ask sb to do Sth 'a:sk (sb) t3 'du:
(sth)||,aesk- to tell someone politely but firmly to do something or to stop doing something: Mr Evans, / must ask you to come with me to the police station, a sic sb not to do sth Would you ask visitors not to park their cars in front of the entrance.
give orders/give instructions giv
'o:rd3rz, ,giv m'strAkj>nz/ if someone such as a leader or officer gives orders or gives instructions, they tell other people exactly what they must do give sb orders/instructions to do sth The General has given them orders to bomb the city.
+ that We were given strict instructions that nobody should enter the building without a security card.
on sb's orders/on sb's instructions /on (sb's) 3:rd3rz, nn (sb's) in strAk- pnz, if you do something on someone's orders, or on someone's instructions,
you do it because they have officially told you to do it: On the instructions of the new military government, so/diers burned books and other documents.
acting on sb's orders/instructions
(=doing what someone has told you to do) Sergeant Dean claims that he was acting on the orders of the police chief.
В to give orders in a rude,
unpleasant way
order sb around (also order sb
about British) /,зirdar (sb) 3'raund, ,э:Мэг (sb) э'Ьаог [phrasa/ verb T] if someone orders you around or orders you about, they keep telling you what to do in an annoying or unfair way. and they seem to enjoy it: I hate the way she's always ordering us around. I You have no right to order the children around like that.
push sb around /poj (sb) 3'raond/
[phrasal verb Tj to tell someone what to do in a rude or threatening way: Tom was a bully who enjoyed pushing the younger kids around. I Don't let Mary push you around - she's not your boss!
bossy /'bosi|'bo:si/ [acfj] someone who is
bossy enjoys telling other people what to do, although they may not have the right to do it: Let Simon do things his way, and stop being so bossy!
Ш a statement telling someone to do something
order /'o:rd3r/ [л C) an official statement ordering you to do something, given by someone with the power to do this, especially a military officer: The commander's orders must be obeyed at all times. I We
are still waiting for orders from HQ. order to do sth We received an order to attack.
give (sb) an order The captain gave the order to fire.
my/у our/their orders (=the orders you have been given) My orders are to give this letter to the Commissioner.
instructions m'strAkpnz [n plural) a
statement telling someone what they should do and how they should do it: The coach kept shouting instructions at his team. /ollow/obey instructions If you had followed my instructions none of this would have happened. instructions to do sth Scott has just received instructions to return to Washington.
+ on We were given strict instructions on what to do in an emergency.
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test /test/ \n C] a set of spoken or written questions or practical activities, which are intended to find out how much someone knows about a subject or skill spelling/reading/btologij etc test Don t forget there's a chemistry test tomorrow.
driving test Did Lauren pass her driving test?
+ on Listen carefully, because there will be a test on this next week.
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exam /ig'zaem/ (n C] an important test that you do at the end of a course of study or at the end of the school year: How did you do in your exams? history/French/biology etc exam IWe have a biology exam tomorrow, and / haven't done any work for it yet entrance exam (=an exam you must pass to enter a school or university)
You can also use exam before a noun, like an adjective: an exam paper (=the piece of paper that has the exam questions on it) I When do you get your exam results?
examination jigZ2emj,'neij>n/ (n C] for
mal an exam: Students are not allowed to talk during the examination.
quiz kwiz' [n C] AMERicArs a quick short test that a teacher gives to a class: Oh no, I think we're having a history quiz today.
plural quizzes
oral exam (also oral British) 'лтэ!
fg.zaem, 'э:гэ1/ |n C] an exam in which you answer questions by speaking, instead of writing, for example to test how good you are at speaking a foreign language: / failed the oral exam because my pronunciation was so bad. I Nicky got an A in her Spanish oral.
practical /'ргжкпМ/ [n C| British an exam that tests your ability to do or make things, rather than your ability to write about them, for example in subjects such as chemistry or cooking: We've got our chemistry practical tomorrow morning.
In American English, a final (singular) is an important exam that you take at the end of a set of classes: / have a final in chemistry tomorrow.
finals /'fainlz/ [n plural] the last exams that you take at the end of a university course: During my finals, I was revising till 3 o'clock in the morning most days.
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to do a test or exam
take /teik/ [и T] to do a test or exam: Anna will be taking her music exam in the summer. I I took my driving test when I was 18.
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taking - took - have taken
Don't confuse 'take an exam' (=do it) and 'pass an exam' (=be successful in it) Only 25% of the students who took the exam passed it.
Kave (also kave got especially british) htEv, hsv 'got|-'ga:t/ [и T] if you have an exam tomorrow, next week etc, you are going to do it then-. I have a written test in the morning, and an interview in the afternoon. I Lucy's got her driving test next week.