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last drop, take ten drops a day; 2) sudden fall, as a sudden (unexpected, sharp, slight) drop in prices (temperature, etc.).

5. mind vt 1) to attend to or take care of, e. g. Mind your own business. Please, mind the baby (the fire). 2) to obey, e. g. The child won't mind his granny. 3) to be careful of, e. g. Mind the step (the dog). Mind! There is a bus coming. Mind the traffic rules. 4) to

object to, be afraid of, e. g. Do you mind my smoking (if I smoke)? — I don't mind it a bit. (Yes, I mind it very much.) Would you

mind closing the window? — Never mind (an answer to an apology).

mind n 1) intellectual faculties, as the great minds of the world; to be in one's right mind, e. g. Lomonosov was one of the greatest

minds of the world of his time. Are you in your right mind to say such things? 2) memory or remembrance, as to come to one's mind;

to bear in mind, e. g. The incident gradually came to my mind. Bear in mind that you are to be here at six sharp. 3) one's thoughts,

opinions, wishes, as to make up one's mind to come to a decision, e. g. I've made up my mind and I'll stick to my decision, to change one's mind., e. g. I won't change my mind whatever is said, to be in two minds to hesitate, e. g. I'm in two minds and can't give you a definite answer now. to speak one's mind to say what one thinks, e. g. Don't beat about the bush, speak your mind, to give a person a

piece of one's mind to tell him frankly what one thinks of him, e. g. I shall give you a piece of my mind, unpleasant as that may be. to

have a (no) mind to to be disposed to, e. g. She had no mind to answer such questions, to have smth. on one's mind to be anxious about

smth., e. g. She seemed to have something on her mind and could not concentrate.

-minded adj in compounds having the kind of mind indicated, as absent-minded, fair-minded, broad-minded, narrow-minded, e. g.

She is very absent-minded and always leaves her things behind.

6. practise vt 1) to do regularly, as practise early rising, a method of work; to practise what one preaches, e. g. If only he'd practised what he'd preached! 2) to pursue the profession (of a lawyer or a doctor), as to practise law, medicine, e. g. It has been long

since I practised medicine. 3) to do again and again, as to practise tennis, the piano, e. g. She practises the piano for an hour every

day.

practice n 1) action as opposed to theory, e. g. The method is rather simple in practice, and very effective, to put into practice to

carry out, as to put into practice a theory, a plan, an idea, a suggestion, e. g. The theory seems right, but we must think of how to put

it into practice. 2) systematically repeated action, as much, regular, constant, sufficient practice, e. g. What you need is more practice.

Look how precise the movements of the worker are, practice shows, to be in (out of) practice to be able (unable) to do smth. well, e. g. I