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a piece of equipment that you wear on your head that includes a part for listening (called headphones ) and a part for speaking into (called a microphone ) The pilot was talking into his headset.

head • way / hedwei / noun

make headway

to go forward or make progress

We haven't made much headway in our discussions.

heal / hil / verb ( heals , heal • ing , healed ) ( health ) to become well again; to make something well again

The cut on his leg healed slowly.

health © / heie/ noun [ noncount ]

the condition of your body Smoking is bad for your health. health insurance

health •care / ' heleker / ( also health care ) noun [ noncount ]

( health ) the service of providing medical care reforms to the healthcare system

health food / hele fud / noun [ count, noncount ]

natural food that many people think is good for your health a health food store

health .у © / ЪеЮ1/ adjective ( health i er , health i est ) ( health )

well; not often sick healthy children

helping to make or keep you well healthy food

—ANTONYM unhealthy heap 1 / hip / noun [ count ]

a lot of things on top of one another in a messy way She left her clothes in a heap on the floor.

—Look at the note at pile 1 .

heap 2 / hip / verb ( heaps , heap • ing , heaped )

to put a lot of things on top of one another She heaped food onto my plate.

hear © / hir / verb ( hears , hear • inc , leard / hsrd / has heard )

1 to notice sounds with your ears

Can you hear that noise?

I heard someone laughing in the next room.

Which word? Hear or listen?

When you hear something, sounds come to your ears: I heard the door close.

When you listen to something, you are trying to hear it: I listen to the radio every morning. 2 to be told about something Have you heard the news?

hear from someone

to get a letter or a phone call from someone Have you heard from your sister? hear of someone or something to know about someone or something Who is he? I've never heard of him. will not hear of something

will not agree to something

I wanted to get a motorcycle, but my parents wouldn't hear of it.

hear • ing / ' hirig / noun [ noncount ]

the ability to hear

Speak louder — her hearing isn't very good.

hear • ing aid / ' hirig eid / noun [ count ]

a small machine that fits inside the ear and helps people to hear better

heart © / hart / noun Pronunciation

The word heart sounds like start .

[ count ] the part of the body that makes the blood go around inside

Your heart beats faster when you run. —Look at the picture at body .

[ count ] your feelings

She has a big heart (= she is kind and generous ) .

[ singular ] the center; the middle part They live in the heart of the city.

[ count]the shape V

hearts [ plural ] the group of playing cards (called a suit ) that have red shapes like hearts on them

the six of hearts

—Look at the picture at playing card .

break someone's heart

to make someone very sad

It broke his heart when his wife died.

by heart

so that you know every word I know that poem by heart. lose heart

to stop hoping

Don't lose heart — you can still win if you try. your heart sinks

you suddenly feel unhappy

My heart sank when I saw the first question on the test.

heart • ache / ' harteik /noun [count, noncount]

a strong feeling of sadness

heart at • tack / ' hart s|trek / noun [ count ]

( health ) a sudden dangerous illness, when your heart

stops working normally

She had a heart attack and died.

heart • beat / ' hartbit / noun [ count ]