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- book1 W1S1 [buk] n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1¦(printed pages)¦2¦(to write in)¦3¦(set of things)¦4 books5 by the book6 a closed book7 be in somebody's good/bad books8¦(law)¦9¦(part of a book)¦10 in my book11 bring somebody to book▬▬▬▬▬▬▬[: Old English; Origin: boc]1.) ¦(PRINTED PAGES)¦a set of printed pages that are held together in a cover so that you can read them▪ I've just started reading a book by Graham Greene.▪ a cookery book▪ a special exhibition of children's booksbook about/on▪ a book about cats▪ a cheap paperback book▪ I can't afford to buy hardback books.2.) ¦(TO WRITE IN)¦a set of sheets of paper held together in a cover so that you can write on them▪ a black address book▪ a notebook3.) ¦(SET OF THINGS)¦a set of things such as stamps, matches, or tickets, held together inside a paper cover▪ a cheque book4.) books [plural] a) ¦(ACCOUNTS)¦written records of the financial accounts of a business▪ An accountant will examine the company's books.▪ a small firm that is having problems balancing the books (=keeping its profits and spending equal)on the books▪ They have £50 billion worth of orders on the books.b) ¦(JOBS)¦the names of people who use a company's services, or who are sent by a company to work for other peopleon sb's books▪ an agent with a lot of popular actors on his books5.) by the bookexactly according to rules or instructions▪ She feels she has to go by the book and can't use her creativity.do/play sth by the book▪ The police were careful to do everything by the book.6.) a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about▪ Chemistry is a closed book to me.7.) be in sb's good/bad books informalused to say that someone is pleased or annoyed with you8.) ¦(LAW)¦be on the booksif a law is on the books, it is part of the set of laws in a country, town, area etc9.) ¦(PART OF A BOOK)¦one of the parts that a very large book such as the Bible is divided intobook of▪ the Book of Isaiah10.) in my bookspoken said when giving your opinion▪ In my book, nothing is more important than football.11.) bring sb to bookto punish someone for breaking laws or rules, especially when you have been trying to punish them for a long time▪ War criminals must be brought to book.→↑statute book,take a leaf out of sb's book at ↑leaf1 (2), read sb like a book at ↑read1 (16), suit sb's book at ↑suit2 (5), a turn-up for the book at ↑turn-up, throw the book at sb at ↑throw1 (26)▬▬▬▬▬▬▬WORD FOCUS: booka book about imaginary events: novel, thriller, mystery, horror story, love story, detective story, whodunitbooks about imaginary events in general: fiction, science fiction, romantic fiction, crime fiction, chick lit (informal)famous or important novels, poems etc : literaturebooks about real events: non-fictiona book that gives information: reference book, encyclopedia, textbooka book about someone's life: biography, autobiography, journal, diarysomeone who writes books: writer, author, novelista book with a hard cover: hardback (BrE) hardcover (AmE)a book with a cover made of paper or card: paperback▬▬▬▬▬▬▬book 2book2 S2 v1.) [I and T]to make arrangements to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, go to a theatre etc at a particular time in the future→↑reserve▪ Have you booked a holiday this year?▪ You need to book well in advance for Christmas.▪ The flight was already fully booked (=no more seats were available) .▪ To get tickets, you have to book in advance .▪ The show's booked solid (=all the tickets have been sold) until February.2.) [T]to arrange for someone such as a singer to perform on a particular date▪ The band was booked for a benefit show in Los Angeles.3.) be booked upa) if a hotel, restaurant etc is booked up, there are no more rooms, places, seats etc still available▪ The courses quickly get booked up.b) if someone is booked up, they are extremely busy and have arranged a lot of things they must do▪ I'm all booked up this week - can we get together next Friday?4.) [T]to arrange for someone to go to a hotel, fly on a plane etc▪ I've booked you a flight on Saturday.book sb on/in etc▪ I'll book you in at the Hilton.5.) [T]to put someone's name officially in police records, along with the charge made against them▪ Smith was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.6.) [T] BrEwhen a ↑referee in a sports game books a player who has broken the rules, he or she officially writes down the player's name in a book as a punishmentbook in phr vBrE to arrive at a hotel and say who you are etc= ↑check in▪ Several tourists were booking in.
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
