Q when someone's behaviour or character is exactly what you would expect
typical tipik<?l [adj\ behaviour that is typical of a person is exactly what you would expect them to do - use this especially when what they do is annoying: "Kate put the wrong address on the letter." "That's just typical!" I He said he
was too tired to wash the dishes. Typical manI
+ of It's typical of Ramon to waste time when we're already late.
Qit's just like/that's just like its
.djAst laik, toets ,d3/\st laik spoken say this when someone has behaved in exactly the way that you would expect them to behave: It's just like Uncle Roy to invite
us all to lunch and then forget to tell
Aunt Sarah. I Helen stayed to help us clean up, which is just like her.
U
UGLY
not nice to look at
m opposite BEAUTIFUL
D people
Lz\ In conversation, we usually avoid saying someone is ugly or unattractive because it sounds very rude. Instead, you | can say that someone is not very good | looking or not very attractive.
unattractive/not attractive лпэ
tnektiv< not 3'tnekuv/ [adj] not nice to look at and not sexually attractive: Like many teenage girls, she was worried that she was unattractive, I He wasn 't a particularly attractive man, but there was something about him that women liked. jind sb unattractive (=think that someone is unattractive) She was crazy about Carl, and couldn't ur/c/erstancf why we found him unattractive.
aot very good-Looking not veri god
lokn3/ not nice to look at - use this as a less direct way of saying someone is unattractive: He's a nice guy, but not very good-looking.
ugly /\\gli/ iadj] extremely unattractive, with a face that is not at all nice to look at: We hated our uncle. He was ugly and fat and treated us cruelly. I ug/y little man came over and offered to buy me a drink.
usty - uglier - ugliest
pi dirt ,/plein/ \adj] someone who is plain, especially a woman, is not ugly but is not at all good-looking: Catherine, who had been rather plain as a child, was now an attractive young woman.
Homely "haomli/ [adj] american someone who is homely is not at all good-looking. The waitress was a homely girl from Kansas. ) Brad was a serious boy, very ordinary-looking but not downright homely.
В objects/buildings etc
ugly /'Agli/ [adj] very unpleasant to look at: The room was bare except for a few pieces of ugly furniture. I The new shopping centre is one of the ugliest buildings in the city. ugly - uglier - ugliest
an eyesore эп 'aiso:r/ In singular] a large and very ugly building that you cannot avoid seeing: They built a huge office block right next to the old cathedral - what an eyesore!
hideous /'hidias/ |adjl extremely ugly: One of our wedding presents was a hideous clock. I Emma was wearing an absolutely hideous purple and orange
dress.
UNDERSTAND/ NOT UNDERSTAND
see also realize
II to understand something
understand /,Andpr'st;end/ [u I/T] to
know the meaning of what someone says, or to know why something happens or how something happens: She spoke slowly and clearly so that everyone could understand. I I don't understand the second question.
understand fiow/wHat/why etc Scientists are beginning to understand how the universe was formed. I I've never really understood why she married him. fully understand (^understand completely) Doctors still do not fully understand the process by which the disease is transmitted.
> easy/difficult to understand The
instructions on the packet are easy to understand
understanding - understood - have understood
Z!a Don't say 'I am understanding', 'are you understanding?' etc. Say I understand, do you understand? etc.
/!\ You can also say 'I can understand' or I can't understand', and it means the same as 'I understand' or 'I don't understand'
i
understanding - understood - have understood
Qsee 'si:/ [V I/T] ESPECIALLY SPOKEN to
understand the truth about a situation, or understand the reasons for something: Don't you see? She never wanted to
marry him in the first place. see wKat sb means Yes, I see what you mean - it would be better if we didn't tell her.
see why/Коw/what etc I can see why
people don't like him.
+ that After a time, Clara sou; that she
had been wrong to blame Jim.
see a reason Can you see any reason
why it shouldn't work?
seeing - saw - have seen
Ql See /ai 'si:/ spoken say this to tell someone that you understand what they have told you: "The door's a little stiff - just give it a push here " "Oh yes, I see."
Ql get it /ai get it spoken say this to tell someone that you understand what they have told you. especially when they have explained it more than once: Oh right, I get it. So you only get paid if you sell at least 10 copies.
follow /"fblsoll'fa:-; [i> T] to understand a story, explanation, or talk that continues for a long time: I had difficulty following the story - there are so many different characters.
dijjficult/hard/easy to/о I low The lecture was very hard to follow.
figure out/work out !JIg^r aot. ,w3:rk
'aot||,figj3r-/ (phrasa/ verb T] to think about something until you understand it. especially something complicated + how/why/what etc Detectives are still trying to work out what happened. .figure/work sth out In case you haven't figured it out yet, we've been tricked.
В to understand how someone feels
UNDERSTAND/NOT UNDERSTAND
understand /,Andar'staend/ [t> I/T] to understand how someone feels, and feel sympathy for them, especially when they are upset or have problems: Try telling your teacher about your problem. I'm sure she'll understand. I My wife doesn't understand me.