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leftleft1 /left/ ●●● S1 W1 adjective [only before noun] 
WORD ORIGINleft1
Origin:
Old English ‘weak’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a left turn
- By 5 o'clock there was no one left in the office.
- How much milk is left in the fridge?
- How much time do we have left to finish this?
- If Tracey leaves, I'll be the only girl left in the class.
- Is there any milk left?
- Joe only had $8 left.
- Jones scored with only two minutes left in the fourth quarter.
- my left foot
- the left side of the page
- At meals and prayers she sat slightly behind his left shoulder fanning him solicitously and always looking at him.
- Doubleclick on it with the left button.
- In the postcard Jack wears his cocoa-brown suit and white hat and is held by his left arm, slightly aloft.
- She pinched herself on her left biceps and yelped with pain.
Longman Language Activatorto remain
something or someone that is left is still there after everything or everyone else has gone or has been used: · Jones scored with only two minutes left in the fourth quarter.· Is there any milk left?· By 5 o'clock there was no one left in the office.have something left: · How much time do we have left to finish this?the only one/person/thing etc left: · If Tracey leaves, I'll be the only girl left in the class.
something that is left over , especially money or food, is still there after you have used everything that you need: · I pay all the bills and save any money that is left over.be left over from: · Was there any food left over from the party?· Toy bears left over from an ad campaign will be donated to the children's hospital.
formal if something remains , it still exists or is still available after everything else has gone, been used, or been dealt with: · We have dealt with most things, but a few small problems remain.· Some elements of the old class system still remain.remain of: · Not much remained of the house after the fire.remain to be done: · A few problems remain to be discussed.
to remain in existence even after a very long time has passed or after something dangerous has happened: · Many Roman roads still survive today.· The English language contains many Saxon words that have survived for over 1000 years.· Very few government buildings survived the bombing in Hanoi.
if something such as a building or tree is still standing or is left standing after a fire, explosion, or a very long time, it is left after many others have gone or been destroyed: · After the earthquake only a few houses were still standing.· Many of the trees Mrs. Socci planted are still standing, a hundred years later.· A stone chimney was the only thing left standing.· The old barracks are still standing on the north side of the island.
if you have something such as money, time, or material to spare , there is some left after you have used as much as you need: · If you have time to spare, consider volunteering at your local school.with something to spare: · We arrived at the station with only a few seconds to spare before the train left.· Russia is large enough that you could fit the United States inside it with room to spare.
if you still have four miles, six hours, two years etc to go , you have that distance or length of time left before a journey or period of time is over: · Only another mile to go!· We've got another couple of hours to go before finishing.with something to go: · Evans scored with only two minutes to go in the game.
the part of something that remains what is left after everything or everyone else has gone, been used, or been dealt with: · You carry these two bags and I'll bring the rest.· Homes were found for about 5,000 of the animals, but the rest had to be killed.the rest of: · What will you do with the rest of the money?· He'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
the small amount that remains after everything else has gone, or been eaten, used, destroyed etc. What remains of is more formal than what is left of: · Soldiers were firing on what remained of the church.· At last she went, and I settled down to enjoy what was left of the afternoon.
the very last part of something that is left after everything else has gone: · The last of the tickets were sold Thursday.· This is the last of the paint, and I don't think it's going to be enough.· The judge sentenced the last of the three defendants in the case to 10 years.
formal the part of something that remains after everything else has gone: · £100 of the purchase price must be paid now, and the remainder is to be paid off in monthly installments.the remainder of: · Simmer the soup uncovered for the remainder of the cooking time.· The school board agreed to suspend Linda Cole for the remainder of the school year.
the part of something that remains after everything else has gone or been eaten, used, destroyed etc: the remains of sth: · Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Roman village.· Each pile of gray ash was the remains of a house.
informal food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal: · We used the leftovers to make soup the next day.· It's a great way to use up leftovers.
the parts that remain when the rest of a building has been destroyed: · In Greece we spent a lot of time exploring old churches and ruins.· the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itzaruins of: · Lumber was salvaged from the ruins of burned-out houses.
the few parts of something that remain after people have stopped using it or after it has been destroyed: · Archeologists are worried that the ancient steps, walls, and other remnants may be lost forever.remnants from: · Two stained glass windows were remnants from when the building had been used as a church.remnants of: · Rescuers dug through the remnants of 342 cities, towns, and villages demolished in the earthquake.· The two leaders promised to work to remove any remnants of Cold War hostility.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor. The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own. We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off. The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church. His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).
· She broke her left arm in a riding accident.
(=going towards the left or the right)· Take the turning just after the left-hand bend in the road.
· The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
· We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor.· Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
· She is deaf in her right ear.
· Add up what you've got on the right-hand side of the equation.
· My left foot ached a bit.
· A left-hand glove was found at the scene of the crime.
· The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
· She held the book in her right hand.
The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab (=stay to the left or right of a path or road as you move)
We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. (=on the left of the page)· All typing begins at the left-hand margin.
To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own.· The answers are on the right-hand page.
· Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off.· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church.· He received a deep cut on the right side of his face.
· On the left-hand side list the skills and qualifications required for the job.
His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).· the students’ extreme left-wing views
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· His left arm was jammed tight against the side of the seat.· Jack took pellets in the right lung, liver, and back, and his left arm was again badly fractured.· I felt him rip the tape off my hands, but he kept my left arm in a hammer lock.· As much as his left arm, Estes has used his leveled head to get him to the All- Star Game.· He was taken to hospital with minor burns to his hair, left arm, face and ears.· A third ball passed through the left arm half way from shoulder to elbow.· She glanced down again at her left arm.· He holds his left arm akimbo, hand on hip.
· In his left ear he wore a small ring.· He wore a blue baseball cap backward and a gold hoop in his left ear.· Then he leaned forward and whispered something into his left ear.· A cherry bomb had blown up near her left ear when she was eight years old.· She dug the nail of her little finger deeply in behind the left ear.· Tilt the head until your left ear is over the left shoulder, then release.· The knot in his tie was somewhere up behind his left ear.· The bloody gash behind his left ear had been cut with a machete.
· He broke Sonny's nose and closed his left eye.· But the hint of volcanic force is no longer there, maybe because his left eye now somehow appears normal.· Doctors at Pinderfield hospital, Huddersfield, will wait two days before operating to remove the pellet lodged behind his left eye.· The explosion knocks one of the soldiers down and damages his left eye.· Where Morpurgo's left eye should have been was only a sickening fold of flesh.· Tell them to keep both eyes open and to hold the tube up to their left eyes.· Fingermarks stood in raised weals across one cheek and her left eye was half closed.· Her features darkened, and a tear appeared in her left eye.
· Hey, here's one from left field.· While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.· Some of the griping comes out of left field.· Raul Mondesi stroked it crisply into left field for a single, ending the no-hitter.· Fans in Atlanta still talk about the shot Linares hit off the facade in left field in a 1993 exhibition game.· Leadoff hitter Brett Hardy, a lefty, hit a line drive to left field.· When something like this comes out of left field at you....· Vaughn is going to get a shot at left field.
· His left foot, dangling beneath the slight overlap, stabbed frantically.· I had to fold my leg sideways so I could use my right heel to rest my left foot against.· Keep your left foot flat on the floor throughout the sequence.· Cross left foot over right knee.· Price, coming off a year of virtual inactivity because of left foot surgery, will be watched closely.· Stanley Gascgoine, a green marvel with a two-pronged attack, left foot, right foot or head.· A bald-headed goon in a red blazer shot out of his seat and whacked me on the heel of my left foot.
· A stride piano pattern in the left hand then underpinned exploratory, unresolved figures, which eventually evolved into Take the A-Train.· He held the edges of the slice in his left hand, moved the knife in systematic strokes, over and over.· His left hand flashes upward, and he knocks my gun aside with his forearm.· The magazines, the Militant and the Worker, were in his left hand, fanned like playing cards.· She looked down at her bandaged left hand then smiled cynically at her reflection in the darkened glass.· Jab-jab, left hook, my opening left hands moving him to the right, to meet my right cross.· On the index finger of his left hand he wore a gold signet ring.· Grasping it in his left hand again, he resumed a grip on his gun.
· Disconnection studies in split-brain patients supported this conclusion, showing that the left hemisphere is sufficient for language.· In split-brain patients it has been shown that the left hemisphere retains language function, the right does not.· Not only is the left hemisphere normally necessary for language, it is also sufficient.· This suggests that verbal ability is dominant in the left hemisphere and spatial ability is dominant in the right hemisphere.· The left hemisphere is responsible for the construction of spoken language, but the right contributes to its intended meaning.· The left hemisphere is not well equipped to deal with empty spaces.· Or since these desirable states can be put into words, do they belong only to the left hemisphere?.
· Reverse as your right elbow touches your left knee, turning to see the left side.· Center Chris Dalman sprained his left knee.· He was small and elegant: tapering legs with a white band on his left knee.· Jurkovic suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and missed the rest of the game.· They stripped off his clothes, and that was when he saw that his left knee was shattered.· Bend your left knee, extend your right leg and touch your right elbow on to your left knee.· Tony smiled and without moving his left knee dodged the blows, his torso jinking, neck muscles popping.
· Change to the left leg and repeat.· His left leg was going into muscle spasms of some sort and he clutched at his knee with frustration.· The plaintiff suffered injuries to his left leg as a result of the defendant's negligence.· His left leg slipped, rupturing a disc in his back.· His left leg was cut off above the knee and he walked with a crutch under his left shoulder.· Now try to lift or move your left leg.· Raise and lower your left leg, not too high in a fast, continuous movement.· Damien's left leg was still in the iron.
· She felt a tap on her left shoulder.· Allen slipped and fell and was stabbed three times in his left shoulder and once on top of his head.· Just below his left shoulder was a raised welt, about four inches long.· The leather ring on my left shoulder had the holster sewn on near the bottom.· The soul followed when fly-half Michael Lynagh dislocated his left shoulder during the recent destruction of Ireland in Dublin.· He aggravated a nagging left shoulder injury and left the ice during the third period.· His left leg was cut off above the knee and he walked with a crutch under his left shoulder.· Hearst sustained a stinger on his left shoulder.
· Reverse as your right elbow touches your left knee, turning to see the left side.· Waite slammed his drive long and down the left side of the fairway.· He had a mark on the left side of his face.· Walker started the last two seasons as right tackle for the Gators, but worked his first season on the left side.· But our first experiment found that he neglects the left side of perceptual figures at a subsequent stage of attending to them.· Along the left side of the car was a rectangular piece of gray tarp.· The left side of his heart had not grown properly in the womb.· Clash keeper David Kramer was barely able to parry a 23-yard shot from the left side by Ted Chronopoulos.
· The films were split into the 12 showing right turns and the 12 showing left turns.· A U-turn in Moscow is even more illegal than a left turn.· Ignore right turn just before church and ignore left turn 1/2 mile later.· There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.· The division of the stimuli into right and left turns demonstrated separate positive and negative relationships between risk and recognition sensitivity.· I tried going back but I kept getting to corners and not knowing whether to take the left turn or the right.· They noticed the car run wide as the defendant made a left turn and the officers decided to stop the vehicle.
· The contest between Balshaw and Ben Cohen on Northampton's left wing had been much anticipated.· At the time Longstreet broke through his lines to attack his left wing, he was with the right-wing troops.· The 1933 elections demonstrated the growing right wing reaction against left wing republican parties.· He passed to Dollar, breaking down the left wing.· Taylor's plan backfired from the moment Flo switched to the left wing and took Pallister with him.· He turned to the left wing and announced Gabriel Marcel.· Steve O'Shaughnessy weakly headed away a left wing cross to Lee Duxbury who powered a shot goalwards.· It flipped and spun a number of times, fuel spilling out of the damaged left wing - the aircraft was doomed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have two left feet► left-footed/right-footed► the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing► left-handed compliment► right, left, and centre
1your left side is the side of your body that contains your heart OPP right: - Bear left where the road divides.
- The road bears to the right.
- After descending, bear left on to the grassy bridleway which joins the road.
- From St Martin's church bear left past Cwmyoy Farm.
- Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.
- His eyes bore right through me.
- I came to the place in the road where you bear left to go down to the valley of Chimayo.
- On reaching the saddle bear right along the ridge to the summit.
- Stay on the main track, bearing left at the fork two miles in.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
- For now, at least, the cause of tax simplification seems to have been captured by the far right.
- He unplugged the cables, shoved all the levers over to the far left, and rewound the tape.
- However, the fact that the far right won more votes than the far-left should make everyone pause and reflect.
- That Begin had come from the far right, but that in order to govern he has to occupy the center.
- The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now.
- The good tee shot was played to the far right of the fairway to set up a second shot to the left.
- The libertarian view A third view of the revolution has been developed by writers on the far Left of the political spectrum.
- The top of the hierarchy is at the far left.
- After 50yds fork right on to a track which climbs up Triscombe Combe.
- At the first fork they must go left and at the next fork right and so on until they were challenged.
- Then with a wave she forked left and was gone.
- Go straight on Vista for two blocks then hang a left.
- First, there is that bizarre enormous mythic metal fish that hangs right inside the doorway.
- I was just in time to see the Sierra hang a left once over the railway.
- But what happens when you want so much to be right, you end up helping the hard right?
- Labour moderates win over four of the hard left by agreeing that the cuts shall involve as few compulsory redundancies as possible.
- Mr Steve King, leader of the hard left, denounces his fellow-councillors as dunderheads, nincompoops and dolts.
- The showing for the hard left was disappointing.
- They were stars of the hard left, but we have heard little about them during the election struggle.
- Too little, say the Tories, too much says the hard left.
- I executed a hard right turn, but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
- More often, though, they miss, hang a hard left, and return to the dugout.
- Sharp took an eight count after taking a hard left hook.
- Still not enough to justify this desire to reach across the table and deliver a hard right to the gubernatorial chin.
- The difference is that you were left holding the baby.
- Then he does something stupid with a television researcher and is left holding the baby.
- Numeric quantities can be printed left justified by preceding them with a semi-colon.
- Some of the griping comes out of left field.
- When something like this comes out of left field at you...
- While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
- For this you turn sharp right off the road from Saint-Jean to Saint-Palais, about half-way between those two towns.
- Pass over a broken wall and turn sharp right.
- She walked almost to the edge of the cliff, where the road made a sharp left.
- There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.
- Turn sharp left 80yds before a conifer windbreak.
- Turn sharp right downhill and uphill to go through another gate.
- Turn left along this road for three quarters of a mile until the road turns sharp right to become Marsh Road.
- We made a rocky, wet entry, and then took a sharp right turn along a wall.
- A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.
- Here we want the Series in a column so check Columns in the box at the top left.
- The completed board is shown top left.
- The dark area in the top right is deep, clear water.
- The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.
- The majority of single brooches examined were found to be more abraded on the top left corner than the top right.
- The plane again runs roughly from top left to bottom right.
- Using a tapestry needle threaded with the embroidery colour, begin at the top right of the motif.
- But it might not, particularly if you feel that too much was left unsaid.
- Something must always be left unsaid.
She held out her left hand. a scar on the left side of his face2on the same side of something as your left side OPP right: Take the next left turn. the left bank of the river a pile of papers on the left side of the desk3have two left feet informal to move in an awkward way when you are running or doing a sport: a tall, clumsy-looking boy with two left feet4the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing used to say that one part of a group or organization does not know what the other parts are doingleft1 adjectiveleft2 adverbleft3 nounleft4
leftleft2 ●●● S3 W3 adverb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Turn left at the stop light.
- At mile marker 142, turn left on to Coleman Road.
- I turned left and walked up the High Street.
- Meanwhile, Eric had turned left and pulled away, driving along the High Street towards the top end of the town.
- Turn left and first on your left.
- Turn left on this and follow for 1/2 mile to junction with main drive of Witley Court.
- Veer left and left again, passing the road that leads into Fish Canyon.
- We turned left and followed the gravel stream bed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor. The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own. We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off. The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church. His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).
· She broke her left arm in a riding accident.
(=going towards the left or the right)· Take the turning just after the left-hand bend in the road.
· The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
· We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor.· Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
· She is deaf in her right ear.
· Add up what you've got on the right-hand side of the equation.
· My left foot ached a bit.
· A left-hand glove was found at the scene of the crime.
· The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
· She held the book in her right hand.
The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab (=stay to the left or right of a path or road as you move)
We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. (=on the left of the page)· All typing begins at the left-hand margin.
To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own.· The answers are on the right-hand page.
· Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off.· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church.· He received a deep cut on the right side of his face.
· On the left-hand side list the skills and qualifications required for the job.
His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).· the students’ extreme left-wing views
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· The line running off left went to Pearson's Pottery.· Go left, he said, and I did.· I stop, balance, and circle him, going left.· You, go left and die.· It cleverly went left if I went right, went up when I went down.
· Turn left on this, and at the next junction turn right.· He watched me until I pulled out of the parking lot, turning left.· I tell him to turn left.· He got up and left the terrace, walked right out of the backyard, turned left.· When she turned left around the corner of the house, a dilapidated building came into view.· Turn left and you should be able to see the National Forest gate.· Turn left into Bleak Terrace and go back on to the Fell through the wicket gate to the village boundary wall.· The first turned right, the second turned left.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have two left feet► left-footed/right-footed► the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing► left-handed compliment► right, left, and centre
towards the direction or side that is on the left OPP right: - Bear left where the road divides.
- The road bears to the right.
- After descending, bear left on to the grassy bridleway which joins the road.
- From St Martin's church bear left past Cwmyoy Farm.
- Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.
- His eyes bore right through me.
- I came to the place in the road where you bear left to go down to the valley of Chimayo.
- On reaching the saddle bear right along the ridge to the summit.
- Stay on the main track, bearing left at the fork two miles in.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
- For now, at least, the cause of tax simplification seems to have been captured by the far right.
- He unplugged the cables, shoved all the levers over to the far left, and rewound the tape.
- However, the fact that the far right won more votes than the far-left should make everyone pause and reflect.
- That Begin had come from the far right, but that in order to govern he has to occupy the center.
- The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now.
- The good tee shot was played to the far right of the fairway to set up a second shot to the left.
- The libertarian view A third view of the revolution has been developed by writers on the far Left of the political spectrum.
- The top of the hierarchy is at the far left.
- After 50yds fork right on to a track which climbs up Triscombe Combe.
- At the first fork they must go left and at the next fork right and so on until they were challenged.
- Then with a wave she forked left and was gone.
- Go straight on Vista for two blocks then hang a left.
- First, there is that bizarre enormous mythic metal fish that hangs right inside the doorway.
- I was just in time to see the Sierra hang a left once over the railway.
- But what happens when you want so much to be right, you end up helping the hard right?
- Labour moderates win over four of the hard left by agreeing that the cuts shall involve as few compulsory redundancies as possible.
- Mr Steve King, leader of the hard left, denounces his fellow-councillors as dunderheads, nincompoops and dolts.
- The showing for the hard left was disappointing.
- They were stars of the hard left, but we have heard little about them during the election struggle.
- Too little, say the Tories, too much says the hard left.
- I executed a hard right turn, but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
- More often, though, they miss, hang a hard left, and return to the dugout.
- Sharp took an eight count after taking a hard left hook.
- Still not enough to justify this desire to reach across the table and deliver a hard right to the gubernatorial chin.
- The difference is that you were left holding the baby.
- Then he does something stupid with a television researcher and is left holding the baby.
- Numeric quantities can be printed left justified by preceding them with a semi-colon.
- Some of the griping comes out of left field.
- When something like this comes out of left field at you...
- While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
- For this you turn sharp right off the road from Saint-Jean to Saint-Palais, about half-way between those two towns.
- Pass over a broken wall and turn sharp right.
- She walked almost to the edge of the cliff, where the road made a sharp left.
- There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.
- Turn sharp left 80yds before a conifer windbreak.
- Turn sharp right downhill and uphill to go through another gate.
- Turn left along this road for three quarters of a mile until the road turns sharp right to become Marsh Road.
- We made a rocky, wet entry, and then took a sharp right turn along a wall.
- A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.
- Here we want the Series in a column so check Columns in the box at the top left.
- The completed board is shown top left.
- The dark area in the top right is deep, clear water.
- The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.
- The majority of single brooches examined were found to be more abraded on the top left corner than the top right.
- The plane again runs roughly from top left to bottom right.
- Using a tapestry needle threaded with the embroidery colour, begin at the top right of the motif.
- But it might not, particularly if you feel that too much was left unsaid.
- Something must always be left unsaid.
Turn left just after the school.left1 adjectiveleft2 adverbleft3 nounleft4
leftleft3 ●●● S3 W3 noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The entrance to the freeway is on the left.
- To the left of the church is an old shoe factory.
- You can get a ticket at the booths on your left.
- Back, then to the left.
- Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.
- It has had to invent a left with which to scare itself.
- The man on his left had been doing a scarf for a year, she said.
- To his left ran a modest lane which meandered northward to several small villages.
- You are a man of the left, yet you are in a government backed by a conservative party.
Longman Language Activatordifferent types of political opinions and parties
supporting the political aims of groups that strongly support conservative ideas and the capitalist economic system: · He is known for his extreme right-wing views.· a right-wing conservative MP
supporting the political aims of groups such as Socialists and Communists: · A lot of colleagues were put off by her left-wing opinions.· a left-wing politician
also the Left political parties such as the Socialists and Communists: · The new law has been severely criticized by politicians on the left.
also the Right political parties which strongly support conservative ideas and the capitalist economic system: · Politicians on the right have welcomed these new proposals.
British /the center American a middle position in politics which does not support extreme ideas: · The party seems to be becoming less radical, and drifting more towards the centre.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor. The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own. We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off. The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church. His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).
· She broke her left arm in a riding accident.
(=going towards the left or the right)· Take the turning just after the left-hand bend in the road.
· The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
· We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor.· Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
· She is deaf in her right ear.
· Add up what you've got on the right-hand side of the equation.
· My left foot ached a bit.
· A left-hand glove was found at the scene of the crime.
· The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
· She held the book in her right hand.
The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab (=stay to the left or right of a path or road as you move)
We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. (=on the left of the page)· All typing begins at the left-hand margin.
To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own.· The answers are on the right-hand page.
· Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off.· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church.· He received a deep cut on the right side of his face.
· On the left-hand side list the skills and qualifications required for the job.
His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).· the students’ extreme left-wing views
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Pearce concludes: the truth is that the far left is no longer that important.· The far left is also being blamed for taking advantage of grievances.· Off to the far left of her, jutting from the water, revealed by the ebb of the tide.· Little Women and Anne of Green Gables represented the far left of my reading.· The far left says they penalise children from minority groups.
· The set of rectangles at the top left are alarm and other activity lights.
VERB· One is moving towards the left, the other towards the right.· In my stupidity-or whatever you want to call it-I tried to move around to his left.· The direction in which opinion was moving was toward the left of the political spectrum.· As you type, the characters will move toward the left.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the left/the LeftPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have two left feet► left-footed/right-footed► the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing► left-handed compliment► right, left, and centre
1 the left/somebody’s left the side of your body that contains your heart OPP righton/to the left (of something)- A: It is going to still be difficult to heal the wounds that the war left.
- As the train left, looking at her watch, she tried not to think that Edmund was by now already surely married.
- He placed the food on the kang and left dispiritedly.
- It broke up the crew and left the cameraman shaking underneath his camera.
- The mechanism requires some form of communication between the right and left eyes.
- The murder is perfectly executed, except that the baseball bat left at the scene of the crime is sticky with fingerprints.
- They varied only according to whether the approach was from the right or left.
- While pressure was maintained in front, other units swung to the right and left.
- Below, left to right: Davey Philips of Clan Skates.
- Number them in sequence 1, 2, 3 etc, left to right on each line.
- Other winners are, left to right,.
- Run your finger along under the words as you read, so that the child learns that reading goes from left to right.
- The basic mechanism is to build an edge from left to right.
- The group photograph shows, from left to right:.
- Years ago, teams could pick up the free-agent menu and read it left to right.
- A few miles further on, I took a left on to a B road which curved up even higher.
- He damn nearly took a left, made a huge detour to the east.
- Number 18, straight out here eleven miles; take a left and then straight up that motherfucking mountain.
- On the back seat the two sherry glasses clinked as Rufus took a left turn rather too sharply.
- The fast disappearing figures of the two girls waved back then disappeared as the bike took a left hand bend.
- We took a left on Houston, a left on Sullivan, then we backtracked to MacDougal.
- Bear left where the road divides.
- The road bears to the right.
- After descending, bear left on to the grassy bridleway which joins the road.
- From St Martin's church bear left past Cwmyoy Farm.
- Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.
- His eyes bore right through me.
- I came to the place in the road where you bear left to go down to the valley of Chimayo.
- On reaching the saddle bear right along the ridge to the summit.
- Stay on the main track, bearing left at the fork two miles in.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
- For now, at least, the cause of tax simplification seems to have been captured by the far right.
- He unplugged the cables, shoved all the levers over to the far left, and rewound the tape.
- However, the fact that the far right won more votes than the far-left should make everyone pause and reflect.
- That Begin had come from the far right, but that in order to govern he has to occupy the center.
- The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now.
- The good tee shot was played to the far right of the fairway to set up a second shot to the left.
- The libertarian view A third view of the revolution has been developed by writers on the far Left of the political spectrum.
- The top of the hierarchy is at the far left.
- After 50yds fork right on to a track which climbs up Triscombe Combe.
- At the first fork they must go left and at the next fork right and so on until they were challenged.
- Then with a wave she forked left and was gone.
- Go straight on Vista for two blocks then hang a left.
- First, there is that bizarre enormous mythic metal fish that hangs right inside the doorway.
- I was just in time to see the Sierra hang a left once over the railway.
- But what happens when you want so much to be right, you end up helping the hard right?
- Labour moderates win over four of the hard left by agreeing that the cuts shall involve as few compulsory redundancies as possible.
- Mr Steve King, leader of the hard left, denounces his fellow-councillors as dunderheads, nincompoops and dolts.
- The showing for the hard left was disappointing.
- They were stars of the hard left, but we have heard little about them during the election struggle.
- Too little, say the Tories, too much says the hard left.
- I executed a hard right turn, but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
- More often, though, they miss, hang a hard left, and return to the dugout.
- Sharp took an eight count after taking a hard left hook.
- Still not enough to justify this desire to reach across the table and deliver a hard right to the gubernatorial chin.
- The difference is that you were left holding the baby.
- Then he does something stupid with a television researcher and is left holding the baby.
- Numeric quantities can be printed left justified by preceding them with a semi-colon.
- Some of the griping comes out of left field.
- When something like this comes out of left field at you...
- While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
- For this you turn sharp right off the road from Saint-Jean to Saint-Palais, about half-way between those two towns.
- Pass over a broken wall and turn sharp right.
- She walked almost to the edge of the cliff, where the road made a sharp left.
- There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.
- Turn sharp left 80yds before a conifer windbreak.
- Turn sharp right downhill and uphill to go through another gate.
- Turn left along this road for three quarters of a mile until the road turns sharp right to become Marsh Road.
- We made a rocky, wet entry, and then took a sharp right turn along a wall.
- A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.
- Here we want the Series in a column so check Columns in the box at the top left.
- The completed board is shown top left.
- The dark area in the top right is deep, clear water.
- The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.
- The majority of single brooches examined were found to be more abraded on the top left corner than the top right.
- The plane again runs roughly from top left to bottom right.
- Using a tapestry needle threaded with the embroidery colour, begin at the top right of the motif.
- But it might not, particularly if you feel that too much was left unsaid.
- Something must always be left unsaid.
Take the next road on the left. Our house is just to the left of the school.on/to somebody’s left On your left you can see the Houses of Parliament.2(from) left to right from the left side to the right side of something: The photo shows, from left to right, his daughters Molly, Fiona, and Anne.3the left/the Left political parties and groups that support the ideas and beliefs of socialism. They usually want large industries to be owned by the state, and to use taxes to help solve social problems OPP right: He has support from the Left. politicians on the left of the party The party is moving further to the left.4[countable] a hit made with your left hand OPP right5take a left (also hang a left American English) to turn left: Take the next left (=turn left at the next road).left1 adjectiveleft2 adverbleft3 nounleft4
leftleft4 EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A waiter led her to the table she'd booked downstairs, and left her to study the menu.
- All that's now left to show of the nights activity, are the tyre marks on the road.
- He left behind a closetful of fine suits and white shirts, which Magnus also put to the torch.
- I would stink of cabbage and ammonia and sweat for days after I left.
- More than 70, 000 families have left the system over the past two years, saving taxpayers over $ 100 million.
- The blast seared two co-workers and left him with second-and third-degree burns from his knees to his scalp.
- Why have so many left the older urban cores?
- You mean you just upped and left like that!
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor. The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own. We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off. The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church. His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).
· She broke her left arm in a riding accident.
(=going towards the left or the right)· Take the turning just after the left-hand bend in the road.
· The left-wing coalition was led by the former guerrilla movement.
· We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
The floods left many people destitute. Promotions are left to the discretion of the supervisor.· Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
· She is deaf in her right ear.
· Add up what you've got on the right-hand side of the equation.
· My left foot ached a bit.
· A left-hand glove was found at the scene of the crime.
· The new left-wing government restructured the economy.
· She held the book in her right hand.
The car accident left him seriously injured. a boxer with a good left jab (=stay to the left or right of a path or road as you move)
We live about halfway down the street on the left-hand side. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. (=on the left of the page)· All typing begins at the left-hand margin.
To the left of the sofa is a table. He has left himself open to accusations of dishonesty. He didn’t want to be left on his own.· The answers are on the right-hand page.
· Support for the right-wing parties was strongest among young working-class men.
We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off.· He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
The trees were cut and left to rot. Take a sharp left after the church.· He received a deep cut on the right side of his face.
· On the left-hand side list the skills and qualifications required for the job.
His comments left me speechless with rage. Air travellers were left stranded because of icy conditions. The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. Make a left turn at the station. Take the first turning on the left. Children should not be left unattended in the playground. This habit, if left unchecked, may cause serious problems later. The land is to be left undisturbed as a nature reserve. The washing-up had been left undone. Some things are better left unsaid (=it is better not to mention them).· the students’ extreme left-wing views
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have two left feet► left-footed/right-footed► the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing► left-handed compliment► right, left, and centre
the past tense and past participle of leave1- Bear left where the road divides.
- The road bears to the right.
- After descending, bear left on to the grassy bridleway which joins the road.
- From St Martin's church bear left past Cwmyoy Farm.
- Go through gate then bear right across field heading for stile that can be seen on skyline.
- His eyes bore right through me.
- I came to the place in the road where you bear left to go down to the valley of Chimayo.
- On reaching the saddle bear right along the ridge to the summit.
- Stay on the main track, bearing left at the fork two miles in.
- But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
- Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
- Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
- Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
- Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
- Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
- So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
- The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
- For now, at least, the cause of tax simplification seems to have been captured by the far right.
- He unplugged the cables, shoved all the levers over to the far left, and rewound the tape.
- However, the fact that the far right won more votes than the far-left should make everyone pause and reflect.
- That Begin had come from the far right, but that in order to govern he has to occupy the center.
- The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now.
- The good tee shot was played to the far right of the fairway to set up a second shot to the left.
- The libertarian view A third view of the revolution has been developed by writers on the far Left of the political spectrum.
- The top of the hierarchy is at the far left.
- After 50yds fork right on to a track which climbs up Triscombe Combe.
- At the first fork they must go left and at the next fork right and so on until they were challenged.
- Then with a wave she forked left and was gone.
- Go straight on Vista for two blocks then hang a left.
- First, there is that bizarre enormous mythic metal fish that hangs right inside the doorway.
- I was just in time to see the Sierra hang a left once over the railway.
- But what happens when you want so much to be right, you end up helping the hard right?
- Labour moderates win over four of the hard left by agreeing that the cuts shall involve as few compulsory redundancies as possible.
- Mr Steve King, leader of the hard left, denounces his fellow-councillors as dunderheads, nincompoops and dolts.
- The showing for the hard left was disappointing.
- They were stars of the hard left, but we have heard little about them during the election struggle.
- Too little, say the Tories, too much says the hard left.
- I executed a hard right turn, but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
- More often, though, they miss, hang a hard left, and return to the dugout.
- Sharp took an eight count after taking a hard left hook.
- Still not enough to justify this desire to reach across the table and deliver a hard right to the gubernatorial chin.
- The difference is that you were left holding the baby.
- Then he does something stupid with a television researcher and is left holding the baby.
- Numeric quantities can be printed left justified by preceding them with a semi-colon.
- Some of the griping comes out of left field.
- When something like this comes out of left field at you...
- While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
- For this you turn sharp right off the road from Saint-Jean to Saint-Palais, about half-way between those two towns.
- Pass over a broken wall and turn sharp right.
- She walked almost to the edge of the cliff, where the road made a sharp left.
- There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.
- Turn sharp left 80yds before a conifer windbreak.
- Turn sharp right downhill and uphill to go through another gate.
- Turn left along this road for three quarters of a mile until the road turns sharp right to become Marsh Road.
- We made a rocky, wet entry, and then took a sharp right turn along a wall.
- A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.
- Here we want the Series in a column so check Columns in the box at the top left.
- The completed board is shown top left.
- The dark area in the top right is deep, clear water.
- The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.
- The majority of single brooches examined were found to be more abraded on the top left corner than the top right.
- The plane again runs roughly from top left to bottom right.
- Using a tapestry needle threaded with the embroidery colour, begin at the top right of the motif.
- But it might not, particularly if you feel that too much was left unsaid.
- Something must always be left unsaid.