EASIER ENGLISH BASIC DICTIONARY 3. This dictionary contains the most frequently used words in English and provides the basic vocabulary needed for everyday communication by anyone starting to learn the language. It is especially useful for elementary and pre-intermediate students of all ages and would be suitable for those working towards an elementary level English examination such as KET or PET. | bite 32 blanket a little bit longer. O Can you wait a bit I m not ready yet. O Have you got a piece of wood a bit bigger than this one O for a bit for a short period of time O Can you stop for a bit I m getting tired. bite bait verb 1. to cut someone or something with your teeth O The dog tried to bite the postman. O She bit a piece out of the pie. 2. of an insect to make a small hole in your skin which turns red and itchy O She s been bitten by a mosquito. note bites - biting -bit bit - has bitten bit a n noun 1. a small amount of food that you cut with your teeth in order to eat it O She took a big bite out of the sandwich. a bite or a bite to eat a small meal 2. a place on someone s body where it has been bitten bitter bits adjective 1. not sweet O This black coffee is too bitter. 2. angry because something is not fair O She was very bitter about the way the company treated her. 3. causing great disappointment or unhappiness O a bitter winter night O a bitter wind coming from the Arctic O Losing her job was a bitter blow. bitterly bitali adverb strongly O He bitterly regrets what he said. bitterness bitanas noun 1. a bitter taste 2. angry feelings O His bitterness at being left out of the England team was very obvious. black bisk adjective 1. having a very dark colour the opposite to white O a black and white photograph O He has black hair. 2. belonging to a race of people with dark skin whose families are African in origin blackboard blskbaid noun a dark board which you can write on with chalk especially on the wall of a classroom note now often called a chalkboard blade bleid noun 1. a sharp cutting part O the blades of a pair of scissors O Be careful - that knife has a very sharp blade. 2. a thin leaf of grass 3. one of the long flat parts that spin round on some aircraft engines or to keep a helicopter in the air blame bleim noun criticism for having done something wrong O I m not going to take the blame for something I didn t do. to get the blame for .
