All Annotations of LDOCE Online[Preview]

saved by18 people, first byMilo Han on 2006-07-19, last byJosé Mota on 2008-08-07

• con‧spic‧u‧ous

  1

  very easy to notice

  [≠ inconspicuous]:

  The notice must be displayed in a conspicuous place.

  a bird with conspicuous white markings

  I felt very conspicuous in my red coat.

  2

  conspicuous success, courage etc is very great and impressive

  :

  He had represented Italy with conspicuous success.

  The award is given for notable or conspicuous achievement in science.

  3 be conspicuous by your/its absence

  used to say that someone or something is not somewhere where they were expected to be

  :

  a group that were conspicuous by their absence from the awards ceremony
• dis‧traught

  so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly

  :

  Relatives are tonight comforting the distraught parents.
• conspicuous
• having a lot of trouble with
• cause any trouble
• teething troubles
• spells trouble.
• asking for trouble
• get/run into trouble
• in trouble with Dad
• take the trouble to
• have saved you the troubl
• no trouble.'
• has trouble with his

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