Garfield Today's Comic

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instead [adverb]

• instead of somebody/something used to say what is not used, does not happen etc, when something else is used, happens etc

• used to say what is done, when you have just said that a particular thing is not done

bark
[verb]

• [intransitive] when a dog barks, it makes a short loud sound or series of sounds [↪ growl]

• also bark out [transitive] to say something quickly in a loud voice

bark at

• bark up the wrong tree [informal] to have a wrong idea, or do something in a way that will not give you the information or result you want

• [transitive] to rub the skin off your knee, elbow etc by falling or knocking against something [= graze]

interpretative [adjective]

• relating to, explaining, or understanding the meaning of something:

Reading is an interpretative process.

• relating to how feelings are expressed through music, dance, art etc:

interpretive dance


demonstrate [verb]

• [transitive] to show or prove something clearly:

The study demonstrates the link between poverty and malnutrition.

demonstrate that
Hitchcock's films demonstrate that a British filmmaker could learn from Hollywood.

demonstrate how/what/why etc
This section will attempt to demonstrate how the Bank of England operates.
The government now has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to reform.

• [transitive] to show or describe how to do something or how something works

demonstrate how
They'll be demonstrating how to handle modern, high performance cars.

• [intransitive] to protest or support something in public with a lot of other people

Supporters demonstrated outside the courtroom during the trial.

demonstrate against
What are they demonstrating against?

• [transitive] to show that you have a particular ability, quality, or feeling

He has demonstrated an ability to meet deadlines.

Animal Crackers (garfield cat)

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nap
{noun}
1 [countable] a short sleep, especially during the day

• have/take a nap

I usually take a nap after lunch.
an afternoon nap
2 [singular]TIM the soft surface on some cloth and leather, made by brushing the short fine threads or hairs in one direction ➔ pile(7)


pile
{noun}
7material [uncountable and countable]TIM the soft surface of short threads on a carpet or some types of cloth

• thick/deep pile

Her feet sank into the thick pile of the rug.

a deep pile carpet

snoopy today's strip

Peanuts
a humorous US cartoon strip (=a set of drawings that tell a story in a newspaper or magazine) by Charles Schultz, about a boy called Charlie Brown, who is nice but not very confident and often unlucky. Other characters include his dog Snoopy, his sister Sally, and his friends Lucy, Linus, Pigpen, Peppermint Patty, and Schroeder.

peanuts
{noun}
1 [countable] a pale brown nut in a thin shell which grows under the ground [= groundnut]:
a packet of roasted peanuts

2 peanuts informal a very small amount of money:
The hotel workers get paid peanuts.
I'm tired of working for peanuts.


you'd
1 the short form of 'you had':
If you'd been more careful, this wouldn't have happened.

2 the short form of 'you would':
You'd be amazed at how much she spends on clothes.

merely
{adverb}
1 used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is [= only]:
He's merely a boy - you can't expect him to understand.
2 used to emphasize that nothing more than what you say is involved [= just]:
We're merely good friends.
He merely shrugged and walked away.

• not merely/rather than merely

used before the less important of two ideas in a sentence to emphasize the more important idea:
It's not merely a matter of cost, but whether she's old enough to go on holiday alone.
It's important to write these goals down, rather than merely think about them.

snoopy today's strip

go by
{phrasal verb}

1 if time goes by, it passes:

Things will get easier as time goes by.

• as the days/weeks/years go by

As the weeks went by, I became more and more worried.

• hardly a day/week/month etc goes by

Hardly a week goes by without some food scare being reported in the media.

• in days/times/years etc gone by

These herbs would have been grown for medicinal purposes in days gone by.

• go by something

to form an opinion about someone or something from the information or experience that you have:
You can't always go by appearances.
If his past plays are anything to go by, this should be a play worth watching.

• go by something

to do things according to a set of rules or laws:
Only a fool goes by the rules all the time.

snoopy today's strip

mental
{adj}
1 [only before noun] relating to the health or state of someone's mind

• mental illness
• mental health.

2 [only before noun] relating to the mind and thinking, or happening only in the mind:

• mental attitude.
• mental picture/image

3 to make a special effort to remember something:

• make a mental note

4 a difficulty in remembering something or in understanding something:

• mental block

5 (British English spoken informal)
a) to get very angry
b) to start behaving in an uncontrolled or excited way

• go mental
  

6 [not before noun] (British English informal) thinking or behaving in a way that seems crazy or strange:

• mentally = {adv}
• somebody must be mental