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(v) 1. to start something, usually something big or important
e.g. The organization has launched a campaign to raise $150,000.
2. to make a new product, book etc available for sale for the first time
e.g. The company hopes to launch the new drug by next October.
3. to put a boat or ship into the water
4. to send a weapon or spacecraft into the sky or into space
e.g. A test satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral.
5. to make a computer program start
e.g. Double-click on an icon to launch an application. |
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(v) 1. to be a sign of something that is going to come or happen soon
e.g. A flash of lightning heralded torrential rain.
2. to say publicly that someone or something will be good or important
e.g. When it opened, the hospital was heralded as a new way forward in nursing care. |
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Memorabilia
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(n) things that you keep or collect because they are connected with a famous person, event, or time
e.g. a collection of war memorabilia |
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Circumstance
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(n) the conditions that affect a situation, action, event etc
e.g. The Soviet Union had been forced by circumstances to sign a pact with Nazi Germany. |
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(v) to steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war
e.g. Shops were looted and burned. |
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(adj) 1. always doing what you are told to do, or what the law, a rule etc says you must do
e.g. an obedient child
2. a phrase used to end a very formal letter
e.g. your obedient servant |
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Conscientious
[ˌkɔn(t)ʃɪ'en(t)ʃəs] |
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(adj) careful to do everything that it is your job or duty to do
e.g. A conscientious teacher may feel inclined to take work home. |
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(adj) an action, event etc that is decisive has a big effect on the way that something develops
e.g. Women can play a decisive role in the debate over cloning.
someone who is decisive is good at making decisions quickly and with confidence
e.g. a decisive leader |
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(n) an engin or motor
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a hole in a ship or aircraft, usually used for loading goods, or the door that covers it
e.g. escape hatch |
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(adj) 1. living or growing in water
e.g. an aquatic plant
2. involving or happening in water
e.g. aquatic sports |
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(n) 1. a gardening tool with a row of metal teeth at the end of a long handle, used for making soil level, gathering up dead leaves etc
e.g. a garden rake
2. (old) a man who has many sexual relationships, drinks too much alcohol etc |
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Submersible
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(n) a small vehicle that can travel under water, especially one that travels to very great depths in the ocean for scientific purposes |
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