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ledge<br />

telling-off, Slang Brit wigging, US and Canadian chewing-out: I<br />

had to listen to another lecture about staying out late.<br />

--v. 3 make or deliver or give a speech or address or talk,<br />

discourse; sermonize, hold forth, moralize, pontificate, orate,<br />

preach, declaim, expound, go on about, harangue: She lectures<br />

on Chinese art of the 18th century. He insists on lecturing to<br />

everyone he meets. 4 reprove, reprimand, rebuke, reproach,<br />

scold, upbraid, berate, chide, tongue-lash, remonstrate with,<br />

rail at, fulminate against; admonish, warn; Colloq dress down,<br />

tell off, send (someone) away or off with a flea in his or her<br />

ear, Slang Brit wig, US and Canadian chew out: She is always<br />

lecturing me about keeping my room tidy.<br />

n. shelf, projection, step, mantel or mantle, mantelpiece or<br />

mantlepiece, overhang, sill: We stood on a small ledge of rock<br />

unable to move.<br />

leer<br />

v. 1 ogle, eye: He leers at every pretty girl.<br />

--n. 2 ogle, the eye, Colloq once-over, Slang glad eye: She<br />

was repelled when he gave her a leer.<br />

leery<br />

adj. suspicious, sceptical, dubious, doubtful, doubting,<br />

distrustful, wary, cautious, chary, careful: I was very leery<br />

of his story.<br />

leeway n. space, elbow-room, room, play, scope, slack, latitude, wide<br />

berth; freedom: We allowed him some leeway to make changes in<br />

the manuscript.<br />

left<br />

adj. 1 left-hand, sinistral, Nautical port, (formerly)<br />

larboard, Heraldry sinister: In most countries, the driver sits<br />

on the left side. 2 leftist, left-wing, progressive, liberal,<br />

socialist(ic), pink; radical, communist(ic), red: The party's<br />

platform has become a bit too left for my taste.<br />

--n. 3 left side or hand or fist, Nautical port, port side,<br />

(formerly) larboard: The fort is on the left as you enter the<br />

bay. The champion has a powerful left.<br />

left-handed<br />

adj. 1 clumsy, awkward, gauche, fumbling, maladroit,

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