Two kids are talking.
- My dad works twelve hours a day, so that I can have a comfortable home and decent clothes. My mom spends the whole day cleaning and cooking for me. However, I can not relax from all the worry.
- But you are living a fairytale life! What are you so worry about?
- Well, what if they try to escape?
- —n. - a size; magnitude (esp. Large). B large mass, body, etc. C large quantity.
- (treated as pl. & usu. Prec. By the) greater part or number (the bulk of the applicants are women).
- roughage. —v. - seem (in size or importance) (bulks large).
- make (a book etc.) Thicker etc. in bulk in large quantities. [old norse]
BULL
n. - a uncastrated male bovine animal. B male of the whale, elephant, etc.
- (the bull) zodiacal sign or constellation taurus.
- bull's-eye of a target.
- person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a profit. take the bull by the horns face danger or a challenge boldly. bullish adj. [old norse]
- n. Papal edict. [latin bulla seal]
- n. - slang a nonsense. B unnecessary routine tasks.
- absurdly illogical statement. [origin unknown]
BUMF
n. Colloq. Usu. Derog. Papers, documents. [abbreviation of bum-fodder = toilet-paper]
BUMP
—n. - dull-sounding blow or collision.
- swelling or dent so caused.
- uneven patch on a road etc.
- prominence on the skull thought to indicate a mental faculty. —v. - a hit or come against with a bump. B (often foll. By against, into) collide.
- (often foll. By against, on) hurt or damage by striking (bumped my head, the car).
- (usu. Foll. By along) move along with jolts. —adv. With a bump; suddenly; violently. bump into colloq. Meet by chance. Bump off slang murder. Bump up colloq. Increase (prices etc.). bumpy adj. (-ier, -iest). [imitative]
BUNG
—n. Stopper, esp. For a cask. —v. - stop with a bung.
- slang throw. bunged up blocked up. [dutch]
BUNK
n. Shelflike bed against a wall, esp. In a ship. [origin unknown]
- slang —v. (often foll. By off) play truant (from). —n. (in do a bunk) leave or abscond hurriedly. [origin unknown]
- n. Slang nonsense, humbug. [shortening of *bunkum]
BUOY
—n. - anchored float as a navigation mark etc.
- lifebuoy. —v. - (usu. Foll. By up) a keep afloat. B encourage, uplift.
- (often foll. By out) mark with a buoy. [dutch, perhaps from latin boia collar]
BUPA
abbr. British united provident association, a private health insurance organization.
BURK
var. Of *berk.
BURN
—v. (past and past part. Burnt or burned) 1 (cause to) be consumed or destroyed by fire.
- blaze or glow with fire.
- (cause to) be injured or damaged by fire, heat, radiation, acid, etc.
- use or be used as fuel etc.
- char in cooking.
- produce (a hole, mark, etc.) By fire or heat.
- a heat (clay, chalk, etc.). B harden (bricks) by fire.
- colour, tan, or parch with heat or light.
- (be) put to death by fire. 10 cauterize, brand. 11 make, be, or feel hot, esp. Painfully. 12 (often foll. By with) (cause to) feel great emotion or passion (burn with shame). 13 slang drive fast. —n. Mark or injury caused by burning. burn one's boats (or bridges) commit oneself irrevocably. Burn the candle at both ends work etc. Excessively.
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Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.