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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 jewelry ) /ˈdʒuːəlri/ noun [ U ]

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.