put up with. Stk ,put др wifi (sth)/ [phrasaf verb T] to accept an annoying situation or someone's annoying behaviour, without trying to stop it or change it: / don't know how you put up with all this noise day after day. I You see what I have to put up with - the kids never stop quarrelling.
tolerate /чЫэгеиЦ'Ш:-/ [v T] to accept an
A
to officially accept a new law or proposal
pass /pa:s|pЈcs/ [u T] if a parliament or
unpleasant situation, without trying to change it: For years the workers have had to tolerate low wages and terrible working conditions. I I don't know why his mother tolerates his behaviour.
Tolerate js more formal than put up with sth
live with sth /'i,v wid (sth)/ [phrasa/
verb T] to accept an unpleasant situation as a permanent part of your life which you cannot change: You have to learn to live with stress. I We don't really like the new system, but I suppose well just have to live with it.
be resigned to sth /ы; n'zamd tu: (sth)/
to realize that you must accept an unpleasant situation, because you cannot prevent it or avoid it: Joe is resigned to the fact that he will miss tomorrow's big race. I Pat knew her husband wasn't coming back and she was resigned to being alone.
make the best of it / meik оэ best av
и i informal to accept a situation that you do not like, and try to enjoy it or make it less bad: The school isn't the one I really wanted to go to, but I suppose I'll just have to make the best of it.
similar group passes a law or proposal, the members vote to accept it: The State Assembly passed a law which banned smoking in public places. I The bill was passed by 191 votes to 50.
approve /a'pruiv/ [i> T] to officially accept something that has been planned to happen: The Medical Research Council said it could not approve the use of the new drug. I The deal has already been approved by shareholders.
approval /э1 pruiv^l/ [n U) when a suggestion or plan is officially accepted: The parking proposals have been given the mayor's approval. (=he has approved them)
ACCIDENT ~
if you mean 'by accident', go to
damage
accidentally
НИГТ/ЦЦИ
\ r
^фМЕАК
see also
pamw^ - wfm±
4 *
D at home, at work, when doing a sport etc
accident / aeks^d^nt/ [n C] when someone
gets hurt or something gets damaged,
without anyone intending them to be: Jim was rushed to the hospital after an accident at work.
have an accident She had an accident while she was playing basketball and broke her arm.
serious accident The park is now closed following a serious accident last week, riding/climbing/skiing etc accident
Greg has been unable to walk since he was injured in a riding accident.
in а саг, train, plane etc
/fcksjdmt/ [n C] when a car, train etc hits an object, a person, or another vehicle: The accident was caused by someone driving too fasthave an accident Sue won't be able to
come tonight - she had an accident on
the way home.
bad/serious accident There are delays on the main road into town following a
serious accident.
road/car accident Road accidents are the biggest cause of death among young people.
crash jkr&ji [n C] an accident in which a
car, plane, train etc hits something and is badly damaged or destroyed: Wearing a seat belt can save your life in a crash. plane/train/car crash Her husband died in a plane crash in 1990.
have a crash/be in a crash (-in а саг) He was in a car crash last шеек.
crash /kracj/ [v I/T] to have an accident in a car, train etc by hitting something: The plane crashed just after take off. ; Prost lost control on the first bend and crashed. I Someone stole my car and crashed it.
+ into The truck skidded across the rood before crashing into a wall.
^^ Don't say 'crash with something'. Say crash into something
0 an extremely bad
accident when people are killed
disaster /drzaiste'l-'zss-/ \n C] an
extremely bad accident in which a lot ol people are ki:!ed: The Zeebrugge fern, disoster. in which a ship carrying hundreds of people sank was one of the worst in recenty history. I Could your hospitals cope with a major disaster like a train crash?
natural disaster (^caused by wind, rain, or other natural forces) Natura/ disasters such as earthquakes are common in this part of the world.
catastrophe btjestrafi In C) a terrible
event that causes death, damage, and destruction over a very large area: The destruction of the ozone layer could lead to an environmental catastrophe. I fears of a possible nuclear catastrophe
ACCIDENTALLY
when you do something that you did not intend to do
wreck (гску' |n C] amc.rican an accident involving a car, plane, train etc; The wreck caused a 5-mile traffic jam.
collision /Ь'i,vn/ [п C] an accident in
which two or more cars, planes etc hit each other while they are moving: Several cars were involved in a collision on the expressway this morning.
+ with A 25-year-old man was thrown from his motorcycle in a collision with a truck.
+ between a mid-air collision between two planes
head-on collision (^between two cars etc moving directly towards each other}
pile-Up .'pai[ др,| [n Q informal a serious road accident in which a lot of cars hit each other: The pile-up happened in thick fog.
get run over > get глп oovo1 if someone
gets run over, a car or other vehicle hits them, and they get hurt or killed: Our last cat got run over by a car outside our house. I Don't run out into the road - you'll get run over.
DELIBERATELY
break
\ /
see
mstake
also
damage
cd apologizing
accidentally/by accident
dent(i< bai 'aeks^ctant [aduj if you do something accidentally or by accident, you
do it even though you did not intend to: / accidentally burnt a hole in her sofa with my cigarette. I Doctors discovered the new drug quite by accident, while
they were researching something else.
Д Word order: accidentally can come
opposite
hurt/injure
between the subject and the verb (I accidentally broke it), but
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