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1) to allow a person to enter, e. g. The woman opened the door and admitted me into the house. Children are not

admitted. 2) to accept as a member of, as to be admitted to an institute (school, party), e. g. Only one hundred boys are admitted to

the school every year. 3) to have enough space for, e. g. The theatre admits only 200 persons. 4) to acknowledge, confess, accept as

true, as to admit one's mistake (fault, that one's wrong), e. g. You must admit that the task is difficult, ant. deny, e. g. I deny that the statement is true.

admission n 1) allowing to come, go in, being admitted, as admission is free, admission by ticket, price of admission; to apply for

admission to an institute (party), e. g. Admission to the school is by examination only. 2) statement admitting smth., as an admission

of guilt, e. g. The accused refused to make an admission of his guilt.

4. waste vt/i 1) to use without a good purpose or result; to spend uselessly, as to waste one's time (energy, money, work), e. g. All his efforts were wasted. 2) to lose strength by degrees, e. g. He was wasting away.

waste n unprofitable use; useless remains of smth. e. g. It's a waste of time to wait any longer. There is too much waste in the

house, to lay waste to ravage, to destroy, as to lay waste a country, a city, a village.

waste adj useless; unwanted; thrown away, as waste paper, a waste paper basket, waste effort.

wasteful adj using or spending too much or uselessly, as a wasteful man, wasteful habits, wasteful process.

back vi/t 1) to go, or cause to go backwards, e. g. Montmorency would growl and back at a rapid pace. 2) to give support to, to

help (with money, arguments, etc.), as to back smb. or smb.'s proposal (plans, etc.)

back n 1) the hinder part of the body, as to stand with one's back to the window; to turn one's back to (the audience, the window,

etc.), e. g. Turn your back to me, I'll put your collar straight, to turn one's back on smb. to turn away or run away from smb., e. g. It

was mean of you to turn your back on her when she needed your help, to do smth. behind smb.'s back to do smth. without smb.'s

knowledge, e. g. You ought not to criticize her behind her back. 2) the part of a thing which is farthest from the front, as the back of

the house, the back of one's head, the back of a chair, at the back of one's mind; 3) (modifying other nouns) away from the front, as a

back seat (street, vowel), back teeth (rows, etc.)

back adv to, in or into an earlier position or state, as to go (run, turn, be, come) back; to go back on one's word to fail to keep a

promise, e. g. One cannot rely on a person who goes back on his word, to keep smth. back from smb. to conceal, e. g. You needn't

keep this news back from him. back from at a distance from, e. g. The house stood back from the road, back and forth to and fro,

as to walk (run, fly) back and forth, backbreaking adj very hard, as backbreaking work, backbone n the row of bones joined together along the back;