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You make questions and negative sentences without "do" or "did": Will you come with me? (NOT Do you will come?); They might not know. (NOT They don't might know.)

mus • tache / mAstrej / noun

[count]

the hair above a man's mouth, below his nose He has a mustache.

—Look at the picture at hair .

mus • tard / ' mAstard / noun

[noncount]

a thick, yellow sauce with a very strong taste, which you eat with meat

must • n't / ' mAsnt /

short for must not

mut • ter / ' mAtar / verb

( mut - ters , mut ter - ing , mut tered )

to speak in a low, quiet voice that is difficult to hear

He muttered something about going home, and left the

room.

mu • tu • al aw Ц / ' myutjual / adjective

1 If a feeling or action is mutual , it is felt or done by both people involved

We have a mutual agreement to help each other when necessary.

don't like her, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual (= she doesn't like me either ) .

shared by two or more people

We were introduced by a mutual friend.

my Ф / mai / adjective

of or belonging to me Where is my watch? These are my books, not yours. I hurt my arm.

my .self Ф / mai self / pronoun ( plural our • selves / auar ' selvz / )

1 a word that shows the same person as the one who is speaking I hurt myself.

bought myself a new shirt.

a word that makes "I" stronger

"Did you buy this cake?" "No, I made it myself." by myself 1 without other people

live by myself. —SYNONYM alone

without help

I made dinner by myself.

mys .te .ri .OUS Ф /mi'stiriss/ adjective

Something that is mysterious is strange and you do not know about it or understand it

Several people said they had seen mysterious lights in the sky.

mys • te • ri • ous • ly / mi ' stiriasli / adverb The plane disappeared mysteriously.

mys • ter • y / ' mistari / noun [ count ] ( plural mys . ter . ies )

something strange that you cannot understand or explain The police say that the man's death is still a mystery.

myth / mie / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) a very old story Greek myths

a story or belief that is not true

It's a myth that money makes you happy.

my • thol • o • gy / mi ' ealad3i / noun [noncount]

( english language arts ) the very old stories of a particular culture or society Greek and Roman mythology

my • tho • log • ical / ш^э ' lad3ikl / adjective

mythological creatures

Nn

N, n / en / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural N's, n's / enz / )

the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet "Nice" begins with an "N." nag / n;vg / verb ( nags , nag • ging , nagged )

to keep asking someone to do something My parents are always nagging me to work harder.

nail Ф/neii/noun nails

[count]

the hard part at the end of a finger or toe toenails fingernails

-*Look at the picture at hand .

a small, thin piece of metal with one sharp end, which you hit into wood (with a tool called a hammer ) to attach things together

nail verb ( nails , nail • ing , nailed )

I nailed the pieces of wood together.

nail clip • pers / 'neil |kliparz / noun [ plural ]

a metal tool you use for cutting the nails on your fingers and toes

a pair of nail clippers

nail file / ' neil fail / noun [ count ]

a small flat object with a rough surface that you use for shaping your nails

nail pol • ish / 'neil palij / noun [ count ]

a liquid that people put on their nails to give them color

na • ive ( also na • ive ) / na 'iv ; nai 'iv / adjective without enough experience of life and too ready to believe or trust other people

I was too naive to understand what was really going on. a naive question

na • ive • ly ( also na • ive ly ) / na'ivli ; nai 'ivli / adverb