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fa‧ther 1   S1   W1  / fɑðə  $  -ər /   noun  [ countable ]

1 parent   a male parent : 
Ask your father to help you.
Andrew was very excited about becoming a father.
He’s been like a father to me.
a father of two/three/four etc  (= a man with two, three etc children )
The driver, a father of four, escaped uninjured.
Steve recently became the proud father of a 7lb 12oz baby girl.
2 priest   Father   a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church : 
I have sinned, Father.
Father Devlin  →   Holy Father
3 fathers  [ plural ]   people related to you who lived a long time ago  SYN  ancestors : 
Our fathers were exiles from their native land.  →   forefather
4 god   Father   a way of talking to or talking about God, used in the Christian religion : 
our  Heavenly Father
5 the father of something   the man who was responsible for starting something : 
Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.
6 from father to son   if property or skill passes from father to son, children receive it or learn it from their parents : 
This is a district where old crafts are handed down from father to son.
7 like father like son   used to say that a boy behaves like his father, especially when this behaviour is bad
8 a bit of how’s your father   British English   informal   the act of having sex – used humorously
 →   city fathers ,  founding father

THESAURUS

father   a male parent :  My father’s a doctor.  |  He’s a father of three.
dad   informal   used when talking to your father, or about someone's father :  Can I borrow your car, Dad?  |  Her dad retired ten years ago.  |  My dad was in the army.
daddy   a name for father, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children :  Where’s your daddy?  |  Daddy, can I have a drink, please?
pop   American English   informal  ( also   pa   old-fashioned )   used when talking to your father, or about someone's father :  I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.  |  Can I help, Pa?  |  He is in New York with his Pop's credit card, eating all the ice cream and pizza the city has to offer.
papa   old-fashioned   informal   used when talking to your father, or about someone's father :  Papa had forbidden me to go.  |  She saw her papa 's face change at this news.
sb’s old man   informal   someone's father – used when talking about him in a way that is not very respectful :  His old man wouldn’t let him use the car.
stepfather  ( also   stepdad   informal )   a man who is married to your mother, who is not your father but often acts as your parent :  Her stepfather is really nice. 
 

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melt  / melt /   verb

1 become liquid  [ intransitive and transitive ]   if something solid melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid  →  freeze ,  thaw : 
It was warmer now, and the snow was beginning to melt.
Melt the butter in a saucepan.
2 disappear  [ intransitive ]  ( also   melt away )   to gradually disappear : 
Opposition to the government melted away.
His anger slowly melted.
3 become less angry  [ intransitive ]   to become less angry and begin to feel more gentle and sympathetic : 
She melted under his gaze.
My  heart  just  melted  when I saw her crying.
4 melt in your mouth   if food melts in your mouth, it is soft and tastes very nice
5 melt into sb’s arms/embrace   literary   to allow someone to hold you in their arms and feel that you love them : 
Closing her eyes, she melted into his embrace.
 →   butter wouldn’t melt in sb’s mouth  at  butter 1 ( 2 )

THESAURUS

preparing food
grate   to cut cheese, carrot etc into small pieces by rubbing it against a special tool :  Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the top of the pasta.
melt   to make butter, chocolate etc become liquid :  Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
sieve   British English ,  sift   American English   to put flour or other powders through a  sieve  (= tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces ) :  Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
chop    to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife :  Chop up the vegetables.
dice   to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces :  Dice the carrots and then fry them in butter.
season   to add salt, pepper etc to food :  Season the meat before grilling.
crush   to use a lot of force to break something such as seeds into very small pieces or into a powder :  Add one clove of crushed garlic.
mix   to combine different foods together :  Mix together all the ingredients in one bowl.
beat/whisk   to mix food together quickly with a fork or other tool :  Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
stir   to turn food around with a spoon :  Stir the sauce gently to prevent burning.
fold something in   to gently mix another substance into a mixture :  Fold in the beaten egg whites.
knead   to press  dough  (= a mixture of flour and water )  many times with your hands when you are making bread :  Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
drizzle   to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something :  Drizzle with olive oil.
let something stand   to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it :  Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
serve   to put different foods together as part of a meal :  Serve with rice and a salad.  |  Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.

melt away   phrasal verb
1 if a crowd of people melts away, the people gradually leave : 
The demonstrators melted away at the first sign of trouble.
2 to gradually disappear : 
Her determination to take revenge slowly melted away.

melt   something ↔  down   phrasal verb
  to heat a metal object until it becomes a liquid, especially so that you can use the metal again : 
A lot of the gold was melted down and used for making jewellery.

melt into   something   phrasal verb
1 to gradually change into something else : 
Her irritation melted into pity.
2 to gradually become hidden by something : 
He is trying to melt into the background.
 
 


melt down

to heat a metal until it becomes liquid, especially in order to make something new from it

 

 

palm 1  / pɑm  $  pɑm, pɑlm /   noun  [ countable ]

1 part of hand   the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things
in sb’s palm
She looked at the coins in her palm.
He held the pebble  in the palm of his hand .
2 tree  ( also   palm tree )   a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top : 
coconut palms
3 hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand   to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do
4 read sb’s palm   to tell someone what is going to happen to them in the future by looking at the lines on their hand
 →   cross sb’s palm (with silver)  at  cross 1 ( 18 ) , →  grease sb’s palm  at  grease 2 ( 2 )
 
 

 

 

 

a‧byss  / əbɪs /   noun  [ countable ]

1 a very dangerous or frightening situation
abyss of
The country might plunge into the abyss of economic ruin.
At that time Bosnia was standing on  the edge of an abyss .
2 a deep empty hole in the ground
3 a very big difference that separates two people or groups : 
the gaping abyss between these grand buildings and my own miserable home