#️⃣#Lot /lɒt $ lɑːt/ #pronoun, #adverb
💢an awful lot ➡️ (also a whole lot #informal) (=a very large amount or number)
🔹He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.
💢a lot to do/learn/say etc
🔹I still have a lot to learn.
🔹It’s a great city, with lots to see and do.
💢have a lot on your plate #informal #idiom ➡️ to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do
🔹She's got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week.
💢have a lot on your mind ➡️ to have a lot of problems that you are worried about:
🔹‘You’re quiet today.’ ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind.’
💢have a lot on #British_English ➡️ to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time:
🔹I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on.
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💢an awful lot ➡️ (also a whole lot #informal) (=a very large amount or number)
🔹He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.
💢a lot to do/learn/say etc
🔹I still have a lot to learn.
🔹It’s a great city, with lots to see and do.
💢have a lot on your plate #informal #idiom ➡️ to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do
🔹She's got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week.
💢have a lot on your mind ➡️ to have a lot of problems that you are worried about:
🔹‘You’re quiet today.’ ‘I’ve got a lot on my mind.’
💢have a lot on #British_English ➡️ to be very busy, with a large number of things to do in a short time:
🔹I can’t help you now – I’ve got rather a lot on.
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#️⃣#Lot /lɒt $ lɑːt/ #pronoun, #adverb 💢an awful lot ➡️ (also a whole lot #informal) (=a very large amount or number) 🔹He spends an awful lot of time on the computer. 💢a lot to do/learn/say etc 🔹I still have a lot to learn. 🔹It’s a great city, with lots…
#️⃣#Lot /lɒt $ lɑːt/ #noun
1️⃣GROUP OF PEOPLE/THINGS ➡️ [countable] a group of people or things considered together:
🔹Could you help me carry this lot upstairs?
💢lot of
🔹The last lot of people offered £70,000.
🔹I did three lots of exams last summer.
🔹Come on, you lot, hurry up!
🔹His friends are a strange lot.
2️⃣the lot especially #British_English ➡️ the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc:
🔹We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot.
🔹I can’t believe you ate the whole lot.
🔹I think that’s the lot (=everything is included).
🔹the lot of you/them/us (=all of you, them, or us)
🔹Stand up, the lot of you!
3️⃣SB’S SITUATION [singular] ➡️ your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better:
🔹She seems happy enough with her lot.
🔹The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members.
4️⃣LAND [countable] especially #American_English ➡️ an area of land used for building on or for another purpose:
🔹the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel
🔹a used-car lot
5️⃣FILM [countable] ➡️ a building and the land surrounding it where films are made SYN studio:
🔹the Universal Studios lot
6️⃣THING TO BE SOLD [countable] ➡️ something, or a group of things, that is sold at an auction:
🔹Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp.
7️⃣CHOOSING
🅰️by lot ➡️ if someone is chosen by lot, several people each take a piece of paper or an object from a container, and the person who is chosen is the one who gets a particular marked paper or object:
🔹In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot.
🅱️draw/cast lots ➡️ to choose something or someone by lot:
🔹We drew lots to decide who should go first.
8️⃣throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something ➡️ to join or support someone or something, and accept that what happens to them will affect what happens to you:
🔹In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the Allies.
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1️⃣GROUP OF PEOPLE/THINGS ➡️ [countable] a group of people or things considered together:
🔹Could you help me carry this lot upstairs?
💢lot of
🔹The last lot of people offered £70,000.
🔹I did three lots of exams last summer.
🔹Come on, you lot, hurry up!
🔹His friends are a strange lot.
2️⃣the lot especially #British_English ➡️ the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc:
🔹We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot.
🔹I can’t believe you ate the whole lot.
🔹I think that’s the lot (=everything is included).
🔹the lot of you/them/us (=all of you, them, or us)
🔹Stand up, the lot of you!
3️⃣SB’S SITUATION [singular] ➡️ your lot is your work, duties, social position etc, especially when they could be better:
🔹She seems happy enough with her lot.
🔹The unions have always tried to improve the lot of their members.
4️⃣LAND [countable] especially #American_English ➡️ an area of land used for building on or for another purpose:
🔹the vacant lot (=empty land) behind the Commercial Hotel
🔹a used-car lot
5️⃣FILM [countable] ➡️ a building and the land surrounding it where films are made SYN studio:
🔹the Universal Studios lot
6️⃣THING TO BE SOLD [countable] ➡️ something, or a group of things, that is sold at an auction:
🔹Lot 54 is a Victorian lamp.
7️⃣CHOOSING
🅰️by lot ➡️ if someone is chosen by lot, several people each take a piece of paper or an object from a container, and the person who is chosen is the one who gets a particular marked paper or object:
🔹In Athens at that time, judges were chosen by lot.
🅱️draw/cast lots ➡️ to choose something or someone by lot:
🔹We drew lots to decide who should go first.
8️⃣throw in/cast your lot with somebody/something ➡️ to join or support someone or something, and accept that what happens to them will affect what happens to you:
🔹In 1915 Italy threw in her lot with the Allies.
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