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5 PREP If something is between two amounts or ages, it is greater or older than the first one and smaller or younger than the second one. □  Amsterdam is fun–a third of its population is aged between 18 and 30.

6 PREP If something happens between or in between two times or events, it happens after the first time or event and before the second one. □  The canal was built between 1793 and 1797. ● ADV Between is also an adverb. □  They come in peaks lasting two or three minutes, with periods of calm in between.

7 PREP If you must choose between two or more things, you must choose just one of them. □  Students will be able to choose between English, French and Russian as their first foreign language.

8 PREP If people or places have a particular amount of something between them, this is the total amount that they have. □  The three sites employ 12,500 people between them.

9 PREP When something is divided or shared between people, they each have a share of it. □  There is only one bathroom shared between eight bedrooms.

10 PHRASE When you introduce a statement by saying ' between you and me ' or ' between ourselves ', you are indicating that you do not want anyone else to know what you are saying. □  Between you and me, though, it's been awful for business. □  Between ourselves, I know he wants to marry her.

bev|elled /be v ^ə ld/ in AM, use beveled ADJ [usu ADJ n] If a piece of wood, metal, or glass has bevelled edges, its edges are cut sloping. □  …a huge mirror with deep bevelled edges.

bev|er|age /be vər I dʒ/ (beverages ) N‑COUNT [usu pl, oft adj N ] Beverages are drinks. [FORMAL ] □  Alcoholic beverages are served in the hotel lounge. □  …foods and beverages.

bev|vy /be vi/ (bevvies ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] If you have a few bevvies , you have a few alcoholic drinks. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies.

bevy /be vi/ (bevies ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A bevy of people is a group of people all together in one place. □  …a bevy of bright young officers.

be|wail /b I we I l/ (bewails , bewailing , bewailed ) VERB If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it. [JOURNALISM , LITERARY ] □ [V n] …songs that bewail his dissatisfaction in love.

be|ware /b I weə ^r / VERB [only imper and inf] If you tell someone to beware of a person or thing, you are warning them that the person or thing may harm them or be dangerous. □ [V + of ] Beware of being too impatient with others. □ [V ] Beware, this recipe is not for slimmers.

be|wil|der /b I w I ldə ^r / (bewilders , bewildering , bewildered ) VERB If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it. □ [V n] The silence from Alex had hurt and bewildered her.

be|wil|dered /b I w I ldə ^r d/ ADJ If you are bewildered , you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do. □  Some shoppers looked bewildered by the sheer variety of goods on offer.

be|wil|der|ing /b I w I ldər I ŋ/ ADJ A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about. □  A glance along his bookshelves reveals a bewildering array of interests. □  The choice of excursions was bewildering. ●  be|wil|der|ing|ly ADV [usu ADV adj/adv] □  The cast of characters in the scandal is bewilderingly large.

be|wil|der|ment /b I w I ldə ^r mənt/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft in N ] Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered. □  He shook his head in bewilderment.