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improvise

pronunciation

(ipa) ˈɪmprəvaɪz 

senses

1. to make or do something without any preparation, using things that are available

   1. I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to improvise.

2. therapist [countable]

   pronunciation

   (ipa) ˈθerəpəst, ˈθerəpɪst 

   senses

   1. someone who has been trained to give a particular form of treatment for physical or mental illness

      1. a speech therapist 

   examples

   1. a sex therapist
   2. I decided to change our therapist.
   3. I did not learn much about remedial therapists but this may reflect the state of knowledge rather than any criticism of the author.
   4. Individual therapists tend to approach the art in their own unique way.
   5. On Thursday I talk to my therapist.
   6. The therapist who will listen to your problems and give you a good perm is bound to avoid the dole.
   7. This is particularly true of the therapist who works with people in the dying mode.
   8. Treatment Session one Liz came back accompanied by her parents, but wanting to speak to the therapist on her own first.

3. paramedic [countable]

   pronunciation

   (ipa) ˌpærəˈmedɪk 

   senses

   1. someone who usually works in an ambulance and is trained to help ill or injured people, but is not a doctor or nurse

4. passenger [countable]

   pronunciation

   (ipa) ˈpæsɪndʒə, -sən- 

   (ipa) -ər  (American English)

   senses

   1. someone who is travelling in a car, plane, train etc, but is not driving it or working on it

      1. Rail passengers are facing even longer delays.

   shelf [countable]

   pronunciation

   (ipa) ʃelf 

   senses

   1. a long flat board fixed to a wall or in a cupboard, used for putting things on

      1. shelves of books
      2. supermarket shelves

      3. sneaky

         pronunciation

         (ipa) ˈsniːki 

         senses

         1. done in a clever but unfair way

            1. a sneaky trick

   construction

   pronunciation

   (ipa) kənˈstrʌkʃən 

   senses

   1. the process of building something such as a house, bridge, or road

      1. a road construction project

   2. something that has been built

      1. a wooden construction

   3. the way in which words are put together in a sentence

      1. difficult grammatical constructions

   hug

   pronunciation

   (ipa) hʌg 

   senses

   1. to put your arms around someone and hold them, because you like or love them

      1. We hugged and said good night.

   2. to move along the side, edge, top etc of something, staying very close to it

      1. The road to Barcelona hugs the Mediterranean coast.

   patent [countable]

   pronunciation

   (ipa) ˈpeɪtnt, ˈpæ- 

   (ipa) ˈpæ-  (American English)

   senses

   1. an official document that gives one person or company the right to make and sell a new product, and no one else is allowed to copy it

   patent [only before noun]

   senses

   1. something that is clearly not true or not sensible

   patent [transitive]

   senses

   1. to get a patent for something

   2. split

      pronunciation

      (ipa) splɪt 

      senses

      1. if a group of people split, or if something splits them, they disagree very strongly about something and divide into smaller groups

         1. an issue that could split the church

      2. to divide or separate something into different parts, or to be divided or separated in this way

      3. to share something between different people

         1. We went for a pizza and split the bill(shared paying for a meal).

      4. if you split something, or if it splits, it tears or breaks into separate pieces

         1. He split the logs in half.
         2. One of the bags had split.

      5. to argue about small unimportant details

         1. Let’s stop splitting hairs and get back to the important issues.

      split [countable]

      senses

      1. a long cut or hole in something

      2. a serious disagreement that divides an organization or group

      3. the end of a marriage or relationship – used especially in newspapers and magazines