(n) layaway
lay-bye
layaway plan
(n) (1) mousetrap
rattrap
(2) speed trap
(3) rat poison
(n,vs) illegal or black-market transaction
secret deal
(n) (comp) positional representation
(n) claimant
caretaker
(n) unprepared action
something done on the spur of the moment
(n) mosquito coil
anti-mosquito incense
(n) reaping machine
(n) blotting paper
(n) (col) person who gathers night soil
(n) faultfinding
(n) fictitious or paper transaction
(n) fictitious or paper transaction
(n) (ktb:) stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)
(adv,n) (uk) at once
first of all
for the time being
for now
(P)
(v1,vt) (1) to take up
to pick up
(2) to accept
to adopt
to listen to
(3) to disqualify
to confiscate
to deprive
(4) to adopt (child)
(v1,vt) (1) to harvest
to reap
(2) to take in
to gather in
(3) to adopt
(v1,vt) to exchange
to replace
(v5r,vi) to begin
to set about
to start
(v5m,vt) to surround
to crowd around
(v5s,vi) (1) (comp) to lose an easy game
to suffer an unexpected defeat
(2) to lose information (computers)
(v1,vt) (1) to collect (debts)
to dun
to exact
to extort
(2) to appoint
to promote
to give patronage
(3) to emphasize
to focus on
to call attention to
(v1,vt) to furnish
to install
to get someone's agreement
(v5s,vt) (1) to re-grip
to re-wrestle (sumo)
(2) to regroup (after some adverse event)
(adj-i) difficult (to obtain, receive permission, access, etc.)
tough (to do, etc.)
(v1,vt) to cancel
to call off
(n) agency
office
(n) way of handling
(v1,vt) to take by mistake
(n) customer
client