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  send

BrE / send /
NAmE / send /
verb
 VERB FORMS
 WORD ORIGIN
 THESAURUS
 EXAMPLE BANK
( sent , sent / BrE sent ; NAmE sent / )
 
~ sth to sb A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft.
The CD player was faulty so we sent it back to the manufacturers.
Have you sent a postcard to your mother yet?
~ sb sth Have you sent your mother a postcard yet?
I'll send you a text message.
 
agree vi/t I. vi 1. pristati (to na),
složiti se (upon u cemu), nagoditi se, obavezati
se; privoljeti se (cemu), suglasiti
se 2. odgovarati (with komu, cemu) 3.
slagati se (with sa) II. vt pomiriti, uskladiti,
urediti, izravnati (to, with sa); odobriti
climate does not ~ with me ne
odgovara mi klima; to ~ upon a th sporazumjeti
se u cemu, utanaciti što
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition
assignment
BrE / əˈsaɪnmənt /
NAmE / əˈsaɪnmənt /
noun
 WORD ORIGIN
 THESAURUS
 EXAMPLE BANK
1 [ countable ,  uncountable ] a task or piece of work that sb is given to do,
usually as part of their job or studies
You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers.
one of our reporters on assignment in China
I had set myself a tough assignment.
a business/special assignment
2 [ uncountable ] the act of giving sth to sb; the act of giving sb a particular task
his assignment to other duties in the same company
assignment noun
1 task
ADJECTIVE
special
important
dangerous , difficult , tough
job ( esp. AmE ) , work
modelling/modeling , photographic
VERB + ASSIGNMENT
accept , take on
Why did you take on this ~ if you're so busy?
get , have , receive
carry out
refuse
If you refuse this ~ you risk losing your job.
complete , finish
give sb
PREPOSITION
on   ~
The photographer is on ~ in China at the moment.
2 piece of school / college work
ADJECTIVE
reading , writing , written
homework
class , group ( both esp. AmE )
VERB + ASSIGNMENT
give , hand out , set ( esp. BrE )
The teacher gave us an ~ on pollution.
get , receive ( esp. AmE )
do , write ( esp. AmE )
read
complete , finish
hand in
The students handed in their ~s.
PREPOSITION
~   on
an ~ on modern lifestyles
© Oxford University Press, 2009
As we have made a deal, I am sending
my English homework to you ili I am sending
you my English homework

I have already done all tasks for my English


homework , I didn’t save the last one , to my
laptop and it was lost. Anyway I will do it again
and send it to you very soon. The first task is
in attachment./ili The first task has been sent
as an a attachment

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