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scared of heights. ♦ Everyone was too scared to move.

♦ The thieves got scared and ran away. ♦ Are you

scared about the exam tomorrow?

frightened a more formal word than afraid , which is

used more in written than spoken English: a frightened

child ♦ She is not frightened of anything. ♦ He was

frightened that the glass would break.

terrified very afraid: to be terrified of spiders ♦ He

was terrified that he would fall. ♦ You look terrified!

ter • ri • fy / ' terafai / verb ( ter - ri - fies , ter ri - fying , ter - ri - fied , has ter - ri - fied )

to make someone feel very afraid Spiders terrify Joan.

►ter • ri • fy • ing / ' terafaiig / adjective

It was a terrifying experience.

ter • ri • to • ry / ' tera|tori / noun

[ count, noncount ] ( plural ter - ri . to - ries )

( POLITICS ) the land that belongs to one country This island was once French territory.

ter • ror / ' terar / noun [ noncount ]

very great fear

He screamed in terror as the rats came toward him.

ter • ror • ism / ' terarizam / noun

[ noncount ]

when a group of people hurt or kill other people, for example by putting a bomb in a public place, in order to try to make a government do what they want the fight against terrorism

ter • ror • ist / ' terarist / noun [count]

a person who hurts or kills people, for example by putting a bomb in a public place, in order to try to make the government do what they want a terrorist attack

test 1 Ф / test / noun [ count ]

an exam that you do in order to show what you know or what you can do

We have a spelling test every Friday.

( HEALTH ) a short medical examination of a part of your body

to have an eye test

The doctors took a blood test.

test 2 Ф / test / verb (tests , test ing , test ed )

to ask someone questions to find out what they know or what they can do

The teacher tested us on our spelling.

to use or look at something carefully to find out how good it is or if it works well

I don't think drugs should be tested on animals. The doctor tested my eyes.

test tube / ' test tub / noun [ count ]

( GENERAL SCIENCE ) a long, thin glass tube that you use in chemical experiments

text1 Ф AWL / tekst / noun

[ noncount ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) the words in a book, newspaper, or magazine

This book has a lot of pictures but not much text.

[ count ] another word for text message

[ count ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a book or a short piece of writing that you study

Read the text and answer the questions.

text 2AW / tekst / b (texts,text - ing ,text -ed )

to send someone a written message on a cell phone He texted me to say he'd arrived in Dallas.

text • book / ' teksbuk / noun [ count ]

a book that teaches you about something a biology textbook

text mes • sage / ' tekst |mesid₃ / ( also text ) noun [ count ]

a message that you send in writing from one cell phone to another

tex • ture / ' tekst/эг / noun [ count, noncount ]

the way that something feels when you touch it Silk has a smooth texture.

than Ф / dan ; dan / conjunction, preposition

You use "than" when you compare people or things I'm older than him.

You speak Spanish much better than she does. We live less than a mile from the beach.

thank © / бжцк/

( thanks , thank - ing , thanked )

to tell someone that you are pleased because they gave you something or helped you I thanked her for my birthday present.

—Look at thanks , thank you . thank • ful / ' бжцкй / adjective