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a child that a teacher or a parent likes best She's the teacher's pet.

pet • al / ' petl / noun [ count ] ( BIOLOGY ) one of the parts of a flower that give it color — Look at the picture at plant .

pe • tite / pa ' tit / adjective

(used about a girl or woman) small and thin a petite blonde

pe • ti • tion / pa'tijn/ noun [ count ]

a special letter from a group of people that asks for something

Hundreds of people signed the petition for a new fence around the school.

pe • tri • fied / ' petrafaid / adjective

very afraid

I'm petrified of snakes. —SYNONYM terrified

pe • tro • le • um / pa ' trouliam / noun [ noncount ]

( CHEMISTRY ) oil that is found under the ground or ocean and is used for making fuel for cars and other types of chemical substances

pet • ty / ' peti / adjective ( pet ti • er, pet • ti • est )

small and not important

I'm not interested in the petty details.

phan • tom / ' frentam / noun [ count ] a spirit of a dead person that people think they see —SYNONYM ghost

phar•aoh / ferou / noun [ count ]

( HISTORY ) a person who ruled ancient Egypt

phar • ma • ceu • ti •cal / farma ' sutiki /

adjective

( HEALTH ) connected with making and selling medicines and drugs

pharmaceutical companies

phar • ma • cist / ' farmasist / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a person who prepares and sells medicines

phar • ma • cy / ' farmasi / noun [ count ] ( plural phar • ma cies )

( HEALTH ) a store, or part of a store, which sells medicines and drugs

phaseaw п / feiz/ noun [ count ]

a time when something is changing or growing She's going through a difficult phase right now.

Ph.D. / |pi eitf' di / noun [ count ] a high level university degree that you get after doing research in a particular subject. Ph.D. is short for "Doctor of Philosophy"

She earned a Ph.D. in history.

phe • nom • e • nal Iaw / fa ' namanl /

adjective

very great

The product has been a phenomenal success.

phe • nom • e • nal • ly / fa ' namanali / adverb a phenomenally successful movie

phe • nom • e • non|AWL / fa'namanan ; fa'namanan / noun [ count ] ( plural phe . nom • e • na / fa 'namana / ) something that happens or exists in nature or society, especially something that is difficult to understand Earthquakes and tsunamis are natural phenomena.

phi • los • o • pher AWL / fa 'lasafar / noun [ count ]

a person who studies philosophy

phi • los • o • phy AWL / fa'lasafi / noun

( plural phi • los • o • phies )

[ noncount ] the study of ideas about the meaning of life

[ count ] a set of beliefs that a person has about life Enjoy yourself and don't worry about tomorrow — that's my philosophy!

phil • o • soph • i • cal AWL / fila ' safikl / adjective

a philosophical debate

pho • bi • a / ' foubia / noun [ count ] ( plural pho • bi • as )

a very strong fear that you cannot explain She has a phobia of spiders.

claustrophobia ( = the fear of being in a small, closed space )

phone / foun / [count]

an instrument that you use for talking to someone who is in another place

The phone's ringing — can you answer it? —SYNONYM telephone

be on the phone

to be using the phone

Anna was on the phone for an hour.

Collocations

Phones

making or receiving a call

the phone/telephone rings make/get/receive a call/a phone call dial someone's number/an area code/the wrong number

call someone/speak to someone on the phone answer/pick up/hang up the phone

cell phones

answer/use your cell phone send/get/receive a text (message) turn on/turn off your cell phone charge/recharge your cell phone/the battery

phone 2 / foun / verb (phones,phon • ing ,phoned )