juicy, adjective, /'d?usi/,comparative juicier, superlative juiciest 1 containing a lot...
juicy, adjective, /'d?usi/,comparative juicier, superlative juiciest 1 containing a lot...
live, verb,/l?v/ 4 to be alive or be able to stay alive.to continue to be alive. Withou...
live, verb,/l?v/ 1 if you live in a place, you have your home there.to have a home in a...
console, verb, /k?n?so?l/ to make someone feel better when they are feeling sad or disa...
cumbersome, adjective, /?k?mb?s?m/ 1 a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and...
bureaucracy, noun,/bj??rɑ?kr?si/ 1 a complicated official system that is annoying or co...
up-to-date, up to date, adjective,/'?pt?'det / 1 including all the latest information. ...
bloat, noun,/blot/ too much growth. budget/bureaucratic bloat.The company became an exa...
envy, verb,/'?nvi/ 1 to wish that you had someone else’s possessions, abilities etc. I ...
feed, verb,/fid/,past tense and past participle fed /fed/feed somebody up to give someo...
prune, verb,/?pru?n/ 1 (also prune something ?? back) to cut off some of the branches o...
scrutiny, noun, /'skrut?ni/ careful and thorough examination of someone or something.th...
peruse, verb, /p?'ruz/ to read something, especially in a careful way.to examine or rea...
lean, verb, /li?n/, past tense and past participle leaned (or leant/l?nt/ especially Br...
hog, noun, /h?ɡ/ 1 a pig, especially one that is kept and made fat for eating. a hog fa...
brunt, noun, /br?nt/bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something to receive the worst p...
regret, verb,/r?'ɡr?t/ 1 to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had n...
greed, noun, /ɡrid/ a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc than y...
select, adjective,/s?'l?kt/ 1 a select group of people or things is a small special gro...
bear, verb, /b?r/,past tense bore /b?r/, past participle borne/b?rn/ bear/keep somebody...