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Chapter 5 Hotel Des Templiers sort out sort something/somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
1 to arrange or organize something that is mixed up or untidy, so that it is ready to be used:
We need to sort out our camping gear before we go away.
2 to separate one type of thing from another: I've sorted out the papers that can be thrown away.
sort something/somebody ↔ out from
First sort the white things out from the other clothes.
3 especially British English to successfully deal with a problem or difficult situation:
She went to a psychiatrist to try to sort out her problems. sort yourself out/get yourself sorted out (=deal with all your problems)
I'm staying with a friend until I manage to sort myself out.
4 especially British English to succeed in making arrangements for something:
Have you sorted out where you're going to live yet?
5 sort itself out
British English if something sorts itself out, it stops being a problem without you having to do anything: Our financial problems should sort themselves out in a week or two.
6 British English informal to stop someone from causing problems or annoying you, especially by attacking or punishing them: If he bothers you again, I'll sort him out. kill, murder, execute, put to death, kill yourself, commit suicide, slaughter, massacre, assassinate There are many different words meaning to kill someone.
Kill is the most general
• He says he did not mean to kill his wife. • Thousands of soldiers were killed in the war.
Use murder to talk about deliberately killing someone, especially after planning to do it
• He is charged with murdering a policeman.
When you are talking about killing someone as a punishment for a crime, use execute or put someone to death
• He was executed by a firing squad. • the first person to be put to death in San
Quentin jail
If someone deliberately causes their own death, say that they commit suicide or that someone kills himself or herself • the feeling of hopelessness that led him to commit suicide, • It was not the first time she had tried to kill herself.
Slaughter and massacre mean to violently kill a large number of people who cannot defend themselves. These words are used mainly in writing or journalism • Hundreds of innocent civilians were slaughtered. • Soldiers massacred 900 men, women, and children in the village.
Use assassinate to talk about killing an important person, especially a politician
• J.F.Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963.
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Chapter 5 Hotel Des Templiers 2 meantime
1 also in the meantime in the period of time between now and a future event, or between two events in the past [= meanwhile] : The doctor will be here soon. In the meantime, try and relax.
2 for the meantime for the present time, until something happens: The power supply should be back soon - for the meantime we'll have to use candles.
flash
1 SHINE
[intransitive and transitive] to shine suddenly and brightly for a short time, or to make something shine in this way: Lightning flashed overhead.
flash something into/at/towards somebody/something
Red warning lights flashed on and off (=shone for a short time and then stopped shining) .
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PICTURES
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to be shown quickly on television, on a computer, or on a film flash across/onto/past etc Images of the war flashed across the screen.
3 flash through somebody's mind/head/brain if thoughts, images, memories etc flash through your mind, you suddenly think of them or remember them: The possibility that Frank was lying flashed through my mind.
4 flash a smile/glance/look etc (at somebody) to smile or look at someone quickly and for a short time: 'I love this city,' he said, flashing a big smile.
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SHOW SOMETHING QUICKLY
[transitive] to show something to someone for only a short time:
He flashed his identification card.
6 NEWS / INFORMATION to send news or information somewhere quickly by radio, computer, or
SATELLITE flash something across/to something Reporters at the scene flashed the news to their offices.
7 MOVE QUICKLY [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move very quickly flash by/past/through A meteor flashed through the sky.
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EYES
[intransitive] literary if your eyes flash, they look very bright for a moment, especially because of a sudden emotion flash with Janet's blue eyes flashed with anger.
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SEX ORGANS
if a man flashes, or if he flashes someone, he shows his sexual organs in public
[ flasher]
10 somebody's life flashes before their eyes if someone's life flashes before their eyes, they suddenly remember many events from their life because they are in great danger and might die
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TIME PASSING QUICKLY
if a period of time or an event flashes by or flashes past, it seems to end very quickly flash by/past Our vacation seemed to just flash by.
public pay phone [countable]
a public telephone that you can use when you put in a coin or a CREDIT CARD collapse
1 STRUCTURE if a building, wall etc collapses, it falls down suddenly, usually because it is weak or damaged: Uncle Ted's chair collapsed under his weight.
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2 ILLNESS / INJURY to suddenly fall down or become unconscious because you are ill or weak:
He collapsed with a heart attack while he was dancing.
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FAIL
if a system, idea, or organization collapses, it suddenly fails or becomes too weak to continue:
The luxury car market has collapsed.
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