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telling-off, Slang Brit wigging, US and Canadian chewing-out: I
had to listen to another lecture about staying out late.
--v. 3 make or deliver or give a speech or address or talk,
discourse; sermonize, hold forth, moralize, pontificate, orate,
preach, declaim, expound, go on about, harangue: She lectures
on Chinese art of the 18th century. He insists on lecturing to
everyone he meets. 4 reprove, reprimand, rebuke, reproach,
scold, upbraid, berate, chide, tongue-lash, remonstrate with,
rail at, fulminate against; admonish, warn; Colloq dress down,
tell off, send (someone) away or off with a flea in his or her
ear, Slang Brit wig, US and Canadian chew out: She is always
lecturing me about keeping my room tidy.
ledge n. shelf, projection, step, mantel or mantle, mantelpiece or
mantlepiece, overhang, sill: We stood on a small ledge of rock
unable to move.
leer v. 1 ogle, eye: He leers at every pretty girl.
--n. 2 ogle, the eye, Colloq once-over, Slang glad eye: She
was repelled when he gave her a leer.
leery adj. suspicious, sceptical, dubious, doubtful, doubting,
distrustful, wary, cautious, chary, careful: I was very leery
of his story.
leeway n. space, elbow-room, room, play, scope, slack, latitude, wide
berth; freedom: We allowed him some leeway to make changes in
the manuscript.
left adj. 1 left-hand, sinistral, Nautical port, (formerly)
larboard, Heraldry sinister: In most countries, the driver sits
on the left side. 2 leftist, left-wing, progressive, liberal,
socialist(ic), pink; radical, communist(ic), red: The party's
platform has become a bit too left for my taste.
--n. 3 left side or hand or fist, Nautical port, port side,
(formerly) larboard: The fort is on the left as you enter the
bay. The champion has a powerful left.
left-handed
adj. 1 clumsy, awkward, gauche, fumbling, maladroit,