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lot of nerve! I'd give a lot to be able to paint like you. He<br />

got into a lot of trouble. b much, loads or a load, mountains or<br />

a mountain, tons or a ton, barrels or a barrel, stacks or a<br />

stack, piles or a pile, heaps or a heap, masses or a mass,<br />

oceans , Colloq oodles, scads, US gobs: She has lots of money.<br />

c many, myriad, numerous, countless, reams, infinite or an<br />

infinity, quantities or a quantity, enormous numbers or an<br />

enormous number, Colloq oodles, scads, loads, tons, masses,:<br />

There are lots of fish in the sea. 6 the lot. everything,<br />

Colloq the whole kit and caboodle, all: I'll give you a fiver<br />

for the lot.<br />

lotion n. cream, liniment, balm, salve, ointment, embrocation,<br />

unguent, pomade: The doctor said to rub in some of this lotion<br />

twice a day.<br />

lottery n. raffle, sweepstake, drawing, pool, Brit tombola: I've never<br />

known anyone who won anything in the national lottery.<br />

loud<br />

adj. 1 deafening, ear-splitting, booming, blaring, stentorian,<br />

thundering, thunderous, sonorous, noisy, clamorous, piercing,<br />

fortissimo: The hi-fi is so loud I can't hear myself think. A<br />

loud crash came from the kitchen. 2 tawdry, garish, flashy,<br />

gaudy, tasteless, extravagant, showy, ostentatious, Colloq<br />

splashy, snazzy, jazzy: He was wearing a check suit and the<br />

loudest shirt and tie I had ever seen.<br />

lounge v. 1 idle, loaf, laze, loll, languish, vegetate: After dinner,<br />

we lounged till midnight, sipping port.<br />

--n. 2 sitting-room, salon, front room, parlour: Mother<br />

insisted that we entertain visitors in the lounge. 3 lobby,<br />

foyer, waiting-room, reception (room), vestibule: I was waiting<br />

in the lounge when the doctor returned. 4 cocktail lounge,<br />

(lounge or saloon) bar: We went into the lounge and ordered a<br />

drink. 5 sofa, couch, divan, studio couch, day-bed, settee,<br />

settle, love-seat, chaise longue; causeuse, tˆte-…-tˆte; US and<br />

Canadian Davenport: The psychoanalyst has a lounge on which you<br />

lie while talking to him.<br />

lour<br />

v. 1 lower, darken, threaten, menace, loom: The clouds loured:<br />

she suddenly began to feel afraid. 2 lower, frown, scowl,<br />

glower; sulk, pout, mope: He said nothing, but loured at me

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