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left1 [left] VB

left pt, pp of leave

I. leave [liːv] N no pl

1. leave (vacation time):

2. leave (farewell):

3. leave (permission, consent):

4. leave (departure):

II. leave <left, left> [liːv] VB trans

1. leave (depart from):

leave place

2. leave (go away permanently):

to leave home one's husband/wife

3. leave (not take away with):

ostaviti // ostavljati with - sa
leave message, note

4. leave (forget to take):

5. leave (let traces remain):

leave footprints, stains

6. leave (cause to remain):

7. leave (cause to remain in a certain state):

8. leave (not change):

9. leave (bequeath):

10. leave (be survived by):

leave wife, children

11. leave (put off doing):

12. leave (not discuss further):

leave question, subject

13. leave (assign):

to leave sth to sb decision

Phrases:

III. leave <left, left> [liːv] VB intr

leave vehicle, train, ferry
leave plane

I. left2 [left] N

1. left no pl (direction):

2. left (left turn):

to make a left

3. left (street on the left):

4. left no pl (left side):

the left
on the left
to the left
on/to sb's left

5. left SPORTS:

left

6. left no pl (political grouping):

the left

II. left2 [left] ADJ

1. left (position, direction):

left

2. left (political direction):

left
left

III. left2 [left] ADV

1. left:

left (direction)
left (side)
to keep/turn left

Phrases:

left-'hand·ed ADJ

1. left-handed (of person):

left-handed

2. left-handed attr (for left hand use):

left-handed

3. left-handed (turning to left):

left-handed racetrack
left-handed screw
left-handed biol

4. left-handed fig:

left-'wing·er N

left-winger

left-'hand·er N

1. left-hander (person):

left-hander
left-hander

2. left-hander (curve in road):

left-hander

3. left-hander (hit):

left-hander
left-hander SPORTS

out·side 'left N SPORTS

outside left

left-'wing ADJ

left-wing

left-'lug·gage N, left-'lug·gage of·fice N Brit

left-luggage

'left-hand ADJ attr

1. left-hand (on sb's left side):

left-hand

2. left-hand SPORTS:

left-hand catch

3. left-hand (in road):

left-hand bend

left 'wing N + sing/pl vb the left wing

1. left wing (in politics):

the left wing

2. left wing MIL, SPORTS:

the left wing