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to make it up to smb
compensate smb for smth missed or suffered, 
or for money, etc. spent: 
Thanks for buying my ticket, I’ll make it up to 
you later.
6. 
pure
a
1) unmixed with any other substance, as pure water, 
milk, gold, wool:
 My granny uses only pure wool when knitting car-
digans for little children.
2) morally clean, without evil or sin:
 The 
new ruler of Wales was to be pure and honest, speak no English and 
to have been born on the Welsh soil. 
3) mere; nothing but, as pure 
mischief; a pure waste of time; laziness pure and simple:
 I call it pure 
stupidity to go out in the cold without a hat. What he said was the truth 
pure and simple.
purely
 adv 
entirely; merely: 
It’s purely a matter of taste.
purity
n
the state or quality of being pure: 
The purity of the moun-
tain air will do you a lot of good. The statue is a work of remarkable 
purity of line.
purist
n
a person who pays great attention to the correct use of 
words, language, etc.: 
A purist of the English language would never use 
any Americanisms.
7. 
consent
vi
to give agreement or permission, as to consent to 
smth: 
He consented to the proposal. Anne’s father would not consent to 
her marrying the old man.
consent
n
permission, agreement: 
He was chosen leader by general 
consent. Silence gives consent.
consensus
 n
general agreement (of opinion, etc.): 
Consensus poli-
tics is the practice of basing policies on what will gain wide support. By 
consensus of opinion the group decided not to visit the museum.
8. 
ware
n
1) (in compounds) manufactured goods,
 as
silverware, 
hardware, ironware, stoneware: 
Every morning the maid cleaned the sil-
verware. 
2) (
pl
) articles offered for sale: 
The master displayed his wares.
hardware
n 
1) tools and household implements: 
You can buy most 
kitchen utensils in the hardware store.
2) military hardware: weapons, 
machinery, armoured vehicles; 3) computer hardware: mechanical 
equipment and electronic parts of a computer (contrasted with infor-

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mation and programmes called “software”): 
The computer hardware 
was still intact but the software had been damaged by the electricity 
failure.