be t fie re
^^ Don't confuse (=be somewhere temporarily, for a few days, weeks, or months) and ''ve (=be somewhere permanently, or for several years, in your own home).
/bi: 'йеэг/ to be staying some
where - use this to talk about a place that has just been mentioned: "Have you ever been to Prague?" "Yes, I was there in 1978." I While you're there you should
STAY
go and see the Louvre.
to stay at a hotel or at someone's house
see also holiday, visit
Stay stei/ [u I] to spend a few days, weeks
etc at someone else's house or at a hotel, but not live there permanently stay at a hotel/at sb's house fm staying at my brother's house for a couple of weeks. I Which hotel are you staying at? stay with sb (=stay at their house) You could stay with John and Anne while you re in London.
stay the night British stay over american (=sleep at someone else's house) Is it ali right if I stay the night? come to stay One of Sarah's friends is coming to stay with us this summer.
visit vizi,t [u I/TJ to go to the house of a friend or relative and stay there for some time because you want to see them: Aunf Jane usually visits us for two or three weeks in the spring.
Guest is rather a formal word. In
spoken English you often say someone staying or someone coming to stay
instead of 9ues*: I have someone staying with me at the moment.
guest gest [n C] someone who is staying with friends or relatives or at a hoteclass="underline" The hotel bar is for guests only. I I'm really busy -I'm expecting guests this weekend.
A
a place where you can stay for a short time, such as a hotel
Qa place to stay/somewhere to
Stay 3 pleis t3 stei, ,sAmwe3r ta stei/ especially spoken a place where you can stay, for example a hotel or a room in someone's house: She needs somewhere to stay while she's at college. I We're going to Tokyo - do you know any good places to stay?
accommodation (aiso accommo-
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aattons amfrican) /3,kom3'deipn(z)|| э.ка:- [n U/plurall a place where you pay money to stay, for example a hotel or a room that you rent: The cost of rented accommodation keeps going up. I The travel agency witl help you find accommodations.
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Accommodation is more formal than a place to stay, and is often used when talking in a general way about places where people can pay to stay: a shortage of accommodation for students
Don't say 'an accommodation'.
steal sth from sb/sth Thieves stole
paintings worth $5 million from a Paris
art gallery.
A
stealing - stole - have stolen
Don't say 'steal someone'. Say steal
STEAL
money, clothes etc from someone.
to let someone stay in your home
Qput sb Up /pot (sb) лр/ [phrasal verb t] especially spokkn to let a friend stay in your home for a short time, and provide them with a bed to sleep in: "Where ere
you staying?" "Carole's putting us up for a couple of days."
В the time when you stay somewhere
Stay /stei; [n singular] the time when you stay in a place, for example when you go somewhere on holiday or for business: I met her during my stay in Venice, i Did you enjoy your stay?
LAW
Visit /'viz^t/ [n C] the time when you go to stay somewhere, especially in order to see people or see a place: It was my first visit to my wife's parents' house.
STEAL
POLICE
я
see also
PUNISH
Д Don't confuse steal and rob A thief steals money or property, but a robber robs a shop, a bank, or another person (=stea/s money etc from them).
to steal something
steal /still/ [u I/T] to take something that does not belong to you: Thousands of cars get stolen every year I In the end he had to steal in order to survive. + /rom drug addicts who steal from their friends and families
stolen steohn/ Jac/j] The three men escaped in a stolen car.
take teik [u T| to steal something, especially money or things that can be carried away; Someone has been taking money from the cash box. I The burglars took our TV and stereo, but they didn 't find the jewellery.
taking - took - have taken
Qnick/pinch /nek, ptntJV [u TJ British
spoken to steal something: I wonder where she got that coat - do you think she nicked it?
nick/pinch. sth /rom sb/stK Jimmy was caught pinching money from his mum's purse.
Qrtp off /rip 'оЦ-'xfj [phrasal verb TJ
spoken, especially american to steal something
rip off sth The store was very crowded, and someone ripped off my purse.
to steal from a house, shop, bank etc
rob ;rob|ra:b/ [и T] if someone robs a bank, shop etc, they take money or property from it, especially by using threats or violence: He got five years in jail for robbing a gas station. I Two men robbed the Central Bank yesterday, escaping with over $1 million.
robbing - robbed - have robbed
burgle British burglarize american
You can say 'we've been burgled', or 'we were burglarized', when you mean 'our house has been burgled'.
shop lift /'Jbp(lift||Ta:p-/ [u I only in -ing form] to take things from shops without paying for them, especially by hiding them
/'b3:rg*l, 'b3:rglaraiz/ [и T] to illegally enter a house or office and steal things: He was caught burg/ing the house of a police officer, i Our apartment has been bur glarized twice since we moved here.
Ain your clothes or in a bag: / started shoplifting when my parents got divorced.
hold up sth /Ъок1 лр (sth) [phrasa/
verb T] to go into a bank, shop etc with a gun and demand money: The men who held up the store were wearing Halloween masks.
to steal from someone
in the street
rob mb||ru:b/ [v Tj if someone robs you. they take money or property from you. especially in a public place such as a street: Two men tried to rob him as he left the restaurant. robbing - robbed - have robbed
mug in лg [и T usually in passive! to violently attack someone in the street and rob them: Since she was mugged she's been scared to go out on her own.
mugging - mugged - have mugged
■1 someone who steals
thief <f)i:f [n Cj someone who steals things, usually secretly and without violence: The thieves had been careful not to leave any fingerprints, car thiej/jewel thie/ etc (=someone who steals cars, jewels etc) piim-ii thieves