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lead [countable] a piece of
information that may help you to solve a crime or mystery SYN clue
- The police have checked out dozens of leads, but
have yet to find the killer.
break out phrasal verb
1 if something unpleasant such as a fire, fight, or
war breaks out, it starts to happen
- I was still living in London
- Does everyone know what to do if a fire breaks out?
-Fighting broke out between demonstrators and the
police.
→ outbreak
2 to escape from a prison
of
- Three men have broken out of a top-security jail.
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drained
ˌfed ˈup
adjective
informal annoyed or bored, and wanting something to
change
- She felt tired and a bit fed up.
fed up with
- I’m really fed up with this constant rain.
- Anna got fed up with waiting.
be sick (and tired) of (doing) something
(also be sick to death of (doing) something) spoken to
be angry or bored with something that has been happening for a long time
- I’m sick and tired of your excuses.
- I am sick of working for other people.
get away phrasal verb
1 LEAVE to leave a place, especially when this is not
easy
- The meeting dragged on, and I didn’t get away until
seven.
from
- I like to get away from London
flee /fliː/ ●●○ verb (past tense and
past participle fled /fled/) [intransitive, transitive] written
to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape
from danger
- His attackers turned and fled.
- Masaari spent six months in prison before fleeing
the country.
flee to/from/into
- Many German artists fled to America
Hundreds of passengers tried desperately to escape
from the boat as it sank.
I agree to disagree.
Sorry, but not sorry.
hot‧head /ˈhɒthed $ ˈhɑːt-/ noun [countable] someone
who does things too quickly without thinking—hotheaded /ˌhɒtˈhedɪd◂ $ ˌhɑːt-/ adjective
be (out) on strikeTeachers are on strike again this week.
go on strike/come out on strike (=start a strike)An estimated 70,000 public
sector workers went on strike.
begin a strikeDock workers began a 24-hour strike last night.
call a strike (=tell people to strike)The union threatened to
call a strike.
stage a strike (=organize a short strike)Health workers will
stage a two-day strike next week
steal something from somebody/something
He’d stolen the
flowers from our garden.
THESAURUS
steal to illegally take something
that belongs to someone else
The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer
equipment.
Thousands of cars get stolen every year.
take to steal something – used when it is clear from
the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly
The boys broke into her house and took all her money.
They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.
burgle British English, burglarize
American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the
owners are not there
Their house was burgled while they were away.
If you leave windows open, you are asking to be
burgled.
rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or
person
The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex .
An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own
home.
He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.
mug to attack someone in the street and steal something
from them
People in this area are frightened of being mugged
when they go out.
Someone tried to mug me outside the station.
I was late for the appointment with my doctor.
tick‧le /ˈtɪkəl/ ●●○ verb
1 [transitive] to move your fingers gently
over someone’s body in order to make them laugh
Stop tickling me!► see thesaurus at touch
give somebody a tickle
to move your fingers gently over someone’s body in
order to make them laugh
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