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auction. 5 Also, good buy. bargain, Colloq US and Canadian
steal: If you paid only œ2,000, that was a real buy.
buyer n. customer, consumer, client, purchaser: Is it likely that
you will find many buyers of Basque dictionaries in this
country?
buzz n. 1 hum, murmur, drone: I lay and listened to the buzz of the
bees. 2 stir, ferment, talk, undercurrent: A ringing could be
heard above the buzz of conversation. 3 phone call, ring: I
think I'll give him a buzz to see if our appointment is still
on. 4 thrill, feeling of excitement, sensation, stimulation,
kick, Colloq high: I got quite a pleasant buzz from that drink.
--v. 5 hum, murmur, drone: The flies were buzzing around the
dead squirrel. 6 fly down on, zoom on to: The pilot was
grounded for a month for buzzing the airfield. 7 telephone,
ring (up), call (up), phone; summon, signal, buzz or ring for:
She said she'd buzz me if she needed anything.
2.8 by...
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by prep. 1 near, beside, next to, close to, alongside: I park my
car by my house. 2 via, by way of, through; past: I go home by
High Wycombe. 3 by means of, on: I often travel by train. 4
before, not later than, sooner than: I have to leave by Monday.
5 during, at: We travel only by night.
--adv. 6 Often, close by. near, nearby, at hand, close, about,
around, Literary nigh: When she is close by I get a tingling
sensation. 7 past, nearby: When he walked by I nearly died. 8
away, aside: We put by a little for a rainy day.
bygone adj. past, former, olden; of old, of yore: In bygone times,
the fashion was for high-button shoes.
bypass v. 1 avoid, evade, circumvent, sidestep, skirt, go or get
round, detour; ignore, Slang give the go-by: I shall bypass
many problems if I take that route.
--n. 2 detour, alternative (way, route, etc.), alternate way or