behind, e. g. The two girls dropped behind the rest of the party.

drop nl)a small round portion of liquid, a small quantity of liquid, as drops of water (perspiration, rain, etc.); to drink smth. to the

last drop, take ten drops a day; 2) sudden fall, as a sudden (unexpected, sharp, slight) drop in prices (temperature, etc.).

5. mind vt 1) to attend to or take care of, e. g. Mind your own business. Please, mind the baby (the fire). 2) to obey, e. g. The child won't mind his granny. 3) to be careful of, e. g. Mind the step (the dog). Mind! There is a bus coming. Mind the traffic rules. 4) to

object to, be afraid of, e. g. Do you mind my smoking (if I smoke)? — I don't mind it a bit. (Yes, I mind it very much.) Would you

mind closing the window? — Never mind (an answer to an apology).

mind n 1) intellectual faculties, as the great minds of the world; to be in one's right mind, e. g. Lomonosov was one of the greatest

minds of the world of his time. Are you in your right mind to say such things? 2) memory or remembrance, as to come to one's mind;

to bear in mind, e. g. The incident gradually came to my mind. Bear in mind that you are to be here at six sharp. 3) one's thoughts,

opinions, wishes, as to make up one's mind to come to a decision, e. g. I've made up my mind and I'll stick to my decision, to change one's mind., e. g. I won't change my mind whatever is said, to be in two minds to hesitate, e. g. I'm in two minds and can't give you a definite answer now. to speak one's mind to say what one thinks, e. g. Don't beat about the bush, speak your mind, to give a person a

piece of one's mind to tell him frankly what one thinks of him, e. g. I shall give you a piece of my mind, unpleasant as that may be. to

have a (no) mind to to be disposed to, e. g. She had no mind to answer such questions, to have smth. on one's mind to be anxious about

smth., e. g. She seemed to have something on her mind and could not concentrate.

-minded adj in compounds having the kind of mind indicated, as absent-minded, fair-minded, broad-minded, narrow-minded, e. g.

She is very absent-minded and always leaves her things behind.

6. practise vt 1) to do regularly, as practise early rising, a method of work; to practise what one preaches, e. g. If only he'd practised what he'd preached! 2) to pursue the profession (of a lawyer or a doctor), as to practise law, medicine, e. g. It has been long

since I practised medicine. 3) to do again and again, as to practise tennis, the piano, e. g. She practises the piano for an hour every

day.

practice n 1) action as opposed to theory, e. g. The method is rather simple in practice, and very effective, to put into practice to

carry out, as to put into practice a theory, a plan, an idea, a suggestion, e. g. The theory seems right, but we must think of how to put

it into practice. 2) systematically repeated action, as much, regular, constant, sufficient practice, e. g. What you need is more practice.

Look how precise the movements of the worker are, practice shows, to be in (out of) practice to be able (unable) to do smth. well, e. g. I

used to be a good chessplayer, but I'm out of practice now. 3) habit or custom, e. g. It was then the practice (or a common practice).

After supper Dad went for a walk as was his usual practice. 4) the work of a doctor or a lawer, e. g. Doctor N. has retired from

practice. Manson had a large practice. He was a young lawyer with no practice at all.

practitioner n practising doctor or lawyer, e. g. Andrew Manson worked as a general practitioner.

practical adj useful, as practical advice, results, benefit, help, matters, use, application, considerations, difficulties (difficulties in

putting smth. into practice), e. g. It's of no practical use. There were practical difficulties. They used to play practical jokes on each

other and neither ever got offended.

practically adv virtually, e. g. Practically everyone was willing to help.

7. odd adj 1) (of numbers) not even, e. g. 1, 3, 5 are odd numbers.

2) used of one of a pair when the other is missing, as an odd shoe or glove;

3) used of one or more members of a set when separated from the rest, as two odd volumes of an encyclopaedia; 4) extra, over, as

thirty odd years, fifty and some odd miles; 5) occasional, not regular, as odd jobs; 6) strange, not ordinary, surprising, as an odd

person (way, manner; look, appearance, behaviour), e. g. How odd!

N o t e : strange, odd and queer are synonyms; strange means out of the natural order of things; odd refers to what one does not ordinarily see and is surprised at; queer implies some doubt as whether all is well, e. g. a queer feeling, a queer affair.

oddly adv in an odd manner; oddly enough strange to say, e. g. Oddly enough, she did not turn up at the party.

odds n pi. the chances in favour, e. g. The odds are against us. odds and ends remnants, e. g. What's to be done with all these odds and ends of the paper?

8. concern n 1) that in which one is interested, e. g. It's no concern of mine. It's my own concern. What concern is it of yours? 2)

anxiety, worry, as the teacher's concern over the pupil's progress.

concern vt 1) to have to do with, e. g. That doesn't concern you at all. As far as I'm concerned ... . He is said to be concerned in this

affair. (He is said to be mixed up in this affair.) 2) to be busy with, interest oneself in, e. g. Don't concern yourself with other people's

affairs. I'm not concerned about details. 3) to take trouble about, e. g. Lord Illingworth had never been concerned about his son.

concerned adj anxious, e. g. He has a very concerned look. ant. unconcerned.

concerning prep about, regarding, e. g. Montmorency manifested great curiosity concerning the kettle.

9. sympathy n a fellow-feeling, a feeling of pity, as to arouse (show, express) sympathy, e. g. You have my sympathies. I have no

sympathy with (for) idle people. I feel some sympathy for her, she is unhappy.

sympathize vt to be interested in and approve of, e. g. I sympathize with you (your ambition to be a writer).

sympathetic adj 1) quick to understand and share other people's feelings, e. g. A good doctor is always sympathetic, ant.

unsympathetic; 2) having or showing kind feeling towards others, e. g. I felt grateful to her for her sympathetic words.

sympathetically adv kindly, e. g. She smiled sympathetically.

10. fail vi/t 1) not to succeed, e. g. My attempt has failed. I tried to convince him, but failed. The maize failed that year. 2) not to

pass, as to fail in mathematics, in an exam; 3) to break down, to die away, to let down, e. g. His courage failed him. His heart failed

him. His sight (health) was beginning to fail him. I'll never fail you. Words failed me. 4) to neglect, omit, e. g. He never fails to write