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nobody1 pronounnobody2 noun nobodyno‧bod‧y1 /ˈnəʊbədi $ ˈnoʊbɑːdi, -bədi/ ●●● S1 W2 pronoun   no people► no one/nobody no person or people: · No-one was home, so I left a note.· He explained what had happened but nobody believed him.no one at all/nobody at all: · Nobody had supported him, nobody at all. ► not a soul no one - use this when it is unusual or surprising that there is no one somewhere: · It was strange. There wasn't a soul in the street.not a soul to be seen/not a soul in sight: · Steve looked in every room, but there was no sound and not a soul to be seen. selfish► selfish someone who is selfish only thinks about what they need or want, and never thinks about how other people feel or what other people want: · Amy, don't be selfish. Let the others have a turn.· Carter has never been a selfish player.· It's not that I'm selfish. I just don't loan out my tools anymore.· Sometimes it's all right to be a little selfish, and forget about everyone else for a change. ► self-centred British /self-centered American paying so much attention to yourself that you do not notice what is happening to other people: · He was too self-centered to notice how unhappy Ruth was.· Jill's attractive and pleasant to talk to, but she's extremely self-centred.· Our whole society has become selfish and self-centered. ► egocentric someone who is egocentric believes that what they do and think is much more important than what anyone else thinks or does: · Fox plays an egocentric movie star.· He was a man of undoubted genius, but bad-tempered, egocentric, and impossible to live with.· Older children are less egocentric than younger ones, and more willing to accept other people's ideas. ► think of nobody but yourself/only think about yourself informal to be selfish, especially when you are making plans or arrangements: · Before I had children, I only thought about myself and what I wanted.· You never think about anyone but yourself - we needed that money! ► look out for yourself/look after number one informal to behave selfishly, especially in a situation where this is necessary because everyone else is doing the same: · I don't blame anyone for looking out for themselves, that's human nature.· In the 1980s, the message was clear -- look out for number one and give no thought to the rest of society. ► Nobody ... anything· Nobody said anything. ► like nobody’s business- People are buying Internet stocks like nobody's business.
- Perhaps he was, she was nobody's fool.
- OK, so he made some mistakes - nobody's perfect.
1no one:  I knocked on the door but nobody answered.2like nobody’s business very much, very well, or very fast: We get along like nobody’s business. → be nobody’s fool at fool1(5)GRAMMAR: Negatives• Don’t use another negative word such as ‘not’ or ‘nothing’ after nobody. You say: · Nobody came.· Nobody said anything. ✗Don’t say: Nobody didn’t come. | Nobody said nothing.• Don’t use ‘of’ after nobody. ✗Don’t say: nobody of them | nobody of his parents• You use none of when talking about a group of people: · None of them saw him.• You use neither of when talking about two people: · Neither of his parents went to the wedding.• Nobody is written as one word. ✗Don’t write: no bodynobody1 pronounnobody2 noun nobodynobody2 noun (plural nobodies) [countable] - Glazer went from being a nobody to being paid $2 million a year to play.
- He was a nobody in the Philadelphia court.
- How patiently you tangle with wry triangles, clothing the family of nobodies who loiter in our dark.
- No one wanted to be a nobody, and no one wanted to go home.
- Since the Republicans ran a nobody, Kelly was sure he could have won after all.
- The bloke is the original no-hit nobody.
not famous► unknown not at all famous: · As an unknown author, it isn't easy to get your work published.· Horn was beaten by a relatively unknown politician in the last election. ► obscure someone or something that is obscure is known about only by a few people, because they belong to a group, place, or subject that not many people know about or are interested in: · He's using an obscure old law to try to stop the new road being built.· The lines were written by an obscure English poet named Mordaunt. ► a nobody someone who is very ordinary and not at all famous or important: · After all her hard work, she didn't want to end up just a nobody.· A lot of the rich people who come in here treat us like nobodies. someone who is not important► not important · He's not really an important figure in the organization.· Don't worry about the critics. They're not important - they just think they are. ► insignificant not important enough or powerful enough to worry about or treat seriously: · The anti-war group was an insignificant minority within the party.· The spies' payroll included insignificant clerks and highly placed officials. ► the little guy especially American, informal a person or organization that is not important because they do not have any power or influence: · He got rich trading illegally on the stock market, using the little guy's money.· When the big retailers open a store, the little guys lose business. ► lightweight someone who is well-known, for example in politics or literature, but is not really respected or considered to be important: · His books are tremendously popular, but most of the critics regard him as a lightweight.political/intellectual/literary etc lightweight: · It would be dangerous to dismiss her as a political lightweight. ► a nobody informal someone who is considered to be unimportant because they are not famous, powerful, or rich: · He went from being a nobody to being paid $2 million a year.· I felt like a complete nobody when I lost my job. ► nonentity someone who is not at all important, powerful, or interesting, and has no special qualities or skills: · Next to him, the other dancers seemed like nonentities.· He packed his government with nonentities, who would never challenge his leadership. ► small fry informal a person or group who has very little power or importance compared to other people or organizations: · Environmental groups are small fry against the power of the big multinationals.· Only the small fry on the drugs scene got caught by the police. ► be no/nobody’s fool- Perhaps he was, she was nobody's fool.
- OK, so he made some mistakes - nobody's perfect.
someone who is not important and has no influence: I was a nothing and a nobody with everything to prove. |