EASIER ENGLISH BASIC DICTIONARY 13. 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. | partner 225 past partly because we need the money but also because we want to move nearer to the sea. partner paitna noun 1. a person who plays games or dances with someone O Take your partners for the waltz. O Sally is my usual tennis partner. 2. a person with whom you are in a relationship especially one you live with O We invited him and his partner for drinks. 3. a person who owns and works in a business together with one or more others O He became a partner in a firm of solicitors. partnership paitnaJip noun a business relationship between two or more people in which the risks and profits are shared according to a letter of agreement between the partners party paiti noun a special occasion when several people meet usually in someone s house in order to celebrate something such as a birthday O We re having a party on New Year s Eve. O Our family Christmas party was a disaster as usual. O She invited twenty friends to her birthday party. pass pa s noun in football etc. the act of sending the ball to another player O He sent a long pass across the field and Smith headed it into goal. verb 1. to move something towards someone O Can you pass me the salt please O He passed the ball back to the goalkeeper. 2. to be successful in a test or examination O He passed in English but failed in French. O She passed her driving test first time pass out phrasal verb to become unconscious for a short time O He passed out when he saw the blood. pass round phrasal verb to hand something to various people O She passed the box of chocolates round the table. passage pssidj noun 1. a long narrow space with walls on either side O She hurried along the passage. O There s an underground passage between the two railway stations. 2. a section of a piece of writing O She quoted passages from the Bible. O I photocopied a particularly interesting passage from the textbook. passenger pssindja noun a person who is travelling . in a car bus train or plane but who is not the driver or one of
