As a Noun:
1. A person who is addicted to alcohol and continues drinking even though it makes them ill. English = alcoholic.
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As a Noun:
1. Someone who has been legally appointed to look after the affairs of another person, for example a child or someone who is mentally ill. English=guardian
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3. The guardian of something is someone who defends and protects it. English=guardian
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As a Noun:
1. The feeling of being unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like. English = sadness.
2. The feeling of being unhappy because you have lost something very important to you, particularly a loved one who has died. English = grief.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To be unhappy, usually because something has happened that you do not like. English = (be) sad.
2. To make someone feel unhappy, usually by doing something that they do not like. English = sadden.
3. To feel very unhappy because you have lost something very important to you, especially a loved one who has died. English = grieve.
As a Noun:
1. The feeling you have when you are worried and nervous about something, especially because you think it will harm you or do something very unpleasant. English = fear.
2. A sudden feeling of fear. English = fright.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To be worried and nervous about something, especially because you think it will harm you or do something very unpleasant. English = (be) scared, (be) frightened, (be) afraid; fear something.
2. To make someone feel fear. English = scare someone, frighten someone.
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As a Noun:
1. The action of moving in an energetic, uncontrolled way when you are in water in order to try not to sink. English = floundering.
2. The feeling that you are unable to do anything to protect or save yourself, or to do the right thing in a situation. English = helplessness, floundering.
3. A state of confusion, disorder, or great anxiety; a state of complete disorder and confusion. English = turmoil; chaos.
4. Moving or handling things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken. English = clumsiness, awkwardness.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To move in an energetic, uncontrolled way when you are in water in order to try not to sink. English = flounder, thrash about.
2. To not know what to say or do in a situation; to not know what to do to protect or save yourself. English = flounder, (be) helpless. Idiomatic English = (be) all at sea.
3. To be confused, disordered or extremely anxious; to be greatly confused and disordered. English = (be) in turmoil; (be) chaotic.
4. To move or handle things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken. English = (be) clumsy, (be) awkward, (be) stilted.
As a Noun:
1. Something that happens unexpectedly or without warning and is dangerous and must be dealt with immediately. English = emergency.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. For something bad or serious to happen suddenly in a way which is dangerous and must be dealt with immediately; to be an emergency.
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As a Noun:
1. [Especially when made with two hands] a chronic or persistent brain disease that causes memory loss, personality changes, and difficulty in reasoning (thinking). English = dementia.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To completely forget to do something that you should have remembered.
2. To be unable to remember things you have learnt (such as your part in a play, or information for an exam) or to be unable to think of anything to say. English = go blank.
3. [Especially when made with two hands] to suffer from a chronic or persistent brain disease that causes memory loss, personality changes, and difficulty in reasoning (thinking). English = have dementia, suffer from dementia.
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As a Noun:
1. The idea, plan or decision to do something. English = intention, goal.
As a Verb or Adjective:
1. To think or plan to do something specific; to decide to so something or plan to do something. English = intend.
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As a Noun:
1. The act of taking part in something. English = involvement, participation
2. The act of being part of something else. English = inclusion, incorporation.
3. The act of making a person or thing part of a group or collection. English = inclusion.
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As a Verb or Adjective:
1. Of something in a situation or activity, to be a necessary part or to be affected by the situation or activity. English = involve, incorporate.
2. Of an object, situation or activity, to have something else as one of its parts. English = include, incorporate.
3. To take part in some activity; to be a part of something else. English = participate, (be) involved in; (be) included in.
4. Of things in a task, situation, or system, to be required in order to achieve it or to understand it and the problems that it causes. English = (be) involved.
As a Noun:
1. A person whose job is to care for people who are ill. English = nurse.