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a good opinion of your own character and abilities to suffer low self-esteem

self • ish / ' selfif / adjective

thinking too much about what you want and not about what

other people want

I'm sick of your selfish behavior!

self • ish • ly / ' selfifli / adverb He behaved very selfishly.

self • ish • ness / ' selfifnas / noun [ noncount ]

Her selfishness made me very angry.

self-pit • y / |self ' piti / noun [ noncount ]

when you think too much about your own problems and feel sorry for yourself

self-serv • ice / |self ' sarvas / adjective

In a self-service store or restaurant you take what you want and then pay for it The cafe is self-service.

sell w/ sel / verb ( sells , sell int , ;olc / sould / has sold )

to give something to someone who pays you money for it I sold my guitar for $400. He sold me a ticket.

Drugstores usually sell cigarettes. —Look at buy .

sell out ; be sold out to be sold completely so that there are no more left

I went to the store to buy a newspaper, but they had all sold out.

The concert was sold out weeks ago.

sell out of something to sell all that you have of

something

I'm afraid we're sold out of milk.

sell • er / ' selar / noun [ count ] ( BUSINESS )

a person or company that sells something a flower seller

something that is sold in the amount or way mentioned This magazine is a big seller in the 25-40 age group.

— Look at best seller .

se • mes • ter / sa 'mestar / noun [ count ]

one of the two periods that the school or college year is divided into

I'm taking an art history course next semester.

PREFIX

semi-

( in adjectives and nouns ) half or part to be semi retired (= to only work some of the time ) a semi permanent arrangement a semi circle

sem • i • cir • cle / ' semi,ssrkl / noun [ count ]

half a circle

The children sat in a semicircle . — Look at the picture at circle .

sem • i • co • lon / semi,koulsn / noun [ count ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a mark ( ; ) that you use in

writing to separate parts of a sentence

sem • i • fi • nal / ' semifainl ; ,semi ' fainl / noun [count]

( SPORTS ) one of the two games that are played in a competition to find out who will play in the last part of the competition (the final )

sem • i • nar / ' semsnar / noun [ count ]

a class at a college, etc. in which a small group of students discuss or study a subject with a teacher

sen • ate / ' senst / noun [ count ] the Senate

( POLITICS ) one of the two parts of the government that makes the laws in the U.S. and some other countries

—Look at the House of Representatives .

Word building

The U.S. Government

The government in the U.S. is divided into three parts: the legislative branch , the executive branch , and the judicial branch . The legislative branch is responsible for making laws. This is the U.S. Congress , which is made up of two groups of people: the Senate and the House of Representatives .

The executive branch is led by the president , and includes the vice president and the rest of the Cabinet (= other important politicians ) .

The judicial branch includes the Supreme Court , which is the most important court in the country.

sen • a • tor / ' senstsr / noun [ count ]

( POLITICS ) a member of the Senate

send О / send / verb ( sends , send - ing , sent / sent / has sent )

to make something go somewhere, especially a letter or a message; I sent a message to John.

Did you send your parents a postcard?

to make someone go somewhere

My company is sending me to New York.

He was sent to prison for ten years.

send for someone or something to ask for someone

or something to come to you

Send for an ambulance!