Bears are defined by most dictionaries as big animals with sharp claws and bulky hair that can walk like a person.

Bear, the verb, means to support or carry.

Only eight species of bear actually exist in the world: the Asiatic Black Bear, the Black Bear, the Brown Bear, the Panda Bear, the Polar Bear, the Sloth Bear, the Spectacled Bear and the Sun Bear.

Bear as a verb is used widely. The expression I can’t bear it means “I can’t take it anymore”. Child-bearing is the human process of giving birth.

Here are more than thirty idioms with the word bear in them. This list is not for the average bear!
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Idioms With the Word Bear

As cross as a bear: When someone is particularly annoyed, we say that they are as cross as a bear (e.g. Tim is as cross as a bear today). The expanded version of this idiom is as cross as a bear with a sore head.

Baby bear: A rookie police officer.

Bear a grudge: Also known as hold a grudge, keep a grudge, have a grudge, etc. To bear a grudge is to keep resentment toward someone or something.

Bear a hand: The same meaning as lend a hand: helping or collaborating.

Bear a resemblance to: To resemble someone, e.g. Tim bears a resemblance to Mike.

Bear arms: Armed; carrying weapons. For example: we, as a country, shouldn’t let everyone bear arms.

Bear cage: A police station.

Bear my cross: To bear a burden. E.g.: I ask you to bear my cross is the same as saying I ask you to bear my burden.

Bear fruit: To achieve results. For example: this project will bear fruit.

Bear in mind: To keep in mind. E.g.: bear in mind that in these dark times, staying healthy is important.

Bear in the air: a police officer in the air (usually in an aircraft of some kind).

Bear off: To change course. Example: bear off to the left.

Bear on: To be connected to something. For example: these reports must include cases which bear on the understanding of the disease.

Bear the brunt: To tolerate the toughest part of something. E.g.: she can’t bear the brunt of the economic recession.
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Bear the burden: Same as bear my cross; to endure something unpleasant.

Bear trap: Literally, a specific kind of trap to capture bears. As an idiom, it is used to refer to speed limit enforcement traps. The bears (the cops) set bear traps (speed traps).

Bear up: To hold something (or someone) up.

Bear witness to: To testify.

Bring to bear: Apply. Example: pressure can be brought to bear on people.

Busy as a bear in a beehive: Bears have no difficulty getting the honey the want, so this idiom implies laziness.


Busy as a hibernating bear: Just as before, not busy at all!

Do bears poop in the woods?: A sarcastic way of saying yes, usually used as an answer to a question. Example: Is there a lack of money? Do bears shit in the woods?

Grin and bear it: Smile and endure t.

Gruff as a bear: Brusque.

Hot enough to burn a polar bear’s butt: Very hot.

Hungry as a bear: Very hungry.

Lady bear: Female cop.

Loaded for bear: Angry and/or drunk.

More than one can bear: The same as more than you can take; to be overwhelmed.

Can’t bear the sight of: Incapable of tolerating someone or something.

Than the average bear: Comes from the classic phrase, Yogi bear is smarter than the average bear. This idiom is used to compare someone to the average person. Example: you have to play better than the average bear.

Words that start with Bear

Bearable: This word means supportable or tolerable. Bearable job means a job you are capable of enduring. The words bearability (noun) and bearably (adverb) mean the same thing.

Bearbaiting: A blood sport where dogs systematically fought chained bears in bear-gardens.

Bearberry: A kind of berry that bears love to eat. The plural form is bearberries.

Bearcat: A binturong—a threatened animal that lives in South Asia. It lives exclusively in tall forests. Bearcats are omnivorous.

Bearer: Someone who carries something. This something can be immaterial such as in he is the bearer of bad news.
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Beargrass: Also known as soapgrass. It is a plant that can survive fire.

Bearhug: A strong embrace. To bearhug someone is to put your arms around them and then hold them against you tightly.

Bearing: An individual’s manner of moving or standing.

Bearish: Resembling or acting as a bear would. Typically implies roughness or aggressiveness. Bearlike, bearishness and bearishly can also be used in the same way.

Bearskin: A rug or some other thing made from the pelt of a bear. The plural is bearskins.

Bearwood: A shrubby tree of the United States. Also a region in England.
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I Will Always Love You
Уитни Хьюстон
If I
Should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go
But I know
I'll think of you every step of
the way
And I...
Will always
Love you, oohh
Will always
Love you
You
My darling you
Mmm-mm
Bittersweet
Memories
That is all I'm taking with me
So good-bye
Please don't cry
We both know I'm not what you
You need
And I...
Will always love you
I...
Will always love you
You, ooh
[Instrumental / Sax solo]
I hope
life treats you kind
And I hope
you have all you've dreamed of
And I wish you joy
and happiness
But above all this
I wish you love
And I...
Will always love you
I...
Will always love you
[Repeat]
I, I will always love
You...
You
Darling I love you
I'll always
I'll always
Love
You.
Oooh
Ooohhh
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These days we take the internet for granted. We share our lives on social media and not just with friends and family. And that isn’t always a positive thing according to the father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee. Listen to this discussion about whether the internet is a good or bad thing - and learn some useful vocabulary too.

This week's question:

When did Berners-Lee first suggest the idea for what would become the World Wide Web? Was it in...

a) 1985

b) 1989

c) 1991

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

initially
at first - in the beginning

neutral
not controlling / not taking any action to control

anonymity
the state of having a hidden identity or personality

ameliorate
make a situation better

to tweak
to make a small change

kudos
praise and appreciation for something someone has done

Transcript

Note: This is not a word for word transcript

Rob
Hello welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Rob.

Neil
And I'm Neil.

Rob
Can you remember the first time you ever used the World Wide Web or as we often call it, the internet, and what you used it for?

Neil
Oh that's a good question. I do remember. And nothing really changes does it? Because I looked up pictures of cats!

Rob
Cats! Very useful, anyway do you think the internet has generally been positive or negative for the world?

Neil
Wow, that's a big question. A huge question. I don't know if I can answer that.
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Rob
Well one person who perhaps can answer it, is the man who invented it: British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee. We'll find out what he thinks has become of his 'child' shortly but before that, a question for you all. When did Berners-Lee first suggest the idea for what would become the World Wide Web? Was it in...
a) 1985
b) 1989
c) 1991

Neil
Tricky but I think it's earlier than people think so I'm going to go for 1985.

Rob
Well that was a long time ago but we'll reveal the answer a little later in the programme. I think it's true to say that the internet has been one of, if not the most important technological developments perhaps of all time. Would you agree Neil?

Neil
Well it's hard to imagine living without it. Not impossible, but not nearly as convenient.

Rob
These days we take the internet for granted. We share our lives on social media and not just with friends and family. And that isn't always a positive thing according to the father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee. In a recent BBC Tech Tent programme he talked about his concerns with the internet and particularly the companies that control its information. Companies which he calls 'internet giants'. What does he say he thought these companies had to do?

Tim Berners-Lee
Initially I felt the main thing an internet giant had to do was just to be neutral, just be a platform and humanity, once connected by technology, will do wonderful things. And clearly it doesn't work like that. If you connect humanity via Wikipedia then they do produce, in general, wonderful things. If you connect people by social network where they have anonymity, then it can bring out the very nastiest of people.

Rob
So what did he say he thought these internet giants had to do?

Neil
He said that he thought initially, that they just had to be neutral. Initially means 'at first', 'in the beginning' and it also suggests that later he changed his mind. Anyway, he said that he thought they just had to be neutral. Neutral here means that they didn't need to do anything, they didn't need to control the internet or information. He thought it would be a tool to connect people and ideas and information and it would be wonderful.

Rob
But it's not all good, is it?
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Neil
No. He does say that giving people access to sources of information is generally a good thing but that when it comes to social networks, social media, people have anonymity.

Rob
Anonymity?

Neil
Yes. It means that on the internet people can hide their true identity or personality. Some people write things that they would never say to someone in person because they think there will be no consequences. Berners-Lee says anonymity can bring out the nastiest side of people. People saying horrible and terrible things to each other.

Rob
Berners-Lee does have some suggestions for how this could be changed. And it's based on the idea of likes and shares, which he calls kudos. What's his suggestion?

Tim Berners-Lee
The different social networks and different platforms are in different situations and in some cases they have acknowledged there is an issue. I think they realise that the issue could be hugely ameliorated by tweaking the way the thing works by changing the way retweets are propagated or changing the way people get kudos - give them more kudos for being constructive for example.

Rob
So how does he think companies could address the problem?

Neil
Well, he says that some of the social networks have agreed that there is a problem and they know what could improve it.

Rob
He didn't use the word improve though, did he?

Neil
No he actually used the rather formal verb ameliorate, which means 'to improve or make something better'.

Rob
So how does he suggest the problem could be ameliorated?

Neil
By tweaking the way in which people give or receive kudos. Tweaking means 'making a small change to the way something works'. Much of what happens on the internet is driven by our desire to get likes and shares – this is the kudos that Berners-Lee talks about. He feels that tweaking this could lead to a better experience. For example, getting more kudos for constructive or positive actions.

Rob
Mmm, interesting – but I wonder who would decide if something is constructive?

Neil
Well that's another big question for another day, I guess.

Rob
For now though, let's have the answer to our small question. In what year did Berners-Lee present the idea for what would become the World Wide Web? The options were a) 1985, b)1989 or c) 1991. It was infact 1989. Now before we go let's have a quick recap of today's vocabulary.
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Neil
Initially – means 'at first - in the beginning'. Then we had neutral.

Rob
In this case it meant 'not controlling' or 'not taking any action to control'.

Neil
Then there was the noun anonymity which is the state of having a hidden identity or personality.

Rob
Next, to ameliorate a situation is to make it better.

Neil
To tweak something is to make a small change to the way something works.

Rob
And then we had kudos. Kudos is praise and appreciation for something you've done.

Neil
Well kudos to you Rob for today's programme. Thank you very much.

Rob
Well, thank you Neil and thank you everyone for listening. That's all we have today but you can, find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, and of course our website bbclearningenglish.com! Bye for now.

Neil
Thanks for joining us and goodbye.
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Decide the best linking word to use in the following sentences:

(Whereas / While / But)……………… individuals can make a considerable difference to environmental problems, they ought to be dealt with on a global scale to be solved effectively.
Global warming is a prominent issue these days (due to / owing to / because)……………. it has a direct impact on the climate of countries all over the world.
(As a result / Consequently / Thus)……………… of global warming, sea levels are rising which threaten many low lying lands.
One of the best ways to deal with global warming is to reduce the emissions of fossil fuels, (specific / particularly / certainly)…………. from industry.
Global warming affects weather patterns and can cause extreme weather (namely / as an example / like) ………………. heat waves, droughts and floods.
Answers
While
because
As a result
particularly
namely

Фразовые глаголы для начинающих 📌

● be off — уходить
● be out — выйти из моды
● be over — закончиться
● be up — проснуться
● be up to — предпринимать что-л.
● call back — перезвонить
● carry on — продолжать заниматься чем-либо
● carry out — выполнять
● catch up — догнать
● check in — регистрировать(ся)
● check out — проверять (амер.)
● clean up — наводить в порядок
● come back — возвращаться
● come from — быть родом из
● come in — входить (в помещение)
● come off — удаваться
● come on — поторапливайся!
● come out — выходить
● come over — заходить (ненадолго)
● come up — приезжать
● get up — вставать (после сна)
● give up — бросить (что-л.)
● go back — возвращаться к прежнему состоянию
● go in — входить
● go off — уезжать
● go on — продолжать
● go out — гулять
● go over — прийти (ненадолго)
● let in — впускать
● let out — выпускать
● lie down — полежать
● line up — строить(ся)
● pick up — собирать
● point out — указывать
● pull away — отодвигаться
● pull off — съезжать (с дороги) добавить
● pull on — натягивать (надевать)
● pull out — вытаскивать
● pull up — останавливаться (на короткое время)
● put away — убирать на место
● put down — положить
● put in — вставлять (добавлять)
● put on — надевать
● put out — гасить
● put up — поднимать
● run away — сбегать
● run into — встречать (случайно)
● run off — убегать (о жидкости)
● run out — заканчиваться
● run over — сбивать
● set down — фиксировать (на бумаге)
● set off — отправляться
● set up — устанавливать
● sit back — откинуться на спинку сиденья
● sit down — садиться
● sit up — садиться (из горизонтального положения)
● wind up — заканчивать