Читаем Oxford Basic American Dictionary полностью

mil • lion • aire / miiya' ner / noun [ count ]

a person who has more than one million dollars; a very rich person

mime / maim / noun [ count, noncount ] a way of telling a story or telling someone something by moving your face, hands, and body without speaking The show is a combination of dance and mime.

mimeverb ( mimes , mim - ing , mimed ) He mimed that he was hungry.

mim • ic / ' mimik /

( mim - ics , mim ick - ing , mim icked ) verb

to copy the way someone moves and speaks in order to

entertain people

►mim • ic noun [ count ]

Sally's a great mimic.

min.

abbreviation of minute

mince / mins / verb ( minc - es , minc - ing , minced )

to cut food into very small pieces Mince the onions.

mind ч'-¹ / maind / noun [ count ] the part of you that thinks and remembers He has a very quick mind. be or go out of your mind

( informal )

to be or become crazy

Where were you? I was going out of my mind with worry. change your mind

to have an idea, then decide to do something different I planned a vacation in California and then changed my mind and went to Texas.

have something on your mind

to be worried about something I have a lot on my mind right now. make up your mind

to decide something

Should I buy the blue shirt or the red one? I can't make up my mind.

mind 2 Ф / maind / verb ( minds , mind - ing , mind - ed )

to feel unhappy or angry about something Do you mind if I sit here? I don't mind the heat at all. do you mind ...? ; would you mind ...? please could you...?

It's cold — would you mind closing the window?

never mind

don't worry; it doesn't matter

"I forgot your book." "Never mind, I don't need it today."

m i ne 1 © / main / pronoun something that belongs to me That bike is mine. Are those books mine or yours?

mine2 / main / noun [ count ]

a very big hole in the ground, where people work to get things like silver or gold

a coal mine

a bomb that is hidden under the ground or under water mine verb ( mines , min ing , mined )

Diamonds are mined in South Africa.

min • er / ' mai^r / noun [ count ]

a person who works in a mine

min • er • al / 'штэгэ1 / noun [ count ]

Minerals are things like gold, salt, or oil that come from the ground and that people use.

min • er • al wa • ter / ' штэгэ1 ^э1эг / noun

[ noncount ]

water with minerals in it, which comes from the ground a bottle of mineral water

min • gle / ' miggl / verb ( min • gles , min • gling , min • gled )

to mix with other things or people The colors mingled together to make brown. Police officers mingled with the crowd. Prefix

mini-

( in nouns ) very small a mini bus a mini skirt

min • i • a • ture / ' mimtjur / adjective

very small; much smaller than usual a miniature railroad

min • i • mal aw / ' штэшэ1 / ve

very small in amount

The project has minimal support.

min • i • mize AWL / ' mimmaiz / verb ( min • i • miz • es , min • i • miz • ing , min • i • mized )

to make something as small as possible We want to minimize the risk to the public.

min • i • mum awl| / ' штэшэш / noun

[ singular ]

the smallest size, amount, or number that is possible We need a minimum of six people to play this game. ► min • i • mum adjective