Your attitude to appearance
scalp /skælp/ noun [ C ]
[ ANATOMY ] the skin on the top of your head under your hair
commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/ noun
Word partners for commitment
make a commitment • fulfil / honour / meet
a commitment • a commitment to sth
1 PROMISE [ C ] a promise or firm decision to
do something
Players must make a
commitment to daily training.
2 LOYALTY [ U ] when you are willing to give
your time and energy to something that you believe in
We are looking for someone with
talent, enthusiasm, and commitment.
3 ACTIVITY [ C ] something that you must do
that takes your time
I've got too many commitments at
the moment.
uncomfortable
/ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/
adjective
1 PHYSICAL not feeling comfortable and
pleasant, or not making you feel comfortable and pleasant
I've eaten so much, I'm really
quite uncomfortable.
These shoes are really
uncomfortable.
2 SITUATION slightly embarrassed, or making you
feel slightly embarrassed
an uncomfortable silence
uncomfortably adverb
dare 1 /deə r / verb
1 dare (to) do sth
to be brave enough to do something
I didn't dare tell Dad that I'd
scratched his car.
2 dare sb to do sth
to try to make someone do something dangerous
She dared her friend to climb
onto the roof.
3 Don't you dare
informal used to tell someone angrily not to do
something
Don't you dare hit your sister!
4
How dare she/you, etc
used to express anger about something someone has done
How dare you talk to me like
that!
5 I dare say
( also I daresay ) used when you think that
something is probably true or will probably happen
I dare say she'll change her
mind.
daring /ˈdeərɪŋ/ adjective
brave and taking risks
a daring escape
daring noun [ U ]
ˈ belly ˌ button noun [ C ] informal
the small, round, and usually hollow place on your
stomach, where you were connected to your mother before birth
stud
/stʌd/
noun [ C ]
1 JEWELLERY a small, metal piece of jewellery
that is put through a part of your body such as your ear or nose
jewellery UK ( US
objects made from gold, silver, and valuable stones
that you wear for decoration
See picture jewellery UK ,
jewelry US
image /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ noun
Word partners for image
create / project an image • sb's/sth's public image
• an image of sth
1 PUBLIC [ C , U ] the way that other people
think someone or something is
The aim is to improve the public
image of the police.
2 PICTURE [ C ] a picture, especially on film
or television or in a mirror
television images of starving children
3 IDEA [ C ] a picture in your mind or an idea
of how someone or something is
I have an image in my mind of
the way I want the garden to look.
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