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foot the bill
(informal)
to be responsible for paying the cost of sth
1️⃣• Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
2️⃣• Who will be footing the bill for the party?
PAY (THE BILL), settle up; informal pick up the tab, cough up, fork out, shell out, come across;
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(informal)
to be responsible for paying the cost of sth
1️⃣• Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
2️⃣• Who will be footing the bill for the party?
PAY (THE BILL), settle up; informal pick up the tab, cough up, fork out, shell out, come across;
N. Amer. informal pick up the check.#Voabulary #Idiom #AmericanEnglishFile3
🗑 scavenge
scav‧enge /ˈskævəndʒ, ˈskævɪndʒ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
1. if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find:
• Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
scavenge for
• rats scavenging for food
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scav‧enge /ˈskævəndʒ, ˈskævɪndʒ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
1. if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find:
• Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
scavenge for
• rats scavenging for food
#Voabulary #Scavenge #C1 #IELTSVocabulary
🗑 scavenge
scav‧enge /ˈskævəndʒ, ˈskævɪndʒ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
1. if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find:
• Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
scavenge for
• rats scavenging for food
#Voabulary #Scavenge #C1 #IELTSVocabulary
scav‧enge /ˈskævəndʒ, ˈskævɪndʒ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
1. if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find:
• Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
scavenge for
• rats scavenging for food
#Voabulary #Scavenge #C1 #IELTSVocabulary
💣 destructive
de‧struc‧tive /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: destroyer, destruction; adjective: indestructible, destructive; verb: destroy; adverb: destructively]
causing damage to people or things ⇨ destroy:
• the destructive power of modern weapons
destructive to
• What is good for the individual can be destructive to the family.
—destructively adverb
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de‧struc‧tive /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: destroyer, destruction; adjective: indestructible, destructive; verb: destroy; adverb: destructively]
causing damage to people or things ⇨ destroy:
• the destructive power of modern weapons
destructive to
• What is good for the individual can be destructive to the family.
—destructively adverb
OPP: Creative
#Voabulary #Destructive #C1 #IELTSVocabulary
💣 destructive
de‧struc‧tive /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: destroyer, destruction; adjective: indestructible, destructive; verb: destroy; adverb: destructively]
causing damage to people or things ⇨ destroy:
• the destructive power of modern weapons
destructive to
• What is good for the individual can be destructive to the family.
—destructively adverb
OPP: Creative
#Voabulary #Destructive #C1 #IELTSVocabulary
de‧struc‧tive /dɪˈstrʌktɪv/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: destroyer, destruction; adjective: indestructible, destructive; verb: destroy; adverb: destructively]
causing damage to people or things ⇨ destroy:
• the destructive power of modern weapons
destructive to
• What is good for the individual can be destructive to the family.
—destructively adverb
OPP: Creative
#Voabulary #Destructive #C1 #IELTSVocabulary