to bend the top part of your body forward and raise your shoulders and back

(+ adv./prep.) She leaned forward, ___ing over the desk.//

​a feeling that something is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it

It seemed that the doctor's ___ had been right.

to show or prove that something is true_SYNONYM bear/give witness

___ to something Contemporary accounts ___ to his courage and determination.

to state that you believe that something is true or what somebody claims it is, for example in court

_____ something to ____ a will

used to describe a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, somebody/something else

She saw him as a sort of ____father.

​not easily upset or worried by a difficult situation; calm

Above all he was ___ and never upset when things appeared to go against him.

a building in which a Christian community of nuns (= members of a female religious community) live together

She entered a ___ at the age of sixteen.//

(also ___ school)

a school run bynuns

____ somebody/something to damage somebody’s body very severely, especially by cutting or tearing off part of it

The body had been badly ___d.//___ something to damage something very badlySYNONYM vandalize

Intruders slashed and ____d several paintings.

___ something to make something shorter, especially by cutting off the top or end

My article was published in ___d form.

[only before noun]

​most important or easy to notice

She pointed out the ___ features of the new design.

much; a lot; in a way that is easy to notice_SYNONYM considerably

The risk of infection is ____ higher among children.