etc Agents often gave a false or misleading description of the properties they were selling.
" to believe something that is wrong
see also M,STAKE
be wrong /bi: ,roi}|
-'rai}/ if you are WTong, you think or say something that is not correct: I thought a vacation in Greece would be cheap, but I uws wrong! I Why won't he admit that he was wrong?
+ about You were wrong about that train
it left at 10.30.
be mistaken ^i: m^steibn/ formal to have an opinion or belief about something, which is not correct: Mulder thought he saw an alien spacecraft, but he was almost certainly mistaken. Qyou must be mistaken spokfn (use this
to say politely that someone is wrong) I think you must be mistaken. He could not have obtained a key to your room.
И in the wrong position
wrong /Го!]|(гэа]/ [adj only before noun]
the wrong direction/way/place/order etc
Someone had moved the road sign so that it was pointing in the wrong direction. I The TV ontenna is facing the wrong way. I The files had been put back in the wrong order.
the wrong way around the wrong way round BRmsH) m
wei (3)'raond||-,n>;q-/ if something is the wrong way around, it is pointing or facing in the direction that is opposite to the correct one: You've got your T-shirt on the wrong way around! I Someone's put the battery in the wrong way round.
inside out ,msaid .aut/ ^ something,
especially a piece of clothing, is inside out, the inside of it is on the outside and the outside of it is on the inside: I put my socks on inside out by mistake. I The wind blew my umbrella inside out. turn sth inside out Before washing your sweater, turn it inside out.
upside down /Apsaid daun/ if some_
thing is upside down, the top of it is at the bottom and the bottom of it is at the top; One of the pages was upside down. I The monkey was hanging upside down from a tree. turn sth upside down Turn the cups upside down and leave them to dry.
YOUNG
oppositeoLD
child
age J
\ /
see also
describing people
young
young /jai]/ lodjl You're too young to smoke. I a single mother with two young children I When I was younger, I used to play a lot of baseball. I Her youngest son works for a television company.
younger brother/sister Hannah has two younger brothers.
Q little /'litl/ [ac/j] especially spoken very young - use this to talk about a young child: When I was little we used to go camping a lot.
Uttle brother/sister (=younger brother or sister, who is still a child) Look after your little sister for a momentT will you? little bog/girl (=a young child, or a young
son or daughter) They've been married for ten years and have two little girls. I Who's that little boy in the blue sweater?
a young person
teenager /'ti:neid33r/ [n C] someone who is between 13 and 19 years old: River Phoenix became a famous actor while still a teenager. I The survey showed that three out of five teenagers had been offered illegal drugs, teenage [adj only before noun] Jenny has three teenage children.
baby
ADULT
youth /ju:6/ (n С] a young man between about 15 and 25 years old - use this especially about young men who behave badly or do something illegaclass="underline" A youth pushed
her against the wall and took her bag. a gang of youths in leather jackets
in your teens /in joir 'timz/ someone
who is in their teens is between 13 and 19 years old: She had run away from home several times in her teens. in your early/mid/late teens Most of the girls at the concert were in their early teens.
adolescent /.aeds'les^nH/ (n C] someone
who is at the age when they change from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about problems that young people have at this age: John changed from a friendly and cheerful young boy into a confused adolescent.
1 A You can also use adolescent before a
noun, like an adjective: a crowd of screaming adolescent girls
the time when you are young
childhood /t/aiidhod/ In C/U] the time when you are a child: Nina had happy memories of her childhood on the farm. early childhood (=when you are a young child) His early childhood was spent with his father in Chicago.
You can also use childhood before a noun, like an adjective: a book about his childhood memories I childhood illnesses like measles
youth /ju:B/ [n U] the time when you are young, especially the time between 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child:
She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth. in sb's youth (=when they were young) Caroline had been a ballet dancer in her youth.
adolescence /zedsles*is/ [n U] the time when a young person is changing from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age: During adolescence, boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence.
El connected with things
that young people do
youth /ju:0/ [adj only before noun] youth club/group/organization etc a club, group etc for young people: / met her at the focal youth club. I a concert by the National Youth Orchestra
teenage /tisneids/ [adj only before nounj teenage fashions/magazines/pregnancy/drug-taking etc use this about things produced for teenagers, or things that teenagers do: There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently. 1 the teenage music scene