give1 verbgive2 noun
givegive1 /ɡɪv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense gave /ɡeɪv/, past participle given /ˈɡɪvən/) 
WORD ORIGINgive1
Origin:
Old English giefanVERB TABLE
give
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | give |
| he, she, it | gives | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gave |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have given |
| he, she, it | has given | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had given |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will give |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have given |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am giving |
| he, she, it | is giving | |
| you, we, they | are giving | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was giving |
| you, we, they | were giving | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been giving |
| he, she, it | has been giving | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been giving |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be giving |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been giving |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 'Have you peeled the carrots?' 'No, I gave them to Dad to do.'
- "I don't really want to spend that much." "OK, how much are you prepared to give?"
- Give me a call at 8:00.
- About a quarter of Britons regularly give to charity.
- Angie did a really good interview, but they gave the job to someone with more experience.
- Can you give me a ride to the office tomorrow?
- Come on, give Grandpa a hug.
- Davis gives a wonderful performance as an 81-year-old man.
- Did they give you the asking price for the house?
- Don't worry if swimsuits are tight -- they always give a little.
- Dr Hebden will be giving a lecture later this week on the role of women in the economy.
- He gives generously to the church.
- He said he'd give £40 for the painting, so I said yes.
- His new hairstyle gives him a youthful look.
- His uniform gave him an air of authority.
- I'm giving a dinner party on Thursday night. Would you like to come?
- I gave my nieces and nephews $20 each.
- I asked Joel's teacher if we should give him some Level 4 work.
- If you're bored, I'll give you something to do.
- LA Weekly magazine gives information about what's on in Los Angeles every week.
- A bigger fact in history than so-called historians give credit for.
- Companies are already paying for training programs to give employees the basic skills they should have learned in high school.
- That was why she could not, must not, give up on the boy.
- Their steep decline has given grim satisfaction to their legions of detractors.
- They gave the woman a mattress on the floor.
- We merely suggest or advise rather than give orders.
THESAURUS
to let someone have something, without expecting to be paid for it: · He was always giving me gifts.· They gave a free drink to all their customers.
to give money to an organization that helps people or protects something, or to give your blood or part of your body to save someone’s life: · The company donates 1 per cent of its profits to charity.· 70% of people wanted to donate their organs after death.
to officially give money or a prize to someone: · She was awarded a million dollars in damages.· Hollywood awarded him an Oscar for his performance.
to formally or officially give something to someone by putting it in their hands, especially at a formal ceremony: · They presented her with a bouquet of flowers.
(also bequeath formal) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death: · He left most of his property to his wife.
formal to give someone a lot of something, especially praise, attention, or gifts: · After his team won, the press lavished him with praise.
formal to give someone an honour, a university degree, or the right or power to do something: · the powers conferred on him by Parliament· the highest honor that her country could confer on her
formal to give someone something to show how much they are respected, for example an honour, a title, or a gift – a very formal use: · He was also bestowed the title of ‘Cultural Ambassador of Grenada’.
to give something to a group of people to give something to each of the people in a group: · The teacher handed out the test papers.· I’m going to give out some forms for you to fill in.
to give things to a large number of people, especially in the streets: · Anti-war protesters were distributing leaflets.
(also share something out British English) to divide something into equal parts and give a part to each person: · They shared the profits among the staff.
Longman Language Activatorto give something to someone without expecting to be paid for it: give somebody something · I gave my nieces and nephews $20 each.· Why don't we give her some flowers for her birthday?· Let me give you some advice.· They gave me this leaflet - it's really helpful.· Can you give me a ride to the office tomorrow?give something to somebody · Would you give this letter to your uncle when you see him?· Russell was accused of giving secret information to the enemy.
to give something to someone, especially something that they have asked for or something that they need: · She lets her kids have anything they want.· One of my mum's friends was getting a new sofa, and so she let us have the old one.· If you could let me have your suggestions, it would be very helpful.
to give something that you own to someone else, especially because you do not want it or need it: give away something: · I gave away most of my old furniture because I didn't have room for it in my new apartment.give something away: · He decided to give all his money away and become a Buddhist monk.give something away to somebody: · I don't need all this stuff - I'll give it away to the first person who asks for it.
to give something to someone by putting it in their hand or putting it near them, especially because they cannot reach it themselves: · Could you pass the salt, please?pass somebody something: · Would you pass me my sweater? It's on the back of your chair.pass something to somebody: · Ellis quickly passed the note to the woman, looking around to check that no one had noticed.
to take something in your hand and give it to someone by putting it in their hand: hand somebody something: · The nurse handed me a glass of brown liquid and told me to drink it.· As the delegates entered the room they were each handed a name-badge.hand something to somebody: · Would you please hand your ticket to the man at the door.
to quickly give someone something small such as money or a piece of paper, by putting it into their hand, especially so that other people do not notice: slip somebody something: · I know it's a private party, but if you slip the doorman $5, he'll let you in.slip something into somebody's hand/pocket etc: · During the meeting, she reached under the table and slipped a note into my hand.
if you can spare a particular amount of something, you can only give that amount but no more because you need the rest for yourself: · If anyone can spare a couple of hours a week to help out, it would be much appreciated.· Dad, can you spare a fiver?spare somebody something: · We don't have very much coffee, I'm afraid, but we can spare you a little.
to give something to everyone in a group to give something to all the people in a group: hand out/give out something: · The princess plans to hand out gifts at a children's hospital tomorrow.· Don't start the test until I've finished giving out the question papers.hand/give out something to somebody: · Outside the embassy, students were handing out leaflets to everyone who walked past.hand/give something out: · I need some volunteers to hand programs out tonight.
also pass round British if a group of people pass something around , one person takes it and gives it to the next person, who then gives it to the next person: pass around something: · They passed around a list, and we each had to sign our name.pass something around: · Don't keep all the chocolates to yourself - pass them around!
to give things out to a large number of people, especially in an organized way: · Aid agencies are calling for local volunteers to help them distribute food and medicine.distribute something to somebody: · The Red Cross has started distributing food and blankets to villages in the flood area.distribute something among somebody: · Medical supplies have been distributed among families affected by the epidemic.
to divide something into equal parts and give a part to each person: share out something: · As long as they share out the profits fairly, everyone will be happy.share something out: · Take these cookies and share them out.share out something among/between somebody: · We've got three pizzas to share out between five people.· More than $1.7 million has been shared out among victims of the disaster.
also hand round British to go from person to person offering or politely giving them something such as a drink, food, etc: hand around something: · Dorothy was handing around coffee and biscuits when we arrived.· I'm handing round a summary of last week's lecture.hand something around: · Would you mind helping me hand the crackers around, please?
to give food and drinks to people, for example at a restaurant or a party: · Dinner will be served at 8.30.· Don't forget to serve the guests first.serve something to somebody: · We don't serve alcohol to anyone under 21.serve somebody with something: · As soon as they sat down, they were served with steaming bowls of soup.
to give something, especially food or money, to people who are waiting to receive it: dish/dole out something: · They want me to dress up as Santa Claus, and dish out presents at the kids' Christmas party.· The federal government doles out $58 billion in student grants every year.dish/dole something out: · Jo, would you dish the ice cream out?dish/dole out something to somebody: · Air stewardesses were doling out meals to the passengers.
to officially give something to someone to officially give someone something such as a prize, money etc, especially as a reward for their hard work or for something they have done: award somebody something: · She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in medical research.· The management have awarded all factory employees a 5% pay increase. award somebody compensation/damages etc: · A woman who suffered brain damage during an operation has been awarded $300,000 in compensation.
to give someone something at an official ceremony: present a prize/medal/trophy/certificate/award etc: · Who's going to present the prizes this year?· The trophy will be presented by last year's winner, Brett Butler. present something to somebody: · A little girl presented a basket of flowers to the President's wife.present somebody with something: · Last night Phil Donahue was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
to formally or officially give someone something that they have asked for, especially permission to do something: · The company's application to build a billion dollar leisure complex has been granted by city hall.grant somebody something: · The authorities have refused to grant him a visa to visit the US.grant somebody's request: · I am pleased to inform you that your request for housing benefit has been granted.
formal: confer a degree/honour/title etc to officially give someone a degree, honour etc especially as a reward for something they have achieved: confer something on somebody: · The university has already conferred honorary degrees on several prime ministers.confer on somebody something: · The President trusted him so much that he conferred on him the role of "Principal Advisor".
if someone in authority allocates something such as money, a house, a job etc to someone, they decide to give that person some of the money, or one of the houses, jobs etc that are available: allocate something to somebody: · The company has allocated $1000 to the team to get the project started.allocate somebody something: · Several single parent families have been allocated homes on the new site.
: allotted money/time/space etc the money, time etc that has been officially given or allowed to someone in order for them to do something: · This department has already spent all its allotted budget.· David wasn't able to finish the task within the allotted time.
something that you give someone on a special occasion something that you give to someone as a sign of friendship, love, respect, or as part of a formal ceremony: · These candlesticks would make a lovely gift.· I got this jacket as a gift. I wouldn't have chosen this color myself.gift from: · In the hall was a magnificent vase, which was a gift from a Japanese businessman.· It was a gift to the US from the Chinese people.gift for: · I bought this CD as a gift for Jane, but she's already got it.birthday/graduation/wedding etc gift especially American: · I'm going to go pick up a birthday gift for Uncle Warren, and then I'm going to go and see him.gift shop (=a shop that sells small things that are suitable for giving as gifts): · There's a gift shop in the hotel. They have jewelry and souvenirs and stuff.
something that you give to someone on a special occasion, for example on their birthday or when they leave their job: · I've bought you all a present!get a present: · How many birthday presents did you get?present for: · He got a lot of expensive presents for his 21st birthday.· "What's this?" "It's a present for Valerie - she needs cheering up."present from: · The watch was a present from my mother.Christmas/birthday/wedding etc present: · We can't afford to spend much on Christmas presents this year.
something, especially money, that you give someone because they have done something good or helpful: reward of: · The parents of the missing boy are offering a reward of £10,000.reward for: · The police say there is a $50,000 reward for any information that helps them find the killer.· She got no reward for all the hard work she did.
to give money, food etc in order to help people to give money to an organization that will use it to help people who are poor, sick, in trouble etc: · The British give animal welfare organizations over £200 million per year.· Please give generously, these children need your help.· We would be grateful for any donation that you are prepared to give.give something to somebody: · Local people have given over $100,000 to our Help a Child appeal.give to: · About a quarter of Britons regularly give to charity.
to give money, or something useful or valuable, in order to help people - use this especially about things that are given by companies or organizations: · The books were donated by a local publishing company.donate something to something: · The concert organizers say they will donate all profits to charity.
to give an amount of money to an organization that will use it to help people: · We're collecting money to build a hostel for homeless people - would you like to make a donation?make a donation to: · The company made several large donations to charities.
if something such as a sum of money goes to someone, especially to a group of people who are poor, hungry, sick etc, it is given to them: · All the money raised will go to local charities.
an organization that collects money or goods from people who give them, and uses them to help people who need help: · Elton John has campaigned for a number of AIDS charities.give/donate something to charity: · The corporation has donated nearly $70 million to children's charities over the past 17 years.· Clear out all the clothes you never wear, and give them to charity.go to charity: · All profits from the show will go to charity.do something for charity: · They aim to walk 30 miles for charity.a charity ball/lunch/concert etc (=an event organized to make money for charity): · Porter spent his retirement years organizing charity golf tournaments throughout the United States.
a person, organization, or country that gives something, especially money, to another organization or country so that they can use it to help other people: · Money for the new health centre has come mostly from private donors.· Some donor countries have criticized the way in which their aid is being distributed.
someone who gives blood or a part of their body so that it can be used in the medical treatment of someone else: · The patient needs a liver transplant, and the search has begun for a suitable donor.· Unless more blood donors come forward, it may be necessary to cancel some operations.
someone who gives something, especially a large amount of money, to an organization or institution such as a school, hospital or library: · Getty had been the museum's chief benefactor.· The painting was bought by an anonymous benefactor, and donated to the Museum of Modern Art.
a rich person who gives a lot of money to help poorer people: · In Victorian times, factory owners were often also philanthropists.· the millionaire philanthropist, Graham Paulo
something that is given to help people who need it something, especially money that is given to help people: · Any donation, however small, will be gratefully received.· The Famine Appeal has raised more than a million pounds through private donations and fund-raising activities.
money or help given to help the poor, the sick etc: · Many homeless people are too proud to ask for charity.· The organization depends on charity, and on volunteer workers who are prepared to give up their time.
money, food, medicine etc that is given by a government or organization to the people of another country or to people who are in a very difficult situation: · Aid is not getting through to the refugees.foreign/overseas aid: · The education programme is dependent on foreign aid, and the US Agency for International Development had been approached for funding. aid agency (=an organization that brings aid to people in places where there is war, not enough food etc): · Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation. aid worker (=someone who works for an aid agency): · An Italian aid worker was kidnapped by rebels last month, and still hasn't been released.
money, food etc that is given to someone who is poor - use this especially when you think they should not be given it or should not have to ask for it: · The unemployed need jobs, not government handouts!· She applied for a bank loan because she did not want to depend on her father for handouts.
to give something to someone in authority to give something to someone in authority, for example to the police or a teacher: hand/give in something: · When you leave the hotel, please hand in your key at the desk.· Luckily, someone gave in her purse at the lost property office.hand/give something in: · Have you given your English assignment in yet?
to give something such as weapons or important documents to the police or to government officials, when you should not legally have them or you have been officially asked to give them: turn something in/over: · Police are encouraging people to turn illegal weapons in at their local police station.turn in/over something to somebody: · The government is refusing to turn over the documents to the UN inspection team.
to give something to someone because they have asked or forced you to: hand over something: · The robbers forced them to hand over the money.· "Give us a bit of your rum," he said. Virginia handed over the bottle. hand something over: · If you don't hand it over I'll shoot!
to give a prisoner to another group of people, especially the police or the people in authority in another country: hand/turn somebody over to somebody: · The terrorists were taken to the airport, where they were handed over to the French authorities.hand/turn over somebody: · The kidnappers promised to go to the embassy and turn over all their hostages within 24 hours.
to give information or documents to another person: · Officials admitted that they failed to pass on important information.pass on something to somebody: · It was discovered that he had been passing secrets on to the Russians whilst working at the Pentagon.pass something on to somebody: · He was accused of stealing secret documents and passing them on to the enemy.
formal to give your power or possessions to someone else because you have been forced to or have agreed to: · The President has indicated that he intends to surrender power on February 7th.surrender something to somebody: · They promised to abide by the peace agreement and surrender all their weapons to the occupying forces.
to let someone else have your possessions or rights by officially signing a legal document: · With a stroke of the pen he signed away his claim to the family estate.· Her husband has tricked her into signing away her rights to the property.sign something away: · "I have no intention whatsoever of signing my inheritance away," she informed him coldly.
to let someone else have your position, power or rights, especially unwillingly: · The Prince was persuaded to relinquish his claim to the throne.· The United States is pressing the rebel army to relinquish power.
to officially give control of something to someone else: hand over something (to somebody) · In 1997 the sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to China.· It was only after many legal battles that he agreed to hand over the farm.hand something over (to somebody) · She was forced to hand executive control over to the new board.
: transfer power/responsibility/control etc to officially give it to another person, organization, or country: transfer something to somebody: · The military government is refusing to transfer power to a democratically elected civilian government.· In 1923 the ownership of the forest was transferred to a rich Dutch family.
to officially give something such as money or property by signing a legal document, so that it then belongs to someone else: make over something to somebody: · Before he died he made over the family business to his daughter.make something over to somebody: · Elderly people sometimes unknowingly make huge sums of money over to unscrupulous business advisers.
to arrange for something to be given to someone after you die to arrange for something to be given to someone after you die: leave something to somebody: · He left £1000 to each of the nurses who had looked after him.leave somebody something: · My aunt died last year and left me some of her furniture.
formal to officially arrange for something you own to be given to someone else after your death: bequeath something to somebody: · She bequeathed her collection of paintings to the National Gallery.bequeath somebody something: · John Frazer made a will bequeathing his local church $5000.
an official document that says who your money and possessions will be given to after you die: make a will (=write a will): · He made a will just hours before he died.leave somebody something in your will: · Mrs Williams left her daughter $200,000 in her will.cut somebody out of your will (=change your will so that someone does not get any of your money or possessions): · When Henrietta told her father that she was going to marry Weinberger, he threatened to cut her out of his will.
formal to give something to someone after you die, by writing it down in an official document: will something to somebody: · Wilson established a fine collection of artworks, which he willed to Peale's Museum.
to give something that you have received to someone to give something that has been given to you to someone else, especially after you have finished using it: pass something on (to somebody): · There's only one copy of the leaflet, so when you've read it please pass it on.pass on something (to somebody): · When he gave up playing football, he passed on all his gear to me.
if something is handed down , it is given to a younger person in the same family, for example to a sister or brother, or to a son or daughter: be handed down to: · In most big families, clothes are handed down to younger brothers and sisters.· The ring had been handed down to her from her grandmother.· traditional shipbuilding skills that have been handed down from generation to generationbe handed down from mother to daughter/from father to son: · ancient stories handed down from father to son
to give something to someone who had it before to give something to the person who gave it to you: give something back: · Don't forget to give my pen back when you've finished with it.give something back to somebody: · He still hasn't given that book back to me.give somebody something back: · I looked at the letter, then gave her it back.· We'll have to cancel the show and give the audience their money back.
to give something back to someone by hand: hand something back (to somebody): · Here's the file you want. Please hand it back when you've finished with it.· The official looked at her identity card carefully and then handed it back to her.hand back something (to somebody): · Teachers will hand back student assignments after the vacation.· She handed back the photograph to him.
formal to give something to the person or organization that owns it, especially after you have borrowed it from them: · You must return all your library books before the end of the year.return something to somebody: · Your passport will be returned to you when you check out of your hotel.return something to its rightful owner (=give something back to the person who has the right to own it): · Since the end of the war, many of the paintings have been found and returned to their rightful owners.
formal to give something valuable back to its owner, especially after it has been taken from them: restore something to somebody: · In 1905 both Japan and Russia agreed to restore Manchuria to China.restore something to its rightful owner (=give something back to the person who has the right to own it): · After decades of colonial rule, the land was finally restored to its rightful owners.
to give someone something that you would prefer to keep: give up something · Fania was prepared to give up all her jewelry to help her father get out of debt.· Russia is very unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons.give something up · Americans love their cars, and no-one is going to persuade them to give them up.
to unwillingly give or sell something to someone, for example because they have won it from you or you cannot afford to keep it any longer: · They've held the world record for many years, and they're not going to let it go without a fight.· I've nowhere to store all this china, so I'm letting the whole lot go for $50.
to unwillingly give or sell something that is very important to you: · I'm reluctant to part with any of my precious books.· The new house was much smaller, and we had to part with things that we had been hoarding for years.
to agree or decide to stop having something that is valuable, especially in order to gain something more important: sacrifice something to do something: · He sacrificed a promising career to look after his handicapped daughter.sacrifice something for something: · The nation is not prepared to sacrifice its independence for the sake of an alliance with a powerful neighbour.
to let someone take a right, advantage etc from you - use this when you think someone is stupid to do this: trade away something for (=lose one thing and gain another): · The Unions would be wrong to trade away their future for short-term financial gain.trade away something: · It's disgusting to trade away your democratic rights in this way.
to give generously · We've received thousands of dollars to help the children -- people have been incredibly generous.be generous to · He was very generous to her when they divorced, and let her keep the house and the car.be generous with something (=give a lot of something) · When it comes to training, Marion's always been generous with her time.
: lavish gifts/attention/affection etc on someone to give a lot of gifts, attention etc to someone, especially in an uncontrolled or wasteful way: · When the series was first shown, the media lavished praise on its creator David Lynch.· Pet owners lavish love and attention on animals because they're a lot easier to deal with than their fellow human beings.
: shower somebody with gifts/affection/praise etc to give someone a lot of gifts, love, prizes etc: · Trudi was treated as a special guest and was showered with gifts everywhere she went.· His family loved him so much they showered him with affection.shower something on/upon somebody: · When Elvis first became famous he had honours and awards showered upon him.
when several people give some of the total money needed to give some of the money that is needed to pay for something: contribute to: · I'd like to thank all of you who contributed to the hospital appeal.contribute something to/towards something: · My parents said they would contribute something towards the cost of my driving lessons.
to give an amount of money that when added to money given by other people, can be used to pay for something useful: · If we all make a contribution, we'll be able to get him something really nice.make a contribution to/towards: · Several local businesses have made contributions towards our new school bus.
to collect money from each of the people in a group, especially in order to buy something for someone: · They had a collection at the bar and they raised over $80.have a collection for: · We're having a collection for Jane's birthday present.
informal if everyone in a group chips in an amount of money, they each give an amount so that they can pay for something together: · We all chipped in to pay for the food and wine.· When Mona retired, all her co-workers chipped in and bought her a lovely dinner service. chip in with: · Electronics firm Compol chipped in with over $20,000.
British /give toward something American to give part of the money needed to pay for something: pay/give something towards something: · I don't mind paying something towards Samantha's wedding present.· She feels it's partly her fault the TV's broken, so she's ready to pay $50 toward a new one.pay/give towards something: · Although students receive government grants, parents are still expected to pay towards living costs.
British informal if a group of people have a whip-round , everyone in the group immediately gives some money in order to buy something with the total amount that is collected: · It's Sally's birthday tomorrow. We'd better have a whip-round so we can get her a present.
to give something extra when someone buys something if a company gives away something, they give it to people when they buy the company's products: give away something (with something): · They're giving away free wine glasses when you spend more than $15 on gas.· 700 concert tickets were given away to people buying CDs or cassettes.give something away (with something): · "Where did you get that badge?'' "They're giving them away with this week's Melody Maker magazine.''
to give someone something at no additional cost when they buy something from you: throw in something: · The person selling the house may offer to throw in the carpets and curtains as part of the deal.throw something in : · Never mind the chairs -- I'll throw them in with the table.
something, usually something not very valuable, that is given to you when you buy something else: · Most banks offer students a free gift when they open a new account.· Your Free Gift From Cachet. A perfume atomiser with every 50ml Eau de Toilette purchase.
to give someone something useless or that you do not want informal to get rid of something that you do not want by giving or selling it to someone else without telling them about its faults: · If he tries to palm that old Ford of his off on you, just tell him you're not interested.· I've managed to palm that early morning class off on Mary - she's desperate for work.
to make someone accept something that is not as good as or not the same as the thing that they actually wanted: · Don't let him fob you off with some cheap imported whisky -- you want the real thing.· People are much more selective about what they watch on TV these days, and they don't want to be fobbed off with any old rubbish.
to get rid of something such as work or responsibility that you have by giving part of it to someone else: · You should try and offload some of your duties and relax more, instead of spending all day at the office.· The bank are trying to offload some of their US holdings.
to accept something after first refusing or opposing it to accept someone's suggestion, offer, or demand, after refusing it for some time: finally accept something: · After a three week strike, the company has finally accepted the workers' pay demands.· The owners finally accepted our offer of £62,000.(finally) have to accept something: · The President finally had to accept that there was little support for his health care initiatives.
to unwillingly agree to accept someone's demands after they have argued with you, asked you repeatedly, or threatened you: · Jenny kept begging me for a new bicycle, and I finally gave in.give in to: · The President said he would never give in to demands by terrorists.· You shouldn't always give in to other people -- stick up for yourself more.
to agree to stop saying that you are right or that other people obey you: · Even though it was obvious Emma's demands were unrealistic, she wouldn't back down.back down on: · Congress has backed down on its demand for an increase in defense spending.
: bow to somebody's wishes/opinions/demands/pressure etc to agree to do something because many people want you to, even though you do not want to do it: · The government finally bowed to public opinion and abolished the unpopular tax.· McDonald's finally bowed to consumer pressure and announced that it would no longer use styrofoam boxes to package its hamburgers.
: accede to somebody's demands/request/wishes formal to accept someone's demands etc: · The Democrats have finally acceded to Republican demands to cut taxes.· Meyer acceded to the President's request that he continue as education secretary until a replacement could be found.
to finally accept what someone has suggested or to finally agree to something that they want - use this when you think someone should not accept something and are being weak if they do: · Strike leaders are privately saying they would like an end to the dispute, but don't want to be seen to be caving in.cave in to: · It's unlikely that the government will cave in to the rebels' demands.
to add a quality or characteristic to something also lend formal to add a quality or feature to something, for example by making it more interesting, attractive, or enjoyable: · The car chase isn't really necessary to the story, but it adds an element of excitement.· Using actual furniture from the 1920s should help lend some authenticity.add/lend something to something: · Fine champagne always adds glamour to an occasion.· The strange music lends an air of mystery to the movie.· The two new members added nothing to the band's sound.· The fresh chilies add a spicy flavor to the sauce.
to add a quality or feature to something or someone: give something something: · The new sponsor gives the theatre some respectability.give somebody something: · His uniform gave him an air of authority.
to make something happen · I wish you wouldn't slam the door. It makes the floor shake.· Accidents don't always just happen - people can make them happen.· Gravity is the force that makes the planets move around the sun.
to make something happen, especially something unpleasant: · Heavy traffic is causing long delays on the roads.· About half of the chemicals that were tested caused cancer in rats.· The autopsy showed that her death was caused by liver failure.cause somebody trouble/problems/anxiety etc: · As children we were always causing our parents trouble.· Try to isolate the problems that are causing you the most difficulty.cause something to do something: · The power failure caused the whole computer system to shut down.
to be the particular reason for a problem or difficulty: · After a long investigation into the fire, faulty wiring was found to be the cause.be the cause of: · It's too early to say whether this virus is actually the cause of the disease.· An explosion on board appears to be the cause of the crash.be the leading/main cause of something: · The study showed that drug use is the leading cause of crime and violence.
to be the person or thing that causes something bad to happen, for example a mistake, a problem, or a serious accident: · The number of workplace accidents is increasing, but it is not clear who or what is responsible.be responsible for: · Heart disease was responsible for most of the deaths.· He was clearly responsible for the deaths and must be punished.be largely/mainly responsible for something: · Inflation was largely responsible for the economic crisis.
if an action or event results in something, it makes something happen: · Workers fear that the company's reorganization will result in layoffs.· Months of secret talks with the rebels finally resulted in the release of the hostages.· If left untreated, the condition will eventually result in blindness.
to start a process that finally makes something happen: · His research eventually led to the development of a vaccine.· The new regulations should lead to an improvement in our water supply.· The bank has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of the robbers.
formal if a situation, event, or action gives rise to a particular feeling, situation etc, it starts the process that makes it happen: · The canal project gave rise to a malaria epidemic in the region.· The President's frequent cancellations have given rise to concerns about his health.
to make something happen, especially a change or an improved situation: bring about something: · The President will support any efforts to bring about a ceasefire.· Education is the best method of bringing about economic development.bring something about: · A lot of hard work by ordinary citizens eventually brought the changes about.
to make a particular condition that did not exist at all suddenly exist: · The white walls and mirrors helped to create an illusion of space.· Margot's outburst created an unpleasant atmosphere and most of the guests left early.· The end of the cold war helped create a situation in which more countries than ever have access to nuclear weapons.
if something makes for a particular situation, it makes it easier or more likely for that situation to exist: · The stormy weather made for a very bumpy landing.· Delicious food and wonderful company made for a very enjoyable evening.
unable to control your feelings to become unable to control your feelings and become very angry or upset: · He made her so angry that she lost control and hit him.
uncontrollable emotions or actions are difficult or impossible to control: · Barbara was shaking with uncontrollable laughter.· At the mention of Hannah's name, he flew into an uncontrollable rage.
especially spoken to feel so excited, interested etc that you cannot control what you are saying or doing: · It's easy to get carried away and buy a lot of things that you don't need.· A few of the younger men got a bit carried away and started dancing on the tables.
especially spoken to be so upset or nervous that you cannot control what you are doing and cannot think sensibly: · I was so nervous in my driving test I just went to pieces.· Keeping busy was the only thing that kept her from going to pieces during the divorce.
to suddenly become very angry or upset, after you have been trying to stop yourself getting angry or upset for a long time: · Leroy finally snapped and attacked his tormentors.· Melanie Smithson, who is accused of murdering her husband, has claimed that she snapped after years of violence and abuse.somebody's patience snaps: · Charlotte's patience suddenly snapped.
if you give in to an emotion such as anger or unhappiness, you can no longer control that emotion: · She was determined not to give in to despair.· Miles struggled not to give in to his feelings of anger and hopelessness.
informal to suddenly get very angry or upset, so that you are no longer able to control what you say or do: · Pete just lost it completely and started shouting and screaming at us.
to do something · I do half an hour of exercises every morning.· What is Carla doing? She's been in the garage for a half an hour.· Howard did some rapid calculations on the back of an envelope.· Listen, I'm only trying to do my job - don't yell at me.do work/housework/homework etc · She does a lot of work for charity.· I want you to do your homework before you start watching TV.do the washing/cooking/shopping etc · You wash the dishes, and I'll do the drying.do a test/exam/course etc British · He's doing an art course at Wrexham College.
to do something - use this with these words: make an effort/decision/start: · We can't wait any longer. You need to make a decision now.· Archie doesn't even make an effort to help out around the house.make a speech/suggestion/remark/complaint/joke: · At school the other kids always made jokes about my name.· I'd like to make a suggestion if that's all right.· The governor will be making a speech here next week.
: give a talk/speech/performance etc talk, speak, sing, perform etc in front of a group of people: · Mr Banks gave a short talk about his travels in Africa.· Professor Williams will be giving a series of lectures on environmental pollution.· Davis gives a wonderful performance as an 81-year-old man.
to start or continue doing a job - use this when someone does a job in their usual way, or when you are talking about the way they do it: · The old man hummed to himself as he went about his gardening.· I'm thinking about changing careers, but I don't quite know how to go about it.go about doing something: · How would you go about reorganizing the kitchen?go about your business (=continue doing what you were doing or always do): · The next morning, she went about her business as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
: perform a duty/operation/task etc to do a duty, operation, or piece of work: · The ship's captain performed the wedding ceremony.· The operation was performed by a team of surgeons at Addenbrookes Hospital.· Students perform increasingly difficult tasks as the course continues.
: conduct an experiment/survey/inquiry etc to do something, especially in order to find out or prove something: · All the children in the class have to conduct their own science experiments.· The committee will conduct a thorough investigation of the bribery charges.· The data comes from a survey conducted by the company last fall.
to do something that you are interested in or enjoy, but not very often or regularly, or not in a very serious way: · When he was younger he used to dabble in astronomy.· Beck has dabbled in poetry over the years, but this is her first published book of poems.
ways of saying that clothes become looser if clothes stretch or if you stretch them, they become looser and do not fit you properly any more: · I think this sweater must have stretched when I washed it. · "Can I borrow your boots?" "No, you'll stretch them."
if tight clothes or shoes give , they become looser after you have been wearing them: · Don't worry if swimsuits are tight -- they always give a little.· These shoes should start to give after you've worn them for a few weeks.
to stop trying to win to stop playing, fighting, or trying to succeed because you know you will lose, especially after you have struggled to succeed for a long time: · The four climbers were eventually forced to admit defeat when weather conditions made it impossible to continue.· She simply refuses to accept defeat, no matter how bad things seem.
to stop playing, fighting, arguing etc because you know that you are not good enough to win: · Marie's stubborn, and she doesn't give in easily.give in to: · I figured if we gave in to them this time, they'd be back for another fight. · In the end, I had to give in to dad -- he's usually right anyway.
to officially say that you want to stop fighting in a war because you realize that you cannot win: · Finally, on April 16th, the enemy surrendered.surrender to: · 19 rebels hiding in the Czech embassy surrendered to the authorities.
to admit that you are not going to win a battle, argument, or game because you are not strong enough or good enough to win: · Eventually, the chairman was forced to concede and announce his resignation.· "Sam, you have to apologise to her" -- "I know," Sam conceded grudgingly.concede defeat (=admit you are defeated): · Matthew kept on arguing his point, unwilling to concede defeat.concede that: · Environmentalists concede that it will not be easy to persuade car drivers to use their vehicles less often.concede to: · We both had a point, but neither of us would concede to the other.
to have a party: have a party/get-together/reception etc · We used to have a big Christmas party every year.· The couple had their wedding reception at the Museum of Modern Art.· Mark, my boss, had a surprise party to welcome me home.
to have a party at your home, often a big or expensive one, especially in order to celebrate something: · He threw a huge party to celebrate making his first million dollars.throw a party for: · The staff and patients threw a going-away party for Dr Rogers.· The Krugers threw an impromptu cocktail party for him in the backyard.
: hold a party/dinner/reception/function etc to have a formal or official party: · The anniversary dinner was held Wednesday night at the Washington Hilton.· They are holding a fund-raising reception on Friday in the City Hall.
: give a party/dinner party/lunch party etc to be the person who organizes a party: · I'm giving a dinner party on Thursday night. Would you like to come?· On Maggie's last night in the house, Jo gave a little farewell party.give a party for somebody: · The prospect of giving a dinner party for my boyfriend's snobbish parents filled me with gloom.· The last show of the tour was in Atlanta, and I decided to give a party for the singers and musicians.
: host a party/dinner party/reception etc to be the person who organizes a formal party and officially welcomes the guests: · Colette will be hosting a cocktail reception at 6.00 pm in the Grosvenor Suite.· Last year, the city hosted a three-day gay pride festival.
to give parties, especially fairly formal parties, for people who are not particularly close friends, for example business customers: · I meet a lot of people, but I don't entertain much myself.· Being a sociable person, Eva loved entertaining.· An important part of the job is entertaining business clients.
when something sends out signals, light, heat etc · The beacon sends out a beam of light every thirty seconds.· He lit a fire, which sent out clouds of dense smoke.· The radar sends out radio waves and listens for echoes from enemy craft.
to send out light, sound, heat etc: · The oil lamp gave out a pleasant yellowish light.· The musical triangle gives out a clear, beautiful note when struck.· The stun gun, when applied to the body, gives out a sharp electric shock.
to send out heat, smells, gas etc as a result of a natural or chemical process: · The plant gives off a delicate smell of lemons.· Gas heaters should only be used in well-ventilated rooms as they give off carbon monoxide.
formal to send out heat, light, smells, gas etc: · When minerals such as quartz are heated, they emit light.· The Earth emits natural radiation.
especially written to send out light or heat in all directions from a central point: · The sun radiates both warmth and light.· The old and faded lights radiated a feeble glow upon the walls.
to send out light onto a surface or onto a particular area - used especially in stories and descriptions: · The sun shining through the trees cast a pattern of light and shade on the footpath.· Candles in tarnished holders threw a warm light over the room.
to have a particular smell: smell of · She smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on her feet.· The whole house smells of garlic - what are you cooking?smell like · It smells like a hospital in here - has someone been using disinfectant?smell nice/horrible/sweet etc · This hand cream smells lovely, what's it called?· The meat smelled horrible, and I refused to eat it.
· The wine has a light, lemony smell.· Clothes washed in some detergents have a chemical smell.· The house was empty, and the rooms had a stale, damp smell.
to produce a particular type of smell that is fairly strong: give off something: · The mixture gave off a strong odor of sulfur.· The covers were damp from humidity and gave off a mildewy smell.· When dried, the flowers will continue to give off their fragrance for months and even years.
to use money to buy things to use money to buy things: · Everyone spends more at Christmas - it's an important time for business.· During the recession, even the tourists weren't spending.spend £5/$10/a dollar etc: · I bought two skirts and a T-shirt and I only spent $50.spend on: · We spend about £85 a week on food.· The government has promised to spend more money on education.· She spends most of her salary on clothes.spend money on doing something: · They spend quite a lot of money each week on eating out.
to spend £5, $10 etc on something because that is what it costs: · Of course you have to pay more if you want to travel in the summer.· What quality accommodation you get depends on how much you're prepared to pay.pay for: · I like your new car - how much did you pay for it?pay £5/$10/a dollar etc for: · They paid over $100 each for tickets.· The set meal costs £15 but you have to pay extra for wine.
to spend more money on something than you want to spend or more than you think is fair: · £65! I don't want to pay out that much!pay out for: · You have to pay out so much money for car repairs these days.pay out on: · The idea of paying out half my salary on rent didn't sound too good.pay out £5/$10 etc: · Did you know that Eddy paid out nearly £2000 for his new computer?
informal to pay a particular amount of money for something, especially when you are buying it from another person, so that the price is not fixed: · "I don't really want to spend that much." "OK, how much are you prepared to give?"give for: · Did they give you the asking price for the house?give (somebody) £5/$10 etc: · He said he'd give £40 for the painting, so I said yes.
to start spending an amount of money that you have saved or that you were keeping for a particular purpose before you really wanted to: · We had to break into our savings to pay the hospital fees.· I really want to avoid having to break into the money I was saving for college.
spoken use this to talk about something you paid a reasonable price for, so you expect it to be of good quality or used properly so that your money has not been wasted: · I paid good money for that tennis racquet and it broke the first time I used it.· What's the point of paying good money for a wedding dress when I'm only going to wear it once?
to stop doing an activity that you used to do regularly · I used to play a lot of tennis, but I had to stop when I injured my knee.stop doing something · I stopped going to church after I left home.· There's not much demand for this type of car, so we stopped making them.
to stop doing something that you used to do regularly, for example because you are no longer physically able to do it: give up doing something: · As he grew older he gave up going for walks and seldom went out.· After the accident she had to give up riding and farming.give up something: · He gave up his job so that he could look after his wife.give something up: · I used to really enjoy dancing, but I had to give it up after I became ill.
to stop studying a subject at school, college, or university: · I think I may drop French next year and concentrate on my other languages.· You can drop one subject at the end of this year if you're finding you've got too much work.
to stop doing something without successfully completing it to stop trying to do something because it is too difficult or because you are not determined enough: · I made several attempts to repair the damage, but gave up in the end.· Come on, don't give up yet!give up something: · We will never give up our struggle.give up doing something: · I've given up trying to get her to change her mind.give something up: · We did start a protest, but gave it up when we realized we would never be successful.
especially American to stop doing something before you have successfully completed it: · Bill was cold, hungry and tired and he wanted to quit.· She was having a lot of trouble finding a job, but she refused to quit.quit doing something: · I knew I'd never be any good at school, so I just quit trying.
to stop doing something that you had planned or started, because there are too many other problems involved: · The government has now abandoned its plans to privatize parts of the health service.· All attempts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict have now been abandoned.· Owing to rough weather, the coast guard had been forced to abandon the search.
to stop doing something that you have already started or that you intended to do: · Because of strong opposition, the government has dropped plans to increase taxes on fuel.drop everything: · I'm too busy to just drop everything and go out for the day.
informal to stop doing something because you are satisfied that you have done enough: · We've got most of the heavy work done, so I think we can leave it at that for today.
to stop a bad or unhealthy habit · She had smoked for nearly twenty years before she finally managed to stop.stop doing something · The health advice to people is simple - stop eating so much fat and eat more fruit and vegetables.
informal to stop doing something that that has been an unhealthy or harmful habit: · If you've smoked for a long time it can be very difficult to quit.quit doing something: · They told me at the hospital to quit drinking for a while.· I quit taking the pills because they were making me put on weight.
to stop doing something such as smoking, drinking alcohol, or taking drugs because it is harmful or unhealthy: · If you smoke, try to give up or at least cut down.· She gave up drinking over 10 years ago.
informal to stop doing something that has been a habit for a long time, especially a bad or dangerous habit: · The centre provides help for addicts who have kicked their habit and want to stay away from drugs.· Some smokers use hypnosis to help them kick the habit.
to stop taking medicine or drugs that you have been taking regularly: · The doctor told me I could come off the drugs six months after the operation.· People need help to come off hard drugs like heroin and cocaine.
if a child grows out of a habit, he or she stops doing it as they get older: grow out of it: · Wetting the bed is a common problem, but children nearly always grow out of it.· He became obsessed with football at the age of four, and he's never grown out of it!
to teach in a school, college etc as your job to teach in a school, college etc as your job: · I taught for a year in France.· She got a job teaching German at a local school.· I prefer teaching the older children.· Miss Himes teaches the youngest class, the four- and five-year-olds.teach something to somebody: · She teaches English to Italian students.· Teaching literature to the fifth grade is no joke!teach somebody something: · You must remember Mr Hughes - he used to teach us history.teach school American (=to teach in a school): · My Dad taught school in New York.
to teach in a university or college: · Before his retirement he lectured at the Institut Pasteur.lecture on: · She lectures on Shakespeare at Edinburgh University.lecture in: · For many years Dr Thornton lectured in Economics at University College.
if someone gives a class, lecture, or course, they teach it: · Dr Hebden will be giving a lecture later this week on the role of women in the economy.· Who's giving the class this afternoon?
ways of saying that a book, notice etc gives information: tell somebody how/what/where etc · This leaflet tells you how to apply for a driving licence.tell somebody something · The two dials in the middle tell you the airspeed and altitude.tell somebody (that) · A sign told us it was the highest village in England.
to provide information or details about something: give information/details/instructions etc: · The handbook gave full instructions on how to change the oil.· LA Weekly magazine gives information about what's on in Los Angeles every week.give an account/description/report: · The article gave a vivid account of life after the earthquake.give somebody information/details etc: · The footprint could give police crucial details about the man's shoe size and probable weight and size.
to give a particular piece of information about something: say something about something: · What does the guidebook say about the Opera House?it says here (that) (=it is written here that): · It says here that the police are closing in on the killer.
to give someone work to do if you give someone a job, some work etc, you offer them the job, work etc, or ask them to do it for you: give somebody something: · I asked Joel's teacher if we should give him some Level 4 work.· We were given some grammar assignments for homework.give something to somebody: · Angie did a really good interview, but they gave the job to someone with more experience.give somebody something to do/give something to somebody to do: · What can I give Helen to do? She's finished the filing.· OK, you open the parcels. That'll give you something to do.· 'Have you peeled the carrots?' 'No, I gave them to Dad to do.'
formal to give a particular job to a particular person: be assigned something: · You have been assigned the task of keeping the records up to date.· After her promotion took effect, she was assigned a research job.be assigned to somebody: · The job of producing a development program was assigned to the junior minister.· He was asked to assign two of his employees to the inventory control department.
especially British if a teacher or employer sets you a piece of work, they give it to you to do, and you must finish it by a particular time or date: set homework/a task/work etc: · Mr Harris always sets a lot of homework.· Is that all -- or has she set some other task for you as well?· Anneka was set the huge task by Christian Aid on behalf of a family who fled from war-torn Mozambique.set somebody something: · She set us some work to do in groups.· At the end of the session, they were set a homework task.
to appoint someone to do a piece of work for you, for example to write a report or to produce some artistic or scientific work: · The Philadelphia Medical Society commissioned a report on alcoholism.be commissioned for/by/from etc: · His 'Landscapes' Symphony was commissioned for the inaugural concert of the Shepherd School.· Seventy-five percent of Americans think that women are more sensual than men, according to a survey commissioned by Revlon.· The Left-Hand Piano Concerto was the first of several works commissioned from distinguished composers.commission somebody to do something: · In 1506, Bramante was commissioned by Pope Julius II to rebuild St Peter's church.· The gallery is housed in the new wing, which he commissioned Adams to build 18 years ago.
also lumber somebody with British informal to give someone an unpleasant or difficult job to do: be/get saddled with something: · Campaign adviser Ken Polaski has been saddled with the job of explaining the recent presidential gaffes.· 'I'm sorry you've been lumbered with running me back home,' said Ashley stiffly.saddle something with something: · The Hong Kong Rugby Union has saddled Simpkin with the post of national coach to the ailing team.
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Most people are willing to give to charity. The situation is now desperate, so please give generously. He finally gave us permission to leave. These meetings give everyone a chance to express their opinions. She was given absolute control over all recruitment decisions. Let me give you some advice. She certainly likes giving orders. They were given strict instructions not to tell anyone. Can you give me directions to the station (=tell me how to go there)? He gave the following example. You may have to give evidence in court (=tell a court about what you have seen or know to be true). He gave a disturbing account of the murder. She gave a little frown. Joel gave me a smile as I walked in. He gave her a big hug. He gave a wave of his hand. Don’t move until I give the signal. She picked up the envelope and gave it a shake. He’s giving a talk on early Roman pottery. They gave one of their best performances to date. He gave us quite a shock. The course has given me a lot more confidence. Keep the noise down – you’re giving me a headache! We’re giving a small party for dad’s birthday next week. How much homework are you given in a week? He’s always giving us chores to do around the house. The people were expected to give their leader absolute obedience and loyalty. If you don’t pay on time, you could be given a fine of up to $1,000. The jury will be giving its verdict within the next couple of days. The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret). I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much. Rose decided to give in her notice (=officially say she was going to leave her job). You shouldn’t give up so easily. The ground was too hard to dig so I gave it up as a bad job (=stopped trying because success seemed unlikely).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Pope Leo gave him absolution. an issue that wasn’t given an airing during the campaign Put your houseplants outside to give them an airing. We’ve got the all clear for the new project. His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition. Parliament gave its assent to war. He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday. These annoying tourists give all Americans a bad name. They gave him a real bashing. Mama gave me a big hug. Some fish can give you a nasty bite. Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. The station master gave a blast on his whistle and we were off. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. Add a little more vanilla, to give the flavor a boost. Are you sure the station is on your way? I don’t want to give you any extra bother. This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due. I’ll just give my hair a quick brush. She gave him the brush-off. The presenter gave her a big build-up. Playing well gives me a buzz. The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. Police spotted the car and gave chase (=chased it). So let’s give a cheer to the kids who passed their exams. She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband. He gave him a clout round the ear. They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip. Come over here and let me give you a cuddle. The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. Being my wife doesn’t give you the divine right to read my mail. The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. Ireland gave England a drubbing at Twickenham. Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest. My family name gave me an entrée into upper-class Boston society. The new owner had given the pub a facelift. Try to give each student some feedback on the task. A cut in lending rates would give a fillip to the housing market. Being given first aid at the scene of the accident probably saved his life. When she won the final game of the set, she did a fist pump. She gave freely to charity. You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! She gave a little gasp and clutched George’s hand. Please give generously to the refugee fund. I’d thought about it for some time and decided to give it a go (=try to do something). It gives me great pleasure (=I am very pleased) to introduce tonight’s speaker. This chapter gives you some guidelines to help you in your work. Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance. Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. Looking into the dark cave gave me the heebie-jeebies. She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children. Paul gave me a big hug. The mirrors in the room gave an illusion of greater space. The discovery gave fresh impetus to the research. Could you give me some indication as to when I am likely to receive a reply? The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis. The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt. Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance. Students were handing out election leaflets at the station. Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions. John gave me a lift home. Don’t give me any of your lip! Mike gave him such a severe look he didn’t dare argue. Ryan gave me the lowdown on the meeting. It’s time we gave the kitchen a makeover. Joan gave me a gentle neck massage. She gave a little moan of pleasure. His dog gave me a painful nip on the leg. I showed the doorman my card and he gave a friendly nod. Hannah gave me a gentle nudge. Ali gives his opponent the old one-two, and it’s all over. Fans gave the rock group a thunderous ovation. Tyler was convicted but was granted a royal pardon (=one given by a king or queen). You may be required to give particulars of the change in your financial position. Mrs Dodd gave the child a pat on the head. He gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Alam gave the Pakistani team a pep talk. Ralph gave me some pointers on my golf swing. Safety must be given precedence. I’m going to ask each of you to make a short presentation. We must give primacy to education. ‘Go on,’ he whispered, giving me a prod in the back. Why don’t you ring the shop and give them a prod? He gave her a sharp pull forward. If the door’s stuck, just give it a push. Ask the builder to give you a written quotation for the job. They are offering practical help and reassurance. They refused to give me a refund. We need to give students plenty of positive reinforcement. The US Supreme Court voted against granting Smith a reprieve (=against giving him one). I gave my hands a quick rinse. A priest came to give him the last rites. She gave us a running commentary on what was happening in the street. They’ve never actually given anyone the sack. You really gave us a scare! He brushed his hair and gave his scalp a good scratch. I gave the floor a good scrub. A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to the scheme. I just want to give these kids a second chance. The department gave Tom a send-off he won’t forget! The vicar gave a sermon on charity. Tom gave a shout of laughter when he saw them. We gave a shower for Beth. Ella let out a piercing shriek. The building gave a sudden shudder. He gave Oliver a sidelong glance. Julia gave Roy a slap on the cheek. I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago. The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages. She gave a loud sniff. He gave a loud snort. Thurman was reluctant to go into specifics about the deal. A salesman started giving us a spiel about life insurance. Marty gave her hand a little squeeze. I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve. The project was finally given the thumbs up. Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members. He gave me a wedgie. You need to give it some wellie. She gave the ball a whack. All this talk about ghosts is giving me the willies. He gave her a wink. He gave the rope a yank. She let out a yell when she saw me. The water was hotter than she had expected, and she gave an involuntary yelp.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
Most people are willing to give to charity. The situation is now desperate, so please give generously. He finally gave us permission to leave. These meetings give everyone a chance to express their opinions. She was given absolute control over all recruitment decisions. Let me give you some advice. She certainly likes giving orders. They were given strict instructions not to tell anyone. Can you give me directions to the station (=tell me how to go there)? He gave the following example. You may have to give evidence in court (=tell a court about what you have seen or know to be true). He gave a disturbing account of the murder. She gave a little frown. Joel gave me a smile as I walked in. He gave her a big hug. He gave a wave of his hand. Don’t move until I give the signal. She picked up the envelope and gave it a shake. He’s giving a talk on early Roman pottery. They gave one of their best performances to date. He gave us quite a shock. The course has given me a lot more confidence. Keep the noise down – you’re giving me a headache! We’re giving a small party for dad’s birthday next week. How much homework are you given in a week? He’s always giving us chores to do around the house. The people were expected to give their leader absolute obedience and loyalty. If you don’t pay on time, you could be given a fine of up to $1,000. (=in prison) The judge gave her two years in prison.
The judge gave her two years in prison. The jury will be giving its verdict within the next couple of days. The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret). I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much. Rose decided to give in her notice (=officially say she was going to leave her job). You shouldn’t give up so easily. The ground was too hard to dig so I gave it up as a bad job (=stopped trying because success seemed unlikely). Pope Leo gave him absolution.· Marshall gave the police his account of how the fight started.
· She refused to give me her address.
· His height gives him a big advantage.
· My father once gave me some useful advice.· The scheme has given advice and training to scores of youngsters taking part.
an issue that wasn’t given an airing during the campaign Put your houseplants outside to give them an airing. We’ve got the all clear for the new project. His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition.· I’ll give you an answer tomorrow.
· His uniform gave him an official appearance.
(also stimulate your appetite formal)· The exercise and fresh air had given us an appetite.· The aroma of the herbs and spices helps stimulate the appetite.
· Congress gave final approval on October 8.
Parliament gave its assent to war.· Our staff can give assistance with any problems that may arise.
He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday.· They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain.
(=think about something or someone so that you can deal with a problem)· She promised to give the matter her attention the next day.
· The award is given each year to the best new artist.
· She had the baby at home.· Sue gave birth to a baby boy.
These annoying tourists give all Americans a bad name.· Magistrates adjourned the case until June 9 and Smith was granted bail.
· The training gives you a broad base in actually running an organization.
They gave him a real bashing.· He's upstairs giving the baby a bath.
Mama gave me a big hug. (=hit your hands together with enthusiasm, to show you have enjoyed a performance)
· I never know what to give him for his birthday.
Some fish can give you a nasty bite. Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. The station master gave a blast on his whistle and we were off. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. (=provide blood from your body for the medical treatment of other people)· The Health Service is asking for more people to donate blood.
Add a little more vanilla, to give the flavor a boost. Are you sure the station is on your way? I don’t want to give you any extra bother. (=bow to the audience at the end of a performance) The music ended and the girl took a bow. He gave a final bow just as the curtains came down.
The music ended and the girl took a bow. He gave a final bow just as the curtains came down. This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due.· They issued passports to people who gave them bribes.
· The prime minister gave a television broadcast to the country at 10:15.
I’ll just give my hair a quick brush. She gave him the brush-off. The presenter gave her a big build-up. Playing well gives me a buzz. (=phone someone)· I’ll give him a call later today.
The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. (=to give people prizes for good achievements at school or college)· A prize-giving ceremony will take place tomorrow night at the university.
(=say how likely it is that they will do it)· He has been given a fifty-fifty chance of being fit for Sunday’s match.
· I was given the chance to play the main part in the play.· Sport provides a chance for you to get outside with friends.
(=if there is an opportunity to do something)· Goats will eat anything, given half a chance.
· I like to give a small amount of what I earn to charity.
Police spotted the car and gave chase (=chased it).· I’d like you to give the car a careful check.
So let’s give a cheer to the kids who passed their exams.· Can I give you a cheque, or would you prefer cash?
· Her doctor gave her a choice: take medicine or lose weight.
(=if you had a choice)· Given the choice, I probably wouldn’t work.
· What can I give Dad for Christmas?
British English Come on everyone, let’s give Tommy a clap.
Come on everyone, let’s give Tommy a clap. She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband. He gave him a clout round the ear. (=do something to show you are sexually interested in someone)
· It was impossible to give her any comfort.
(also issue a command formal)· The General gave the command to open fire.
· His job is to give a non-stop commentary on each moment in the game.
· The government gave a commitment to withdraw all its forces.
· He was always paying her compliments.
· The group gave concerts for charity throughout Europe.
· I had really good teachers who gave me a lot of confidence in myself.
· The child’s parents have to give their consent to the operation.
· It’s an interesting idea and I’ll give it some consideration.
(=because there are particular constraints on something)· Given the constraints on space in the city, most people live in tiny apartments.
· He was given a new two-year contract in March.
(=makes you feel that you have courage)· My mother nodded, which gave me the courage to speak up.
· In the west, the story wasn't given any media coverage.
They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip.· I’m tired of you giving me crap (=saying bad things) about my long hair.
(=to believe or accept something as true) I don’t give any credence to these rumors.
I don’t give any credence to these rumors.· There's enough evidence to give credibility to this theory.
(=allow customers to buy things on credit)· A business may lose customers if it does not give credit.
· The woman looked up and gave a cry of fear.
Come over here and let me give you a cuddle. (=be legally allowed to have it)· The court will decide who will be given custody.
The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet.· Can you give me a definition of 'psychology'?
· When I left, the landlord refused to give me my deposit back.
· She was unable to give the police a description of her attacker.
· Our price list gives details of special offers.
· They'll be able to give me a diagnosis when they get the results of the tests.
formal (=cause them)· The stormy weather gave rise to difficulties for many of the competitors in the yacht race.
· Digital cameras have added a new dimension to photography.
· Luke's given me directions to his house.
· Many theatres give discounts to students.
Being my wife doesn’t give you the divine right to read my mail. (=give money)· He made a large donation to Cancer Research.
· A nurse came in to give me a dose of antibiotics.
The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. Ireland gave England a drubbing at Twickenham. Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest. (=give someone a small advantage)· I hope my qualifications and experience will give me the edge.
· The school aims to provide a good general education.
· Since league tables were introduced, schools have given even greater emphasis to exam results.
· He was offered employment in the company’s main office.
· My father always gave us a lot of encouragement.
My family name gave me an entrée into upper-class Boston society.· Half the class failed to hand in their essay on time.
· The builder gave me an estimate of £10,000.
(=tell a court about what you have seen or know to be true)· Ms White has agreed to give evidence at their trial.
· Let me give you an example of how this might happen.
formal (=give someone special permission to do something)· Two of the asylum seekers were given exceptional leave to stay in Britain.
· I'll have to give my boss some kind of excuse.
· The police gave no explanation for their actions.
formal (=express something)· In the book, he gives expression to his political ideals.
The new owner had given the pub a facelift.· Newspapers have a duty to give their readers the facts.
· He gave a feast to which all the villagers were invited.
Try to give each student some feedback on the task.· My work gives me a feeling of achievement.
A cut in lending rates would give a fillip to the housing market. Being given first aid at the scene of the accident probably saved his life. When she won the final game of the set, she did a fist pump.· Herbs add flavor to a salad.
· Economists gave an upbeat forecast for the world economy.
She gave freely to charity. You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! She gave a little gasp and clutched George’s hand. Please give generously to the refugee fund.· We gave her a gift on her birthday.
(=to laugh)· She gave a little giggle.
(=make someone laugh)· The way he was waving his arms around gave us the giggles.
· He gave Imran a quick glance.
I’d thought about it for some time and decided to give it a go (=try to do something). (=the right to do something without asking anyone else’s opinion)
(=the right to do something without asking anyone else’s opinion) The protesters have no God-given right to disrupt the life of the city.
The protesters have no God-given right to disrupt the life of the city.· If you have been awarded a grant, you must send the details to the university.
It gives me great pleasure (=I am very pleased) to introduce tonight’s speaker.· Bill read the letter and gave a sudden grin.
(=used to tell someone that it should be easy for them to guess the answer to their question)· ‘Where is he?’ ‘I’ll give you three guesses.’
This chapter gives you some guidelines to help you in your work. Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance.· She introduced herself and gave Annie a handshake.
(=make someone experience problems)· Did the teacher give you any hassle about that homework?
Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school.· The music was starting to give him a headache.
Looking into the dark cave gave me the heebie-jeebies. She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children.· Do you want me to give you some help?
· The fund was set up to give financial help to war veterans.
(=be treated as a hero when you arrive somewhere)· The team were given a hero’s welcome when they returned to the city.
· Come on, what is it? Give me a hint.
(also set (somebody) homework British English)· The teacher gave them some homework to do by Monday.
· The research has given hope to thousands of sufferers of the disease.
(=stop hoping)· After so long without any word from David, Margaret was starting to lose hope.
Paul gave me a big hug.· What gave you the idea for the book?
(=accidentally reveal it)· The thief gave away his identity by mistake.
The mirrors in the room gave an illusion of greater space. The discovery gave fresh impetus to the research.· Her speech definitely gave the impression that she was enthusiastic about the project.
· If you want people to change their behaviour, it's a good idea to offer them some kind of incentive.
Could you give me some indication as to when I am likely to receive a reply?· a booklet giving information about local education services
· The nurse gave him an injection.
The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis. (=interview someone)· We gave her an interview, but decided not to offer her the job.
(also issue/extend an invitation formal)· He has issued an invitation to the Chinese president to come to Washington.
The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt.· His music has given people a lot of joy over the years.
· The door was stuck; he gave it a kick.
Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance.· I always give the kids a kiss before they go to school.· Come and give Mummy a kiss good night.
· She gave a loud laugh.
(=make someone be in the lead)· A goal in the 10th minute gave England the lead.
Students were handing out election leaflets at the station.· He was given compassionate leave.
(also deliver a lecture formal)· She gave a fascinating lecture on crime in the 1800s.· He delivered the lecture at the London School of Economics.
Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions. (=teach lessons)· She made a living giving private lessons in English.
(=die in order to save other people, or because of a strong belief)· These men gave their lives during the war to keep us free.
John gave me a lift home. Don’t give me any of your lip!· I hoped to persuade my bank manager to give us a loan.
Mike gave him such a severe look he didn’t dare argue. Ryan gave me the lowdown on the meeting. It’s time we gave the kitchen a makeover.· He hoped that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate in the election.
Joan gave me a gentle neck massage.· He was given a medal for his courageous actions.
(also administer medication formal)· Teachers are not allowed to administer medication.
(=from someone else)· Just give him the message.
She gave a little moan of pleasure. (=at any particular time)· There was no variety at all - you knew exactly what you would be doing at any given moment of the week.
(=make something become more successful)· The agreement was small, but it gave new momentum to the talks.
(also refund somebody’s money) (=give money back to a customer)· We regret that we are unable to refund money on tickets.
· They gave their children unusual names.
(=tell someone your name, especially someone in an official position)· I gave my name to the receptionist.
(=make someone or something have a bad reputation)· A scandal like this could give the university a bad name.
His dog gave me a painful nip on the leg. I showed the doorman my card and he gave a friendly nod.· To withdraw money from this type of savings account, you must give the bank 30 days’ notice.
Hannah gave me a gentle nudge. Ali gives his opponent the old one-two, and it’s all over. (=say what your opinion is)· He gave his opinion only when asked.
· The children should be given the opportunity to make their own choices.
· Some employees were given the option of retiring early.· Buyers will usually be offered the option of paying in instalments.
· Do not fire until I give the order.
· The leaflet gives you an outline of the Party's main policies.
· June's new job gave her a fresh outlook.
Fans gave the rock group a thunderous ovation.· The report provides an overview of the recent policy changes.
Tyler was convicted but was granted a royal pardon (=one given by a king or queen).· Why did they give Sinatra the part?
You may be required to give particulars of the change in your financial position. (=organize it)· Staff threw a party to celebrate the news.
Mrs Dodd gave the child a pat on the head. He gave her a quick peck on the cheek.· The referee awarded Bradford a penalty in the final minute.
Alam gave the Pakistani team a pep talk.· Samuel Jackson gives a terrific performance as Elijah.
(also grant somebody permission formal)· The city authorities gave permission for the rally to take place.· In 1961, he was granted permission to emigrate to Israel.
· A break might give her a better perspective on things.
· Her book gives us an interesting picture of ordinary people’s homes at the time.
· The city authorities have abandoned their plans to host the Super Bowl.
· Over the years, painting has given me a lot of pleasure.
· Several European countries made similar pledges.
· I was awarded 17 points out of 20.
Ralph gave me some pointers on my golf swing.· She admitted two charges of giving poison to her daughter.
· Give your dog plenty of praise when it behaves well.
Safety must be given precedence.· Dr. Kleinert gave me a prescription for some sleeping tablets.
· He gave everyone a present.
· I was given this book as a present.
I’m going to ask each of you to make a short presentation. (=stop pretending that you are doing something or that something is true)· Maria had abandoned any pretence of having faith of any kind long ago.
We must give primacy to education.· The hospital always gives priority to emergency cases.
(also award (somebody) a prize formal)· A prize will be given for the best-decorated egg.· Four years later he was awarded the Erasmus Prize.
‘Go on,’ he whispered, giving me a prod in the back. Why don’t you ring the shop and give them a prod?· You will be required to provide proof of your identity.
· They believed that the water had special health-giving properties.
(also offer/afford protection formal)· One dose of the vaccine provides protection against TB during childhood.· They say they are afforded no protection whatsoever by the security forces.
· Much publicity was given to their allegations in the British press.
He gave her a sharp pull forward.· He gave me a punch on the nose.
· He deserved the punishment he was given.· The teacher may impose reasonable punishments.
If the door’s stuck, just give it a push. Ask the builder to give you a written quotation for the job. (also emit radiation formal) (=produce it)· The lamps emit ultra-violet radiation.
· I'd only give this PC a rating of two out of five.
· No reason was given for the change.
They are offering practical help and reassurance.· Opposition parties gave the proposals a lukewarm reception.
· Younger women artists are now getting wider recognition.
They refused to give me a refund. We need to give students plenty of positive reinforcement. (=make a report, usually a spoken one)· He came to the office to give his report in person.
The US Supreme Court voted against granting Smith a reprieve (=against giving him one).· Ellie gave us a ride to school.
I gave my hands a quick rinse. A priest came to give him the last rites.· Health experts should be given a key role in developing the correct procedures.
She gave us a running commentary on what was happening in the street. They’ve never actually given anyone the sack.· He said he had once fainted when giving a sample of blood.
· To have won both awards in the same year gives us great satisfaction.· Yet children also bring immense rewards and satisfaction.
You really gave us a scare! He brushed his hair and gave his scalp a good scratch.· She gave a scream of delight.
I gave the floor a good scrub. A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to the scheme. I just want to give these kids a second chance. (=tell it to someone carelessly or by mistake)· I had to be careful not to give away any secrets.
The department gave Tom a send-off he won’t forget!· The job gave her a sense of control over her life.
The vicar gave a sermon on charity. (=work well and last a long time) Steel tools give good service for years.
Steel tools give good service for years.· The trees gave shelter from the wind.
· Oh, you gave me quite a shock.
Tom gave a shout of laughter when he saw them. We gave a shower for Beth. Ella let out a piercing shriek. The building gave a sudden shudder. He gave Oliver a sidelong glance.· She let out a sigh of disappointment.
· The use of the army sends out a clear signal to protesters that their actions will not be tolerated.
Julia gave Roy a slap on the cheek. (=produce a smell)· Rubber gives off a strong smell when it is burned.
· The boy gave a friendly smile.
I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago. The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages. She gave a loud sniff. He gave a loud snort. Thurman was reluctant to go into specifics about the deal. (=result in it)· This development led to speculation that she was about to resign.
· She gave a speech at the party conference.
A salesman started giving us a spiel about life insurance. Marty gave her hand a little squeeze.· Doyle gave her a long stare.
(=make a statement, especially to the police)· He gave a statement to the police.
· I had the feeling that she wasn’t giving me the full story.
(also lend (your) support formal)· The American people gave him their enthusiastic support.· The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has lent his support to the campaign.
· She wanted to give him a surprise.
(=assume that something is correct or certain, because you are sure that this is the case) It isn’t official yet, but you can take it as read that you’ve got the contract.
It isn’t official yet, but you can take it as read that you’ve got the contract.· She gave the dog a gentle tap with her umbrella.
· I was given the task of writing the chairman's speech.
· The spices gave the bread a rather interesting taste.
(=do what you feel you want to do)· Be strong – don’t give in to temptation.
· The students were given a reading test.
(=thank God)· Let us give thanks for the beauty of the world.
I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve. (=do what something wants you to do after they threaten you)· The government is not going to give in to terrorist threats.
· It gave me a big thrill to meet him.
The project was finally given the thumbs up.· Kim gave the driver a tip.
· He gave me some tips on how to improve my game.
· Employees should also be given adequate training in fire safety precautions.
· He was given treatment at a local hospital.
informal· If your instinct is telling you to give it a try, then go ahead.
· My boss gave me an ultimatum: get better results or find another job.
Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members. (=do what you feel you want to do, when this is wrong)· I try not to give in to the urge to gossip.
(=officially say what a verdict is)· The inquest jury returned a verdict of 'unlawful killing'.
(=say what you think)· He did not hesitate to give his own views on the subject.
(also grant somebody a visa formal)· She has been granted a special visa.
· He slammed on the brakes without giving any warning.
He gave me a wedgie.· The Queen was given a decent welcome by the crowd.
You need to give it some wellie. She gave the ball a whack. All this talk about ghosts is giving me the willies. He gave her a wink.· Child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras.
He gave the rope a yank. She let out a yell when she saw me. The water was hotter than she had expected, and she gave an involuntary yelp.· It costs 99p for 275g from major supermarkets, but we have 1,000 vouchers, plus recipe booklets, to give away.· They lost because they simply gave away the third quarter in a thorough display of immaturity and sloppiness.· Pallister was responsible for one goal and Ince gave away the free kick for the other.· Taking a page from the Netscape playbook, Microsoft is giving away key pieces of Internet software.· We've got 24 copies to give away.· Insurers learned that the state regulators would, during the panic, give away the store in rate increases.· If you do, you give away your age.· Microsoft also gives away its own Web browser, the Internet Explorer.
· In the end I gave in and reluctantly mounted the narrow stairs.· But we held him firmly throughout, and at last he gave in and told me all I wished to know.· When I glanced at Terri, I saw that she too had given in to her customary narcoleptic state.· She felt a shrinking in herself, the old pathetic readiness to give in quietly.· Table 14, and body weights are given in Append.· Several people took to squatting on the floor with shoes removed, having given in to the weight of their metallic dresses.· But he wouldn't give in!· If this was what you chose, then you had to give in to it.
· He'd given up woodwork, having driven a splinter through his thumbnail.· I tried to count all the glaciers and gave up at 30.· After three days searching, I gave up.· No one knew exactly what inspired her elliptic comments, and her relations had long since given up trying to interpret them.· Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.· The parish clergy had to give up their concubines and accept a higher degree of accountability for performance of their duties.· Eva gave up learning Urdu and listening to sitar music at breakfast.· I gave up on the pigpen.
NOUN· Herodotos gives mainly an account of single ships' actions; he adds details, but gives no overall picture.· And yes, giving Jeff the Candice account will free up Mike and Terry.· Edward, invited to give an account of himself and be frank about it, did so.· Taylor would later give contradictory accounts of just how long he worked at the lathe before being named gang boss.· And it gives a rudimentary account of how I can do this.· Old Jack gave a fair account of himself with an ample ton.· However, the orchestra gave a vigorous account of the work with a truly thrilling end.· The detailed history in the previous chapters has given an account of Ian Paisley's personal combination of religion and politics.
· The building control officer will usually give advice in this area and careful layout and design can usually maximise site usage.· He is now preparing information for distribution to commercial rose growers and to retail nurseries to give advice on controlling the pests.· The next tactic they use is to give us advice.· The Hon. Gentleman should perhaps speak to some of his own colleagues who gave me that advice.· An accompanying booklet gives advice on timber selection, and how timber can be harvested locally at minimal cost.· Suppose when the White House Detail asks for Harry it isn't to give evidence, but advice?· For strict conventionalism gives only the negative advice that judges must not pretend to be deciding such cases on legal grounds.· He or she is best placed to give you legal advice, and to liaise with the other professional agencies involved.
· Clearly we can not as yet give a definitive answer to this question.· Besides, I was not at all sure that she had given a negative answer to my question.· He has a reputation for taking on issues other politicians avoid and for giving frank answers.· At home we were soon given the answer to a question which had been puzzling us: Who had saved us?· Johnson gave his answer in a speech on April 7, 1965, at Johns Hopkins University.· You just have to give a straight answer.· Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do.
· These dimensions will be given particular attention in the revision process.· He wobbles back and forth between the two, giving neither the attention it deserves.· But as a synthesizer, he is worth giving more attention than history has accorded him so far.· As his most recently departed boyfriend I thought he would at last give me the attention I deserved.· Minor offences are being given the greatest attention with no extra funds and with no obvious benefit.· In the years after the first outbreak in the United States, polio was given little attention.· The fact that in practice logistic problems in public libraries are not given enough attention is noted above.· Comrade leaders at all levels, you must give it your full attention.
· No doubt the chancellor, Gordon Brown, will give it a boost just before the election.· But the deal gives Apple a psychological boost and some breathing room.· When people join a slimming club they are, in effect, giving themselves a boost, a social reward for slimming.· It might just give the game the boost it needs over there.· Further cuts in government spending will be needed to give a promised new boost to industry.· Fishing industry lands a big boost Scarborough's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops.· It should lead to a greater efficiency among the police and give a much-needed boost to the fight against crime.· We gave chase using extra boost and climbing to height of 16000.
· A thump close by gave me my chance.· What kind of work would give you the chance to see those dreams come true?· His brother was to be given a second chance.· I never gave them a chance for that, and besides, Dad would skin them alive.· Our prizes give you the chance to be penny foolish for once.· His two upcoming nominations will give the president a chance to change that.· This gave me a chance to check out the spectator balconies which overhang the two long sides of the water.· Those who have ever given fencing a chance up-close, probably realize that it always has been an entertaining event.
· We have also introduced a reform which will give people more choice as to who represents them legally in court.· I may even go so far as to say that I prefer cowards to heroes, given a choice.· The C A R E service gives a choice of five subscription schemes ranging from £69 to £30.· Only one in four said that, if given a choice, they would prefer to stay at home.· Would it be possible to give choices of title which indicate discourse type as well?· People already in Yosemite were given the choice of staying or being evacuated.· It's not as if I gave you much choice.· The firm takes as given the variety choice and pricing strategies of other firms in the industry.
· Conversely, it is unrealistic to give a confidence unless the other person is prepared to reciprocate in confidence.· What are the opportunities you see out there that give you confidence you will succeed?· The more experienced may try Villa-Flotilla in Yalikavak, where high wind courses give the confidence needed to cope with choppy seas.· Now Helen, loving and admiring him, had given him the confidence he needed to be happy.· These gave them some confidence that they were indeed seeing neutrons from fusion, but they were by no means definitive.· It gives us the confidence to cope with other apparently insurmountable problems, knowing that we have excelled ourselves before. 3.· Shelter gives them the confidence to come out in the open.· He encourages; he gives the child confidence in himself.
· It tells disabled job applicants that they will be given fair consideration based on their ability.· After the third, he became so concerned that he gave serious consideration to retirement.· I do hope you will give this opportunity serious consideration.· Dole also should give serious consideration to former Tennessee Gov.· The deputy judge gave very careful consideration to all the evidence to which I have referred.· It is true that they were exclusive, refusing to give any consideration to those outside their walls.· Since the value of the resulting output is highly dependent on these components, they should be given early and careful consideration.· Congress has on several occasions given extensive consideration to the problem of protecting the military and strategic secrets of the United States.
· What effect would not giving credit have on your sales, your cash flow and your profits? 4.· Others have been given credit as well.· You have to give Dole credit for his one stumble.· Dad felt he had treasures in his kids, and he had to give Maud some credit for that.· I give all the credit to Disney.· You have got to give him credit.· Because of his emphasis on their lawlike properties, however, Grimm is usually given credit for the discovery.
· Immigration officials said other foreign journalists would also be kicked out of the country, but they did not give details.· He gives no detail at all of what he said.· She did not expect Diana to tell her friends or for Morton to be given any more secret details about the royals.· He then wrote A Handbook of the Trip to Liverpool in which he gave every detail of the excursion.· The Ideal Home Decorating School gives you details of exclusive readers' courses that cover everything from paint effects to dried flowers.· Many manufacturers give details of how the pitch range of their models should be set up.· Eight cases from five hospitals were reported; the table gives details of these cases plus our case.· All I have to do is get a few facts, give them some colourful detail and write the script.
· The Government almost always gives oral evidence.· We usually instruct doctors who specialise in producing medico-legal reports and who have proven themselves in giving evidence in the past.· The cops believe they have both participated in an alleged crime and wish to get one or both to give evidence.· He told journalists he had given false evidence at the trial.· Much of his defence consisted of friends giving evidence as to his quality of character.· Peter Sheldon was giving evidence at the trial of two nineteen year olds accused of killing Edinburgh student Paul Sheldon.· Ellis declined to give evidence yesterday.
· Lord Greene M.R. gave the example of a teacher being dismissed because of red hair.· Roth gave as an example the Gulf War, which he said had spurred more reports of violence against Arabs.· Video Plan 19 gives two examples of viewing tasks for observation materials.· Ask the students to give you some examples of each.· To illustrate the wide variety of allowances and benefits contained within relocation policies, this chapter gives some examples from named firms.· In workshops, staff were given examples of a hotline call, and how the guidelines would apply.· Table 3.4 gives examples of disturbance allowances paid in 14 organisations.· In this chapter I will give examples of masculine and feminine positions from which a text can speak.
· The changes included lowering taxes and giving extra help to the farming sector.· And he is given help in developing a program of rehabilitation.· Without thinking, she had promised to give any help that lay in her power.· If voters need help to properly complete the voting process, they should be given help when requested.· The social worker can give practical help and advice on all these tasks.· Interest rates continue to fall, giving crucial help to debtors, most of whose loans have variable rates.· They may also be able to tell you about local organisations which give practical help with gardening or decorating.· He wanted to give her help and support, but in practical terms there was none he could offer.
· The vast and easy background of Deer Forest gave hope to a future prospect of marriage.· They give hope and help to those in need and a sense of joy and self-worth to us.· In this way it gave the predator hope of an easy catch, something it could not resist.· Perhaps some structure can be given to that hope and speculation in the present.· We're not giving up hope.· Bitter and intelligent, Cindy has given up all hope of further appeals.· This is a message to them not to give up hope.· No one is giving up hope.
· That perhaps gives us some idea of what the regional taxation profile will look like.· To give you an idea what that means, 80 decibels is generated by a typical alarm clock.· Comparing the two could give a more accurate idea of how many visitors you're getting and where they're going.· It gives some idea of the cell / electrode arrangement and the random sampling of activity.· Again, a graphic character is substituted for each word to give a better idea of sentence complexity.· Undoubtedly, he had long ago given up the idea of walking.· And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen.· This chart, from an Intelrun benchmark called Spec95, gives a rough idea of how the two chip families stack up.
· So the chief objective of Styled is to give you a visual impression of the text.· The report filed by General Bradley gave a similar impression.· Belly dark chestnut in summer, giving impression at any distance of a pale bird with dark crown and belly.· A thin, friendly man, he often gave the mistaken impression that nothing was too much trouble.· The general appearance of the holding, its grass, crops, and animals, give a valuable first impression.· I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.· Certainly didn't give the impression of having anything to hide.· These will turn your lights on and off automatically, giving the impression that your house is occupied.
· As usual he gave no indication about when he would be coming back, but nevertheless a relaxed atmosphere soon developed.· COMDEX/Fall, if nothing else, gives some indication of the way in which future developments are moving.· However, the figures do give an indication of the proportion of cases resolved by settlement rather than trial.· You may even be asked your shoe size, which is thought to give an indication of the size of your pelvis.· However, this does not give any indication as to how much the individual is handicapped by this problem.· The advertisement will give some indication of the objectives of the trust.· If this is correct, why was I not given any indication that this was a possibility?· It gives an indication of the effects this has on the volume of consumption and hence on employment rates in the country.
· And he, Owen, had given him the information!· Communicating is an exchange-a giving and receiving of information.· Therefore amplified vibration on the skin gives only information about low-pitched sounds.· The snag is that online users are reluctant to give out information about themselves to Web sites.· They had been brought here to round up the escaped prisoners but fortunately no one was giving them any information.· The Health Education Authority gives people the information they need to look after themselves.· Our task is made easier if people give us as much information as possible when there has been an incident.· Colour me bad Please could you give me some information on Disco Fish.
· An employer has a right to give reasonable instructions to an employee and to have a job completed by the employee.· The book gives fairly specific instructions to make choices in order to simply.· Melissa could not catch the words, but it appeared that Gebrec was giving instructions which Fernand appeared reluctant to carry out.· Walks in South Somerset gives full instructions and a detailed map for ten walks ranging from 2-1/2 to seven miles long.· The Work teachings give definite instructions about inner talking and how it can be combated or short-circuited.· Miss Gabriel offered to give instruction in First Aid.· The teacher would not necessarily give any instructions, suggestions, or help-but was just there, next to him.
· Ashley gave a terse silent laugh.· The Woman unclenched her fists, gave a short laugh and sat down again.· He gave his laugh, his rich, his million-dollar laugh, reluctant, like all the most lovable laughter.· As soon as she saw this, she gave a delighted laugh, and pushed me out of the gate.· Lindsey gave a shaky laugh as he moved closer.
· It started well enough, with Dave Mitchell giving Town the lead midway through the first half.· On at least one issue, however, Baldwin failed to give any firm moderate lead.· Student protests, sweeping through the nation's campuses, gave a lead to the opponents of the war.· The crown also gave a lead in secular architecture.· The educative power of our academic institutions has never been lower: it is journalism that gives the lead.
· Kurchatov visited Harwell and suggested that he might give a lecture on Soviet work into thermonuclear reactions in gas discharges.· Kenneth Ryan gives a lecture free to ticket holders one hour before the concerts.· Before the right hon. Gentleman starts to give lectures on borrowing, he should get his facts right.· Jim refused, but allowed Tom to give the adult education lecture on the Sunday before Christmas.· The abrasive new general brushed aside Stirling's request and proceeded to give him a lecture.· Tolkien could have given a lecture about all these at any time.· That does not mean giving up lectures.
· Ron gave her a bad-tempered look.· My brother gave me a questioning look.· To give a harmonious look to the room, the living and dining areas have been decorated in the same style.· She gave Elmer a sympathetic look and went out.· The dark-haired vibrancer caught him staring and gave him a withering look.· The waitresses were giving us irritated looks.· He gave her a sharp look, but said nothing.
· He remembered Anne laughing about how much fun it was to give away money they'd saved for retirement.· But I do not enjoy asking people to give me money.· It was soul-destroying to him but it gave him money for his wife and child.· No, she may give me her money and my legitimate heir, and that is all.· He tried to give you money.· Flaubert delighted in their presence and gave them money.· The best way to get attention is for women to raise a lot of money and give a lot of money.
· The new pope was given the name Innocent by the archdeacon and invested with the scarlet mantle which signified his pontificate.· The white kid hesitated, so the black gave out both names.· Better not give any names unless you have to.· She started using her given name in the Western manner rather than her family name, Wei.· She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it.· Ultimately, the Democrats had to return $ 253, 000 given under the Kanchanalak name.· Our letter will give you the name, address and telephone number of the employee dealing with your complaint.· Why were they given such-and-such names for their age-groups?
· I was only given a few days' notice.· The Company is required by Section 376 to give shareholders notice of these resolutions.· I understand the Campaign for Real Ale Limited may change the amount only after giving me prior notice.· Instead they give players adequate notice of starting-times.· An employer who wants to dismiss an employee must give proper notice.· When Salomea tried to find another job, she was turned down because she had been given notice from her previous employment.
· Independent means gave her the opportunity to devote her life to social causes and world peace.· I believe the United States gave me the opportunity to win at the Barcelona Olympics.· Women are not given the opportunities because very often they are not up to the job.· We have been given a millennial opportunity in the Middle East.· However, vehicle owners will be given the opportunity to move or remove any such item beforehand.· He made no promise that he would name centrist, moderate Supreme Court justices if given the opportunity.· It was not till 1906 that a post as instructor at the École de Guerre gave him an opportunity.· Management here is aimed at giving pupils the opportunity to develop these characteristics.
· The highest quality food results can be achieved and the oven has been designed to give optimum performance in this function.· She tells me that unless you are in a state of tension you don't give your best performance.· A 0.61 engine gives superb performance.· The response on both left and right was that he gave a lacklustre performance.
· To give a full picture of this past is a daunting task, not within the scope of this book.· And so that gives a broader picture without quite as much detail.· Disclosure of the main standing Committees would thus give a partial picture only.· Written texts found in Crete give a picture of complex bureaucracy.· They used a thermal imaging camera which gives a picture like this of bodies on the ground.· First, you must decide on the sort of atmosphere that you wish to give your picture.· Table 3.1 gives a picture of the situation today in relation to social class and school attendance.· It is hard to give a precise picture of the extent of poverty in 1870, since no reliable statistics exist.
· And being organized did not give him pleasure.· Or perhaps just what is giving them the pleasure.· This is part of the life that we have created, and which gives us pleasure, support and autonomy.· May we give pleasure to other people by sharing our joy and happiness with them.· Nothing in the whole of her life had ever given her so much pleasure as this.· The flower arrangement from the Society is beautiful and will give pleasure and remembrance for a long time.· When she woke in the morning, it was to clear blue skies, and she gave a sigh of pleasure.
· It gives priority to economic co-operation, reconciliation, family reunions and government-level dialogue.· Sen claims it is essentially a matter of which variable is given priority that separates the major ethical systems and ideologies.· Politicians often claim that human life is beyond economic calculation and must be given absolute priority whatever the cost.· The Renaissance did not neglect scientific research, but it by no means gave it top priority.· The question arises whether some of our married quarters may be sold to housing associations who will give priority to service men.· And Gelbspan gives a good account of alternative-energy programs, which he urges be given greater funding priority.· Entering the Kingdom is by invitation only, and that invitation must be given top priority.· Another condition was that Margaret would allow her husband to give priority to his ministerial work.
· Explain why budgets may mean different things to different people within an organization, giving reasons.· She says she might oppose the final annexation plan if given enough reason.· They gave these as reasons under the anonymity of a questionnaire.· In Illinois, state law requires that a second-year probationary teacher be given notice of the reasons for nonrenewal.· In it she asked him to come home, but she did not give a reason.· None the less, a person who gives reasons is engaging in a valuable activity.· Leo had refused to give reasons for his belief.· Continental gives several reasons for rejecting Pirelli's advances.
· A few yards away, Anthea Darnell was just rising, giving Lee a charming smile.· He looked up and gave me a half smile.· Before disappearing through the brick arch she turned and gave him a final smile and a wave.· He gave me a hesitant smile.· She gave me a weak smile and a fluttery little wave.· Bob gives me a weak smile.· Inwardly he gave a world-weary smile.· She set the mugs down and gave me a quick smile on her way out.
· Nevertheless, she did give outright support to the stand taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.· Moreover, those who have helped you plan your communication will give it their active support. 5.· I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support.· Finally, these decisions give support to a current mistaken view of the Constitution and the constitutional function of this Court.· The earliest Ottoman sources, the chronological lists, moreover, give some support for this statement.· The Texan stumbled badly in Louisiana, which gave most of its support to Buchanan.· These educational institutions suffer from very poor standards and give tacit or open support to the oligarchy.· The surety covenant is given as a support or buttress to covenants given by a tenant to a landlord.
· In all flow-visualization experiments it is necessary to give some thought as to what features of the flow are shown up.· I gave it some thought, and then I gave it some more thought.· The offended divinity gave not a thought to whether the youth had purposely insulted her or had come there in all innocence.· We must therefore give a lot of thought to publicity.· Even at the zenith of my passion for Carolyn, I gave no thought to leaving.· You need to give careful thought to any such stipulation before accepting it.· M University in Corpus Christi, is giving it some thought.
· Horse behaviour is the latest subject to be given the Desmond Morris treatment.· The fish was neither as fresh nor as interesting, given its treatment, as it should have been.· Both Acts were to give uniform treatment to the many different forms of credit arrangement.· He was given the silent treatment during the wagon ride home.· Ethnicity is given more extended treatment in the following chapters.· Most give the matter glancing treatment, if that.· Its contract is to guarantee that the doctors consulted by members of the public are properly qualified and will give competent treatment.
· Before he could give a warning, the Doctor slammed on the brakes.· The authors give warning that the Government has drawn the wrong conclusions from its experience of the poll tax.· Mr Begg gave warning that the consequences of being declared bankrupt would be harsh and severe.· But he gave a final warning to Horsley.· In an eerie echo of Adams, unionist leaders gave warnings of further violence which sounded more like threats than warnings.· Save the Children's team has been in the country since last year, and gave an early warning of the famine.· They are the individuals who must be given early warning if a new spending proposal is in the pipe-line.· He gave the steward a warning stare.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► give something ↔ up► give up something► give something/somebody ↔ up► give somebody ↔ up► give it up for somebody► give (somebody) an impression/a sense/an idea► give something thought/attention/consideration etc► give somebody time/a few weeks/all day etc► I give it six weeks/a month etc► not give something a second thought/another thought► would give anything/a lot/your right arm etc for something► don’t give me that► give somebody what for► give or take a few minutes/a penny/a mile etc► I give you the chairman/prime minister/groom etc► give something ↔ in► give something ↔ out► give out something► give something ↔ outPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► give somebody top/star billing► give me/it a break!► give somebody the bum's rush► get/be given your cards► lend/give colour to something► (give) credit where credit is due► give somebody a dig► give somebody a thick ear► make eyes at somebody/give somebody the eye► somebody would give their eye teeth for something► give somebody a fair crack of the whip► not give a fig/not care a fig (about/for something/somebody)► put a figure on it/give an exact figure► have/give somebody first refusal on something► not give a fuck► God give me strength!► God-given► give something a going-over► give somebody a going-over► give somebody gyp► take a hammering/be given a hammering► give somebody their head► give someone the (old) heave-ho► don’t give a hoot/don’t care two hoots► not give something houseroom► give somebody the hump/get the hump► give somebody ideas/put ideas into somebody’s head► give somebody an inch and they’ll take a yard/mile► give something a lick and a promise► don’t give me that line► be given/get your marching orders► give somebody a dose/taste of their own medicine► not give a monkey’s► give somebody the nod/get the nod from somebody► hand in your notice/give (your) notice► give (somebody) the OK/get the OK► hand/give/offer somebody something on a plate► get/be given a bad press► give something prominence/give prominence to something► give somebody the push/get the push► roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment► give somebody a rollicking► give somebody enough rope to hang themselves► not give something a second thought/without a second thought► not give something a second glance/look► get/be given short shrift► give somebody short measure► give somebody a smack on the lips/cheek► not give/care a sod► give somebody a thick ear/get a thick ear► give somebody a ticking off► give somebody a tickle► with time/given time► not give a toss► not care/give tuppence► give somebody their walking papers► give somebody/get a walloping► somebody would give the world to do something
1present or money [intransitive, transitive] to let someone have something as a present, or to provide something for someonegive somebody something- You have to give yourself over to football if you want to be good at it.
- Drifting, feeling the drug, he closed his eyes and gave himself over to the mirrors in his head.
- He prepared to give himself over to whatever fate Lucifer had in store for him.
- I gave myself over to her ministrations.
- I envisioned her smile, and the long sigh as we gave ourselves over to an honest conversation.
- She wasn't good at being silly, but she gave herself over to the moment.
- The life of the anchoress was hard but she did not necessarily give herself over to excessive penance.
- Why not give herself over to the silliness of it, instead of feeling distress?
- But then, why give them up so abruptly?
- But we would not give it up without a desperate struggle.
- He is not going to give that up.
- I had to give the ball up, and then I had work my butt off to get it back.
- I kept starting new regimes, then finding I couldn't give them up.
- In return for our consent, he swore he would give it up the day after he won the election.
- That's why I want to give it up for adoption.
- After much searching, the village people gave Kay up for dead.
- Gray had been missing for over a year, and his wife was ready to give him up for dead.
- It is as if he gave them up for dead when they left Shiloh.
- On the thirteenth day, Kasturbai knelt before a sacred plant and prayed; she had given him up for lost.
- After George had left his basket at home he gave Willie a hand.
- Even so, some one would usually give me a hand or watch, with amusement, from the corners of their eyes.
- I gave her a hand packing up her clothes and stuff.
- I gave her hand a quick, cautious squeeze.
- It shows that some one out there is thinking of us, and giving us a hand along in the world.
- Léonie said to Rose: I'd like to give you a hand.
- Please, man, give me a hand!
- Compaq is pretty wonderful about fixing such stuff under warranty, so give them a call.
- If Andruw gives you any trouble, give me a call.
- If you'd like to meet up for a drink or something, do give me a call on the above number.
- It's obvious: unless work gives us a buzz, we won't give our best.
- So why not give us a call!
- Still, he would give Carter a call.
- Will you give me a call if you have any ideas?
- You and a friend can give each other a call.
- Are you having trouble fixing the printer? Let me give it a shot.
- But on this case, I can not give it a try - that is the point.
- He says he thought he'd give it a try, but he got stuck.
- Joe gives her the shot twice a week.
- Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.
- She had given up trying to read to him, play with him, teach him anything: he could not learn.
- Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.
- We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.
- I don't like those fancy French desserts. Give me a bowl of chocolate ice cream any day.
- And so this rural scene to which we had escaped gave me a frame of reference to understand my parents.
- Half an hour later, I was in a forest eating the bread they had given me.
- I gave her your number and told her to give me five minutes to warn you first.
- Just give me the one with 80 percent meat, 20 percent filler.
- Minna pulled away and gave me a look that was part triumph and part astonishment.
- Thelma, haggard and overly lipsticked, gave me a refill.
- They'd be sorry for me, they'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist.
- This gave me more information about the teams than any of the other committee members had.
- As David said, the union simply does not give a shit.
- For opening doors and not giving a damn about what anybody else has to say to it.
- I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true.
- It was nature that had turned her grey, she said, and she did not give a damn.
- My ideal would be to not give a damn as much as possible.
- This time she yelled his name, not giving a damn if she looked a fool, and dived after him.
- At 87, Juran is still able to give as good as he gets.
- Don't you worry about Tim. He may be small but he gives as good as he gets!
- It was a tough interview, but I thought the President gave as good as he got.
- The youngest of three sons, Dave can give as good as he gets.
- But in the give and take of biology the tubeworm has to supply raw materials to the bacteria.
- But once in gear, the collective give and take of a vivisystem takes root and persists.
- But with so many areas of potential give and take, the discussions did not run smoothly.
- He had no sense of give and take; no idea of the concessions one made for the sake of social comfort.
- In this liaison there should be a great deal of give and take, generating trust and mutual respect.
- So I think there was more give and take between our performing than any other relationship.
- The next fifteen minutes are spent on the rapid-fire give and take that only another teenager could understand.
- They seem to give and take without design.
- It's nice - I'll give you that - but I still wouldn't want to live there.
- I 'll give you that much, you did.
- It's quite a place, I 'll give it that.
- Okay, I 'll give you that as well.
- They were not incompetents, I 'll give them that.
- Well, it's been your century, you guys, I 'll give you that.
- A parting sniff as she left the room gave the gentleman to understand that he had disappointed her.
- But he had also given her time to think what she was doing.
- But the knotted tensions between people and groups of people give us plenty to think about.
- He would have given anything to believe that Isambard was lying.
- Ireland would be given something new to think about.
- It obviously gave him plenty to think about.
- She'd given more time to thinking about Lucy than anything else for months.
- He gives it to you straight.
- Listen, Dan, let me give it to you straight, as I see it.
- The upstairs bedroom is given over to her collection of antique dolls.
- Afternoons were given over to village leave, organised games, set walks, leisure periods and detention.
- He feared that within a decade it would be given over to factories.
- Less than 1 percent of classroom time is given over to questions that require complex student thought or responses.
- On the second floor, half the space was given over to a dormitory.
- Returning from music, the twenty minutes left before lunch are given over to review for a spelling test.
- The greater part is given over to the well in which the ice was deposited.
- The rest was given over to a bowling green and a large expanse of lawn; the potential for change was enormous.
- The surrounding countryside is lush and fertile and much is given over to agricultural use.
- Cooper gave a good account of himself in the fight.
- Sussex's Wood gave a good account of herself and should have claimed the second set.
- Thirteen-year-old Patsy, who could always give a good account of herself, looked upset.
- Though it gave a good account of itself, Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat.
- Joe was the kind of guy who gave his all every moment on the job.
- She gave her all in the last race, but it wasn't quite good enough to win.
- And I gave her all my power.
- Andrea Lo Cicero was another who gave his all, a prop who could run and tackle and still do the basics.
- Gill and Bernard give her all she needs.
- He supposed that the man with the Northern actorish accent had given her all the advice she needed.
- He won't have a go if you have a bad game, but he expects everyone to give their all.
- I give her all my money.
- It was unfair to drop players who had given their all against West Indies and to bring in others against Sri Lanka.
- Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way.
- These parents would give their right arms to get their kids into a prestigious school.
- As this player counts aloud from one to ten, the other children are given a bell.
- If not, maybe you could give Diana Russell a bell?
- Just give me a bell as to when and where you want him.
- Write to me at the address just inside the back cover or give me a bell on.
- She claimed she wasn't trying to commit suicide, and doctors gave her the benefit of the doubt.
- Something didn't seem quite right, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- Maddox was given a clean bill of health by his doctor.
- If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.
- The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.
- They gave it a clean bill of health.
- Anyway, opens first night - this mind-reader comes on - audience really gives him the bird.
- Holm oak and tamarisk withstand the wind and salt spray and give shelter to the birds.
- Would they, er, give it the bird.
- At 9:40 Claudia gave birth to a nine-pound baby boy.
- Another version has Poseidon raping the Gorgon, Medousa, who gives birth to Persephone.
- Clones of clones are giving birth to other clones.
- Earth gave birth to her last and most frightful offspring, a creature more terrible than any that had gone before.
- Locklear has just given birth to a daughter.
- The Birmingham Canal, authorised in 1768, in effect gave birth to a port.
- These females do not lay eggs; they give birth to young aphids, all of which are females.
- Two months later she gave birth to a female child who was born with club feet.
- We cannot let our democracy become a matter of simply giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years.
- Because the Saints gave an economic boost to the young state, Illinoisans at first greeted them congenially.
- Cally had been intimidated by the occasion and Jen wanted to give her a boost.
- Fishing industry lands a big boost Scarborough's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops.
- He says the government's turnaround on interest and exchange rate policies should give an extra boost to Christmas trading too.
- His defeat gives a further boost to Mr Kinnock's already overriding executive majority.
- It gave her confidence a boost to know that she had spotted him, and it made her actions easy.
- This will give a further boost to the economy.
- This will help to cut pollution and save energy and give a valuable boost to the housing market.
- Give me a break, you guys! I can't get the money until Friday.
- But the council refused to give them a break.
- Expanded IRAs for this higher-income group will give costly tax breaks to people who are already saving for retirement.
- If the assurances were not given or subsequently broken, the firm could be taken to court.
- Instead of using your train time to read two more interoffice memos, give yourself a break and read something for fun.
- It hadn't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife's nagging to give the girl a break.
- That is, if anyone can be persuaded to give Mr Chekhov a break.
- It's obvious: unless work gives us a buzz, we won't give our best.
- It just gives you a buzz.
- Users claim Ecstasy gives them a buzz and an energy high.
- She can give him chapter and verse on Finance Acts and other current legislation, and is rigorous in keeping up to date.
- Besides, under the circumstances, the risk had to be taken.
- Especially under the circumstances and all.
- He made some measure of pass at me. Given the circumstances of a cheese dip, it was cheering.
- He said that he felt that its terms were the best obtainable under the circumstances.
- Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place.
- Their disciplined behavior under the circumstances impressed my father.
- Well given the circumstances who can blame them.
- After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder.
- She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
- So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
- Vernon regretted giving Harcourt the cold shoulder; he would have been some one to laugh with.
- A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder.
- Giving the cold shoulder to his usual tipple, Ian Knight raises his coffee cup to Drinkwise Day.
- She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
- So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
- I hate being left alone in the office with Graham - he gives me the creeps.
- This house gives me the creeps - it's so dark and quiet.
- Tony gives me the creeps.
- As much as he gave her the creeps, there was also this secret fascination.
- It gave him the creeps from the start.
- It gave him the creeps to think of Omar sleeping in the same room where the Judge had died.
- It gives me the creeps, that's all.
- It still gives me the creeps to think of it.
- Northern Nevada gives me the creeps.
- The prospect of being marooned on Gullholm for days with a Heathcliff bereft of his Cathy gave her the creeps.
- Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan.
- For opening doors and not giving a damn about what anybody else has to say to it.
- I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true.
- It was nature that had turned her grey, she said, and she did not give a damn.
- My ideal would be to not give a damn as much as possible.
- This time she yelled his name, not giving a damn if she looked a fool, and dived after him.
- Amy kept crying, and everybody was giving us dirty looks.
- Frank turned round and gave me a really dirty look.
- My aunt's friends always used to give me dirty looks when I brought my kids over, because they knew I wasn't married.
- The chancellor got an earful when he asked the students for feedback.
- Clairvoyantes distress me, Commuters depress me - Met Stetson and gave him an earful.
- I won't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow.
- The girl must have given him the elbow, Harriet decided.
- Q.. Do you think the press has given you a fair shake?
- Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity.
- Did you get a feel for that with those conversations and the two extremes, the shot-gun versus the follow-up?
- He was here to get a feel for the place.
- I can get a rhythm, get a feel for the offense.
- Playing the game itself is lots of fun, once you get a feel for the actual shot settings.
- Rather we get a feeling for the differences in the island societies through encounters with restaurant owners.
- Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land.
- Whenever possible I devoured local newspapers, trying to get a feel for the politics and social conditions of each place.
- As the vans move right over to pass them one of the men gives the team the finger.
- People, young, old and indifferent, can have purple hair, swear at ballgames or give other motorists the finger.
- The Master of Dreams was giving me the finger.
- I decided to give Malpass another five minutes and then I'd disappear.
- Jose Bautista fared even worse, giving up five runs, one a homer to minor-leaguer Tyrone Horne.
- Last week, Vacco gave the company five days to respond before filing a suit.
- Lizzie shortly would marry her rancher, and before she was through would give Buster five brothers and sisters.
- Shakespeare gave the play five castles: Forres.
- She gave him five minutes to pack an overnight bag under Dexter's supervision and say farewell to his family.
- They had given themselves just five weeks to prepare their first issue.
- Why should you give me the five thousand when you know the guy yourself?
- They've given me a free hand with the budget, as long as I stay under $10,000.
- Both these factors gave him a freer hand to negotiate.
- He's given me a free hand to buy horses.
- I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.
- It turns them on and gives them a free hand to be as obnoxious as they want.
- No advanced industrial nation gives corporations a freer hand in busting unions.
- No, it was thanks to my culinary abilities that Marie-Claude gave me free rein of both her kitchen and her bedchamber.
- Then I pretty much give them free rein.
- While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein.
- Don't mention Dad's birthday or you'll give the game away.
- Anyway, the number plate gives the game away.
- But Mr Penrice had given the game away.
- Cats merely have the instinct not to give the game away by revealing all that they are aware of.
- Certain anatomical shapes such as legs, arms, necks, feet or wings tend to give the game away.
- Not, of course, that there is much to give the game away.
- She had nearly given the game away there.
- They saw the mistake-prone Cavs almost give the game away.
- Unfortunately, Godwin's illustrative examples give the game away.
- My old car's finally given up the ghost.
- Doctors said that while his heart was fine, his vascular system had given up the ghost.
- Finally the engine gave up the ghost completely and nothing could persuade it to start again.
- He would ordinarily blow out the candle and give up the ghost.
- The spores do germinate, go through a few perfunctory cell divisions, then give up the ghost.
- They squirmed, shrivelled and after a brief struggle, gave up the ghost.
- This is the gentler way: convince the mind the body's dead and it gives up the ghost.
- What light struggled through the unwashed front window soon gave up the ghost in the air that seemed almost palpably grey.
- With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost.
- And I won't have the Apostate scupper all my efforts by giving Rainbow the glad eye.
- The state utilities commission gave the go-ahead for the water company to raise rates.
- The board just gave us the green light to begin research.
- Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night.
- Everyone has given it the green light.
- Frank always gives me grief about my sloppy handwriting.
- My mother gave me a really hard time about Freddy. She couldn't stand him.
- She left the company because her boss was giving her a really hard time.
- Stop giving me such a hard time. I'm doing my best.
- When I first came here everyone gave me a really hard time, because I was the first woman to run a department.
- Her boss, Detective Hineline, is always giving her a hard time and she never gets really mad at him.
- If you wonder why people give you a hard time, it's because you write shit like this.
- Maybe Modigliani gave them a hard time, I don't know.
- The crew gave him a hard time, and even the cast was cautious about him.
- The laughter had stopped a while ago and, ever since, Lydia's imagination had been giving her a hard time.
- Tom gave him a hard time.
- Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned.
- Yet Wakefield gave them a hard time throughout.
- Do not try to give yourself a head start by dieting earlier than you should.
- He'd given me a head start in my inquiries.
- He felt the best way to cure her was to keep giving her her head.
- Hood: a well-shaped hood gives maximum head cover when the hood is drawn in tightly.
- I thought I could trust her and gave her my heads so that she could use it for one minute.
- Parliamentary systems giving the head of government discretion on timing the election have traditionally been used for advantage by governing parties.
- So give her a head start.
- These results are given in column headed R in Table 6, 1.
- I had lost my heart to the little, golden flowers that brightened the meadows like a thousand suns.
- This very thing was only one of the reasons why he had never wanted to lose his heart to anyone.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I'd mistreated her best friend.
- I'd better go. My wife will give me hell if I'm late home again.
- My mom gave him hell, told him to never say things like that in front of us again.
- But she had told Dorothy, who had told the parents, that Ben gave her the horrors.
- The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors.
- Everyone on the team gave a hundred percent.
- And even with his size he didn't know what to do with Braden standing over him and not giving an inch.
- I was just a novice and he was fairly frightening, not giving an inch until he had sounded you out.
- Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse, but still it would not budge an inch.
- His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life.
- I tried to give her the kiss of life.
- The ship's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived.
- Why didn't you at least try to resuscitate her, give her the kiss of life?
- Joining the Visa network would give it the leg-up it needs.
- Their success gives the lie to predictions of the city's economic doom.
- A string of female rulers, from Boudicca to Margaret Thatcher, gives the lie to that idea.
- And the way Sir William treated him didn't give the lie to the notion.
- Chicken's feet used to give the lie to my bravura claim to Eat Anything, so long as it was recently dead.
- Does not that hostility to the charter give the lie to the Opposition parties' request for freedom of information?
- The Bomb gives the lie to the false Enlightenment doctrine of perpetual progress.
- The quatrain poems give the lie to that.
- The success of our manufactured exports gives the lie to the Opposition's portrayal of manufacturing.
- They posed for photographers at the star-studded show, giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks.
- Good deals in auto stock prices gave the stock market a lift today.
- If I'm feeling down, buying makeup always gives me a lift.
- Can you give me a lift?
- It's you that's wanted down at the station and it was kind of you to give me a lift.
- Later in the day they were given a lift in a horse and cart from west London out into the country.
- Mrs Wright came in and she said she'd give me a lift home.
- Or make some patronising remark about her cute rear end and how he would be delighted to give her a lift over?
- She gave him a lift back to their cottage in Tetbury.
- The man tried to give her a lift and wouldn't take no for an answer.
- They stopped the cab and gave him a lift home, teasing him lightly about the toasts.
- Dad and Charles send their love.
- I am fine and your family is in good health and send their love.
- Now I am alone except for this unwilling stranger and even to him I gave my love freely. 6.
- Of course, she sent her love to Jean.
- Open now your hearts to me; give your love to me.
- Please give my love to Christopher - will speak to you soon.
- Please send me a couple of views of St Albans. Give my love to Kitty.
- We are all fine and Chris and Nick send their love.
- "Do you want to come to the cinema?" "No thanks, I'll give it a miss this time."
- I think I'll give my exercise class a miss tonight - I'm worn out.
- A small pastry hat manifested itself low on my brow, giving the missing barmy look to my regalia.
- I've a good mind to give it a miss.
- So I decided to give it a miss that day.
- Some people love the atmosphere of refuges; others, myself included, would rather give them a miss.
- We considered giving it a miss, but decided it would look rude.
- You were right to give it a miss, my friend.
- And she gave Anwar a mouthful.
- Brian X. They'd pull him in and give him the once-over.
- Could you give it a once-over?
- I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over.
- High real estate prices have given potential buyers pause.
- But it gave you some pause to think of what else might be crawling around there.
- Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.
- It gave him pause, but soon enough he had his own retort.-Yeah, right.
- Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one.
- The breadth of this holding gives one pause.
- Their sparring for position of least-favoured son gave me pause for thought.
- Yet the offer seems to have given Burton no pause.
- I was so mad that I called back and gave her a piece of my mind.
- If one of the kids is being sassy, Inez gives them a piece of her mind.
- Boy, am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him.
- But it was worth it, to give Hilda Machin a piece of her mind.
- I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind.
- Ready to give somebody a piece of her mind, Aunt Pat strode to the front door and flung it open.
- She'd give Gloria a piece of her mind when she got home!
- She managed to manoeuvre into the remaining space and got out to give somebody a piece of her mind.
- Vanessa gave me a poke in the ribs.
- D'Arcy had opened her up, exposing her raw emotions, giving no quarter and taking none.
- He says you give no quarter.
- Henry sends his regrets - he has the flu.
- Despite giving full rein to Laura's inner struggles and torments, Fuentes is far more interested in the grand scale.
- So, goes the conspiracy, the Foreign Office can now give free rein to its instinctive Arabism.
- The result has been that recent chancellors have been able to give free rein to their tax-reforming ambitions.
- You'd be given free rein to run the show how you wanted it.
- I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.
- No, it was thanks to my culinary abilities that Marie-Claude gave me free rein of both her kitchen and her bedchamber.
- Such as he can not comprehend that which prompts others to give their heart free rein!
- Then I pretty much give them free rein.
- While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein.
- I think you should just give it a rest for a few weeks.
- Now you can give your imagination a rest.
- On first hearing, I prematurely thought Vin Garbutt had given abortion a rest.
- On holiday you might like to give your feet a rest and not wear socks.
- The subs off the Washington bench contribute thirty-three points while giving the starters a rest.
- There was a reason for stopping, at least a reason to give it a rest.
- They must give you the rest of the story themselves.
- We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses.
- You've been complaining all day. Why don't you just give it a rest?
- I think you should just give it a rest for a few weeks.
- It is not only more kind, but more intelligent, to give it a rest or let it slow down.
- It was time to give it a rest.
- Take your head off and give it a rest.
- There was a reason for stopping, at least a reason to give it a rest.
- All points in a given delay ring are indistinguishable from one another using this information alone.
- Any reader wanting the right detector to suit his pocket and plenty of sound advice is welcome to give me a ring.
- Evil is devious, it is trying to turn Good against Good by making Frodo try to give the Ring away.
- Mr Evans gave it to me and he gave Carrie a ring.
- Perhaps, he thought with sudden abandon, he should give Edith Mallory a ring this very moment and express his thanks.
- Whatever your needs or circumstances give us a ring now!
- You then push the cable connector on to one side of the T-connector and give the lock ring a twist.
- Daily shaving can give rise to a number of skin problems.
- The success of "Pamela" gave rise to a number of imitations.
- It has moved off the line of hot spots that gave rise to it.
- It is the notion of a norm that perhaps gives rise to the central representation problem.
- It is the term that, on its own, gives rise to the Kasner solutions.
- More commonly, larval numbers increase on pasture in summer and autumn giving rise to clinical problems during these seasons.
- The great cultural diversion of the country, and the conflicts which this gave rise to, found expression in popular song.
- The motion of the ions and electrons in the sheet is such that it gives rise to a net current around Jupiter.
- This could give rise to questions such as: How can shadows be made?
- To proceed without doing so would give rise to conflicts of interest which could impede the proper performance of his duties.
- At which juncture, Shelford gave his troops a roasting.
- Chancellor Norman Lamont will today begin hauling in bank bosses one by one to give them a roasting.
- You gave me enough rope for eighteen months, and now ... He gripped the back of the chair in front of him.
- I get this sort of aching feeling in my nose, and I give it a rub.
- Slosser gave Boyd a run for his money in the 1996 GOP primary.
- I called the insurance company about this claim, but they kept giving me the runaround.
- Q.. Do you think the press has given you a fair shake?
- Go out and mow the lawn, and don't give me any shit about it, either.
- As David said, the union simply does not give a shit.
- Just thinking about flying in an airplane gives me the shivers.
- Rail privatisation gives them the shivers.
- I'm not promising I'll succeed, but I'll give it my best shot.
- Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot.
- I'd have given it my best shot, and that was all anyone could demand from me.
- I just have a feeling that we have given it our best shot.
- The band gave it their best shot, until the arrival of the blue meanies put an end to the proceedings.
- You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown, but I had to give it my best shot.
- Give me a shout when you're ready to go.
- Angel glanced round and gave a shout of warning.
- Anyway, give me a shout if you want me.
- At each round the Confederate artillerymen gave a shout, which seemed surprisingly near.
- I tugged the ribbon and lifted the lid and heard myself give a harsh shout of anger and rejection and probably shame.
- Melwas gave a shout, and swung his sword up for the kill.
- Suddenly I was full of hope again, and I gave a great shout of happiness.
- Suddenly the man called Barakai gave a shout, then charged.
- Hey, cut me some slack, man, I'm only a few bucks short.
- She played the fish, gave it some slack and let it run till it hesitated, then slowly drew it back.
- The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack.
- Eddie gave her the slip in the hotel lobby.
- I wanted to talk to her before she left the hotel, but she gave me the slip.
- Watch him very carefully - he might try and give us the slip.
- A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out.
- After giving their pursuers the slip, the thieves abandoned the Cavalier.
- But she was confident she could give the police the slip.
- But to find her meant giving him the slip, and she hadn't been too successful at that the last time.
- He gave her the slip, and there was a pause.
- Perhaps he thought that, and he'd given me the slip.
- Somehow the Girls gave Daisy the slip and went off with them.
- Time allowed 08:29 Still at large ... armed prisoner gives police the slip.
- He should have read the writing on the machine they gave him to spin the golden thread.
- Lively in flavor but quick to prepare, this chicken dish gives a new spin to the traditional grilled fare.
- This means that their spins are guaranteed to cancel each other out to give a total spin of zero.
- He doesn't give his stick to just anybody.
- I felt the blood running down my face, and the pain gave me strength.
- Some one give me strength, I pray.
- To find such understanding in a book gave me strength.
- When things looked dark, when the way was long, you gave me strength to continue.
- You say that I have the endurance - you say it in order to give me strength.
- I was just out with friends - you don't have to give me the third degree.
- Whenever one of my boyfriends came to the house, Dad would give them the third degree.
- And would Feargal now give him the third degree?
- "I'm really sorry about that." "Don't give another thought."
- "I'm sorry we had to cancel the party.'' "Oh, please don't give it another thought. It wasn't your fault that you were ill!''
- Hop on over to the end of the road and give her a tinkle.
- A second glance put my mind to rest, but for a moment there it gave me a turn.
- Facilitators at corners play crossing guards, giving directions for turning.
- Higher ratio power steering gives tighter turns, but the tendency to slight wanderings on the straight is still there.
- Nero sends his luv, you know he's coming over here to give us a turn this winter.
- This gives everybody a turn at catching.
- Thus at this imaginary point A they give up, turn around, and go home.
- We have ten Free Curl Combi stylers to give away - turn to page 54 for details.
- A friend of your daughter's gave us to understand that you lived in Michigan.
- Although I received no official indication, I was given to understand that I would be promoted within a year.
- A parting sniff as she left the room gave the gentleman to understand that he had disappointed her.
- Colonel Fergusson had long since given up trying to understand the business.
- He gave me to understand that the bamboo beetle would soon be killed off by the sea air.
- He gave up trying to understand it and vowed to harden himself more.
- Sergeant Bramble and Constable Quince very quickly gave up trying to understand what it was that the experts were looking for.
- She gave him to understand that her city was his as well as she herself.
- Gary grew impatient and finally gave vent to his anger.
- Hadrian was an outstanding architect himself, and here he gave vent to one of his interests.
- He gave vent to his anger and lambasted the shipping manager for not having alerted him that Clarion Call was overdue.
- If the children had a complaint about their parents, she helped them give vent to it.
- It may be sufficient to listen to Joseph and allow him to give vent to his anger.
- Nevertheless, she was sufficiently alert to give vent to her usual state of ill-humour.
- Richard faced the non-existent audience and so couldn't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds.
- Such people are ready to give vent to their resentment whenever a Volunteer commits even a minor transgression.
- Understanding anger and aggression Forms of anger and aggression Children give vent to their anger in various ways.
- How could a Prime Minister who gave voice to such sentiments be regarded as a political figure in his own right?
- However, those same three astronauts, when coming down, gave voice to a couple of suggestions.
- Maslow was giving voice to some delicate possibility within me, and I was powerfully drawn to it.
- McMillan has given voice to a generation of middle-class black women and found a huge crossover audience in the process.
- Ossie Davis, who has given voice to figures in earlier Burns films, narrates.
- Sunday schools too were booming and every week little people were taught to give voice to such emollient verses as these.
- Unfortunately, many citizens think along the lines that rightwingers give voice to.
- We use words to give voice to our thoughts and feelings and to attempt to convey them to other people.
- He was changing a light bulb when the ladder gave way.
- The crowd surged forward and the fence gave way.
- The whole side of the hill gave way after a week of heavy rain.
- And when they meet on the same road one of the two must give way to the other.
- As the heavy stone had been placed in the middle of the circle, the ground had given way a little.
- But - the railings had given way at this point, and the parade sloped a little.
- Feeling the ground give way, she naturally clutched at the strawberry plants for support.
- He aimed a hefty kick at the door, and there was a splintering sound as wood gave way to metal.
- Her large eyes had an earnest expression which frequently gave way to laughter.
- The man didn't give way, and Erlich stepped into the road to let him pass.
- This weakness is particularly evident early in the book, but it fortunately gives way when the pace quickens.
- Why don't you give golf a whirl?
- I had learned two, at that point, and was disappointed not to have a chance to give them a whirl.
- I intend to remain faithful, simply because I've given infidelity a whirl and it doesn't work for me.
- Kathryn Baron gives it a whirl and doesn't look back.
- So when you see me overtaking, stop shouting and give it a whirl.
- There was also some excitement on the oil pitch, with a number of old stories given another whirl.
- Sandie's been giving her a wide berth since the argument.
- A marabou stork was poking about nearby in a pile of rubbish, and I gave it a wide berth.
- Besides, in most vacation areas the locals learn to give a wide berth to tourists in their rented land yachts.
- Passers-by gave her a wide berth.
- People shuffle past, giving us a wide berth.
- Sandie gives her a wide berth.
- She saw him coming and intended to give him a wide berth.
- Ssamois with polenta the centrepiece of the Menu Gastronomico Valdostano, so I gave that a wide berth.
- The chil-dren sensed his tension and gave him a wide berth.
What did Bob give you for your birthday? Researchers were given a £10,000 grant to continue their work. I’ve got some old diaries that my grandmother gave me years ago.give something to somebody a ring which was given to him by his mother I didn’t steal it! Maria gave it to me! Most people are willing to give to charity. The situation is now desperate, so please give generously. ► Don’t say ‘give to someone something’: He gave me a card (NOT He gave to me a card). | They gave a prize to the best chef (NOT They gave to the best chef a prize).2put something in somebody’s hand [transitive] to put something in someone’s handgive somebody something Give me the letter, please.give something to somebody He poured some wine into a glass and gave it to her.3let somebody do something [transitive] to allow or make it possible for someone to do somethinggive somebody something He finally gave us permission to leave. These meetings give everyone a chance to express their opinions. Students are given the freedom to choose their own topics. Language gives us the ability to communicate at a much higher level than any other animal. Women were given the vote in the early 1900s.give somebody control/authority/responsibility etc She was given absolute control over all recruitment decisions.give something to somebody This bill will give more power to local authorities.4tell somebody something [transitive] to tell someone information or details about something, or to tell someone what they should do: She gave me some information on university courses. My secretary will be able to give you more details. Let me give you some advice.give orders/instructions She certainly likes giving orders. They were given strict instructions not to tell anyone. Can you give me directions to the station (=tell me how to go there)? He gave the following example. You may have to give evidence in court (=tell a court about what you have seen or know to be true).give an account/description He gave a disturbing account of the murder.5make a movement/do an action [transitive] to do something by making a movement with your hand, face, body etcgive a smile/laugh/grin/frown/yawn etc She gave a little frown. Joel gave me a smile as I walked in. He gave her a big hug.give a wave/movement/signal He gave a wave of his hand. Don’t move until I give the signal.give something a shake/rattle/tug etc She picked up the envelope and gave it a shake.6speech/talk/performance [transitive] to make a speech, perform a piece of music etc for a group of peoplegive a talk/speech/lecture He’s giving a talk on early Roman pottery.give a performance/display They gave one of their best performances to date.7make somebody have a feeling [transitive] to make someone have a feelinggive somebody something He gave us quite a shock. The course has given me a lot more confidence. His job did not give him much sense of fulfilment.give something to somebody Their music has given pleasure to a lot of people over the years.give somebody a headache/hangover Keep the noise down – you’re giving me a headache!8make somebody have problems [transitive] to make someone have problemsgive somebody problems/trouble/difficulties The new software has given us quite a few problems.9make somebody ill [transitive] to infect someone with the same illness that you havegive somebody something Don’t come too close – I don’t want you to give me your cold!give something to somebody It’s very unlikely a doctor could give HIV to a patient.10organize a social event [transitive] to organize a social event such as a party SYN hold, put on: We’re giving a small party for dad’s birthday next week.11make somebody do something [transitive] to tell someone to do a job or piece of workgive somebody work/homework etc How much homework are you given in a week? He’s always giving us chores to do around the house.12make somebody/something have a quality [transitive] to make someone or something have a particular quality SYN lendgive somebody/something something The ginger gives the dish a wonderful spicy flavour. His grey hair gave him an air of distinction. Its association with the movie industry has given the place a certain glamor.13pay for [transitive] to pay a particular amount of money for something: They say they’re not willing to give any more than they’ve already offered.give somebody something for something They gave us £700 for our old car. How much will you give me for these two games?► see thesaurus at pay14behave towards [transitive] to behave towards someone in a way that shows you have a particular attitude or feeling towards themgive somebody loyalty/obedience/respect The people were expected to give their leader absolute obedience and loyalty.15punishment [transitive] to officially say that someone must have a particular punishmentgive somebody a fine/a sentence If you don’t pay on time, you could be given a fine of up to $1,000.give somebody six months/three years etc (=in prison) The judge gave her two years in prison.16give (somebody) an impression/a sense/an idea to make someone think about something in a particular way: I didn’t want to give him the wrong idea about the job. The report gives us a very accurate picture of life in the inner cities.17give something thought/attention/consideration etc (also give thought/attention/consideration etc to something) to spend some time thinking about something carefully: Congress has been giving the crime bill serious consideration. I’ll give the matter some thought and let you know my decision next week.18give (somebody) a hand spoken to help someone do something: Can you give me a hand?give with Shall I give you a hand with that bag?19give somebody a call/buzz (also give somebody a ring/bell British English) informal to telephone someone: I’ll give you a call about seven, okay?20give something a try/shot/whirl (also give something a go British English) informal to try to do something, especially something you have not done before: I’m not usually much good at this sort of game, but I’ll give it a go.21give somebody time/a few weeks/all day etc to allow time for someone to do something, or for something to happen: I’ve asked him to give me a couple more days to finish my essay. Flexible working hours could give working parents more time to spend with their children.22I give it six weeks/a month etc spoken used to say that you do not think something will continue successfully for very long: I give the project six months at the most before it all falls apart.23not give something a second thought/another thought to not think or worry about something at all: The matter didn’t seem important, and I hardly gave it a second thought.24be less strict [intransitive] to be willing to change what you think or do according to what else happens: I think that both sides need to give a little.25state a decision [transitive] British English to state what your official decision or judgment is, for example in a game: The referee has given a penalty. The jury will be giving its verdict within the next couple of days.26give a mark/score [transitive] to decide that someone should have a particular score or mark for something that they have done: She only gave me a B for my last essay. The judges have given him top marks for this performance.27bend/stretch [intransitive] if a material gives, it bends or stretches when you put pressure on it: New shoes often feel tight, but the leather should give a little after a few days.28break/move [intransitive] if something gives, it breaks or moves away suddenly because of weight or pressure on it: The branch suddenly gave beneath him. I pushed against the door with all my might, but it still wouldn’t give.29give me something (any day/time) spoken used to say that you like something much more than something else: Give me good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll any day!30would give anything/a lot/your right arm etc for something spoken used when you would like something very much: I’d give my right arm for a figure like that.31not give a damn/shit etc spoken not polite used to say that you do not care at all about something: · I don’t give a damn what you think.32don’t give me that spoken used to say that you do not believe someone’s excuse or explanation: Don’t give me that! I know exactly where you’ve been!33 give somebody what for spoken to tell someone angrily that you are annoyed with them: I’ll give that boy what for when I see him!34give as good as you get to fight or argue with someone using the same amount of skill or force that they are using: I don’t worry about Emma because I know she can give as good as she gets.35give and take informal to help other people and do things for them as well as expecting them to do things for you: You have to learn to give and take in any relationship.36give or take a few minutes/a penny/a mile etc spoken used to say that the amount or figure that you have just mentioned is nearly correct, but not exactly: It’ll be a £1,000, give or take £50 or so.37I’ll give you that spoken used to admit that someone is right about something: I was wrong to trust him, I’ll give you that.38give somebody to understand/think/believe something formal to make someone think that a particular thing is true: I was given to understand that I would be offered a permanent job.39give it to somebody straight informal to tell someone something in a clear direct way: There’s no point in beating about the bush, so I’ll give it to you straight.40 I give you the chairman/prime minister/groom etc British English spoken used at the end of a formal speech to invite people to welcome a special guest41sex [transitive] old-fashioned if a woman gives herself to a man, she has sex with himTHESAURUSgive to let someone have something, without expecting to be paid for it: · He was always giving me gifts.· They gave a free drink to all their customers.donate to give money to an organization that helps people or protects something, or to give your blood or part of your body to save someone’s life: · The company donates 1 per cent of its profits to charity.· 70% of people wanted to donate their organs after death.award to officially give money or a prize to someone: · She was awarded a million dollars in damages.· Hollywood awarded him an Oscar for his performance.present to formally or officially give something to someone by putting it in their hands, especially at a formal ceremony: · They presented her with a bouquet of flowers.leave (also bequeath /bɪˈkwiːð, bɪˈkwiːθ/ formal) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death: · He left most of his property to his wife.lavish somebody with something/lavish something on somebody formal to give someone a lot of something, especially praise, attention, or gifts: · After his team won, the press lavished him with praise.confer formal to give someone an honour, a university degree, or the right or power to do something: · the powers conferred on him by Parliament· the highest honor that her country could confer on herbestow formal to give someone something to show how much they are respected, for example an honour, a title, or a gift – a very formal use: · He was also bestowed the title of ‘Cultural Ambassador of Grenada’.to give something to a group of peoplehand something out/give something out to give something to each of the people in a group: · The teacher handed out the test papers.· I’m going to give out some forms for you to fill in.distribute to give things to a large number of people, especially in the streets: · Anti-war protesters were distributing leaflets.share (also share something out British English) to divide something into equal parts and give a part to each person: · They shared the profits among the staff.give somebody/something away phrasal verb1to give something to someone because you do not want or need it for yourself: I gave most of my books away when I left college.give away to Give your old clothes away to a thrift shop.2to give something to someone without asking for any money, rather than selling it to them: We’re giving away a free diary with tomorrow’s newspaper.give away to We have 1,000 CDs to give away to our readers.3to show where someone is or what they are doing or thinking when they are trying to keep this a secret: Don’t worry, I won’t give you away. Sue tried to smile, but her voice gave her away.give yourself away I knew that if I moved I would give myself away. The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret).4to tell someone something that you should keep secret: He gave away as little information as possible. I don’t want to give away exactly how the system works. I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much.5to lose in a game or competition by doing something badly or making mistakes: We gave away two goals in the first half. The Democrats are now in danger of giving the whole election away.6to give formal permission for a woman to marry a man as part of a traditional wedding ceremonygive something ↔ back phrasal verb1to give something to the person it belongs to or the person who gave it to you: This isn’t your money and you must give it back. Of course you can have a look at it, as long as you give it back.give something back to somebody I’ll give the keys back to you tomorrow morning.give somebody something ↔ back Her ex-husband refused to give her back any of her old photos and letters.2to make it possible for someone to have or do something again SYN restoregive somebody something ↔ back He underwent an expensive operation to give him back his sight. The company finally agreed to give the women their old jobs back.give something back to somebody This legislation will give more power back to local authorities.give in phrasal verb1to finally agree to do or accept something that you had at first opposed, especially because someone has forced or persuaded you to: Eventually I gave in and accepted the job on their terms. Bob’s wife went on at him so much that eventually he gave in.give in to The government refused to give in to their demands.2to accept that you are defeated in a game, fight, competition etc: The rebels were eventually forced to give in. We will carry on fighting to the end. We will never give in.3give something ↔ in British English to give a piece of work or something you have written to someone in authority SYN hand in: You were supposed to give this work in four days ago. Rose decided to give in her notice (=officially say she was going to leave her job).give in to All assignments must be given in to your teacher by Friday.give in to something phrasal verb to no longer try to stop yourself from doing something you want to do: Don’t give in to the temptation to argue back. If you feel the urge for a cigarette, try not to give in to it.give of something phrasal verb formal if you give of yourself, your time, your money etc, you do things for other people without expecting anything in return: Retired people are often willing to give of their time to help with community projects.give off something phrasal verb to produce a smell, light, heat, a sound etc: The wood gave off a sweet, perfumed smell as it burned.give onto something phrasal verb if a window, door, or building gives onto a particular place, it leads to that place or you can see that place from it: the garden gate that gives onto the main road a small balcony giving onto fieldsgive out phrasal verb1give something ↔ out to give something to each person in a group SYN hand out: Can you give the drinks out, please?give out to Students were giving out leaflets to everyone on the street.2if part of your body gives out, it stops working properly or becomes much weaker: Just as I approached the town, my legs finally gave out.3if a supply of something gives out, there is none left: My money was beginning to give out and there were no jobs to be found. After two hours her patience gave out.4give out something to produce something such as light, heat, or a signal SYN emit: A gas lamp gave out a pale yellowish light.5give something ↔ out British English formal to announce something, especially officially: It was given out that the government was to enter into negotiations with the rebels.give over phrasal verb British English spoken informal to stop doing or saying something that is annoying other people: I wish you lot would just give over!give over doing something Oh, give over complaining, we’re nearly there.give something over to somebody/something phrasal verb1be given over to something to be used for a particular purpose: The land surrounding the village was given over to vineyards. The whole day was given over to cooking and preparing for the celebrations.2give yourself over to something to spend all your time doing something: In his youth he had given himself over to pleasure.3to give responsibility for or control over something to a particular person, organization etc: The running of internal affairs was given over to the Chancellor.give up phrasal verb1give something ↔ up to stop doing something, especially something that you do regularly: Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this season. She gave up her job and started writing poetry.give up doing something I gave up going to the theatre when I moved out of London. Why don’t you give up smoking?2to stop trying to do something: We spent half an hour looking for the keys, but eventually gave up and went home. I give up. What’s the answer? You shouldn’t give up so easily.give up doing something I gave up trying to persuade him to continue with his studies.give something ↔ up She has still not given up the search. The ground was too hard to dig so I gave it up as a bad job (=stopped trying because success seemed unlikely).3give yourself/somebody up to allow yourself or someone else to be caught by the police or enemy soldiers: The siege ended peacefully after the gunman gave himself up.give up to In the end, his family gave him up to the police.4give up something to use some of your time to do a particular thing: I don’t mind giving up a couple of hours a week to deal with correspondence.5give something/somebody ↔ up to give something that is yours to someone else: The family refused to give up any of their land. She was put under tremendous pressure to give the baby up.give up to I would always give my seat up to an elderly person on the bus.6give somebody ↔ up to end a romantic relationship with someone, even though you do not really want to: I knew deep down that I should give him up.7give somebody up for dead/lost etc to believe that someone is dead and stop looking for them: The ship sank and the crew were given up for dead.8give it up for somebody spoken informal used to ask people to applaud someone → give up the ghost at ghost1(5)give up on somebody/something phrasal verb to stop hoping that someone or something will change or improve: He’d been in a coma for six months, and doctors had almost given up on him. At that point, I hadn’t completely given up on the marriage.give yourself up to something phrasal verb to allow yourself to feel an emotion completely, without trying to control it: He gave himself up to despair.give1 verbgive2 noun
givegive2 noun [uncountable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- This skirt doesn't have a lot of give to it.
- Obviously, in any negotiations there has to be a give and a take.
- There was hardly any give at all.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The rope has quite a bit of give in it.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Pope Leo gave him absolution. an issue that wasn’t given an airing during the campaign Put your houseplants outside to give them an airing. We’ve got the all clear for the new project. His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition. Parliament gave its assent to war. He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday. These annoying tourists give all Americans a bad name. They gave him a real bashing. Mama gave me a big hug. Some fish can give you a nasty bite. Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. The station master gave a blast on his whistle and we were off. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. Add a little more vanilla, to give the flavor a boost. Are you sure the station is on your way? I don’t want to give you any extra bother. This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due. I’ll just give my hair a quick brush. She gave him the brush-off. The presenter gave her a big build-up. Playing well gives me a buzz. The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. Police spotted the car and gave chase (=chased it). So let’s give a cheer to the kids who passed their exams. She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband. He gave him a clout round the ear. They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip. Come over here and let me give you a cuddle. The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. Being my wife doesn’t give you the divine right to read my mail. The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. Ireland gave England a drubbing at Twickenham. Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest. My family name gave me an entrée into upper-class Boston society. The new owner had given the pub a facelift. Try to give each student some feedback on the task. A cut in lending rates would give a fillip to the housing market. Being given first aid at the scene of the accident probably saved his life. When she won the final game of the set, she did a fist pump. She gave freely to charity. You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! She gave a little gasp and clutched George’s hand. Please give generously to the refugee fund. I’d thought about it for some time and decided to give it a go (=try to do something). It gives me great pleasure (=I am very pleased) to introduce tonight’s speaker. This chapter gives you some guidelines to help you in your work. Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance. Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. Looking into the dark cave gave me the heebie-jeebies. She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children. Paul gave me a big hug. The mirrors in the room gave an illusion of greater space. The discovery gave fresh impetus to the research. Could you give me some indication as to when I am likely to receive a reply? The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis. The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt. Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance. Students were handing out election leaflets at the station. Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions. John gave me a lift home. Don’t give me any of your lip! Mike gave him such a severe look he didn’t dare argue. Ryan gave me the lowdown on the meeting. It’s time we gave the kitchen a makeover. Joan gave me a gentle neck massage. She gave a little moan of pleasure. His dog gave me a painful nip on the leg. I showed the doorman my card and he gave a friendly nod. Hannah gave me a gentle nudge. Ali gives his opponent the old one-two, and it’s all over. Fans gave the rock group a thunderous ovation. Tyler was convicted but was granted a royal pardon (=one given by a king or queen). You may be required to give particulars of the change in your financial position. Mrs Dodd gave the child a pat on the head. He gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Alam gave the Pakistani team a pep talk. Ralph gave me some pointers on my golf swing. Safety must be given precedence. I’m going to ask each of you to make a short presentation. We must give primacy to education. ‘Go on,’ he whispered, giving me a prod in the back. Why don’t you ring the shop and give them a prod? He gave her a sharp pull forward. If the door’s stuck, just give it a push. Ask the builder to give you a written quotation for the job. They are offering practical help and reassurance. They refused to give me a refund. We need to give students plenty of positive reinforcement. The US Supreme Court voted against granting Smith a reprieve (=against giving him one). I gave my hands a quick rinse. A priest came to give him the last rites. She gave us a running commentary on what was happening in the street. They’ve never actually given anyone the sack. You really gave us a scare! He brushed his hair and gave his scalp a good scratch. I gave the floor a good scrub. A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to the scheme. I just want to give these kids a second chance. The department gave Tom a send-off he won’t forget! The vicar gave a sermon on charity. Tom gave a shout of laughter when he saw them. We gave a shower for Beth. Ella let out a piercing shriek. The building gave a sudden shudder. He gave Oliver a sidelong glance. Julia gave Roy a slap on the cheek. I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago. The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages. She gave a loud sniff. He gave a loud snort. Thurman was reluctant to go into specifics about the deal. A salesman started giving us a spiel about life insurance. Marty gave her hand a little squeeze. I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve. The project was finally given the thumbs up. Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members. He gave me a wedgie. You need to give it some wellie. She gave the ball a whack. All this talk about ghosts is giving me the willies. He gave her a wink. He gave the rope a yank. She let out a yell when she saw me. The water was hotter than she had expected, and she gave an involuntary yelp.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
The rope has quite a bit of give in it. Pope Leo gave him absolution.· Marshall gave the police his account of how the fight started.
· She refused to give me her address.
· His height gives him a big advantage.
· My father once gave me some useful advice.· The scheme has given advice and training to scores of youngsters taking part.
an issue that wasn’t given an airing during the campaign Put your houseplants outside to give them an airing. We’ve got the all clear for the new project. His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition.· I’ll give you an answer tomorrow.
· His uniform gave him an official appearance.
(also stimulate your appetite formal)· The exercise and fresh air had given us an appetite.· The aroma of the herbs and spices helps stimulate the appetite.
· Congress gave final approval on October 8.
Parliament gave its assent to war.· Our staff can give assistance with any problems that may arise.
He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday.· They had to abandon their attempt to climb the mountain.
(=think about something or someone so that you can deal with a problem)· She promised to give the matter her attention the next day.
· The award is given each year to the best new artist.
· She had the baby at home.· Sue gave birth to a baby boy.
These annoying tourists give all Americans a bad name.· Magistrates adjourned the case until June 9 and Smith was granted bail.
· The training gives you a broad base in actually running an organization.
They gave him a real bashing.· He's upstairs giving the baby a bath.
Mama gave me a big hug. (=hit your hands together with enthusiasm, to show you have enjoyed a performance)
· I never know what to give him for his birthday.
Some fish can give you a nasty bite. Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. The station master gave a blast on his whistle and we were off. The Defense Department has given its blessing to the scheme. (=provide blood from your body for the medical treatment of other people)· The Health Service is asking for more people to donate blood.
Add a little more vanilla, to give the flavor a boost. Are you sure the station is on your way? I don’t want to give you any extra bother. (=bow to the audience at the end of a performance) The music ended and the girl took a bow. He gave a final bow just as the curtains came down.
The music ended and the girl took a bow. He gave a final bow just as the curtains came down. This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due.· They issued passports to people who gave them bribes.
· The prime minister gave a television broadcast to the country at 10:15.
I’ll just give my hair a quick brush. She gave him the brush-off. The presenter gave her a big build-up. Playing well gives me a buzz. (=phone someone)· I’ll give him a call later today.
The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company’s profits. (=to give people prizes for good achievements at school or college)· A prize-giving ceremony will take place tomorrow night at the university.
(=say how likely it is that they will do it)· He has been given a fifty-fifty chance of being fit for Sunday’s match.
· I was given the chance to play the main part in the play.· Sport provides a chance for you to get outside with friends.
(=if there is an opportunity to do something)· Goats will eat anything, given half a chance.
· I like to give a small amount of what I earn to charity.
Police spotted the car and gave chase (=chased it).· I’d like you to give the car a careful check.
So let’s give a cheer to the kids who passed their exams.· Can I give you a cheque, or would you prefer cash?
· Her doctor gave her a choice: take medicine or lose weight.
(=if you had a choice)· Given the choice, I probably wouldn’t work.
· What can I give Dad for Christmas?
British English Come on everyone, let’s give Tommy a clap.
Come on everyone, let’s give Tommy a clap. She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband. He gave him a clout round the ear. (=do something to show you are sexually interested in someone)
· It was impossible to give her any comfort.
(also issue a command formal)· The General gave the command to open fire.
· His job is to give a non-stop commentary on each moment in the game.
· The government gave a commitment to withdraw all its forces.
· He was always paying her compliments.
· The group gave concerts for charity throughout Europe.
· I had really good teachers who gave me a lot of confidence in myself.
· The child’s parents have to give their consent to the operation.
· It’s an interesting idea and I’ll give it some consideration.
(=because there are particular constraints on something)· Given the constraints on space in the city, most people live in tiny apartments.
· He was given a new two-year contract in March.
(=makes you feel that you have courage)· My mother nodded, which gave me the courage to speak up.
· In the west, the story wasn't given any media coverage.
They feel they haven’t been given a fair crack of the whip.· I’m tired of you giving me crap (=saying bad things) about my long hair.
(=to believe or accept something as true) I don’t give any credence to these rumors.
I don’t give any credence to these rumors.· There's enough evidence to give credibility to this theory.
(=allow customers to buy things on credit)· A business may lose customers if it does not give credit.
· The woman looked up and gave a cry of fear.
Come over here and let me give you a cuddle. (=be legally allowed to have it)· The court will decide who will be given custody.
The team are relying on Gregg to give them a cutting edge. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet.· Can you give me a definition of 'psychology'?
· When I left, the landlord refused to give me my deposit back.
· She was unable to give the police a description of her attacker.
· Our price list gives details of special offers.
· They'll be able to give me a diagnosis when they get the results of the tests.
formal (=cause them)· The stormy weather gave rise to difficulties for many of the competitors in the yacht race.
· Digital cameras have added a new dimension to photography.
· Luke's given me directions to his house.
· Many theatres give discounts to students.
Being my wife doesn’t give you the divine right to read my mail. (=give money)· He made a large donation to Cancer Research.
· A nurse came in to give me a dose of antibiotics.
The tobacco companies got a severe dressing-down. Ireland gave England a drubbing at Twickenham. Freddy, to give him his due (=to be fair to him), always tried to be honest. (=give someone a small advantage)· I hope my qualifications and experience will give me the edge.
· The school aims to provide a good general education.
· Since league tables were introduced, schools have given even greater emphasis to exam results.
· He was offered employment in the company’s main office.
· My father always gave us a lot of encouragement.
My family name gave me an entrée into upper-class Boston society.· Half the class failed to hand in their essay on time.
· The builder gave me an estimate of £10,000.
(=tell a court about what you have seen or know to be true)· Ms White has agreed to give evidence at their trial.
· Let me give you an example of how this might happen.
formal (=give someone special permission to do something)· Two of the asylum seekers were given exceptional leave to stay in Britain.
· I'll have to give my boss some kind of excuse.
· The police gave no explanation for their actions.
formal (=express something)· In the book, he gives expression to his political ideals.
The new owner had given the pub a facelift.· Newspapers have a duty to give their readers the facts.
· He gave a feast to which all the villagers were invited.
Try to give each student some feedback on the task.· My work gives me a feeling of achievement.
A cut in lending rates would give a fillip to the housing market. Being given first aid at the scene of the accident probably saved his life. When she won the final game of the set, she did a fist pump.· Herbs add flavor to a salad.
· Economists gave an upbeat forecast for the world economy.
She gave freely to charity. You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that! She gave a little gasp and clutched George’s hand. Please give generously to the refugee fund.· We gave her a gift on her birthday.
(=to laugh)· She gave a little giggle.
(=make someone laugh)· The way he was waving his arms around gave us the giggles.
· He gave Imran a quick glance.
I’d thought about it for some time and decided to give it a go (=try to do something). (=the right to do something without asking anyone else’s opinion)
(=the right to do something without asking anyone else’s opinion) The protesters have no God-given right to disrupt the life of the city.
The protesters have no God-given right to disrupt the life of the city.· If you have been awarded a grant, you must send the details to the university.
It gives me great pleasure (=I am very pleased) to introduce tonight’s speaker.· Bill read the letter and gave a sudden grin.
(=used to tell someone that it should be easy for them to guess the answer to their question)· ‘Where is he?’ ‘I’ll give you three guesses.’
This chapter gives you some guidelines to help you in your work. Many kids would sleep till noon given half a chance.· She introduced herself and gave Annie a handshake.
(=make someone experience problems)· Did the teacher give you any hassle about that homework?
Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school.· The music was starting to give him a headache.
Looking into the dark cave gave me the heebie-jeebies. She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children.· Do you want me to give you some help?
· The fund was set up to give financial help to war veterans.
(=be treated as a hero when you arrive somewhere)· The team were given a hero’s welcome when they returned to the city.
· Come on, what is it? Give me a hint.
(also set (somebody) homework British English)· The teacher gave them some homework to do by Monday.
· The research has given hope to thousands of sufferers of the disease.
(=stop hoping)· After so long without any word from David, Margaret was starting to lose hope.
Paul gave me a big hug.· What gave you the idea for the book?
(=accidentally reveal it)· The thief gave away his identity by mistake.
The mirrors in the room gave an illusion of greater space. The discovery gave fresh impetus to the research.· Her speech definitely gave the impression that she was enthusiastic about the project.
· If you want people to change their behaviour, it's a good idea to offer them some kind of incentive.
Could you give me some indication as to when I am likely to receive a reply?· a booklet giving information about local education services
· The nurse gave him an injection.
The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis. (=interview someone)· We gave her an interview, but decided not to offer her the job.
(also issue/extend an invitation formal)· He has issued an invitation to the Chinese president to come to Washington.
The oil crisis has given the government quite a jolt.· His music has given people a lot of joy over the years.
· The door was stuck; he gave it a kick.
Mr Nunn has kindly agreed to let us use his barn for the dance.· I always give the kids a kiss before they go to school.· Come and give Mummy a kiss good night.
· She gave a loud laugh.
(=make someone be in the lead)· A goal in the 10th minute gave England the lead.
Students were handing out election leaflets at the station.· He was given compassionate leave.
(also deliver a lecture formal)· She gave a fascinating lecture on crime in the 1800s.· He delivered the lecture at the London School of Economics.
Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions. (=teach lessons)· She made a living giving private lessons in English.
(=die in order to save other people, or because of a strong belief)· These men gave their lives during the war to keep us free.
John gave me a lift home. Don’t give me any of your lip!· I hoped to persuade my bank manager to give us a loan.
Mike gave him such a severe look he didn’t dare argue. Ryan gave me the lowdown on the meeting. It’s time we gave the kitchen a makeover.· He hoped that signs of economic recovery would persuade voters to give him a mandate in the election.
Joan gave me a gentle neck massage.· He was given a medal for his courageous actions.
(also administer medication formal)· Teachers are not allowed to administer medication.
(=from someone else)· Just give him the message.
She gave a little moan of pleasure. (=at any particular time)· There was no variety at all - you knew exactly what you would be doing at any given moment of the week.
(=make something become more successful)· The agreement was small, but it gave new momentum to the talks.
(also refund somebody’s money) (=give money back to a customer)· We regret that we are unable to refund money on tickets.
· They gave their children unusual names.
(=tell someone your name, especially someone in an official position)· I gave my name to the receptionist.
(=make someone or something have a bad reputation)· A scandal like this could give the university a bad name.
His dog gave me a painful nip on the leg. I showed the doorman my card and he gave a friendly nod.· To withdraw money from this type of savings account, you must give the bank 30 days’ notice.
Hannah gave me a gentle nudge. Ali gives his opponent the old one-two, and it’s all over. (=say what your opinion is)· He gave his opinion only when asked.
· The children should be given the opportunity to make their own choices.
· Some employees were given the option of retiring early.· Buyers will usually be offered the option of paying in instalments.
· Do not fire until I give the order.
· The leaflet gives you an outline of the Party's main policies.
· June's new job gave her a fresh outlook.
Fans gave the rock group a thunderous ovation.· The report provides an overview of the recent policy changes.
Tyler was convicted but was granted a royal pardon (=one given by a king or queen).· Why did they give Sinatra the part?
You may be required to give particulars of the change in your financial position. (=organize it)· Staff threw a party to celebrate the news.
Mrs Dodd gave the child a pat on the head. He gave her a quick peck on the cheek.· The referee awarded Bradford a penalty in the final minute.
Alam gave the Pakistani team a pep talk.· Samuel Jackson gives a terrific performance as Elijah.
(also grant somebody permission formal)· The city authorities gave permission for the rally to take place.· In 1961, he was granted permission to emigrate to Israel.
· A break might give her a better perspective on things.
· Her book gives us an interesting picture of ordinary people’s homes at the time.
· The city authorities have abandoned their plans to host the Super Bowl.
· Over the years, painting has given me a lot of pleasure.
· Several European countries made similar pledges.
· I was awarded 17 points out of 20.
Ralph gave me some pointers on my golf swing.· She admitted two charges of giving poison to her daughter.
· Give your dog plenty of praise when it behaves well.
Safety must be given precedence.· Dr. Kleinert gave me a prescription for some sleeping tablets.
· He gave everyone a present.
· I was given this book as a present.
I’m going to ask each of you to make a short presentation. (=stop pretending that you are doing something or that something is true)· Maria had abandoned any pretence of having faith of any kind long ago.
We must give primacy to education.· The hospital always gives priority to emergency cases.
(also award (somebody) a prize formal)· A prize will be given for the best-decorated egg.· Four years later he was awarded the Erasmus Prize.
‘Go on,’ he whispered, giving me a prod in the back. Why don’t you ring the shop and give them a prod?· You will be required to provide proof of your identity.
· They believed that the water had special health-giving properties.
(also offer/afford protection formal)· One dose of the vaccine provides protection against TB during childhood.· They say they are afforded no protection whatsoever by the security forces.
· Much publicity was given to their allegations in the British press.
He gave her a sharp pull forward.· He gave me a punch on the nose.
· He deserved the punishment he was given.· The teacher may impose reasonable punishments.
If the door’s stuck, just give it a push. Ask the builder to give you a written quotation for the job. (also emit radiation formal) (=produce it)· The lamps emit ultra-violet radiation.
· I'd only give this PC a rating of two out of five.
· No reason was given for the change.
They are offering practical help and reassurance.· Opposition parties gave the proposals a lukewarm reception.
· Younger women artists are now getting wider recognition.
They refused to give me a refund. We need to give students plenty of positive reinforcement. (=make a report, usually a spoken one)· He came to the office to give his report in person.
The US Supreme Court voted against granting Smith a reprieve (=against giving him one).· Ellie gave us a ride to school.
I gave my hands a quick rinse. A priest came to give him the last rites.· Health experts should be given a key role in developing the correct procedures.
She gave us a running commentary on what was happening in the street. They’ve never actually given anyone the sack.· He said he had once fainted when giving a sample of blood.
· To have won both awards in the same year gives us great satisfaction.· Yet children also bring immense rewards and satisfaction.
You really gave us a scare! He brushed his hair and gave his scalp a good scratch.· She gave a scream of delight.
I gave the floor a good scrub. A number of employers have already given their seal of approval to the scheme. I just want to give these kids a second chance. (=tell it to someone carelessly or by mistake)· I had to be careful not to give away any secrets.
The department gave Tom a send-off he won’t forget!· The job gave her a sense of control over her life.
The vicar gave a sermon on charity. (=work well and last a long time) Steel tools give good service for years.
Steel tools give good service for years.· The trees gave shelter from the wind.
· Oh, you gave me quite a shock.
Tom gave a shout of laughter when he saw them. We gave a shower for Beth. Ella let out a piercing shriek. The building gave a sudden shudder. He gave Oliver a sidelong glance.· She let out a sigh of disappointment.
· The use of the army sends out a clear signal to protesters that their actions will not be tolerated.
Julia gave Roy a slap on the cheek. (=produce a smell)· Rubber gives off a strong smell when it is burned.
· The boy gave a friendly smile.
I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago. The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages. She gave a loud sniff. He gave a loud snort. Thurman was reluctant to go into specifics about the deal. (=result in it)· This development led to speculation that she was about to resign.
· She gave a speech at the party conference.
A salesman started giving us a spiel about life insurance. Marty gave her hand a little squeeze.· Doyle gave her a long stare.
(=make a statement, especially to the police)· He gave a statement to the police.
· I had the feeling that she wasn’t giving me the full story.
(also lend (your) support formal)· The American people gave him their enthusiastic support.· The naturalist Sir David Attenborough has lent his support to the campaign.
· She wanted to give him a surprise.
(=assume that something is correct or certain, because you are sure that this is the case) It isn’t official yet, but you can take it as read that you’ve got the contract.
It isn’t official yet, but you can take it as read that you’ve got the contract.· She gave the dog a gentle tap with her umbrella.
· I was given the task of writing the chairman's speech.
· The spices gave the bread a rather interesting taste.
(=do what you feel you want to do)· Be strong – don’t give in to temptation.
· The students were given a reading test.
(=thank God)· Let us give thanks for the beauty of the world.
I’ll give you the thrashing you deserve. (=do what something wants you to do after they threaten you)· The government is not going to give in to terrorist threats.
· It gave me a big thrill to meet him.
The project was finally given the thumbs up.· Kim gave the driver a tip.
· He gave me some tips on how to improve my game.
· Employees should also be given adequate training in fire safety precautions.
· He was given treatment at a local hospital.
informal· If your instinct is telling you to give it a try, then go ahead.
· My boss gave me an ultimatum: get better results or find another job.
Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members. (=do what you feel you want to do, when this is wrong)· I try not to give in to the urge to gossip.
(=officially say what a verdict is)· The inquest jury returned a verdict of 'unlawful killing'.
(=say what you think)· He did not hesitate to give his own views on the subject.
(also grant somebody a visa formal)· She has been granted a special visa.
· He slammed on the brakes without giving any warning.
He gave me a wedgie.· The Queen was given a decent welcome by the crowd.
You need to give it some wellie. She gave the ball a whack. All this talk about ghosts is giving me the willies. He gave her a wink.· Child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras.
He gave the rope a yank. She let out a yell when she saw me. The water was hotter than she had expected, and she gave an involuntary yelp.· These give rise to pegmatites, very coarse-grained rocks that may include crystals as much as several meters across.
VERB· Not that I don't admire roaring entertainers, but a talk show requires some give and take, some exchange.· Much of this takes place in the give and take of the unstructured world of the playground.· But animals can have no expectations in this sense since they lack moral personality - a sense of rightful give and take.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► give somebody top/star billing► give me/it a break!► give somebody the bum's rush► get/be given your cards► lend/give colour to something► (give) credit where credit is due► give somebody a dig► give somebody a thick ear► make eyes at somebody/give somebody the eye► somebody would give their eye teeth for something► give somebody a fair crack of the whip► not give a fig/not care a fig (about/for something/somebody)► put a figure on it/give an exact figure► have/give somebody first refusal on something► not give a fuck► God give me strength!► God-given► give something a going-over► give somebody a going-over► give somebody gyp► take a hammering/be given a hammering► give somebody their head► give someone the (old) heave-ho► don’t give a hoot/don’t care two hoots► not give something houseroom► give somebody the hump/get the hump► give somebody ideas/put ideas into somebody’s head► give somebody an inch and they’ll take a yard/mile► give something a lick and a promise► don’t give me that line► be given/get your marching orders► give somebody a dose/taste of their own medicine► not give a monkey’s► give somebody the nod/get the nod from somebody► hand in your notice/give (your) notice► give (somebody) the OK/get the OK► hand/give/offer somebody something on a plate► get/be given a bad press► give something prominence/give prominence to something► give somebody the push/get the push► roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment► give somebody a rollicking► give somebody enough rope to hang themselves► not give something a second thought/without a second thought► not give something a second glance/look► get/be given short shrift► give somebody short measure► give somebody a smack on the lips/cheek► not give/care a sod► give somebody a thick ear/get a thick ear► give somebody a ticking off► give somebody a tickle► with time/given time► not give a toss► not care/give tuppence► give somebody their walking papers► give somebody/get a walloping► somebody would give the world to do something
the ability of a material or substance to bend or stretch when put under pressure: - Cooper gave a good account of himself in the fight.
- Sussex's Wood gave a good account of herself and should have claimed the second set.
- Thirteen-year-old Patsy, who could always give a good account of herself, looked upset.
- Though it gave a good account of itself, Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat.
- Joe was the kind of guy who gave his all every moment on the job.
- She gave her all in the last race, but it wasn't quite good enough to win.
- And I gave her all my power.
- Andrea Lo Cicero was another who gave his all, a prop who could run and tackle and still do the basics.
- Gill and Bernard give her all she needs.
- He supposed that the man with the Northern actorish accent had given her all the advice she needed.
- He won't have a go if you have a bad game, but he expects everyone to give their all.
- I give her all my money.
- It was unfair to drop players who had given their all against West Indies and to bring in others against Sri Lanka.
- Piphros had given her all the information possible in a limited way.
- These parents would give their right arms to get their kids into a prestigious school.
- As this player counts aloud from one to ten, the other children are given a bell.
- If not, maybe you could give Diana Russell a bell?
- Just give me a bell as to when and where you want him.
- Write to me at the address just inside the back cover or give me a bell on.
- She claimed she wasn't trying to commit suicide, and doctors gave her the benefit of the doubt.
- Something didn't seem quite right, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- Maddox was given a clean bill of health by his doctor.
- If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board.
- The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.
- They gave it a clean bill of health.
- Anyway, opens first night - this mind-reader comes on - audience really gives him the bird.
- Holm oak and tamarisk withstand the wind and salt spray and give shelter to the birds.
- Would they, er, give it the bird.
- At 9:40 Claudia gave birth to a nine-pound baby boy.
- Another version has Poseidon raping the Gorgon, Medousa, who gives birth to Persephone.
- Clones of clones are giving birth to other clones.
- Earth gave birth to her last and most frightful offspring, a creature more terrible than any that had gone before.
- Locklear has just given birth to a daughter.
- The Birmingham Canal, authorised in 1768, in effect gave birth to a port.
- These females do not lay eggs; they give birth to young aphids, all of which are females.
- Two months later she gave birth to a female child who was born with club feet.
- We cannot let our democracy become a matter of simply giving a bunch of politicians a blank cheque to govern us every five years.
- Because the Saints gave an economic boost to the young state, Illinoisans at first greeted them congenially.
- Cally had been intimidated by the occasion and Jen wanted to give her a boost.
- Fishing industry lands a big boost Scarborough's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops.
- He says the government's turnaround on interest and exchange rate policies should give an extra boost to Christmas trading too.
- His defeat gives a further boost to Mr Kinnock's already overriding executive majority.
- It gave her confidence a boost to know that she had spotted him, and it made her actions easy.
- This will give a further boost to the economy.
- This will help to cut pollution and save energy and give a valuable boost to the housing market.
- Give me a break, you guys! I can't get the money until Friday.
- But the council refused to give them a break.
- Expanded IRAs for this higher-income group will give costly tax breaks to people who are already saving for retirement.
- If the assurances were not given or subsequently broken, the firm could be taken to court.
- Instead of using your train time to read two more interoffice memos, give yourself a break and read something for fun.
- It hadn't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife's nagging to give the girl a break.
- That is, if anyone can be persuaded to give Mr Chekhov a break.
- It's obvious: unless work gives us a buzz, we won't give our best.
- It just gives you a buzz.
- Users claim Ecstasy gives them a buzz and an energy high.
- She can give him chapter and verse on Finance Acts and other current legislation, and is rigorous in keeping up to date.
- Besides, under the circumstances, the risk had to be taken.
- Especially under the circumstances and all.
- He made some measure of pass at me. Given the circumstances of a cheese dip, it was cheering.
- He said that he felt that its terms were the best obtainable under the circumstances.
- Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place.
- Their disciplined behavior under the circumstances impressed my father.
- Well given the circumstances who can blame them.
- After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder.
- She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
- So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
- Vernon regretted giving Harcourt the cold shoulder; he would have been some one to laugh with.
- A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder.
- Giving the cold shoulder to his usual tipple, Ian Knight raises his coffee cup to Drinkwise Day.
- She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
- So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
- I hate being left alone in the office with Graham - he gives me the creeps.
- This house gives me the creeps - it's so dark and quiet.
- Tony gives me the creeps.
- As much as he gave her the creeps, there was also this secret fascination.
- It gave him the creeps from the start.
- It gave him the creeps to think of Omar sleeping in the same room where the Judge had died.
- It gives me the creeps, that's all.
- It still gives me the creeps to think of it.
- Northern Nevada gives me the creeps.
- The prospect of being marooned on Gullholm for days with a Heathcliff bereft of his Cathy gave her the creeps.
- Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan.
- For opening doors and not giving a damn about what anybody else has to say to it.
- I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true.
- It was nature that had turned her grey, she said, and she did not give a damn.
- My ideal would be to not give a damn as much as possible.
- This time she yelled his name, not giving a damn if she looked a fool, and dived after him.
- Amy kept crying, and everybody was giving us dirty looks.
- Frank turned round and gave me a really dirty look.
- My aunt's friends always used to give me dirty looks when I brought my kids over, because they knew I wasn't married.
- The chancellor got an earful when he asked the students for feedback.
- Clairvoyantes distress me, Commuters depress me - Met Stetson and gave him an earful.
- I won't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow.
- The girl must have given him the elbow, Harriet decided.
- Q.. Do you think the press has given you a fair shake?
- Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity.
- Did you get a feel for that with those conversations and the two extremes, the shot-gun versus the follow-up?
- He was here to get a feel for the place.
- I can get a rhythm, get a feel for the offense.
- Playing the game itself is lots of fun, once you get a feel for the actual shot settings.
- Rather we get a feeling for the differences in the island societies through encounters with restaurant owners.
- Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land.
- Whenever possible I devoured local newspapers, trying to get a feel for the politics and social conditions of each place.
- As the vans move right over to pass them one of the men gives the team the finger.
- People, young, old and indifferent, can have purple hair, swear at ballgames or give other motorists the finger.
- The Master of Dreams was giving me the finger.
- I decided to give Malpass another five minutes and then I'd disappear.
- Jose Bautista fared even worse, giving up five runs, one a homer to minor-leaguer Tyrone Horne.
- Last week, Vacco gave the company five days to respond before filing a suit.
- Lizzie shortly would marry her rancher, and before she was through would give Buster five brothers and sisters.
- Shakespeare gave the play five castles: Forres.
- She gave him five minutes to pack an overnight bag under Dexter's supervision and say farewell to his family.
- They had given themselves just five weeks to prepare their first issue.
- Why should you give me the five thousand when you know the guy yourself?
- They've given me a free hand with the budget, as long as I stay under $10,000.
- Both these factors gave him a freer hand to negotiate.
- He's given me a free hand to buy horses.
- I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.
- It turns them on and gives them a free hand to be as obnoxious as they want.
- No advanced industrial nation gives corporations a freer hand in busting unions.
- No, it was thanks to my culinary abilities that Marie-Claude gave me free rein of both her kitchen and her bedchamber.
- Then I pretty much give them free rein.
- While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein.
- Don't mention Dad's birthday or you'll give the game away.
- Anyway, the number plate gives the game away.
- But Mr Penrice had given the game away.
- Cats merely have the instinct not to give the game away by revealing all that they are aware of.
- Certain anatomical shapes such as legs, arms, necks, feet or wings tend to give the game away.
- Not, of course, that there is much to give the game away.
- She had nearly given the game away there.
- They saw the mistake-prone Cavs almost give the game away.
- Unfortunately, Godwin's illustrative examples give the game away.
- My old car's finally given up the ghost.
- Doctors said that while his heart was fine, his vascular system had given up the ghost.
- Finally the engine gave up the ghost completely and nothing could persuade it to start again.
- He would ordinarily blow out the candle and give up the ghost.
- The spores do germinate, go through a few perfunctory cell divisions, then give up the ghost.
- They squirmed, shrivelled and after a brief struggle, gave up the ghost.
- This is the gentler way: convince the mind the body's dead and it gives up the ghost.
- What light struggled through the unwashed front window soon gave up the ghost in the air that seemed almost palpably grey.
- With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost.
- And I won't have the Apostate scupper all my efforts by giving Rainbow the glad eye.
- The state utilities commission gave the go-ahead for the water company to raise rates.
- The board just gave us the green light to begin research.
- Doctors gave him the green light yesterday to start against New Orleans on Sunday night.
- Everyone has given it the green light.
- Frank always gives me grief about my sloppy handwriting.
- My mother gave me a really hard time about Freddy. She couldn't stand him.
- She left the company because her boss was giving her a really hard time.
- Stop giving me such a hard time. I'm doing my best.
- When I first came here everyone gave me a really hard time, because I was the first woman to run a department.
- Her boss, Detective Hineline, is always giving her a hard time and she never gets really mad at him.
- If you wonder why people give you a hard time, it's because you write shit like this.
- Maybe Modigliani gave them a hard time, I don't know.
- The crew gave him a hard time, and even the cast was cautious about him.
- The laughter had stopped a while ago and, ever since, Lydia's imagination had been giving her a hard time.
- Tom gave him a hard time.
- Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned.
- Yet Wakefield gave them a hard time throughout.
- Do not try to give yourself a head start by dieting earlier than you should.
- He'd given me a head start in my inquiries.
- He felt the best way to cure her was to keep giving her her head.
- Hood: a well-shaped hood gives maximum head cover when the hood is drawn in tightly.
- I thought I could trust her and gave her my heads so that she could use it for one minute.
- Parliamentary systems giving the head of government discretion on timing the election have traditionally been used for advantage by governing parties.
- So give her a head start.
- These results are given in column headed R in Table 6, 1.
- I had lost my heart to the little, golden flowers that brightened the meadows like a thousand suns.
- This very thing was only one of the reasons why he had never wanted to lose his heart to anyone.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I'd mistreated her best friend.
- I'd better go. My wife will give me hell if I'm late home again.
- My mom gave him hell, told him to never say things like that in front of us again.
- But she had told Dorothy, who had told the parents, that Ben gave her the horrors.
- The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors.
- Everyone on the team gave a hundred percent.
- And even with his size he didn't know what to do with Braden standing over him and not giving an inch.
- I was just a novice and he was fairly frightening, not giving an inch until he had sounded you out.
- Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse, but still it would not budge an inch.
- His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life.
- I tried to give her the kiss of life.
- The ship's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived.
- Why didn't you at least try to resuscitate her, give her the kiss of life?
- Joining the Visa network would give it the leg-up it needs.
- Their success gives the lie to predictions of the city's economic doom.
- A string of female rulers, from Boudicca to Margaret Thatcher, gives the lie to that idea.
- And the way Sir William treated him didn't give the lie to the notion.
- Chicken's feet used to give the lie to my bravura claim to Eat Anything, so long as it was recently dead.
- Does not that hostility to the charter give the lie to the Opposition parties' request for freedom of information?
- The Bomb gives the lie to the false Enlightenment doctrine of perpetual progress.
- The quatrain poems give the lie to that.
- The success of our manufactured exports gives the lie to the Opposition's portrayal of manufacturing.
- They posed for photographers at the star-studded show, giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks.
- Good deals in auto stock prices gave the stock market a lift today.
- If I'm feeling down, buying makeup always gives me a lift.
- Can you give me a lift?
- It's you that's wanted down at the station and it was kind of you to give me a lift.
- Later in the day they were given a lift in a horse and cart from west London out into the country.
- Mrs Wright came in and she said she'd give me a lift home.
- Or make some patronising remark about her cute rear end and how he would be delighted to give her a lift over?
- She gave him a lift back to their cottage in Tetbury.
- The man tried to give her a lift and wouldn't take no for an answer.
- They stopped the cab and gave him a lift home, teasing him lightly about the toasts.
- Dad and Charles send their love.
- I am fine and your family is in good health and send their love.
- Now I am alone except for this unwilling stranger and even to him I gave my love freely. 6.
- Of course, she sent her love to Jean.
- Open now your hearts to me; give your love to me.
- Please give my love to Christopher - will speak to you soon.
- Please send me a couple of views of St Albans. Give my love to Kitty.
- We are all fine and Chris and Nick send their love.
- "Do you want to come to the cinema?" "No thanks, I'll give it a miss this time."
- I think I'll give my exercise class a miss tonight - I'm worn out.
- A small pastry hat manifested itself low on my brow, giving the missing barmy look to my regalia.
- I've a good mind to give it a miss.
- So I decided to give it a miss that day.
- Some people love the atmosphere of refuges; others, myself included, would rather give them a miss.
- We considered giving it a miss, but decided it would look rude.
- You were right to give it a miss, my friend.
- And she gave Anwar a mouthful.
- Brian X. They'd pull him in and give him the once-over.
- Could you give it a once-over?
- I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over.
- High real estate prices have given potential buyers pause.
- But it gave you some pause to think of what else might be crawling around there.
- Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.
- It gave him pause, but soon enough he had his own retort.-Yeah, right.
- Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one.
- The breadth of this holding gives one pause.
- Their sparring for position of least-favoured son gave me pause for thought.
- Yet the offer seems to have given Burton no pause.
- I was so mad that I called back and gave her a piece of my mind.
- If one of the kids is being sassy, Inez gives them a piece of her mind.
- Boy, am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him.
- But it was worth it, to give Hilda Machin a piece of her mind.
- I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind.
- Ready to give somebody a piece of her mind, Aunt Pat strode to the front door and flung it open.
- She'd give Gloria a piece of her mind when she got home!
- She managed to manoeuvre into the remaining space and got out to give somebody a piece of her mind.
- Vanessa gave me a poke in the ribs.
- D'Arcy had opened her up, exposing her raw emotions, giving no quarter and taking none.
- He says you give no quarter.
- Henry sends his regrets - he has the flu.
- Despite giving full rein to Laura's inner struggles and torments, Fuentes is far more interested in the grand scale.
- So, goes the conspiracy, the Foreign Office can now give free rein to its instinctive Arabism.
- The result has been that recent chancellors have been able to give free rein to their tax-reforming ambitions.
- You'd be given free rein to run the show how you wanted it.
- I would discuss the script, say, on proportional representation, and then give him free rein.
- No, it was thanks to my culinary abilities that Marie-Claude gave me free rein of both her kitchen and her bedchamber.
- Such as he can not comprehend that which prompts others to give their heart free rein!
- Then I pretty much give them free rein.
- While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein.
- I think you should just give it a rest for a few weeks.
- Now you can give your imagination a rest.
- On first hearing, I prematurely thought Vin Garbutt had given abortion a rest.
- On holiday you might like to give your feet a rest and not wear socks.
- The subs off the Washington bench contribute thirty-three points while giving the starters a rest.
- There was a reason for stopping, at least a reason to give it a rest.
- They must give you the rest of the story themselves.
- We would here stress the importance of giving plenty of rests to the double basses.
- You've been complaining all day. Why don't you just give it a rest?
- I think you should just give it a rest for a few weeks.
- It is not only more kind, but more intelligent, to give it a rest or let it slow down.
- It was time to give it a rest.
- Take your head off and give it a rest.
- There was a reason for stopping, at least a reason to give it a rest.
- All points in a given delay ring are indistinguishable from one another using this information alone.
- Any reader wanting the right detector to suit his pocket and plenty of sound advice is welcome to give me a ring.
- Evil is devious, it is trying to turn Good against Good by making Frodo try to give the Ring away.
- Mr Evans gave it to me and he gave Carrie a ring.
- Perhaps, he thought with sudden abandon, he should give Edith Mallory a ring this very moment and express his thanks.
- Whatever your needs or circumstances give us a ring now!
- You then push the cable connector on to one side of the T-connector and give the lock ring a twist.
- Daily shaving can give rise to a number of skin problems.
- The success of "Pamela" gave rise to a number of imitations.
- It has moved off the line of hot spots that gave rise to it.
- It is the notion of a norm that perhaps gives rise to the central representation problem.
- It is the term that, on its own, gives rise to the Kasner solutions.
- More commonly, larval numbers increase on pasture in summer and autumn giving rise to clinical problems during these seasons.
- The great cultural diversion of the country, and the conflicts which this gave rise to, found expression in popular song.
- The motion of the ions and electrons in the sheet is such that it gives rise to a net current around Jupiter.
- This could give rise to questions such as: How can shadows be made?
- To proceed without doing so would give rise to conflicts of interest which could impede the proper performance of his duties.
- At which juncture, Shelford gave his troops a roasting.
- Chancellor Norman Lamont will today begin hauling in bank bosses one by one to give them a roasting.
- You gave me enough rope for eighteen months, and now ... He gripped the back of the chair in front of him.
- I get this sort of aching feeling in my nose, and I give it a rub.
- Slosser gave Boyd a run for his money in the 1996 GOP primary.
- I called the insurance company about this claim, but they kept giving me the runaround.
- Q.. Do you think the press has given you a fair shake?
- Go out and mow the lawn, and don't give me any shit about it, either.
- As David said, the union simply does not give a shit.
- Just thinking about flying in an airplane gives me the shivers.
- Rail privatisation gives them the shivers.
- I'm not promising I'll succeed, but I'll give it my best shot.
- Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot.
- I'd have given it my best shot, and that was all anyone could demand from me.
- I just have a feeling that we have given it our best shot.
- The band gave it their best shot, until the arrival of the blue meanies put an end to the proceedings.
- You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown, but I had to give it my best shot.
- Give me a shout when you're ready to go.
- Angel glanced round and gave a shout of warning.
- Anyway, give me a shout if you want me.
- At each round the Confederate artillerymen gave a shout, which seemed surprisingly near.
- I tugged the ribbon and lifted the lid and heard myself give a harsh shout of anger and rejection and probably shame.
- Melwas gave a shout, and swung his sword up for the kill.
- Suddenly I was full of hope again, and I gave a great shout of happiness.
- Suddenly the man called Barakai gave a shout, then charged.
- Hey, cut me some slack, man, I'm only a few bucks short.
- She played the fish, gave it some slack and let it run till it hesitated, then slowly drew it back.
- The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack.
- Eddie gave her the slip in the hotel lobby.
- I wanted to talk to her before she left the hotel, but she gave me the slip.
- Watch him very carefully - he might try and give us the slip.
- A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out.
- After giving their pursuers the slip, the thieves abandoned the Cavalier.
- But she was confident she could give the police the slip.
- But to find her meant giving him the slip, and she hadn't been too successful at that the last time.
- He gave her the slip, and there was a pause.
- Perhaps he thought that, and he'd given me the slip.
- Somehow the Girls gave Daisy the slip and went off with them.
- Time allowed 08:29 Still at large ... armed prisoner gives police the slip.
- He should have read the writing on the machine they gave him to spin the golden thread.
- Lively in flavor but quick to prepare, this chicken dish gives a new spin to the traditional grilled fare.
- This means that their spins are guaranteed to cancel each other out to give a total spin of zero.
- He doesn't give his stick to just anybody.
- I felt the blood running down my face, and the pain gave me strength.
- Some one give me strength, I pray.
- To find such understanding in a book gave me strength.
- When things looked dark, when the way was long, you gave me strength to continue.
- You say that I have the endurance - you say it in order to give me strength.
- I was just out with friends - you don't have to give me the third degree.
- Whenever one of my boyfriends came to the house, Dad would give them the third degree.
- And would Feargal now give him the third degree?
- "I'm really sorry about that." "Don't give another thought."
- "I'm sorry we had to cancel the party.'' "Oh, please don't give it another thought. It wasn't your fault that you were ill!''
- Hop on over to the end of the road and give her a tinkle.
- A second glance put my mind to rest, but for a moment there it gave me a turn.
- Facilitators at corners play crossing guards, giving directions for turning.
- Higher ratio power steering gives tighter turns, but the tendency to slight wanderings on the straight is still there.
- Nero sends his luv, you know he's coming over here to give us a turn this winter.
- This gives everybody a turn at catching.
- Thus at this imaginary point A they give up, turn around, and go home.
- We have ten Free Curl Combi stylers to give away - turn to page 54 for details.
- A friend of your daughter's gave us to understand that you lived in Michigan.
- Although I received no official indication, I was given to understand that I would be promoted within a year.
- A parting sniff as she left the room gave the gentleman to understand that he had disappointed her.
- Colonel Fergusson had long since given up trying to understand the business.
- He gave me to understand that the bamboo beetle would soon be killed off by the sea air.
- He gave up trying to understand it and vowed to harden himself more.
- Sergeant Bramble and Constable Quince very quickly gave up trying to understand what it was that the experts were looking for.
- She gave him to understand that her city was his as well as she herself.
- Gary grew impatient and finally gave vent to his anger.
- Hadrian was an outstanding architect himself, and here he gave vent to one of his interests.
- He gave vent to his anger and lambasted the shipping manager for not having alerted him that Clarion Call was overdue.
- If the children had a complaint about their parents, she helped them give vent to it.
- It may be sufficient to listen to Joseph and allow him to give vent to his anger.
- Nevertheless, she was sufficiently alert to give vent to her usual state of ill-humour.
- Richard faced the non-existent audience and so couldn't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds.
- Such people are ready to give vent to their resentment whenever a Volunteer commits even a minor transgression.
- Understanding anger and aggression Forms of anger and aggression Children give vent to their anger in various ways.
- How could a Prime Minister who gave voice to such sentiments be regarded as a political figure in his own right?
- However, those same three astronauts, when coming down, gave voice to a couple of suggestions.
- Maslow was giving voice to some delicate possibility within me, and I was powerfully drawn to it.
- McMillan has given voice to a generation of middle-class black women and found a huge crossover audience in the process.
- Ossie Davis, who has given voice to figures in earlier Burns films, narrates.
- Sunday schools too were booming and every week little people were taught to give voice to such emollient verses as these.
- Unfortunately, many citizens think along the lines that rightwingers give voice to.
- We use words to give voice to our thoughts and feelings and to attempt to convey them to other people.
- He was changing a light bulb when the ladder gave way.
- The crowd surged forward and the fence gave way.
- The whole side of the hill gave way after a week of heavy rain.
- And when they meet on the same road one of the two must give way to the other.
- As the heavy stone had been placed in the middle of the circle, the ground had given way a little.
- But - the railings had given way at this point, and the parade sloped a little.
- Feeling the ground give way, she naturally clutched at the strawberry plants for support.
- He aimed a hefty kick at the door, and there was a splintering sound as wood gave way to metal.
- Her large eyes had an earnest expression which frequently gave way to laughter.
- The man didn't give way, and Erlich stepped into the road to let him pass.
- This weakness is particularly evident early in the book, but it fortunately gives way when the pace quickens.
- Why don't you give golf a whirl?
- I had learned two, at that point, and was disappointed not to have a chance to give them a whirl.
- I intend to remain faithful, simply because I've given infidelity a whirl and it doesn't work for me.
- Kathryn Baron gives it a whirl and doesn't look back.
- So when you see me overtaking, stop shouting and give it a whirl.
- There was also some excitement on the oil pitch, with a number of old stories given another whirl.
- Sandie's been giving her a wide berth since the argument.
- A marabou stork was poking about nearby in a pile of rubbish, and I gave it a wide berth.
- Besides, in most vacation areas the locals learn to give a wide berth to tourists in their rented land yachts.
- Passers-by gave her a wide berth.
- People shuffle past, giving us a wide berth.
- Sandie gives her a wide berth.
- She saw him coming and intended to give him a wide berth.
- Ssamois with polenta the centrepiece of the Menu Gastronomico Valdostano, so I gave that a wide berth.
- The chil-dren sensed his tension and gave him a wide berth.
The rope has quite a bit of give in it.