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arrive la'ratvl verb (present participle
arriving, pasf arrived)
to gei to a place: We arrived in Paris
ot midday. lwas the last to arrive at
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the station. c0pposite leave

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which words are often used toeether.

1 I the opposite of the word (where it exists)
cheap lt|i;pl adj
not expensive, or costing less than
usual: o cheap flíght tapposite
expensrve

lf the word has an opposite,
this is shown at the end.

How should I use my dictionary?
I At the top of each page in Ihe Combridge Essentiol English Diaíonory, there is a word in bold
black type. You can use this word to help you find the word you are looking for quickly. The
word in the top left corner of the left page is the first word on this page; the word in the top right
corner of the right page is the last word on this page. lf you are looking for the word main, it will
be beh¡¡een the two words mail and map (top right corner of the right page).

I mail .T.:t :
mailz lne¡ll verb IJS 2 make someone do something to inseco bites you mankind /men k¿rnd/ noun lno
to send a letter or parcel or email force someone to do something: you malel /mcrl/ adj plura¡l
something: Could you ma¡l it to me? can't make me ga. belonging to or relating to the sex all people. considered as a group:
maifbox / mellboksl ooun LJS 3 make someone/something happy/ that cannot have babies: a male the h¡story of monk¡nd
I a small box outs¡de your home sad/d¡fficult, etc to cause someone colledgue ropposite f emale man-made /,m¿!n'merd/ ddl
whFre tefiFrs arr n¡rr- or someth¡ng to become happy, sad, not natural, but made by people:
2 (UK post box) a lirge, metal difficult, etc: You've made me vety male2 /n¡erl/ noun man-made fibres
container in á publÉ place where lalpy a male person or animal manner 1'me¡ár/ nou,
you can post ldtters 4 l{ you m,ake an a mount of money, mall /nrrrll (olso shopping mall) noln 1 the way in which a person talks
you earn it: He makes t20'000 a year' a large. covered shopping area
main lmern/ adi 5 l{ two or more numbers make a and behaves with other people: she
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most ¡mportant or I atgetl: ou ma¡n particular amount, that is the. mammal I'mem"l/ roün has a vety fiendly ñanner.
prcbteñ ís to(k of money. .: The main an animalthat dr¡nks milk from its 2 the way something happens or
aieort ¡s I s m¡les frcm the cap¡tal. amount wh€n they are.added mother's body when it ¡s young somethinq is done: They dealt w¡th the
ma¡nry /,mernrir adv :'H:*TJgX'fi3-;i"t*X',ífí,i::"J; man lmeal noun {plurclmer) problem h o ve(y effic¡ent manneL
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Each time you look up a word, you could use a highlighter to
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mark the word in your dictionary. When you return to a page with ex¡stence lrg'zrstsnsi noun [no plural]
when something or someone exists:
mar( look at the word quickly and check that you
a highlighter The theatre company that we started is
remember its meanins. still in existence today.
exit i'eksrt/ noun
the door which you use to leave a
public building or place: a frre exít
a an emergency exít
expand lk'spnnd/ verb
to get larger, or to make something
get larger: The company has expanded
tn recent years.

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