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( e-mails , e-mail ing , e-mailed ) E-mail me when you arrive. I'll e-mail the documents to her. Collocations E-mail

have/set up an e-mail account check/read your e-mail receive/get/open an e-mail send/forward/delete an e-mail write/answer/reply to an e-mail attach a file/a picture/a document contain/open/send an attachment

e • man • ci • pate / I ' mжnsэpeIt / adjective

( e • man • ci • pates , e • man ci • pat ing , e • man • ci • pat • ed )

( formal )

( history ) to give someone the same legal, social, and political rights as other people Lincoln emancipated the slaves after the Civil War. ►e • man • ci • pa • tion / ^шжшэ ' pei/n / noun [noncount]

the emancipation of women

em . bar . rass ® / mibaeres/ verb

( em • bar rass • es , em • bar • rass • ing , em • bar • rassed )

to make someone feel shy or worried about what other people think of them

Please don't embarrass me in front of my friends.

em • bar • rass • ing / im ' breresig / adjective

I couldn't remember her name — it was so embarrassing!

em .bar .rassed О / im 'brerest /

Spelling

Remember! You spell embarrassed with RR and SS .

If you are embarrassed , you feel shy or worried about what other people think of you

He felt embarrassed at being the center of attention.

em • bar • rass • ment / im' bжrэsmэnt /

noun [ noncount ]

the feeling that you have when you are embarrassed His face was red with embarrassment.

em • bas • sy / ' embэsi/ noun [ count ] ( plural em • bas • sies )

( politics ) a group of people whose job is to speak and act for their government in another country, or the building where they work

To get a visa, you should apply to the American embassy.

em • blem / ' embbm / noun [ count ]

an object or a symbol that represents something America's national emblem, the bald eagle

em • brace / im breis / verb ( em • brac • es , em • brac • ing , em • braced )

( formal )

to put your arms around someone to show that you love them

She embraced each member of her family. —SYNONYM hug

em • broi • der / im ' bro^r /

( em • broi • ders , em • broi • der • ing , em • broi • dered )

to decorate cloth by sewing patterns on it

em • broi • dered / im ' braird / adjective

an embroidered blouse

em • broi • der • y / im ' Ьго^эй / noun

[ noncount ]

patterns that are sewn onto cloth to decorate it em • bry • o / ' embriou / noun [ count ] ( plural em • bry • os )

( biology ) a human or animal when it is starting to grow before it is born

em • er • ald / ' emэrэld / noun [ count ]

a green jewel (= valuable stone ) an emerald ring

em • er • ald

( also em • er ald green / ^шэгэЫ ' grin / ) adjective

bright green: an emerald green dress

e • merge awl| / i 'шэ^з / verb

( e • merg es , e merg ing , e merged )

to come out from a place

The moon emerged from behind the clouds.

e .mer .gen .су Ф / imordpnsi/ noun

[ count, noncount ] ( plural e • mer • gen • cies )

a sudden dangerous situation, when people need help quickly

Come quickly, doctor! It's an emergency! In an emergency, call 911 for help.

an emergency exit (= a way out of a building that can be used in an emergency )

e • mer • gen • cy room / i ' mэrdзэnsi |rum /

noun [ count ] ( abbreviation ER )