Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

to set eyes on
to see: 
I hope I never set eyes on that fellow again.
to set someone’s
teeth on edge
to frighten smb
to set one’s heart (mind, hopes)
on
to be filled with strong desire 
for: 
The boy has set his heart on becoming an engineer.
set
a
1) determined: 
He is very set on going and I can’t make him 
see that it’s a bad idea. 
2) given or fixed for study: 
The examination 
will have questions on the set books (texts). 
3) (of part of the body, 
manner, state of mind, etc.) fixed in position, unmoving: 
She greeted 
her guests with a set smile. 
4) ready, prepared: 
Are you all set? Then 
let’s go.
set
n 
1) (
not fml
) a group of people of a special type: the jet set. 
2) (
not pl
) natural position of part of the body: 
From the set of her 
shoulders it was clear that she was tired. “Shampoo and set, please,”she 
said abruptly.
2. abandon
vt
1) to leave completely and for ever, desert: 
The 
sailors abandoned the sinking ship. 
2) to leave (a relation or friend) in 
a thoughtless or cruel way: 
He abandoned his wife and went abroad. 
3) to give up, esp. without finishing: 
The search was abandoned when 
the nightcame though the child had not been found.
N.B. 
to abandon
may be used with far more negative reasons than 
to give up.
3. resent
vt
to show or feel indignation at,
 as
to resent smb’s be-
haviour (smb’s words, an insult, smb’s manner, etc.): 
Anyone would 
resent such treatment The child resented being made fun of.

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