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habit
noun
• ADJ. annoying, anti-social, bad, dirty, disconcerting,
horrible, irritating, nasty, unfortunate
Life has a nasty
habit of repeating itself,
I
charming
(often ironic),
en-
dearing, good
one of his more endearing habits
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her
charming habit of setting fire to cats I
eccentric, odd
I
old
I
daily, regular
I
personal, sexual, social
I found
some of his personal habits rather disconcerting.
I
buy-
ing, shopping, spending
an effort to change the buying
habits of the British public
I

I
break
(yourself of), get out of, give up, kick
a difficult habit to
break
<>
You must break yourself of the habit.
<>
I had got
out of the habit of going to the pub.
I
change
• HABIT + VERB change
Even last year the nation's eat-
ing habits changed significantly.
• PREP. by -
Much of what we do in daily life is done by
habit.
out of-
Isat in my old seat purely out of habit.
• PHRASES a creature of habit
Horses are creatures of
habit and like to have a daily routine.
force of habit
Mr
Norris bellotoedfromforce of habit.
the habit of a lifetime
It's hard to change the habits of a lifetime.
habitable
adj.

The forest provides a habi-
tat for hundreds of species of plants and animals.
I
conserve, protect
new measures to protect wildlife habi-
tats
I
damage, destroy, disrupt
Development is destroy-
ing the animal's native habitat.
• HABITAT + VERB support sth
The many different
habitats support a wide variety of birds.
• HABITAT
+
NOUN destruction, loss
Many species are
threatened in the wild due to habitat destruction by man.
• PREP. in a/the -
the animals and plants in this wood-
land habitat
I
-for
The moorland is an important habitat
for many rare bird species.
• PHRASES loss of habitat
The greatest danger to tigers
now is through loss of habitat.
hack
verb

Twelve hours
later she SUffered a massive brain haemorrhage.
I
die
from/of
I
halt, stop
(both usually figurative) The com-
pany is desperate to halt the haemorrhage of skilled staff
hail
noun
• HAIL + VERB fall
Hail
fell
shortly after lunch.
I
melt
The hail melted once the sun came out.
• PREP. in (the) -
We got caught in the hail.
through
(the)-
driving through the hail
hair
noun
• ADJ. auburn, black, blond, brown, chestnut, dark,
fair, ginger, golden, grey, grizzled, jet-black, red, sandy,
white, yellow
I
bushy, coarse, crinkly, curly, fine, frizzy,

hair.
I
wear
She wore her long hair looseon her shoulders.
I
arrange, do, tidy
I don't like the way she's arranged her
hair, do you?
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TU be down in a minute, I'm just doing my
hair.
I
plait, put up, tie back
Why don't you put your hair
up for this evening?
I
brush, comb
I
shampoo, wash
I
cut, trim
He went to the barber's to have his hair cut.
I
curl, perm
I'oe decided to have my hair permed.
I
grow
I'm trying to grow my hair.
• HAIR + VERB grow
Why don't you letyour hair grow?

I
last, latter
in the latter half of the
nineteenth century
I
top, upper
I
bottom, lower
the
lower half of the window
I
front
I
back, rear
the rear half
of the car
I
left, right
the left
luilf
of the brain
I
northern,
western, etc.
the northern half of the country
• PREP.
by
a -
Costs rose by a half,
in -

narrow
I
dark, dark-
ened,
unlitHe hurried them along the narrow, dark hall.
• VERB
+
HALL
lead to
The hall led to a locked door.
• PREP.
across the-
the room across the hall
along the-,
at/to the end of the -, down the -
There were strange
noises coming from the room down the hall.
in the-
2 building/large room
• ADJ.
cavernous, huge, spacious, vast
I
magnificent
I bare
Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall.
I
gloomy
I
cold, draughty
I

His voiceechoed
through the hall.
• PHRASES
hall of residence
Most first-year students
live in the halls of residence.
hallucination
noun
• ADJ.
mild I weird
I
auditory, visual I drug-induced
• VERB
+
HALLUCINATION
have
For a moment 1
thought
1
was having hallucinations.
I cause, induce
halt
noun
• ADJ.
abrupt, sudden
The bus came to an abrupt halt
outside the school.
I
grinding, shuddering
The strike

• ADV.
virtually I effectively
The strike effectively halted
production at thefactory.
I abruptly
All these ideasfor ex-
pansion were abruptly halted by the outbreak of war.
I
briefly, temporarily I finally
• VERB
+
HALT
try to
I
threaten to
I
fail to
failing to
halt the destruction of the rainforest
• PHRASES
halt in your tracks
A sudden shout made
them halt in their tracks and look round.
halt sth in its
tracks
The development programme has been halted in its
tracks by this intervention.
halve
verb
• ADV.

joint, leg
• VERB
+
HAM
eat, have
I
boil, cook, roast
I
carve,
slice
• HAM
+
NOUN
roll, salad, sandwich
• PHRASES
ham on the bone
Wehad boiled ham on the
bonefor dinner.
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hammer
noun
• VERB
+
HAMMER
hit sth with, tap sth with, use,
wield
I
swing

They took a real
hammering at the hands of their opponents.
hamper
verb
• ADV
badly, greatly, seriously, severely
Rescue efforts
wereseverely hampered by the bad weather.
I further
hand
noun
1part of the body
• ADJ.
left, right I beautiful, delicate, long-fingered,
pretty
I
well-manicured
I
coarse, rough, work-
reddened, work-roughened, work-worn I soft I firm,
strong
I
limp
He offered a limp hand to shake.
I
frail
I
arthritic I gnarled, knotted
I
claw-like I hairy

hand.
I
busy, deft
Her busy hands had transformed the
tiny room into a work of art.
I
willing
There's plenty of
work for willing hands
I
eager
Eager hands reached out
to help him.
I
nervous, shaking, trembling, unsteady I
steady
A surgeon needs a good eye and a steady hand.
I
friendly, sympathetic
He put a friendly hand on his
friend's knee.
I
generous, liberal
(both figurative) She
filled our glasses with a generous hand.
I
capable, ex-
pert, practised, skilful, skilled
With a practised hand he
motioned a waiter to bring afresh pot of coffee.

with all of us before leaving.
I
feel 1
felt a hand on my
shoulder.
I
extend, hold out, put out, reach out
She
smiled and extended a hand in welcome.
0
He put out a
hand as if to touch her.
I lay, place, press, put
He laid a
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hand
hand on her arm.
0
She put her hands to her cheeks in em-
barrassment.
I
slide
He slid his hands into his pockets.
I
withdraw
Slowly Ruth withdrew her hand from his.
I
hold up, lift, put up, raise, throw up
He lifted his hand to
her face.

wringing his hands by the grave.
I
beatHe beat his hands
on the steering wheel in frustration.
I
cup
I cupped my
hand over the mouthpiece of the phone so they couldn't
hear me.
I
wash
I
wipe
• HAND
+
VERB shake, tremble
Her hand shook as she
lifted the glass to her lips.
I
reach out, shoot out
A strong
hand reached out and caught hold of her arm.
I
grope for
sth, reach for sth, seek sth
My hand groped for the door
handle.
0
His hand sought hers.
I

fly Her handfleui to her mouth. 'Oh no!'
I
jerk, twitch
I
run over/through sth, trail
Her hand ran
over the surface.feeling the different textures.
I
freeze, still
His hand froze in mid-gesture.
I
hover, waver
My hand
hovered over the switch for a moment.
I
lie, rest
His hand
rested on her shoulder.
I
go up, shoot up
I
come down,
descend, drop
A large hand descended on his shoulder.
0
His hands dropped tohis sides and hefell tothefloor
I
with-
draw
I

handgun)
I
injury
• PREP.
by -
Delicate clothes should be washed by hand.
by ...
-s
The rocks looked like they had been shaped by
human hands.
in your -
She had a piece of paper in her
hand.
0
(figurative) Can I leave these queries in your cap-
able hands?
on your -
She had large rings on both hands.
with your-
Operate the gears with your left hand.
• PHRASES fall into the wrong hands
(figurative)
Guards made sure that thefood supplies didn'tfall into the
wrong hands.
get/keep/take your hands off sb/sth
She
warned her brother to keep his hands off her bag.
get/lay
your hands on sth
I desperately need to lay my hands on

HAND give sb, lend (sb)
Can you give me a
hand with loading the van?
0
At harvest time all the villa-
362
gers lend a hand.
I
need
Doyou need a hand with those in-
voices?
3 role in a situation
• VERB
+
HAND have
I
strengthen
The strategic
alliance served to strengthen the country's hand in the
region.
• PREP. - in
Several of his colleagues had a hand in his
downfall.
4 in card games
• ADJ. bad, good
• VERB
+
HAND deal (sb)
Who dealt the last hand?
0

I
silently
I
back, in, out, over
She hand-
edout the exam papers.
• VERB
+
HAND be prepared to, be ready to, be willing
to
I
refuse to
I
force sb to
• PREP. to
He handed the book to Sally.
handbag
noun
• ADJ. big, capacious, large
• VERB + HANDBAG clutch, hold
I
carry
I
swing
I
delve into, fish about/around in, fumble in, reach into,
rummage (around) in, search (in/through)
She was rum-
maging in her handbag for her keys.
I

I
double
She bent and pulled up a double
handful of weeds.
• PREP. -of
She grabbed handfuls of the dirty snow.
2small number of people/things
• ADJ. small, tiny
I
mere
having to cope with a mere
handful of staff
I
good
He has a good handful of letters
after his name.
• PREP.
-ofahandfulojpeople
• PHRASES just/only a handful of sth
We have received
only a small handful of letters on this subject.
handicap
noun
1physical/mental disability
• ADJ. serious, severe
I
mild
I
mental, physical, vis-
ual

I -
to
This could be a serious
handicap to her education.
handicapped
adj.
• VERBS be, be born
Steuen was born severely handi-
capped.
I
leave sb
An accident at birth left him badly
handicapped.
• ADV. badly, profoundly, seriously, severely
I
mildly,
slightly
I
permanently
I
mentally, physically, visually
special equipment for visually handicapped children
handkerchief
noun
• ADJ. clean
I
crumpled, dirty, grubby, used
I
pocket
I

He
tried the handle but the door was locked.
• PREP. on a/the -
His initials were on the knife handle.
handle
verb
1touch sth with your hands
• ADV. carefully, with care
A label on the crate read:
'Handle with care'.
I
carelessly
Garden tools can be haz-
ardous if carelessly handled.
I
roughly
Many of the pris-
oners were roughly handled; some were killed.
2deal with sb/sth
• ADV. competently, efficiently, properly, skilfully, suc-
cessfully, well
I think you handled that situation very
well.
I
badly
I
carefully, delicately
This issue may need
to behandled carefully.
I

She handled the crisis with total assurance.
handling
noun
• ADJ. careful, delicate, gentle
Timid children need gen-
tle handling to build up their confidence.
I
careless,
clumsy
I
sensitive, sympathetic
Issues such
as
drug ad-
diction require sensitive handling when featured in TV
dramas.
I
insensitive
I
competent
She was praised for
her competent handling of the crisis.
I
baggage, cargo,
freight, stock
I
customer, passenger
a small airport
with limited passenger handling facilities
J

handouts to the poor
2sheet/leaflet
• VERB
+
HANDOUT distribute, give sb, give out
• PREP. in a/the-
More information can befound in the
handout.
I
-on
Weuieregiuen a handoutonjobhunting.
handshake
noun
• ADJ. firm, hearty
I
limp
She wasn't impressed by his
limp handshake.
• VERB
+
HANDSHAKE have
He had a firm handshake.
I
give sb
Fawcett gave me a hearty handshake.
• PREP. with a -
They sealed the agreement with a hand-
shake.
I
-fromahandshakefromthechairman

+
HANDWRITING have
I
read
Her handwriting
is very difficult to read.
I
recognize
I didn't recognize the
handwriting on the envelope.
• PREP. in your-
She copied out the lines in her best hand-
writing.
handyadj.
1useful
• VERBS be
I
come in
I advise you to buy one-it may
come in handy one day.
• ADV. very
I
quite
• PREP. for
The arrangement was handy for both of us.
2 nearby
• VERBS be
I
keep sth
Always keep a cloth handy to

I
down
Large leaves hung down from the branches of the
trees.
• PREP.
by
The monkey was hanging by its tail from the
beams overhead.
from
Banners hung from every window.
PHRASAL VERB
hang on
1keep hold of sth
• ADV. tight
Hang on tight-we're off
• VERB
+
HANG ON try to
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hanker
• PREP for
She hung on for dear life.
to
Hang on to
(=
keep)
those old photographs-they may be valuable.
with
Martin tried to hold on with his toes as well as hisfeet.
2wait

apparently, seemingly
• PHRASES in a haphazard fashion/manner/way
The
town had grown in a somewhat haphazard way.
happen
verb
• ADV actually, really
She couldn't quite believe that all
this was actually happening to her.
I
just
I don't remem-
ber learning to swim, it just happened.
I
spontaneously
Sometimes fun activities just happen spontaneously; at
other times they take careful planning.
I
overnight
Change doesn't happen overnight.
• VERB + HAPPEN be going to
They could only wait
and see what was going to happen.
I
be likely to
I
be
bound to
Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes.
I

human
I
personal
I
domestic, family, marital
• VERB + HAPPINESS be filled with, feel
I
glow with
Her face was glowing with happiness.
I
cry with, sigh
with, weep with
I
achieve, find
She seems to have found
happiness with her new husband.
I
bring (sb)
It is easy to
believe that money brings happiness.
I
buy (sb)
You can-
not buy happiness.
I
wish sb
• PREP. with -
I -
at
He was weeping with happiness at

genuinely, truly
For thefirst time in her
life, shefelt truly happy.
I
far from, not altogether, not at
all, not entirely, not exactly, not particularly, not too, not
totally
Her boss was not entirely happy about the situ-
ation.
I
fairly, pretty, reasonably, relatively
I
just
I'm
just happy to be back home.
I
absurdly, amazingly, bliss-
fully, deliriously, ecstatically, radiantly, ridiculously,
strangely, surprisingly
I
clearly, obviously
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• PREP. about
I'm. not too happy about her attitude.
for
So
you're getting married, I hear.
I'm
really happy for you!
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harbour
noun
• ADJ. deep, deep-water
I
good, safe, sheltered
I
nat-
ural
I
busy
I
picturesque, pretty
I
fishing
• VERB
+
HARBOUR have
The town has a small natural
harbour.
I
come into, go into, enter
They entered the har-
bour withjlagsjlying.
I
go out of, leave
• HARBOUR + NOUN wall
• PREP. in (a/the)-
Thefishingfleet is in harbour. o theac-
tioity in the harbour

make sth
If you tell the children the answers, it
only makes it harder for them to do the work on their own.
I
find sth
Ifound the exam quite hard.
• ADV. extremely, really, very
I
a bit, fairly, pretty,
quite, rather
hardback
noun
• VERB
+
HARDBACK publish
I
come out in
His second
book came out in hardback last month.
• HARDBACK
+
NOUN book, edition
• PREP.
in-It's only available in hardback.
hardship
noun
• ADJ. appalling, considerable, dreadful, extreme,
genuine, great, immense, real, severe
I
Widespread

widespread hardship
among students
-to
The cold was no real hardship to me.
• PHRASES times of hardship
In times of economic hard-
ship.firms cut back on training.
hardware
noun
1of a computer
• ADJ. computer
• QUANT. piece
The laptop drawing tablet
is
a very use-
ful piece of hardware.
• VERB
+
HARDWARE design, develop
I
provide, sup-
ply
supplying computer hardware to business .
• HARDWARE + NOUN component, device, product
I
environment, platform, system
This application runs on
a wide variety of hardware platforms.
I
configuration

ports has done a great deal of harm to the economy.
I
mean (sb), wish
sbTmsorry if I upset you-I didn't mean
any harm.
0
No one wishes you harm.
I
come to, suffer
I
don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with
him.
I
keep sb from, prevent, protect sb from, shield sb
from
The children were removedfram their parents topre-
vent harm to them.
0
She tried to shield her child from
harm.
• HARM
+
VERB come to sb/sth
I don't want any harm
to come to thesepictures.
• PREP. -from
babies at risk of serious harm from their
parents
-r
to

sideredfreslt air harmful.
• ADV. extremely, particularly, positively, very
These
praducts are often positively harmful.
I
quite
I
possibly,
potentially
A lot of these chemicals are potentially very
harmful.
I
allegedly
I
(not) necessarily
Not all virus in-
fections are necessarily harmful to vines.
I
intrinsically
I
environmentally, socially
These pesticides are environ-
mentally harmful.
• PREP. to
pesticides that are harmful to the environment
harmless
ad].
• VERBS appear, be, look, seem, sound
I
make sth,

They've lived together in reasonable harmony for
many years.
I
domestic, political, racial, social
On the
surface, their life seemed a model of domestic harmony.
• VERB
+
HARMONY achieve
I
maintain, preserve
They try to maintain harmony between the two commu-
nities.
I
foster, promote
The Church tries to promote ra-
cial harmony.
I
live in
• PREP.
in-Theyworktogetherinharmony.
I
-between
They try to foster harmony between different groups of
people.
-wlth
living inperfect harmony with nature
• PHRASES a sense of harmony
A new sense of harmony
developed in the community.

undo, unfasten
• PREP. in a/the -
Another man in a harness was being
lotoeredfrom.
the helicopter.
harness
verb
• ADV effectively, successfully
I
fully
• VERB + HARNESS attempt to, seek to, try to
attempt-
ing to harness thepower of the sun
I
manage to
• PREP. for
How can this energy be harnessed effectively
for the good of humankind?
harp
noun
• VERB
+
HARP set, tune
By means of pedals, a harp
can beset in any desired key.
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harp
verb

I
surprisingly
harvest
noun
• ADJ. abundant, bumper, good, large, rich
We've had a
bumper harvest of apples this year.
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(figurative) She re-
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hassle
turned from the conference with a rich harvest of know-
ledge.
I
bad, disastrous, poor
a series of poor harvests in
the 1830s
I
cereal, corn, grain, potato, wheat, etc.
• VERB
+
HARVEST bring in, gather (in), get in, reap
They werebusy getting the harvest in.
o
(figurative) Weare
now reaping the harvest of our hard work last year.
• HARVEST
+
VERB fail
The strawberry harvest failed

much hassle I decided it wasn't worth it.
I
save
It saves a lot of hassle if you buy them by post.
I
be
worth
Camping holidays aren't really worth all the hassle.
• PREP. with no/without -
She got the computer set up
with no hassle at all.
I -
about/over
I'ue had
so
much has-
sle over this business.
• PHRASES take the hassle out of sth
Package holidays
take all the hassle out of travel arrangements.
haste
noun
• ADJ. blind, breathless, frantic, great
She worked with
frantic haste.
I
indecent, reckless, undue
He accused the
government of undue haste in bringing in the new law.
• VERB

I
bobble,
bowler, hard, panama, party, peaked, picture, riding,
sun (also sunhat), ten-gallon, three-cornered, top
• VERB
+
HAT don, place
He placed a battered felt hat
on his head.
I
doff, remove
I
raise, tip, touch
The door-
man tipped his hat as we entered.
• HAT
+
VERB be trimmed with sth
The governor wore
a cocked hat trimmed with uihitefeathers.
• HAT
+
NOUN box
I
shop
I
stand
• PHRASES pull a hat (down) over your ears/eyes/face
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between
a hatch between the kitchen and the
dining room
-to
a hatch to the dining room
hate
noun
1strong feeling of dislike
• ADJ. absolute, naked, pure
In her eyes he could see
naked hate.
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• VERB
+
HATE be filled with, be full of, burn with
He
burned with hatefor everyone and everything.
• HATE
+
NOUN campaign, figure, mail
victim of a vi-
cious hate campaign
<>
She became a hate figure for polit-
icians on the left.
• PREP. -for
full of hate for the people who had betrayed
her
2 sb/sth you hate
• ADJ. pet

He hated mejor standing up to him.
• PHRASES hate it when
I hate it when you loseyour tem-
per like that.
hatred
noun
• ADJ. bitter, deep, intense, passionate, pure, violent
She shot him a look of pure hatred.
I
absolute, implac-
able
I
blind, irrational
I
class, ethnic, racial, religious
• VERB
+
HATRED be filled with, be full of, feel, have
She toas
fult
of hatred and bitterness. o He has a deep hat-
red of the police.
I
incite, stir up
He is accused of stirring
up racial hatred.
• HATRED
+
VERB flare (up)
Hatredjlared up inside her.

I
final, last
thefinal haul up
the hill to thefinishing line
• PREP. -from, -to
3 of fish/stolen goods, etc.
• ADJ. big, large, record
The thieves got away with a re-
cord haul of
£25
million. I
arms, drugs
• VERB
+
HAUL get, get away with
The gang did not ex-
pect toget such a large haul.
• HAUL
+
VERB be worth sth
a haul worth £30 000
• PREP. -of
the biggest ever haul of illegal drugs
haunt
noun
• ADJ. favourite, old, popular, regular, usual
I
tourist
The area was apopular tourist haunt.
• VERB

The aim is to create a safe haven for the
thousands of refugees.
• VERB
+
HAVEN create, offer (sb), provide (sb with)
• PREP. in a/the -
They were living in a safe haven away
from thefighting.
I
-for
The wood is a hauen for wildlife.
- of
This house is a haven of peace compared with ours.
havoc
noun
• VERB
+
HAVOC cause, create, play, wreak
• PREP. - among
The new tax could wreak havoc among
smaller companies. -
for
High winds have been creating
hauocfor farmers. -
in
The disease can cause havoc in com-
mercial orchards. -
on
The flood wrought havoc on the
countryside.

I
bale
I
barn, loft
• PREP in the-
The children wereplaying in the hay.
hazard
noun
• ADJ. big, great, major, real, serious
I
constant
I
possible, potential
I
hidden, unexpected, unseen
I
en-
vironmental, industrial, natural, occupational
indus-
trial hazards such as excessive noise and pollution
0
Lone-
liness is one of the occupational hazards of being a writer.
I
health
Other people's smoke is now seen as a health haz-
ard.
I
fire
The rubbish under theflooring is a serious fire

adj.
• VERBS be, prove
I
become
I
consider sth
• ADV. extremely, highly, particularly, very
I
rather,
somewhat
I
potentially
burning potentially hazardous
medical waste
I
environmentally
environmentally haz-
ardous substances
• PREP. for
These conditions are very hazardous for ship-
ping. to chemicals that are hazardous to human beings
haze
noun
• ADJ. thick
a thick haze of smoke
I
faint, thin
The sun
now had a faint golden haze around it.
I

• PREP. with
The summers werehazy with pollution.
2 confused
• VERBS be
I
become
I
remain
• ADV. extremely, very
I have only a very hazy idea about
how the economy works.
I
a bit, fairly, a little, rather,
somewhat
My memory of that day is somewhat hazy now.
• PREP about
I'm.a bit hazy about myfamily history.
head
noun
1part of the body
• ADJ. bare
I
bald
I
shaved
I
blonde, dark, fair, grey,
greying
I
bent, bowed

He scratched his head. 'I don't understand, ' he
said.
0
(figurative) Detectives have been left scratching
their heads over the stolen painting's sudden reappear-
ance.
I
clutch, hold
He lay writhing on the ground, clutch-
ing his head in pain.
I
bury
She buried her head in thepil-
low.
I
shave
• HEAD
+
VERB ache, throb
I
bob, jerk, nod, tilt, turn
Her head tilted to one side as she considered the question. I
droop, drop, hang down, hang low
His head drooped and
tearsfell into his lap.
• HEAD
+
NOUN injury
I
cold

She needed to keep a clear head if
she was to remain in control.
I
good
I have a good head
for figures.
• VERB
+
HEAD
useIwishyou'duseyourhead(=think
carefully before doing or saying something).
I
enter
It
never entered my head that he might be lying.
I
get it into
When will you get it into your head
(= understand)
that I
don't want to discuss this any more!
0
For some reason
she's got it into her head
(= believes)
that the others don't
like her.
I
put sth into
Who's been putting such weird

yet.
need your head examined
He looked at me as if I need-
ed my head examined
(=
asif I were crazy).
3 heads side of a coin
• VERB
+
HEADS call
I called heads and it came down
tails.
I
come down/up
• PHRASES heads or tails?
4of a group/organization/school, etc.
• ADJ. deputy
I
departmental
I
nominal, titular
The
Queen is titular head of the .Church of England.
I
crowned
The message was sent to all the crowned heads
(=
kings and queens)
of Europe.
• HEAD

2 be in charge of sth
• ADV. jointly
The committee will be headed jointly by two
men.
I
up
• VERB
+
HEAD appoint sb to
She has been appointed
to head up the research team.
headache
noun
1 pain in the head
• ADJ. bad, severe, terrible, violent
I
mild, slight
I
dull
I
pounding, splitting, throbbing
I
migraine, tension
He
developed a severe migraine headache.
• VERB
+
HEADACHE have, suffer from
Tve got a split-
ting headache.

heading
noun
• ADJ. broad, general
Books on bridges should be listed
under' bridges' and not under a broader heading such as
'engineering'.
I
main, major
I
chapter, page, section
I
subject, topic
I
letter
With the computer, we can print our
own letter headings.
• VERB
+
HEADING come under, fall under
These
drugs come under the heading of non-medical substances.
• PREP. under a/the -
I'ue organized what I have to say
about unemployment under three main headings.
headlights
noun
• ADJ. dimmed, undimmed
I kept my headlights
undimmed along the country lanes.
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screamed the tabloid headline.
I
banner, front-page
I
screaming
I
lurid
lurid headlines about the sex lives of
the stars
I
sporting, sports
• VERB
+
HEADLINE carry, have, run
The Guardian
carried the front-page headline 'Drugs Firms Shamed'.
I
read, scan, see
Ljust had time to scan the headlines before
leaving for work.
I
be in, capture, dominate, grab, hit,
hog, make -s
She's always in the headlines.
0
He always
manages tograb the headlines.
0
The hospital hit the head-
lines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.

There was a banner head-
line about drugs in schools.
• PHRASES make headline news
The engagement of the
two tennis stars made headline news.
2the headlines main news stories on Tv/radio
• ADJ.
news
• VERB
+
HEADLINES hear, listen to
Let's just hear the
news headlines.
I
look at, see, watch
headquarters
noun
• ADJ. international, local, national, regional
I
per-
manent
I
temporary
I
field
I
enemy
I
rebel
I

0
She works at the company's headquarters.
heal
verb
• ADV completely, properly
The wound hasn't healed
properly yet.
I
partially
I
beautifully, nicely, well
I
grad-
ually, slowly
I
quickly
I
eventually, finally
I
up
The
wound healed up very nicely.
health
noun
• ADJ. excellent, full, good, perfect
I
bad, declining,
delicate, failing, fragile, frail, ill, poor
He had
to

a
programme topromote better health in the workplace
I
re-
cover, regain
I
nurse sb back to
She was nursed back to
full health.
I
damage, harm, ruin, undermine
I
risk
• HEALTH
+
VERB
improve
Her health gradually im-
proved.
I
deteriorate, fail, worsen
His health began to
fail under the heavy pressures of thejob.
• HEALTH + NOUN careHowisprimaryhealthcarebest
delivered?
I
authority, board
the district/ local/regional
health authority
I

(not) in the best of health, in good/poor health
Hefelt in
much better health.
sb's state of health
He
is
unable to
traoelfar because of his state of health.
health service
noun
• ADJ.
comprehensive, good
I
free
I
community, fam-
ily, national, public
• VERB
+
HEALTH SERVICE
manage, run
the problems
of managing the health service
I
establish, introduce,
set up
plans to set up a national health service
I improve,
reform
I

open air has made him very healthy.
I keep sb
Her good
diet had kept her healthy.
• ADV
extremely, fantastically, really, very
I
perfectly
He's aperfectly healthy child.
I
fairly, quite, reasonably I
apparently
The rare disorder strikes apparently healthy
boys between the ages of five and twelve.
I disgustingly
(informal, ironic) You look disgustingly healthy! How do
you manage it?
I
otherwise
She looked pale, but other-
wise healthy.
I mentally, physically
• PHRASES
fit and healthy
2 producing good health
• VERBS
be I consider sth
a new diet which is con-
sidered much healthier than previous ones
• ADV.

spoil
colliery spoil heaps
• VERB + HEAP
be piled in
Papers were piled in great
heaps on the desk.
I
collapse in, fall (down) in
(both fig-
urative) He collapsed in an exhausted heap on thefloor:
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hearing
• PREP.
in a/the -
His clothes lay in a crumpled heap on
thefloor:
on/onto a/the -
Throw the potato peelings on the
compost heap.
I
-of
agreat heap of stones
• PHRASES
the bottom/top of the heap
(figurative)
These workers are at the bottom of the economic heap.
hear
verb
1 be aware of sounds
• ADV.

fied to, be pleased to
I was delighted to hear about your
promotion.
I be sorry to
I was sorry to hear of your
father's death.
I
be interested to, be surprised to
I was
surprised to hear that she was married.
I want to
I told
Michael what he wanted to hear.
I
let sb
Let's hear you
sing, then.
0
You'd better not let Dad hear you say that.
• PREP.
aboutFve
heard about this sort of thing before.
of
On hearing of his plight, the council offered him a home.
• PHRASES
hear little, a lot, nothing, etc. about sth
We
hear very little about these issues nowadays.
hearing
noun

NOUN
impairment, loss, problems
I
aid
to have/wear a hearing aid
I person
a course in sign lan-
guagefor both deaf and hearing people
• PHRASES
hard of hearing
You'll have to speak more
loudly. I'm afraid she's rather hard of hearing.
2 trial in a court of law/similar investigation
• ADJ.
final, preliminary
I
fair
I
formal, full I open,
public
I
private, secret
I
oral
I
appeal, custody, dis-
ciplinary, petition, pre-trial
I
committee, congression-
al, court, tribunal

ing althe -
Pending the hearing of the case by the court, the
business will be allowed to continue trading.
without a-
A
High Court judge dismissed the case without a hearing.
3 chance for an opinion to be considered
• ADJ.
fair, sympathetic
• VERB
+
HEARING
give sb/sthAt
least give our ideas a
fair hearing beforeyou reject them.
I
get
You haven't got
much chance ofyour plan getting a sympathetic hearing.
I
deserve
Their views deserve a hearing.
• PREP.
-for
All I'm.asking
is
afair hearingfor my ideas.
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hearsay
hearsay

VERB
beat
I
pump sth
The heart pumps
blood through the body.
I
fail, stop
I
hammer, palpitate,
pound, race, throb, thud, thump
• HEART
+
NOUN
rate
I
complaint, condition, defect,
disease, failure, murmur, problem, trouble I bypass,
operation, surgery, transplant
a triple heart bypass oper-
ation
0
open-heart surgery
2 feelings/emotions
• ADJ.
big, good, kind, soft, tender, warm
I
cold, hard
I
broken

VERB
jump, leap, lurch, miss/skip a beat
Her heart leapt with joy.
I
ache
My heart aches when I
think of their sorrow.
I desire sth
everything your heart
could desire
I
sink I go out
Our hearts go out to
(=
we
sympathize deeply with)
thefamilies of the victims.
• PREP.
at-At heart he is a republican.
from the-
Icould
tell he spokefrom the heart.
in your-
In my heart, I knew it
wasn't true.
• PHRASES
an affair of the heart
(=
a romance)
Her

(=
very unhappy), with all your heart
I wish you well with all
my heart.
3 important/central part
• ADJ.
very
• VERB
+
HEART
lie at
The distinction between right
and wrong lies at the heart of all questions of morality.
I
go to
The committee's report went to the heart of the gov-
ernment's dilemma.
• PREP.
at the -
the issue at the heart of modern govern-
ment
I
-of
Welive in the very heart of the city.
• PHRASES
the heart of the matter/problem
4 playing card
c;:.
Note at
CARD

aware of her racing heartbeat.
• VERB
+
HEARTBEAT
monitor
I
feel
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• PHRASES
the sound/thud of a heartbeat
I could feel
the thud of my heartbeat.
heartland
noun
• ADJ.
agricultural, industrial
the industrial heartland
of Germany
I
Conservative, Labour, etc.
I
traditional
• PREP.
in a/the-
The party has lost seats in its tradition-
al heartland of southern Thailand.
heat
noun
1 being hot/level of temperature
• ADJ.

absorb
Darker surfaces absorb heat.
I conduct
Being a
metal, aluminium readily conducts heat.
I
generate, pro-
duce, provide, radiate
Computers,faxes and photocopiers
all generate heat of their own.
I
withstand
a material
which can withstand heats of up to 2 OOO'C
• HEAT
+
VERB
build up, increase
He tried to ignore the
heat building up in the confined space.
• HEAT
+
NOUN
loss
I
exhaustion, stress, stroke
(also heatstroke)
She slumped to the ground, near to heat
exhaustion.
• PREP.

A heat haze shimmered above the
fields.
• PREP.
in the-
I can't work in this heat.
• PHRASES
the heat of the day
To avoid the heat of the
day we went out in the mornings.
3 source of heat
• ADJ.
high
I
gentle, low
I
medium, moderate
I
direct
Chocolate should never be melted over direct heat.
I
dry
• VERB
+
HEAT
turn up
Towards the end of the cooking,
turn up the heat to brown the outside.
I
lower, reduce,
turn down

'It
was your hare-brained idea,' Henry said with heat.
with-
out-
She spoke without heat.
• PHRASES
in the heat of the moment
Michael bitterly
regretted those angry words, spoken in the heat of the
moment.
5 race/competition
• ADJ.
qualifying, regional
I
dead
Competition was
fierce, with a dead heat in one of the races
(=
with two com-
petitors finishing in exactly the same time).
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