sekj^n/ [n CI especially american a place, especially in a city, where two or more roads cross each other: The accident happened at a busy intersection downtown.
crossroads /'krosraudzll'knxs-/ [n С] а
place where two small roads or streets cross each other: Go straight on at the crossroads.
plural crossroads
RUBBISH
things that you throw away because you do not want them
^ see also get rid of
rubbish /'глbiJ*/ [n U] British all the paper, empty bottles, cans, pieces of food etc that you throw away: The dustmen collect the rubbish on Wednesdays, a rubbish bin (=a container for rubbish) a rubbish dump (=a large open area where people's rubbish is taken after it is collected)
garbage/trash /'ga:rbid3, tneJ7 [n U1
american all the paper, empty bottles, cans, pieces of food etc that you throw away: There were piles of trash in the backyard. I Empty the wastebaskets and take out the garbage, a garbage/trash can <=a container for garbage)
litter /'1пэг/ [n U] empty bottles, packets, and pieces of paper that people have dropped on the street or in a park: You can be fined £100 for dropping litter. litter bin British titter basket american (=a container for people to put litter in)
re/use /'refjuis/ [n U] formal all the things that are regularly thrown away from the houses, shops, factories etc in an area: the weekly refuse collection
waste /weist/ [n U] useless materials which are left over, especially after an industrial process, and which must be thrown away: Too much waste has been dumped into the North Sea. I We've been trying to recycle our household waste.
industrial/toxic/nuclear waste /ndust rial waste had leaked into the water
supply.
RUDE
opposite polite see also friendly/unfriendly.
describing people
not polite, and likely to upset people or make them angry
rude /ru:d/ [adj] someone who is rude upsets or offends people by not following the rules of good social behaviour: He's so rude! I was talking to him and he just walked away! I I heard her making rude remarks about your furniture. be rude to sb My mother doesn 't like my boyfriend because he was rude to her once.
be rude about sth My French friends are always rude about English food, it is rude to do sth It's rude to interrupt people when they are speaking. it is rude o/sb to do sth I thought it was uery rude of her not to answer my letter. rudely [adv} Blair rudely pushed his way to the front of the tine.
impolite/not polite /impaiait, not
рэ'1аit/ [adj] not following the rules of good social behaviour, especially when someone does this without realizing it: I was tired, but I thought it might not be polite to leave so early. I In Senegal it is considered impolite if you do not share your food.
Ж Impolite and not polite are used mostly about things that people do or say, not about people themselves.
someone, or shows in a very rude way that you think they are stupid or unimportant: He kept making insulting remarks
about women drivers. I She talks to me
as if I'm stupid. It's so insulting.
tactless /'taektbs/ [adj] someone who is tactless upsets or embarrasses someone else, without intending to, by mentioning something that it would be better not to talk about: I wanted to know about her divorce, but I thought it would be tactless to ask. I It's so tactless of him to keep complaining about his job when Sam is unemployed. I tact/ess remarks
cheeku /'tfiiki; [adj] BRITISH use this about a child wno says something rude to a parent or teacher: I don't like teaching that
class - the children are all so cheeky. cheeky - cheekier - cheekiest
bad manners /,bsd тжпэrz/ In plurall
someone who has bad manners does not behave politely in social situations, for example by not saying 'please and 'thank
you : Marilyn apologized for her husband's bad manners. it is bad manners to do sth It s bad
manners to talk with your mouth full.
to say or do something rude
Lnsult /in'sAlt/ [v T] to be very rude and unpleasant to someone, either by saying rude things to them or by making them feel stupid or unimportant: Jam's was fired for insulting a customer. I They offered me $20 for a whole day's work - I felt really insulted.
offend /s'fend, [i> T] to make someone angry or upset by doing something that
they think is socially or morally unacceptable: I think I offended Kevin by not inviting him to the party. I Many people are offended by sex scenes on television