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- stand_off-English-Verb-1en hasExample "He stood off from the fire, for fear of getting scorched.".
- stand_off-English-Verb-2en hasExample "We took hold of anything that might serve as a weapon to stand off the menacing group of young men.".
- stand_on_ceremony-English-Verb-1en hasExample "Please make yourself at home - there's no need to stand on ceremony.".
- stand_on_ones_own_two_feet-English-Verb-1en hasExample "It's about time he left home and learnt how to stand on his own two feet.".
- stand_ones_ground-English-Verb-1en hasExample "They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue.".
- stand_pat-English-Verb-3en hasExample "After getting a hand of 20, the player stood pat.".
- stand_the_test_of_time-English-Verb-1en hasExample "Pop music comes and goes, but classical music has stood the test of time.".
- stand_to_reason-English-Verb-1en hasExample "If nobody asked the question yet, then it stands to reason that nobody has tried answering.".
- stand_up-English-Verb-1en hasExample "Stand up, then sit down again.".
- stand_up-English-Verb-2en hasExample "Laura stood the sofa up on end.".
- stand_up-English-Verb-3en hasExample "John stood Laura up at the movie theater.".
- stand_up_to-English-Verb-1en hasExample "If anyone stood up to him, I bet he'd back down.".
- stand_up_to-English-Verb-2en hasExample "The paint looks good, but I don't know if it will stand up to years of weather.".
- standard-bearer-English-Noun-1en hasExample "The standard-bearer in battle is in the center of the front line so the following troops know where to go; unfortunately, it also shows the enemy where to shoot.".
- standard-bearer-English-Noun-2en hasExample "He became the standard-bearer for their cause because of his celebrity.".
- standards-English-Adverb-1en hasExample "There is some sign of disparate standards bodies becoming more closely aligned.".
- standards_compliance-English-Noun-1en hasExample "Other vendors may be cheaper up front, but our standards compliance will save you in the long run.".
- standards_compliant-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "Other vendors' products may be cheaper, but ours are standards compliant.".
- standby-English-Noun-1en hasExample "The troops were on standby in case of an attack.".
- standby-English-Noun-3en hasExample "That recipe is an old standby, and she keeps the ingredients around in case of unexpected guests.".
- standby-English-Verb-1en hasExample "Standby while I check that for you.".
- standee-English-Noun-2en hasExample "He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Episode 3.".
- standing-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft".
- standing-English-Adjective-2en hasExample "standing ovation".
- standing-English-Noun-2en hasExample "a member of long standing".
- standing-English-Noun-6en hasExample "He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.".
- standings-English-Noun-2en hasExample "I don't look at the standings because my team is doing poorly.".
- standout-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "The band played well, but the acrobats gave the standout performance.".
- standout-English-Noun-1en hasExample "This building is one of the city's architectural standouts.".
- standpoint-English-Noun-1en hasExample "Bathing once a month may save time, but from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not effective.".
- standstill-English-Noun-1en hasExample "The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.".
- stanna-Swedish-Verb-3en hasExample "jag blev stannad av polisen".
- stanzaic-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "a couplet in stanzaic form".
- stap-TokPisin-Verb-1en hasExample "Balus i stap long graun. The airplane is on the ground.".
- stapel-Swedish-Noun-3en hasExample "det nya skeppet ska gå av stapeln på tisdag".
- star-English-Noun-6en hasExample "His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.".
- star-French-Noun-1en hasExample "Elle est devenue star. - she's become a star.".
- star-Slovene-Adjective-1en hasExample "Star sem dvajset.".
- star-crossed-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "The star-crossed lovers looked into each other's eyes, before dying.".
- starch-English-Verb-1en hasExample "She starched her blouses.".
- stardust-English-Noun-1en hasExample "My sister's eyes were full of stardust, and she'd spend hours lazily planning her future life when she would make her big break in the movies.".
- stare_someone_in_the_face-English-Verb-1en hasExample "Then, one night you wake up with a start at 3 o'clock in the morning with the answer staring you in the face. Or maybe it hits you in the bath, like Archimedes, or while you're on the loo.".
- stare_zitto-Italian-Verb-1en hasExample "Sta' zitto! 138978 Shut up!".
- stargaze-English-Verb-1en hasExample "It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.".
- stari-Esperanto-Verb-1en hasExample "Oni devas stari dum la tuta servo ĉe la Grekortodoksa Eklezio.".
- stari-Esperanto-Verb-2en hasExample "Mitt Romney staras kontraŭ geja edzeco.".
- stark-Swedish-Adjective-3en hasExample "starkt ljus".
- stark-Swedish-Adjective-5en hasExample "starkt kaffe".
- starkers-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.".
- starring-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "Charlton Heston had a starring role in Ben-Hur.".
- starring-English-Verb-2en hasExample "Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston".
- starry-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "Starry starry night, Portraits hung in empty halls, Frameless heads on nameless walls, With eyes that watch the world and can't forget - a song about Van Gogh called \"Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)\"".
- starry-eyed-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.".
- stars_in_ones_eyes-English-Noun-1en hasExample "After their first kiss the pair of them walked around with stars in their eyes for days.".
- starshine-English-Noun-1en hasExample "The starshine lights upon our heads. 527036 Robert Louis Stevenson.".
- start-Polish-Noun-2en hasExample "Z niecierpliwością czekałam na start samolotu do Paryża.".
- start-Polish-Noun-3en hasExample "Większość kibiców ucieszyła się, że zdecydował się on na start w zawodach.".
- start_off_on_the_wrong_foot-English-Verb-1en hasExample "To avoid starting off on the wrong foot with your boss, make sure you understand what she expects you to do.".
- start_out-English-Verb-1en hasExample "He started out writing for the school magazine, and now he's a TV talk show celebrity.".
- start_up-English-Verb-1en hasExample "He 'started up when he heard the scream.".
- start_up-English-Verb-3en hasExample "They started up playing.".
- starta-Swedish-Verb-1en hasExample "Starta motorerna, vi lyfter genast!".
- starter-English-Noun-1en hasExample "a starter on a journey".
- starting_pitcher-English-Noun-1en hasExample "That team has the best starting pitchers in the league.".
- starting_pitcher-English-Noun-2en hasExample "The starting pitcher for today's game has not been announced yet.".
- starting_point-English-Noun-1en hasExample "King's Cross Station proved to be the starting point of a journey that took me around the world.".
- starting_point-English-Noun-2en hasExample "To examine some of the data and facts is a good starting point.".
- starve-English-Verb-3en hasExample "Hey, ma, I'm starving!".
- starve-English-Verb-5en hasExample "They starved the child until it withered away.".
- starve-English-Verb-6en hasExample "I was half starved waiting out in that wind.".
- starved-English-Adjective-2en hasExample "I'm starved, I haven't eaten since breakfast.".
- stash-English-Noun-1en hasExample "They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.".
- stash-English-Verb-1en hasExample "He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.".
- stasis-English-Noun-2en hasExample "His company was sized for growth, not stasis.".
- stat_whore-English-Verb-1en hasExample "He's stat whoring by using Javascript to make pages.".
- statable-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "The sensations elicited by flavors and colors are not statable.".
- statant-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "a lion statant".
- state-English-Noun-4en hasExample "The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.".
- state-English-Noun-5en hasExample "In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.".
- state-English-Noun-6en hasExample "The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.".
- state-English-Noun-7en hasExample "A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.".
- state-English-Verb-1en hasExample "He stated that he was willing to help.".
- state-English-Verb-2en hasExample "State your intentions.".
- state_machine-English-Noun-1en hasExample "This algorithm will produce a state machine for parsing a given context-free grammar.".
- state_of_affairs-English-Noun-1en hasExample "His uncooperative attitude creates a difficult state of affairs for all of us.".
- statehood-English-Noun-1en hasExample "Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959 when it became the 49th state of the United States.".
- stateless-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons".
- stateless-English-Adjective-2en hasExample "A stateless server treats each request independently.".
- stateside-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "I'll be stateside for the next month.".
- stateside-English-Adverb-1en hasExample "I'll be going stateside next month!".
- staticky-English-Adjective-1en hasExample "The connection was staticky.".
- station-English-Noun-10en hasExample "I used to work at a radio station.".
- station-English-Noun-11en hasExample "I used to listen to that radio station.".
- station-English-Noun-12en hasExample "There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, that the colt from old Regret had got away (A. B. Patterson, poet)".
- station-English-Noun-3en hasExample "The next station is Esperanza.".
- station-English-Noun-4en hasExample "It's right across from the bus station.".
- station-English-Noun-7en hasExample "The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.".
- station-English-Noun-8en hasExample "She had ambitions beyond her station.".
- station-English-Noun-9en hasExample "She had a boyfriend at the station.".
- station-English-Verb-1en hasExample "The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.".