light /la.it/ [v T] light a cigarette/fire/ candle to make a cigarette, fire etc start to burn: Ricky sat down and lit a cigarette. I We searched around for twigs and fallen branches, so we could light a fire. lighting - lit - have lit
to make something stop burning
put out /.put aut/ \phrasal verb T] to
make a fire stop burning, or make a cigarette, pipe etc stop burning put out the jire/the blaze It took fire fighters four hours to put out the blaze. put out a cigarette/pipe / put out my cigarette and went back into the house. put sth out She threw sand on the fire to put it out.
extinguish /ik'stiqgwij/ [v T] formal to make a fire stop burning, or make a cigarette stop burning - used especially in official notices and requests: Would all passengers please extinguish their cigarettes? Thank you. I He managed to extinguish the flames with his coat.
blow out /,Ыэо 'aotI \phrasal verb T] to make a flame or fire stop burning by blowing on it
when something is
burning
burn /Ьз1гп/ [и I] to produce flames and heat: They could smell wood burning in the yard. I At one end of the room a coal fire burned brightly.
burning - burned (ako burnt ! к и) - have burned lalso have burnt BRi ч)
burning [odj only before noun] He escaped by jumping from the fourth floor of a burning apartment block.
be on fire /bii on fai3r/ if a building,
vehicle, or piece of clothing is on fire, it is burning: The whole house was on fire by the time the firefighters arrived.
burn down /,Ьз:гп daun/ \phrasal verb I] if a building burns down, it is completely destroyed by fire: The hotel burned down
in 1990.
blazing /'bleizig/ (adj only before noun] а blazing fire, building etc is producing a lot of flames and heat while it burns: We sat in front of a blazing log fire. 1 An old woman was rescued from the blazing house by a neighbour.
smoulder brjtish smolder American /'sm3old3r/ |u I) to bum slowly, producing smoke but no flames: A cigarette was smoldering in the ashtray. I The remains of the fire still smouldered in the grate.
when something starts burning
С ate К jire /.kaeti" fai arf to start burning accidentally: Two farm workers died when a barn caught fire yesterday. I The car turned over, but luckily it didn't catch fire.
burst into /lames /.bx'stmta fleimz/to
suddenly start burning and produce a lot of flames that cause serious damage: The plane burst into flames on the runway.
blow out a candle/a match/a fire He
blew out the candle and went to sleep. blow sth out We tried to light a fire but the wind kept blowing it out.
93
go up in /lames /,g»J лр in 'fleimz/ if а building or vehicle goes up in flames, it starts burning and is destroyed by fire: If
the firefighters hadn't arrived when they did, the whole place might have gone up in flames.
break out /.breik aut/ [phrasa/ verb II if а fire breaks out, it starts burning accidentally and spreads very quickly: £200,000 worth of damage was caused when fire broke out in a hospital storeroom.
something that burns easily
sell
shop
/lammable /АзетэЫ1/ [adj] flammable chemicals, gases, and other materials burn easily and quickly and are therefore dangerous: Caution! Flammable substances. Highly flammable (=extreme!y flammable) Petrol is highly flammable.
BUSINESS
ADVERTISING COMPANY ф _ JOB
\ 1 Я
BUY^^ 5ee «^b MONEY
also
manager
the work that companies do
business /'biznЈs/ [n U] the work that
companies do when they buy and sell goods and services: Business in Europe has been badly affected by bad economic conditions.
on business (=when someone goes somewhere for business reasons) She'll be back next week - she's in Korea on business. t he adve rtis ing/c о mp ute r I insurance business (=the work of companies that are involved in advertising etc)
Ж You can also use business before a noun, like an adjective: a business meeting I studying at business school
BUSINESS
A Don't confuse business [U] (=when you buy and sell goods) with a business [C] (=a company).
BUSINESS
trade /treid/ [n U] the activity of buying
and selling large quantities of goods, especially between one country and another: the GATT agreement to encourage world trade
+ with/between During the u>ar, trade between the two countries was suspended. I There used to be restrictions on trade with South Africa, the fur farms/diamond trade (=the buying and selling of fur, weapons etc) trade in rice/textiles/gold etc (=the buying and selling of rice, cloth etc)
id^You can also use trade before a noun, like an adjective: о trade agreement between China and the US