tailieunhanh - NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 24

NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 24. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | fend someone or something off fend someone or something off to hold someone or something off to fight someone or something off. fender fen d n. a part of a vehicle s body that forms a protective shield over a wheel. ferryboat fer i bot n. a boat that takes cars and people across a river or a lake. fertile f t @l 1. adj. able to reproduce or develop new life easily. Adv fertilely. 2. adj. of soil rich in plant food that helps reproduction and growth. Adv fertilely. 3. adj. creative able to produce good ideas. Figurative on Q. Adv fertilely. fertilize f t@ laiz 1. tv. to provide nutrients to the land so that crops will grow well. 2. tv. for a male reproductive cell to join with a female reproductive cell for a male s sperm to join with a female s ovum egg . 3. tv. to cause a male reproductive cell to join with a female reproductive cell as in @. fervor f v n. passion excitement strong emotion. No plural. festive fes tiv adj. merry exciting like a celebration joyous. Adv festively. fetch fetj 1 . tv. to bring something to someone to go somewhere and get something for someone. 2. tv. for something to bring in a certain amount of money when sold. fever fi v n. a state of sickness where the temperature of the body rises above normal. RUN A FEVER feverish fi v ij 1. adj. having a higher body temperature than normal. Adv feverishly. 2. adj. excited and fast restless. Figurative on Q. Adv feverishly. few fju adj. not many a smaller number than expected. Used with items that can be counted. Compare this with little. Used without a. Comp fewer sup fewest. DROP SOMEONE A FEW LINES PRECIOUS FEW a few n. a small number of those items previously mentioned . Treated as plural. Use a little for things that cannot be counted. fiber fai b 1. n. one of many threads strands or rigid cellular structures that form many plant animal and artificial substances. 2. n. edible plant fibers as in Q. Plural only for types and instances. fiction fik j@n 1. n. literature that is written about .