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В someone who cares too much about social class

snob snob||snu:b [n C] someone who thinks that they are better than people from a lower social class, and does not want to talk to them or be friends with them: My mother was such a snob she wouldn't let me play with the local children

snobbish /'snnbiJI'snuib- [adj] someone

who is snobbish thinks that they are better than people from a lower social class: Snobbish home-owners are protesting about a refugee family moving into their street.

CLEAN

not dirty

opposite dirty

see also tidy, shine, wash

CLASS IN SOCIETY

/К Don't confuse clean (=not dirty) and tidy (=when everything is neatly arranged and is in the right place).

D clean

clean kli:n \odj] not dirty: He changed into a clean shirt. I I'll put some clean sheets on the bed. I New houses are much easier to keeo clean.

nice and clean/lovely and clean British

(=very clean) Our hotel room was lovely

and clean.

clean water/air (=with no harmful substances in it) What the villagers need most is a supply of clean drinking water.

spotlessly clean/spotless spntbsli

kliin. spDtl3s||.spci:t-/ [aaj] completely clean - use this about clothes, rooms, or houses:

Nina keeps the kitchen absolutely spot

less. I He was wearing a spotlessly clean white shirt.

hygienic /haid3i:nik||-d;se-, -d3i:- [ad)\ clean so that diseases cannot spread; You shouldn't let the cat walk on the table. It's not hygienic. ! Meat products must always be kept in hygienic conditions.

to make something clean

clean kli:n [v I/T| to make something clean by removing the dirt, dust etc: I clean the windows every Saturday, i Tony was cleaning his car. I How often do you clean the kitchen? clean sth up/clean up sth (-remove dirt by cleaning, especially in a room, from a

floor etc) There was mud all ouer the car

pet, and it took me a long time to clean it up.

с lean your teeth British / always clean my teeth last thing at night. + behind/under etc Make sure you clean behind the stove, cleaning [n U] when you clean things, especially in a room, or a house: I hate cleaning!

do the cleaning Her husband does most of the cleaning.

Д You can also say gjve something a clean in British English, and it means the same as c|ean something > decided to give my bedroom a clean.

spring-clean sPrirJ kliin [u I/T] to clean

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your whole house very thoroughly, including things that you do not clean very

Wipe waip \v T] to remove dirt or liquid from something using a slightly wet cloth: The waiter was wiping the tables.

wipe sth. up/wipe up

sth (=remove something from a surface by wiping) If you spill any paint, wipe it up immediately.

dust /dASt/' lv I/T] to

remove dust from furniture, shelves etc using a soft cloth: Take the ornaments off the shelf and dust them. + behind/under etc She didn't often dust behind the clock on the mantelpiece.

scrub

polish /'pDliJII'po:- [t> T] to make something clean and shiny, for example your shoes or a piece of furniture, by rubbing it with a cloth or brush: She polished the piano until the wood shone. I a polished wooden floor

to dean something with a brush

brush /ыл;/ [и T] to clean something with a brush: You should brush your jacket - it's covered in dust. brush sth off I brushed the crumbs off the sofa. brush your teeth Have you brushed your teeth yet?

Scrub ДглЬ/ lv T] to

often: Barry spent the weekend spring- cleaning. I I want to spring-clean the whole apartment before Easter.

to dean something with a cloth

wipe

dust

clean something by rubbing it hard with a brush and some water or soap: I had a job in a restaurant, washing the dishes and scrubbing the floors. I Scrub the potatoes and boil them for 5-10

minutes.

scrubbing - scrubbed - have scrubbed

sweep swi:p \v T] to clean the floor or the

ground using a brush with a long handle: When everyone had left, Ed swept the

floor.

sweep up sth/sweep

sth up (-remove something from a floor by sweeping) Can you help me sweep up all the pieces of glass?

vacuum

sweeping - swept - have swept

to dean something with a special cleaning machine

vacuum (also hoover

British) /'vaekjusm, -kjom, huiv9r/ [u I/T| to clean something using a special machine that sucks dirt into a bag inside the machine: Have you vacuumed all the carpets?

when you keep things clean to prevent disease

hygiene /'haidjkn/ [n U] methods you use to make sure that everything is completely clean, especially in order to prevent disease: Lack of hygiene attracted large numbers of rats.

personal hygiene (^keeping your body clean) Some kids just aren't interested in personal hygiene.

disinfect dis^n'fekt/ {v T] to use chem icals to clean a place, a piece of equipment. or a wound, in order to prevent disease: She cleaned and disinfected the cuts on his hands. I Disinfect the toilet