altar 
军事的 ☊ → 军人的 ☊ → ☊ → 
military 
มัสตาร์ด ☊ matH dtaadL 
commencer ☊ 
(thuộcquân đội quân sự 
I am vegetarian (a vegetarian) (1). ☊ 
Tôi là người ăn chay. ☊ Food vegetarian ☊ chay ☊ I am a vegetarian. (2) ☊ Tôi ăn chay. ☊ Food When do you start to study Vietnamese? ☊ Bạn bắt đầu học tiếng Việt khi nào? ☊ Verbs 1 She starts to say thank you. ☊ Cô ấy bắt đầu nói cảm ơn. ☊ Verbs 1 They start to think. ☊ ☊ Verbs 1 Antarctica ☊ Châu Nam Cực ☊ Geography You go to Antarctica and see three bamboo trees there? Really ☊ ☊ Common Phrases 2 Where is my secretary? ☊ Thư ký của tôi ở đâu? ☊ Jobs 1 Many monks are vegetarians (vegans). ☊ Nhiều nhà sư là người ăn chay. ☊ Jobs 1 He appears and starts following us. ☊ ☊ She is very flexible, because she is a secretary. ☊ Cô ấy rất linh hoạt vì cô ấy là một thư ký. ☊ Attributes My secretary is a diligent and independent person. ☊ ☊ Attributes We started to sell the newspapers yesterday. ☊ Chúng tôi bắt đầu bán những tờ báo vào ngày hôm qua. ☊ Past Now my flight starts. ☊ Bây giờ chuyến bay của tôi bắt đầu. ☊ Travel How to start a new journey? ☊ Làm như thế nào để bắt đầu một hành trình mới? ☊ Travel They start to import fish. ☊ Họ bắt đầu nhập khẩu cá. ☊ Verbs 3 He appears and stars following us. ☊ Anh ấy xuất hiện và bắt đầu đi theo chúng tôi. ☊ Verbs 3 The committee will start to work next month. ☊ Uỷ ban sẽ bắt đầu làm việc vào tháng sau. ☊ People I betrayed my co-workers and secretary. ☊ Tôi đã phản bội các đồng nghiệp và thư ký của mình. ☊ People The secretary received the gift from the co-workers on Wednesday. ☊ Người thư ký đã nhận được quà từ các đồng nghiệp vào thứ tư. ☊ People star ☊ ngôi sao ☊ Nature Who needs military? ☊ Ai cần quân đội? ☊ Politics military ☊ quân đội ☊ Politics The concert started twenty minutes ago. ☊ Buổi hoà nhạc đã bắt đầu hai mươi phút trước. ☊ Arts When does your appointment start. ☊ Khi nào cuộc hẹn của bạn bắt đầu? ☊ Medical When does this scientific project start? ☊ Khi nào dự án khoa học này bắt đầu? ☊ Science The secretary of the director is so beautiful. ☊ Thư ký của giám đốc rất đẹp. ☊ Economics Since yesterday I have started to feel very strange. ☊ Từ ngày hôm qua, tôi đã bắt đầu cảm thấy rất lạ. ☊ Adjectives 3 The foundation of morality starts from conscience. ☊ Nền tảng của đạo đức bắt đầu từ lương tâm. ☊ Abstract Objects 3 That secret military operation is very secret ☊ Chiến dịch quân sự bí mật đó rất bí mật. ☊ Military military operation ☊ Chiến dịch quân sự ☊ Military military ☊ Chiến dịch ☊ Military military strategy ☊ Chiến thuật quân sự ☊ Military I feel happy when I wear this military uniform. ☊ Tôi cảm thấy hạnh phúc khi mặc bộ quân phục này. ☊ Military military uniform ☊ quân phục ☊ Military The soldiers are starting to land. ☊ Những người lính đang bắt đầu đổ bộ. ☊ Military The stars shine sparkingly in the sky. ☊ Những ngôi sao toả sáng lung linh trên bầu trời. ☊ Reduplicative Words like: tar → →
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Where's Tara? — She's taking a shower. ☊ Tara đâu? - Cô ấy đang tắm. ☊ 271
He starts at seven thirty (7:30). ☊ Anh ấy bắt đầu từ bảy giờ ba mươi. ☊ 373
He's a vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat. ☊ Anh ấy ăn chay. Anh ấy không ăn thịt. ☊ 419
He's not playing the guitar. ☊ Anh ấy đang không chơi guitar. ☊ 420
But Zhirong has a guitar. ☊ Nhưng Chí Vinh có một cây đàn guitar. ☊ 421
He plays guitar a lot, and he plays very well. ☊ Anh ấy chơi guitar nhiều và anh ấy chơi rất giỏi. ☊ 422
Zhirong plays the guitar. ☊ Chí Vinh chơi guitar. ☊ 423
But he's not playing the guitar now. ☊ Nhưng bây giờ anh ấy đang không chơi guitar. ☊ 424
Is Zhirong playing the guitar? — No, he isn't. ☊ Chí Vinh có đang chơi guita không? Không. ☊ 425
Does he play the guitar? — Yes, he does. ☊ Chí Vinh có chơi guitar không? Có. ☊ 764
Do you play any instruments? — No, I used to play guitar though. ☊ Cậu có chơi nhạc cụ nào không? - Không, nhưng tôi đã từng chơi guitar. ☊ 772
Normally I start work at seven am (7:00), so I get up very early. ☊ Thông thường tôi làm việc lúc bảy giờ sáng nên tôi dậy sớm. ☊ 813
Gunter's favorite movie is Star Wars. He's seen it twenty (20) times, but I've never seen it. ☊ Bộ lm yêu thích của Gunter là Chiến tranh giữa các vì sao. Anh ấy đã xem nó được hai mươi lần còn tôi chưa xem bao giờ. ☊ 863
Jasmine started her new job three (3) weeks ago. ☊ Jasmine đã bắt đầu công việc mới cách đây ba tuần. ☊ 942
When does Hanako start her new job? — She's already started it. ☊ Bao giờ Hanako bắt đầu công việc mới? - Cô ấy đã bắt đầu làm rồi. ☊ 943
Has Tamara started her new job yet? ☊ Tamara đã bắt đầu công việc mới chưa? ☊ 958
Your friend has a new job. Ask her if she has started her new job yet. ☊ Bạn của cậu có một công việc mới. Hỏi cô ấy xem cô ấy đã bắt đầu công việc mới chưa. ☊ 976
I started my new job last week. ☊ Tôi đã bắt đầu công việc mới tuần trước. ☊ 1014
How oftare these rooms cleaned? ☊ Phòng này bao lâu được lau dọn một lần? ☊ 1213
The concert starts at sevthirty (7:30). ☊ Buổi hoà nhạc bắt đầu lúc bảy giờ ba mươi. ☊ 1507
In many countries, mmust do military service. ☊ Ở nhiều nước, đàn ông phải thực hiện nghĩa vụ quân sự. ☊ 1519
to take care of Tara's little brother. ☊ Ravi và em họ Tara của anh ấy tối nay không ra ngoài được. Họ phải trông em trai của Tara. ☊ 1872
The strike started three (3) weeks ago. It's expected that it'll end soon. ☊ Cuộc đình công bắt đầu cách đây ba tuần. Người ta hi vọng nó sẽ kết thúc sớm. ☊ 2036
I need to get more exercise. > I need to start working out more. ☊ Tôi cần thực hành nhiều hơn. > Tôi cần bắt đầu làm ra nhiều thành phẩm hơn. ☊ 2148
Please arrive early so that we'll be able to start the meeting on time. ☊ Làm ơn đến sớm để chúng ta có thể bắt đầu cuộc họp đúng giờ. ☊ 2214
Being a vegetarian, Mitsuko doesn't eat any kind of meat. ☊ Là người ăn chay, Mitsuko không ăn bất cứ loại thịt nào. ☊ 2269
We looked up at all the stars in the sky. ☊ Chúng tôi đã ngước lên ngắm sao trên trời. ☊ 2271
There are millions of stars in space. ☊ Có hàng triệu ngôi sao trong vũ trụ. ☊ 2283
A vegetarian is someone who doesn't eat meat. ☊ Người ăn chay là người không ăn thịt. ☊ 2673
I had to leave just as the meeting was getting started. ☊ Tôi phải đi đúng lúc buổi họp bắt đầu. ☊ 2703
By the time we get to the movies, it'll have already started. ☊ Đến khi chúng ta tới xem lm thì lm đã bắt đầu rồi. ☊ 2723
I just started working in the sales department. ☊ Tôi mới bắt đầu làm việc ở cửa hàng bách hoá. ☊ 2840
But the man reached for his pockets, and that's when the police started shooting at him. ☊ Nhưng anh ta lại đưa tay vào túi và đó là lúc cảnh sát bắt đầu bắn anh ta. ☊ 2841
And then onlookers started shouting to each other. ☊ Và rồi những người xem bắt đầu la hét. ☊ 2981
When your language training starts getting tough, it means you're about to make a big breakthrough, so stick with it and don't give up. ☊ Khi quá trình luyện ngôn ngữ của cậu bắt đầu gặp khó, điều đó nghĩa là cậu sắp thực hiện một bước ngoặt lớn nên hãy bám chặt và đừng từ bỏ. ☊ They could not achieve their target of less than 3% inflation. ☊ achieve ☊
military action ☊ action ☊
admit sb/sth to/into sth: You will not be admitted to the theatre after the performance has started. ☊ admit ☊
afraid of doing sth: I started to feel afraid of going out alone at night. ☊ afraid ☊
She was left staring after him. ☊ after ☊
He started playing the piano at an early age. ☊ age ☊
economic/humanitarian/emergency aid ☊ aid ☊
aim for sb/sth: Aim for the middle of the target. ☊ aim ☊
fighter/transport/military aircraft ☊ aircraft ☊
The cat set off the alarm (= made it start ringing). ☊ alarm ☊
A car alarm went off in the middle of the night (= started ringing). ☊ alarm ☊
There is a vegetarian alternative on the menu every day. ☊ alternative ☊
It starts at 10 a.m. ☊ a.m. ☊
parliamentary/congressional/government approval ☊ approval ☊
technical/economic/military assistance ☊ assistance ☊
At night you can see the stars. ☊ at ☊
Prices start at $1 000. ☊ at ☊
Films with big stars always attract great attention. ☊ attention ☊
She is the star attraction of the show. ☊ attraction ☊
The target audience for this advertisement was mainly teenagers. ☊ audience ☊
We were right back where we started, only this time without any money. ☊ back ☊
a military band ☊ band ☊
a military/naval base ☊ base ☊
I began (= started reading) this novel last month and I still haven't finished it. ☊ begin ☊
He began as an actor, before starting to direct films. ☊ begin ☊
Let's start again from the beginning. ☊ beginning ☊
Warning bells started ringing in her head as she sensed that something was wrong. ☊ bell ☊
My job is somewhere between a secretary and a personal assistant. ☊ between ☊
You have to be prepared to start at the bottom and work your way up. ☊ bottom ☊
Now she's a teenager, she's starting to be interested in boys. ☊ boy ☊
to have/start/run a business ☊ business ☊
the campaign for parliamentary reform ☊ campaign ☊
to set up a business with a starting capital of £100 000 ☊ capital ☊
She started her career as an English teacher. ☊ career ☊
Local schools have been starved of cash for a number of years. ☊ cash ☊
an all-star cast (= including many well-known actors) ☊ cast ☊
The donation is the biggest private gift to a humanitarian cause. ☊ cause ☊
Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job. ☊ cease ☊
She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling. ☊ ceiling ☊
to take up the chase (= start chasing sb) ☊ chase ☊
a child star ☊ child ☊
After a delicious meal with free wine, the choice is yours: a quiet drink in the bar, the late night disco or a stroll along the beach beneath a starry sky. ☊ choice ☊
click sth: Click the OK button to start. ☊ click ☊
a coach station (= where coaches start and end their journey) ☊ coach ☊
to give sb a cold look/stare/welcome ☊ cold ☊
He was staring at her with cold eyes. ☊ cold ☊
to stare/smile/reply coldly ☊ coldly ☊
That guitar's been sitting collecting dust (= not being used) for years now. ☊ collect ☊
a secretarial college ☊ college ☊
What is the startup command for the program? ☊ command ☊
armed/military conflict ☊ conflict ☊
A confused situation followed the military coup. ☊ confused ☊
The Home Secretary will release prisoners only if he considers it is safe to do so. ☊ consider ☊
contrast (with sb/sth): to show a sharp/stark/striking contrast with sth ☊ contrast ☊
A military junta took control of the country. ☊ control ☊
There wasn't enough evidence to bring the case to court (= start a trial). ☊ court ☊
The little boy fell over and started to cry. ☊ cry ☊
The paper started to shrivel and curl up in the heat. ☊ curl up, curl sth up ☊
The town fell into (a) decline (= started to be less busy, important, etc.) after the mine closed. ☊ decline ☊
decrease (in sth): There has been some decrease in military spending this year. ☊ decrease ☊
Good secretaries are always in demand. ☊ in demand ☊
Starting salary varies from £26 000 to £30 500, depending on experience. ☊ depending on ☊
The team has had a disappointing start to the season. ☊ disappointing ☊
a vegetarian/fish dish ☊ dish ☊
dismiss sb/sth as sth: Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. ☊ dismiss ☊
Alice stood staring into the distance. ☊ in/into the distance ☊
Divorce proceedings (= the legal process of divorce) started today. ☊ divorce ☊
She can't do without a secretary. ☊ do without (sb/sth) ☊
It's enough to drive you to drink (= to make you start drinking too much alcohol). ☊ drive ☊
She started a degree but dropped out after only a year. ☊ drop out (of sth) ☊
due to do sth: Rose is due to start school in January. ☊ due ☊
That guitar's been sitting gathering dust (= not being used) for years now. ☊ dust ☊
Let's make an early start tomorrow. ☊ early ☊
He started writing music as early as 1989. ☊ early ☊
She earned a living as a part-time secretary. ☊ earn ☊
primary/elementary education ☊ education ☊
an efficient secretary ☊ efficient ☊
an electric light/guitar, etc. ☊ electric ☊
The streets soon emptied when the rain started. ☊ empty ☊
Our end-of-season sale starts next week. ☊ end ☊
By then she was established as a star. ☊ establish ☊
He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time). ☊ exact ☊
an expanding economy (= with more businesses starting and growing) ☊ expand ☊
Voluntary work was particularly important in view of the fact that women were often forced to give up paid work on marriage. ☊ fact ☊
September had come and the leaves were starting to fall. ☊ fall ☊
Do they plan to start a family (= have children)? ☊ family ☊
a 200-hectare farm ☊ farm ☊
Police have reopened the file (= have started collecting information again) on the missing girl. ☊ file ☊
a horror/documentary/feature film ☊ film ☊
film sth: It took them six weeks to film the documentary. ☊ film ☊
The performance finally started half an hour late. ☊ finally ☊
find what, when, etc...: Can you find out what time the meeting starts? ☊ find out (about sth/sb), find out sth (about sth/sb) ☊
The story was a lie from start to finish. ☊ finish ☊
The gunmen opened fire on (= started shooting at) the police. ☊ fire ☊
Several youths had set fire to the police car (= had made it start burning). ☊ fire ☊
These thatched roofs frequently catch fire (= start to burn). ☊ fire ☊
A small fire had started in the kitchen. ☊ fire ☊
fire sth: A starter's pistol fires only blanks. ☊ fire ☊
The car won't start—can you fix it? ☊ fix ☊
Start crossing when the green WALK sign starts to flash. ☊ flash ☊
The ultimatum contained the threat of military force. ☊ force ☊
plans to seize power by force of arms (= by military force) ☊ force ☊
Thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed each year. ☊ forest ☊
The starting point for emancipation was the freeing of children of slaves born after a certain date. ☊ free ☊
This is the opportunity he needs to make a fresh start (= to try sth new after not being successful at sth else). ☊ fresh ☊
She stared at him, frozen with shock. ☊ frozen ☊
the International Monetary Fund ☊ fund ☊
They invested money in the company right at the start and the gamble paid off (= brought them success). ☊ gamble ☊
get sb/sth to do sth: I couldn't get the car to start this morning. ☊ get ☊
I just can't get along without a secretary. ☊ get on ☊
How did she get into (= start taking) drugs? ☊ get into sth ☊
I always start the day by going through my email. ☊ go through sth ☊
'May I start now?' 'Yes, go ahead.' ☊ go ahead (with sth) ☊
'Dinner's ready.' 'Good—I'm starving.' ☊ good ☊
coalition/communist/democratic/totalitarian, etc. government ☊ government ☊
Democratic government has now replaced military rule. ☊ government ☊
She's still only on a secretarial grade. ☊ grade ☊
She gave me a hard stare. ☊ hard ☊
We can't stop for coffee now, we've hardly started. ☊ hardly ☊
The countdown to Christmas starts here. ☊ here ☊
a hill start (= the act of starting a vehicle on a slope) ☊ hill ☊
He was buried with full military honours (= with a special military service as a sign of respect). ☊ honour ☊
To his horror, he could feel himself starting to cry (= it upset him very much). ☊ horror ☊
hot mustard ☊ hot ☊
a two-star/five-star, etc. hotel ☊ hotel ☊
If I were you I'd start looking for another job. ☊ if I were you ☊
If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him. ☊ ignore ☊
We both started to feel ill shortly after the meal. ☊ ill ☊
He stared at his own image reflected in the water. ☊ image ☊
Since I started jogging I've lost three and a half inches from my waistline. ☊ inch ☊
influence sb to do sth: She was influenced to take up voluntary work by her teacher. ☊ influence ☊
According to my information (= according to what I have been told) work was due to start last week. ☊ information ☊
We had to move inside (= indoors) when it started to rain. ☊ inside ☊
Always read the instructions before you start. ☊ instruction ☊
the head of military intelligence ☊ intelligence ☊
it is intended that...: It is intended that production will start next month. ☊ intend ☊
intend that...: We intend that production will start next month. ☊ intend ☊
The bullet missed its intended target. ☊ intended ☊
The runners started at 5-minute intervals. ☊ at (...) intervals ☊
Introductions were made and the conversation started to flow. ☊ introduction ☊
the introduction of compulsory military service ☊ introduction ☊
Start a new file and put this letter in it. ☊ it ☊
'Did you reach your sales target?' 'Just about.' ☊ just about ☊
She was a star pupil—keen, confident and bright. ☊ keen ☊
She was a secretary when I first knew her. ☊ know ☊
Lake Ontario ☊ lake ☊
In later life he started playing golf. ☊ late ☊
He burst out laughing (= suddenly started laughing). ☊ laugh ☊
After the riots, the military was brought in to restore law and order. ☊ law and order ☊
lay A (on/over B): Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor. ☊ lay ☊
She was among the leaders of the race from the start. ☊ leader ☊
She started the last lap just behind the leading group. ☊ leading ☊
The documentary caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described. ☊ not least ☊
My secretary has threatened to leave. ☊ leave ☊
a salutary lesson ☊ lesson ☊
They emigrated to start a new life in Canada. ☊ life ☊
articles about the love lives of the stars ☊ life ☊
The International Stock Exchange started life as a London coffee shop. ☊ life ☊
They were all waiting on the starting line. ☊ line ☊
He stared at them for the longest time (= for a very long time) before answering. ☊ long ☊
Don't look now, but there's someone staring at you! ☊ look ☊
I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet. ☊ lose ☊
low-tar cigarettes ☊ low ☊
She seemed to have gone stark raving mad. ☊ mad ☊
Come on! It's time we made a start. ☊ make ☊
The terrorists made it known that tourists would be targeted. ☊ make ☊
Quick march! (= the order to start marching) ☊ march ☊
You mean (= are you telling me) we have to start all over again? ☊ mean ☊
He became a media star for his part in the protests. ☊ media ☊
military training/intelligence ☊ military ☊
a military coup ☊ military ☊
military uniform ☊ military ☊
We may have to take military action. ☊ military ☊
The military was/were called in to deal with the riot. ☊ military ☊
She started work last Monday. ☊ Monday ☊
He started the motor. ☊ motor ☊
a famous movie director/star ☊ movie ☊
The documentary opens tomorrow in movie theaters nationwide. ☊ movie theater ☊
a moving target ☊ moving ☊
They often wandered around the house stark naked (= completely naked). ☊ naked ☊
After a while, we naturally started talking about the children. ☊ naturally ☊
She went to Australia to start a new life. ☊ new ☊
the discovery of a new star ☊ new ☊
When do you start your new job? ☊ new ☊
She rose from being a nobody to become a superstar. ☊ nobody ☊
I was woken by the noise of a car starting up. ☊ noise ☊
note sth: Note the fine early Baroque altar inside the chapel. ☊ note ☊
Start writing now. ☊ now ☊
the Antarctic/Arctic/Atlantic/Indian/Pacific Ocean ☊ ocean ☊
the most famous of all the stars ☊ of ☊
She played a tune on her guitar. ☊ on ☊
Troops opened fire on (= started shooting) the crowds. ☊ open ☊
The flowers are starting to open. ☊ open ☊
We could see the stars through an opening in the roof. ☊ opening ☊
This is the perfect opportunity to make a new start. ☊ opportunity ☊
order (for sb/sth to do sth): He gave orders for the work to be started. ☊ order ☊
to work for a business/political/voluntary organization ☊ organization ☊
Isn't it time you started to get organized? ☊ organized ☊
If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now. ☊ ought to ☊
The paint is starting to peel off. ☊ paint ☊
pay sth to sb: Membership fees should be paid to the secretary. ☊ pay ☊
The performance starts at seven. ☊ performance ☊
Did you see the film about Antarctica? The photography was superb! ☊ photography ☊
plot sth: Military officers were suspected of plotting a coup. ☊ plot ☊
You cannot legally take possession of the property (= start using it after buying it) until three weeks after the contract is signed. ☊ possession ☊
a police/customs/military post ☊ post ☊
I've lost six and a half pounds since I started my diet. ☊ pound ☊
The mustard is sold in powder form. ☊ powder ☊
air/sea power (= military strength in the air/ at sea) ☊ power ☊
power (to do sth): The Secretary of State has the power to approve the proposals. ☊ power ☊
The meeting starts at 2 o'clock precisely. ☊ precisely ☊
Preparation for the party started early. ☊ preparation ☊
You've got to forget the past and start living in the present. ☊ present ☊
present sth: The local MP will start the race and present the prizes. ☊ present ☊
Production of the new aircraft will start next year. ☊ production ☊
The agency is voluntary and not run for profit. ☊ profit ☊
She entered public life (= started a job in which she became known to the public) at the age of 25. ☊ public ☊
Pull the lever to start the motor. ☊ pull ☊
The charity is run on a purely voluntary basis. ☊ purely ☊
The push for reform started in 2007. ☊ push ☊
He wants to open his own business, but needs a push in the right direction to get him started. ☊ push ☊
The car won't start. Can you give it a push? ☊ push ☊
We only just started. We're not going to quit now. ☊ quit ☊
It started to rain. ☊ rain ☊
a campaign to attract more women into the military ranks ☊ rank ☊
She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant. ☊ rather ☊
a realistic target ☊ realistic ☊
Tell me when the tape starts recording. ☊ record ☊
The star refers to items which are intended for the advanced learner. ☊ refer to sb/sth ☊
The home team did well to repair a bad start. ☊ repair ☊
Her suspicions returned when things started going missing again. ☊ return ☊
Have you started your revision yet? ☊ revision ☊
to start a revolution ☊ revolution ☊
reward sb with sth: She started singing to the baby and was rewarded with a smile. ☊ reward ☊
a rock band/star ☊ rock ☊
volcanic/igneous/sedimentary, etc. rocks ☊ rock ☊
the Rock of Gibraltar ☊ rock ☊
under Communist/civilian/military, etc. rule ☊ rule ☊
to start/spread a rumour ☊ rumour ☊
Catching sight of her he broke into a run (= started running). ☊ run ☊
The evening rush was just starting. ☊ rush ☊
The sale starts next week. ☊ sale ☊
to start/quit school ☊ school ☊
She was a star of stage and screen (= plays and films/movies). ☊ screen ☊
They were staring at the television screen. ☊ screen ☊
a legal/medical secretary ☊ secretary ☊
Please contact my secretary to make an appointment. ☊ secretary ☊
the membership secretary ☊ secretary ☊
Secretary of the Treasury ☊ secretary ☊
Highly qualified secretary seeks employment. (= in an advertisement) ☊ seek ☊
I can't seem to (= I've tried, but I can't) get started today. ☊ seem ☊
select sb/sth as sth: She was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Bath. ☊ select ☊
After retiring, she became involved in voluntary service in the local community. ☊ service ☊
the current parliamentary session ☊ session ☊
It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson. ☊ settle down, settle sb down ☊
Her hands had started to shake. ☊ shake ☊
Start each answer on a fresh sheet. ☊ sheet ☊
shout at sb: Then he started shouting and swearing at her. ☊ shout ☊
She's the star of the show! ☊ show ☊
When they'd finally shut up, I started again. ☊ shut up ☊
The foundations of the building are starting to sink. ☊ sink ☊
The wheels started to sink into the mud. ☊ sink ☊
She sat and stared at the letter in front of her. ☊ sit ☊
All the materials are on site so that work can start immediately. ☊ site ☊
Can you give me something to help me get to sleep (= start sleeping)? ☊ sleep ☊
Suddenly he burst into song (= started to sing). ☊ song ☊
She stared in horror at the hairy black spider. ☊ spider ☊
My spirits sank at the prospect of starting all over again. ☊ spirit ☊
She was a popular star of stage and screen (= theatre and cinema/movies). ☊ stage ☊
pop/rock/Hollywood, etc. stars ☊ star ☊
a football/tennis, etc. star ☊ star ☊
He's so good—I'm sure he'll be a big star. ☊ star ☊
She acts well but she hasn't got star quality. ☊ star ☊
The best models receive star treatment. ☊ star ☊
She was the star of many popular television series. ☊ star ☊
The star of the show was a young Italian singer. ☊ star ☊
the star role/part ☊ star ☊
three-/four-/five-star hotels ☊ star ☊
What star rating does this restaurant have? ☊ star ☊
a horse with a white star on its forehead ☊ star ☊
a sheriff's star ☊ star ☊
I've put a star by the names of the girls in the class. ☊ star ☊
a four-star general ☊ star ☊
There was a big moon and hundreds of stars were shining overhead. ☊ star ☊
Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. ☊ star ☊
We camped out under the stars. ☊ star ☊
She starred opposite Cary Grant in 'Bringing up Baby'. ☊ star ☊
No one has yet been chosen for the starring role (= the main part). ☊ star ☊
a movie starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan ☊ star ☊
The studio wants to star her in a sequel to last year's hit. ☊ star ☊
The answer was staring us in the face. ☊ be staring sb in the face ☊
Defeat was staring them in the face. ☊ be staring sb in the face ☊
They were staring defeat in the face. ☊ be staring sth in the face ☊
She gave him a blank stare. ☊ stare ☊
He fixed the interviewer with a penetrating stare. ☊ stare ☊
start as sth: She started as a secretary but ended up running the department. ☊ start ☊
start out/off (as sth): The company started out with 30 employees. ☊ start ☊
start sth (as sth): He started life as a teacher before turning to journalism. ☊ start ☊
The trail starts just outside the town. ☊ start ☊
Hotel prices start at €50 a night for a double room. ☊ start ☊
The evening started badly when the speaker failed to turn up. ☊ start ☊
What time are we starting tomorrow? ☊ start ☊
start (up): There are a lot of small businesses starting up in that area. ☊ start ☊
start sth (up): They decided to start a catering business. ☊ start ☊
She started a yoga class at work. ☊ start ☊
Start the engines! ☊ start ☊
I can't get the car started. ☊ start ☊
The car won't start. ☊ start ☊
When does the class start? ☊ start ☊
Have you any idea where the rumour started? ☊ start ☊
start sth: Who started the fire? ☊ start ☊
Do you start the day with a good breakfast? ☊ start ☊
You're always trying to start an argument. ☊ start ☊
start sb/sth doing sth: The news started me thinking. ☊ start ☊
start sth: I start work at nine. ☊ start ☊
He's just started a new job. ☊ start ☊
I only started (= began to read) this book yesterday. ☊ start ☊
We need to start (= begin using) a new jar of coffee. ☊ start ☊
The kids start school next week. ☊ start ☊
start to do sth: It started to rain. ☊ start ☊
Mistakes were starting to creep in. ☊ start ☊
start doing sth: She started laughing. ☊ start ☊
start (on sth): It's a long story. Where shall I start? ☊ start ☊
It's time you started on your homework. ☊ start ☊
Can you start (= a new job) on Monday? ☊ start ☊
start by doing sth: Let's start by reviewing what we did last week. ☊ start ☊
to start out in business ☊ start out ☊
She started out on her legal career in 2001. ☊ start out ☊
When the band started out, they couldn't afford much equipment. ☊ start out ☊
The discussion started off mildly enough. ☊ start off ☊
Let's start off with some gentle exercises. ☊ start off ☊
We started off by introducing ourselves. ☊ start off ☊
start doing sth: I started off working quite hard, but it didn't last. ☊ start off ☊
I heard his car start up. ☊ start up, start sth up ☊
Start up the engines! ☊ start up, start sth up ☊
They worked hard to give their children a good start in life. ☊ start ☊
The job gave him his start in journalism. ☊ start ☊
a perfect start to the day ☊ start ☊
Things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year. ☊ start ☊
If we don't hurry, we'll miss the start of the game. ☊ start ☊
The meeting got off to a good/bad start (= started well/badly). ☊ start ☊
The trip was a disaster from start to finish. ☊ start ☊
We've had problems (right) from the start. ☊ start ☊
This could be the start of something big. ☊ start ☊
I'll paint the ceiling if you make a start on the walls. ☊ start ☊
I want to make an early start in the morning. ☊ start ☊
She's moving abroad to make a fresh start (= to begin a new life). ☊ start ☊
We collected dry sticks to start a fire. ☊ stick ☊
Can you stop the printer once it's started? ☊ stop ☊
Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and starts. ☊ stop ☊
It was terribly hot and I started to feel strange. ☊ feel strange ☊
military strategy ☊ strategy ☊
Their superior military strength gives them a huge advantage. ☊ strength ☊
When you have an injury you start putting stress on other parts of your body. ☊ stress ☊
a strict vegetarian ☊ strict ☊
Who struck the first blow (= started the fight)? ☊ strike ☊
it suits sb to do sth: It suits me to start work at a later time. ☊ suit ☊
The supports under the bridge were starting to bend. ☊ support ☊
He started having night sweats. ☊ sweat ☊
He started taking drugs (= illegal drugs) at college. ☊ take ☊
She has taken up (= started to learn to play) the oboe. ☊ take sth up ☊
The baby is just starting to talk. ☊ talk ☊
business goals and targets ☊ target ☊
attainment targets ☊ target ☊
Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve. ☊ target ☊
to meet/achieve a target ☊ target ☊
a target date of April 2012 ☊ target ☊
The university will reach its target of 5 000 students next September. ☊ target ☊
The new sports complex is on target to open in June. ☊ target ☊
a target area/audience/group (= the particular area, audience, etc. that a product, programme, etc. is aimed at) ☊ target ☊
They bombed military and civilian targets. ☊ target ☊
target for sb/sth: Doors and windows are an easy target for burglars. ☊ target ☊
It's a prime target (= an obvious target) for terrorist attacks. ☊ target ☊
The children became the target for their father's aggressive outbursts. ☊ target ☊
target of sth: He's become the target of a lot of criticism recently. ☊ target ☊
a television documentary ☊ television ☊
The exams start a week today/today week (= one week from now). ☊ today ☊
Get all the ingredients together before you start cooking. ☊ together ☊
to tune a guitar ☊ tune ☊
When she started talking about her job, he just tuned out. ☊ tune out, tune sb/sth out ☊
our ultimate goal/aim/objective/target ☊ ultimate ☊
a military/police/nurse's uniform ☊ uniform ☊
a summit to discuss economic and monetary union ☊ union ☊
army/military/police units ☊ unit ☊
He was trying, for some unknown reason, to count the stars. ☊ unknown ☊
Start number 13 proved unlucky for the Swiss skier. ☊ unlucky ☊
They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force. ☊ use ☊
usual (for sb/sth) (to do sth): It is usual to start a speech by thanking everybody for coming. ☊ usual ☊
'What time do you start work?' 'It varies.' ☊ vary ☊
Most stars are not visible to the naked eye. ☊ visible ☊
The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze (= a situation in which wages are not increased for a time). ☊ wage ☊
The government does not want to go to war (= start a war) unless all other alternatives have failed. ☊ war ☊
The carpets are starting to wear. ☊ wear ☊
She started work a week yesterday. ☊ a week yesterday, last Monday, etc. ☊
The surface must be well prepared before you start to paint. ☊ well ☊
The wind is getting up (= starting to blow strongly). ☊ wind ☊
He had no wish to start a fight. ☊ wish ☊
We started work on the project in 2009. ☊ work ☊
He started work as a security guard. ☊ work ☊
She's planning to return to work once the children start school. ☊ work ☊
full-time/part-time/unpaid/voluntary work ☊ work ☊
stars from the sporting and artistic worlds ☊ world ☊
My car wouldn't start this morning. ☊ would ☊
In some countries children don't start learning to read and write until they are six. ☊ write ☊
The relationship started to go wrong when they moved abroad. ☊ go wrong ☊
It's exactly a year since I started working here. ☊ year ☊
We don't need to start yet. ☊ yet ☊
It's a friendly place—people come up to you in the street and start talking. ☊ you ☊
The night is still young (= it has only just started). ☊ young ☊
The fight was started by a gang of youths. ☊ youth ☊
a war/security/demilitarized, etc. zone ☊ zone ☊
commencer ☊ il est important que ces entretiens commencent immédiatement ☊
reprendre ☊ on peut les arrêter, leur reprendre cette ville ☊
député ☊ j’ai écouté plusieurs interventions des députés ☊
militaire ☊ la justice militaire me donne le droit à un avocat ☊
secrétaire ☊ mais voilà, ma secrétaire accouche cet après- midi ☊
entreprendre ☊ la dame blanche entreprend de monter l’escalier ☊
parlementaire ☊ les parlementaires ont été agacés par les réactions israéliennes ☊
volontaire ☊ je me porte volontaire pour sortir ☊
monétaire ☊ le travailleur désire une élévation de salaire monétaire ☊
budgétaire ☊ la situation budgétaire nous place dans une position critique ☊
repartir ☊ hélas, je repars demain par le premier train ☊
humanitaire ☊ l’aide humanitaire est, certes, nécessaire ☊
entamer ☊ nous entamons notre descente ☊
débuter ☊ la descente a débuté une demi-heure plus tard ☊
recommencer ☊ recommence depuis le début, s’il te plaît ☊
complémentaire ☊ j’ai des informations additionnelles et complémentaires à fournir ☊
cible ☊ les cibles des terroristes représentaient les symboles du capitalisme ☊
étoile ☊ nous couchions à la belle étoile ☊
démarrer ☊ le feu a démarré dans l’escalier d’un restaurant ☊
rentrée ☊ j’attendis la rentrée avec impatience ☊
élémentaire ☊ il posait des questions élémentaires ☊
relancer ☊ cela aurait pour effet de relancer l’économie ☊
cibler ☊ elles pourront frapper des groupes ciblés ☊
tarif ☊ le contenu du message dépendra du tarif ☊
star ☊ t’es devenu une grande star de cinéma ☊
volontairement ☊ volontairement, je fermai les yeux ☊
solitaire ☊ vous avez une vie plutôt solitaire ☊
vedette ☊ des tas de vedettes viennent ici, vous savez ☊
sanitaire ☊ il n’a pas respecté les règles sanitaires ☊
bénévole ☊ je félicite le personnel et les bénévoles de l’UNICEF ☊
secrétariat ☊ les clés seront au secrétariat ☊
autoritaire ☊ c’est un régime extraordinairement autoritaire ☊
commencement ☊ ce n’est que le commencement et non la fin ☊
salaud ☊ les hommes sont des salauds ☊
démarrage ☊ généralement le démarrage d’un livre se passe très bien ☊