tailieunhanh - easier english basic dictionary second edition_part7

pasta 226 patience pavement finished He has spent the past year working in France. The time for talking is past – what we need is action. í noun the time before now In the past we always had an office party just before Christmas. pasta / p stə/ noun an Italian food made of flour and water, and sometimes eggs, cooked by boiling, and eaten with oil or sauce (NOTE: no plural: some pasta, a bowl of pasta; note that pasta takes a singular verb: the pasta is very good here) paste /pe st/ noun 1. a thin liquid glue Spread the paste evenly over. | pasta 226 pavement finished o He has spent the past year working in France. o The time for talking is past - what we need is action. noun the time before now o In the past we always had an office party just before Christmas. pasta pasta noun an Italian food made of flour and water and sometimes eggs cooked by boiling and eaten with oil or sauce NOTE no plural some pasta a bowl of pasta note that pasta takes a singular verb the pasta is very good here paste peist noun 1. a thin liquid glue o Spread the paste evenly over the back of the wallpaper. 2. soft food o Mix the flour eggs and milk to a smooth paste. o Add tomato paste to the soup. verb to glue something such as paper o She pasted a sheet of coloured paper over the front of the box. o He pasted the postcards into his scrapbook. cut pastry peistri noun a mixture of flour fat and water used to make pies o She was in the kitchen making pastry. pat pat noun a gentle touch with the hand o I didn t hit her -1 just gave her a little pat. verb to give someone or something a pat o He patted his pocket to make sure that his wallet was still there. NOTE pats - patting - patted o to pat someone on the back to praise someone o a pat on the back praise o The committee got a pat on the back for having organised the show so well. patch patj noun 1. a small piece of material used for covering up a hole . in clothes o His mother sewed a patch over the hole in his trousers. 2. a small area of something o They built a shed on a patch of ground by the railway line. o There s a patch of rust on the car door. path poi9 noun a narrow track for walking o There s a path across the field. o Follow the path until you get to the sea. pathetic pa Qetik adjective making you feel either sympathy or a lack of re- a road o Walk on the pavement not in spect o He made a pathetic attemp at a the road o look out the pavement is joke. c h he Ito h p l c iri ll ve i r s ỈV I Jroad sur-standing in the rain. face patience peij a ns noun the .