Miss /mis/ use this before the family name of a woman who has never been married: He admitted attacking Miss Slater last February.
Ms /miz, тэг/ use this before a woman's family name if you do not know whether she is married, or if it is not important to know whether she is married: We have decided to offer the job to Ms Jacobs.
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^ Many women prefer to be called Ms [ instead of Mrs 0r Miss because they do not think it is necessary for people to know whether they are married or not.
madam /masdam/ formal use this when writing a formal letter to a woman, or when talking to a customer in a shop, hotel, restaurant etc: Can I help you, madam? I Dear Madam, I am writing in response to your advertisement.
Qma'am /тает, ma:m, тэтЦшает/ american spoken a polite word used when talking to a woman: Would you like some help, ma'am?
for women or like women
women's /'wjm'nz/ use this about things that are designed for women or done by women, and not designed for or done by men
women's c(otfies/magazmes//ootball/ prison, etc She's the fashion editor for a women's magazine. I Why don't they ever show women's football on TV?
/emale /fiimeil/ [adj only before noun] use this about behaviour or personal qualities that are traditionally thought to be typical of women: Many women reject the traditional female roles of wife and mother. I Patience and kindness are often seen as female qualities.
/eminine /'fem^nin/ [adj] looking attractive in a way that is traditionally thought to be typical of a woman: The hairstyle is soft and very feminine. I Lindsay wears very feminine clothes - pretty dresses with flowers on and things like that.
effeminate /'fem^t/ [adj] use this about a man who behaves like a woman or looks like a woman: He was very young and handsome in a slightly effeminate way.
WORD/PHRASE/ SENTENCE
see also language, answer i, ask s
Q a word or group of words
word /w3irci/ [n C] Are there any words in this passage that you don't understand? I Is 'lunchtime' one word or two?I The word origami' comes from Japanese.
word for sth (=word that means something) 'Casa' is the Italian word for 'house'. I What's another word for'way out'?
phrase/expression /freiz, ik'sprepn/ [n
С| a combination of two or more words that has a particular meaning: The students' book has a list of useful phrases at the back. I It was Mikhail Gorbachev who first used the expression 'the Iron Lady' about Margaret Thatcher.
term Дз:гт/ \n C] a word or group of
words that are used in a technical or scientific subject and have an exact meaning in that subject
tecknical/medical/legallscienti/ic term
The medical term for losing your hair is alopecia'.
idiom /idism/ [n С] a group of words that are used together and have a special meaning that you cannot guess from the
meanings of each separate word: 'Full of beans' is an idiom which means lively and energetic.
cliche /kli:jei|klirjei/ [n C] a phrase that people have used so often that it now seems boring or silly: It's a cliche I know, but the game isn't ouer until the final whistle blows.
a sentence or part of a sentence
sentence /'sentens/ [n C] a group of words that begins with a capita! letter, ends with a full stop, and includes a verb: Write a
complete sentence for each answer.
clause In CI a group of words that has a subject and a verb and that is part of a sentence
main clause (=the clause that has the main verb)
subordinate clause/dependent clause
(=a clause that depends on the main clause for its meaning) /n the sentence "Can you tell me what time it is?" 'Can you tell me' is the main clause, and 'what time it is' is a subordinate clause.
all the words someone knows or uses
vocabulary /va'kaebjglari, v9u-|-leri/ [n С
usually singular] someone's vocabulary is all the words that they know or use: These stories are written for students with a vocabulary of about 2000 words. I Reading is a good way to increase your vocabulary.
plural vocabularies
words that someone has written
writing /'raitiq/ [n U] words that someone
has wruten or printed: There's some writ ing on the back of the photo, but I can't read what it says.
earn
MANAGER
text /tekst/ In U] the written part of a book or newspaper, not including pictures, notes at the end etc: The book consisted mainly of colour photographs and not much text.
WORK
busy/not busy job ф |n charge of
see also
company^ ^ ^ ^иие лме
II to do a job
work /w3irk/ [v 1} to do a job that you get paid for: My dad isn't working at the moment - he lost his job. I Susie works in a supermarket on Saturdays, work late (=later than normal) I may have to work late tonight. work for (=for a company or organization) She used to work for the BBC. work as a secretary/builder/gardener etc Russell is working as a software developer for Microsoft.
Work - which preposition? Use work tor to talk about the company or organization that someone is employed by: I work for Ericsson International I Pam works for a biotechnology company. Use work in with words like 'school', 'bank', 'hospital', 'factory', 'hotel' etc to talk about the kind of place where someone works: He used to work in a Chinese restaurant. I I've worked in a factory all my life. Don't use work in with the name of a company or organization. You can use work at to say the name of the company or organization that someone works for, especially when it is a well-known organization or when the person you are talking to knows it already: Bill works at McDonald's. I During the school vocation, she's working at that bookstore on Ramsey Street.
be /bi:/ [u] if someone is a teacher, a doctor etc, that is their job: She was a journalist for 20 years before she wrote her first novel. I *What does your father do?" "He's a dentistI Jill wants to be a professional musician.