minimum wage
1>  
2>    (  )

minimus
1>  
2> _. 
3> _.      ( 
 )

mining
1>  
2>  
3>   ;  ( )
4> _. _. 
5> 
_Ex:
the mining industry  
_Ex:
remote mining areas  - 
6> 
_Ex:
mining town  

mining engineering
1>  

mining machine
1>  

mining officer
1> -

mining-hole
1>  

minion
1> , 
_Ex:
minion of fortune  
2> _. ; ; 
_Ex:
the minions of the law  
3> _. ; 
4> _.  ()
5> _. 
6> ; 

minipill
1>      


minish
1> 
2> 
3> , 

ministate
1>  , .  
    

minister
1> 
_Ex:
the Prime M. -
_Ex:
Foreign M., M. for Foreign Affairs, _. M. for External
Affairs   
_Ex:
M. of (for) War  
_Ex:
M. of Defence  
_Ex:
the ministers 
2> _. ;  
_Ex:
minister counsellor -
_Ex:
minister resident -
_Ex:
minister plenipotentiary  
_Ex:
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary 
   
3>  ()
4>    (. general)
5> _. , 
_Ex:
minister of evil  
6> _. , , ,  ,
; 
_Ex:
to minister to smb. (to smb.'s needs)  -.,
 -.;  -. 
_Ex:
to minister to the sick men   
_Ex:
sometimes a patient must minister to himself  
   
7>  
8>  

ministerial
1> , 
_Ex:
ministerial changes    
_Ex:
ministerial reverse  
_Ex:
on ministerial level   
_Ex:
ministerial benches  
_Ex:
ministerial cheers     
_Ex:
his ministerial duties    
2> (),  
3> ; ,   
_Ex:
ministerial act ,    

_Ex:
ministerial functions  
4> _. , ; 
, 
_Ex:
to be ministerial to smth.  ()
-.
5> _. 

ministerialist
1>  ;  

ministering
1> _. , ; 
2>  ;  
3> _. ;  
_Ex:
ministering angel -

ministrant
1> _. ,    
2> _. 
3> , ; 
_Ex:
ministrant to smb.  -.
_Ex:
ministrant to smth.  -.
4> _.   

ministration
1>  
2> . _pl. ; ; 
_Ex:
thanks to the ministrations of his old nurse  
  
3> ;   
_Ex:
to receive the ministrations of a priest 
   

ministrative
1> , , 
2>   

ministry
1> 
_Ex:
Air M.  
_Ex:
Foreign M., M. of Foreign (External) Affairs 
 
2>  
_Ex:
to form a ministry  () 
()
3>       
_Ex:
during Pitt's ministry    ;   ,
   -
4> ; 
_Ex:
to enter the ministry   
5>  

minitank
1> _.   

minium
1> _.   ()

miniver
1>  ,     
2>  
3> _.    

mink
1> _.  (Mustela)
2>  , 

minnesinger
1> _. 

minnie
1> _. _. ; 

minnow
1> _.  (Gobio)
2> _.  (Phoxinus)
3> _.  
4> 
_Id:
a Triton among (of) the minnows   

Minoan
1> _. ,    
_Ex:
Minoan period  

minor
1> ,   18 
2>       ( 
 )
3> _. ,    ( , )
4> _.  ; 
5> _. 
6> _.  minor term
7> _. _. , 
8> ; 
_Ex:
minor injury  ,  
_Ex:
minor repair(s)  ,  
_Ex:
minor part  
_Ex:
minor differences  
_Ex:
minor worry (problem)  
_Ex:
minor poet  
_Ex:
of minor interest    
_Ex:
minor operation _.  
_Ex:
minor action _.   ,

_Ex:
minor warfare _.  
_Ex:
minor court _.   
_Ex:
minor offence _.  , 
_Ex:
minor larceny _.   
_Ex:
minor suit _.   (,  -  )
_Ex:
I have one minor criticism     

9>   ;      
(   )
10> _. _. 
_Ex:
chemistry is my minor subject  -   
11> _. 
12> , 
_Ex:
the conversation was pitched in a minor key  
 
13> _.  ( )
14> _. 
_Ex:
minor term   ()
_Ex:
minor axis  
15> _. 
16> _. _.     
_Ex:
to minor in chemistry     

minor tranquilizer
1> _. , ,  

minorant
1> _. _. 

Minorca
1>  ( )

Minorite
1> _. _. , 

minority
1> ;  
_Ex:
minority government  
_Ex:
minority group 
_Ex:
to be in a (the) minority   
_Ex:
they lost by a minority of one     

_Ex:
criket is a minority interest in the US   
  
_Ex:
they disagreed with the main report, so they produced a
minority report        
    ( )
2> . _pl.  
3> 
_Ex:
during his minority     

minority carrier
1> _.   ()

Minotaur
1> _. _. 

minster
1>  
2>  

minstrel
1> 
2> , 
3> _pl.   , ,   . .

minstrelsy
1>  
2> _. 
3> ,  

mint
1>  
_Ex:
fresh from the mint  ( )
_Ex:
in mint condition (state) ,  ( ,
   . .); ,  ( , 
 . .)
2>  ;  
_Ex:
a mint of money  ,  
3> ; 
_Ex:
a mint of intrigue  
4>  ()
_Ex:
he mints money _. _.      
5>  ( , )
_Ex:
a newly minted phrase  () 
_Ex:
the poet minted several words that can't be found in any
dictionary      ,  
   
6> _. , , 
7> _.  (Mentha gen.)
8> _.   (mentha piperita)
9>  
10>  ,  
11>   

mint julep
1> _.       , , 
 

mint sauce
1>   (  )

mint tea
1>  ,   

mint-mark
1>    ( )

mintage
1>  ()
_Ex:
coins of Roman mintage   
2>   
3>  ( )
4>     
5> , 
_Ex:
a word of new mintage 
_Ex:
a new word of German mintage   ()
 

minter
1> ,  
2> _. , 

minuend
1> _. 

minuet
1> 

minus
1> _.  ,  (. the minus sign); 

2> , , 
3> _.  (; . minus round)
4> _. 
_Ex:
minus charge _.  
_Ex:
minus grade _. 
_Ex:
minus quantity _.  
_Ex:
the minus sign  
5> _. 
_Ex:
it is a minus quantity   
6> 
_Ex:
ten minus eight leaves two     
7> _. , 
_Ex:
a book minus its cover   
_Ex:
a pedestal minus its statue   
_Ex:
he managed to escape, but minus his luggage  
,    () 
_Ex:
he came back from the war minus a leg    
 

minuscule
1> 
2> ,  
3> ,  
4> () 

minute
1> 
_Ex:
it is ten minutes to three ()   
_Ex:
it is ten minutes past three ()   
_Ex:
to wait ten minutes   
_Ex:
to be ten minutes late    
_Ex:
to take ten minutes  ()  
_Ex:
to live ten minutes from the station    
(  )  
_Ex:
on (to) the minute 
_Ex:
they left at 2 o'clock to the minute      
(     )
2> _. _.  (  )
3>   , ; 
_Ex:
a minute's rest  ,  
_Ex:
for a minute  ();  
_Ex:
wait a minute!  ()!, !, !
_Ex:
I shan't be a minute  ,  ,   
_Ex:
do it this minute!    !
_Ex:
not to have a free minute     

_Ex:
to expect smb. any (every) minute  -.  
 
_Ex:
he was here a minute ago    ( )  
_Ex:
the minute (that) he gets here     
_Ex:
minutes before the plane went down     ,
  
_Id:
up to the minute ;   ;
 
_Id:
up to the minute equipment   ()

_Id:
he is always up to the minute with his news   
  
4>    ; 
5> , 
_Ex:
minute quantity  () 
_Ex:
minute particles of dust   
_Ex:
his writing's so minute that it's difficult to read  
  ,    
6> , 
_Ex:
minute account  
_Ex:
minute description  () 
_Ex:
minute examination  
_Ex:
the minutest details (particulars)  
7> , ; 
_Ex:
minute improvement  
8> 
_Ex:
minute criticism   (- )
9> _. (-), 
10> , ,  
_Ex:
to make a minute of smth.  () ()
-.  ;    -.
11> _pl.  (, )
_Ex:
to keep (to draw up, to write) (the) minute  
_Ex:
who will take the minutes of our meeting?   
 ?
_Ex:
to record in the minutes   
12> _.  ,  
 -. 
13>  ;  , 
(. minute down)
14>  , 

minute gun
1>  ;  
2> _pl.        (
   )

minute hand
1>  

minute-book
1>  ;  

minute-glass
1>   

minute-man
1> _. _.   ,  ( 
  1775-83 .); 
2> _. ,    
3> _. (M.) ,   ,
      
4> _. "";  
 

minutely
1> 
2> , 
3> , 
4> 

minutiae
1> _pl. _. ; 

minx
1>  
2> 
3> 
4> _. 

Miocene
1> _. 
2> _. 

miosis
1> _. _. 
2> _. 
3> _. ,  

mir
1> _. _. , 

mirabelle
1> _.  (Prunus institia  syriaca)

mirabile dictu
1> _.  (.  )

mirabilite
1> _. 

miracle
1> 
_Ex:
by a (some) miracle (-) 
_Ex:
to a miracle  ,  
_Ex:
to work (to accomplish) a miracle  
_Ex:
to work miracles  
_Ex:
it sounds like a miracle    ;  
 
2>  ,  
_Ex:
a miracle of architecture  
_Ex:
economic miracle  
3> _. _.  (. miracle play)

miracle man
1> _. _. ( ) 

miracle rice
1> _-. - ( )

miracle-monger
1> "", 

miraculous
1> , 
2> , 
_Ex:
miraculous escape  
_Ex:
theirs was a miraculous victory    
3> 

miraculously
1>  
_Ex:
it was a terrible exlosion but miraculously no one was hurt
   ,     

miradore
1> _. 
2> _.  
3> _.  

mirage
1> 

mire
1> ; 
2> , 
_Id:
to find oneself (to stick, to be) in the mire 
  ;   ;   
( )
_Id:
to drag smb. (smb.'s name) through the mire 
-. ;  -.  ;  -. 
;  -.
3>   ,  
_Ex:
the car was mired    
4> ,  
5> 
6>  ( -.)

mirk
1> _. , 
2> _. , 

mirror
1> 
_Ex:
hand mirror  
_Ex:
false mirror  
_Ex:
magic mirror  
_Ex:
mirror wardrobe  
2>  
3>   (  . .)
4> 
_Ex:
a mirror of life   () 
_Ex:
to hold up a mirror to smb., smth.  
() -., -.
5> _.  ,  ( )
6> _. 
7> ; 
_Ex:
the tower is mirrored in the lake    
_Ex:
literature that mirrors the age , 
 

mirror carp
1>  

mirror finish
1> _.  

mirror image
1> _.  

mirror sight
1> _.  

mirror telescope
1>  

mirror writing
1>  

mirrorwise
1>   ,      

mirth
1> , 
_Ex:
full of mirth , 
_Ex:
the loud mirth of the guests   

mirthful
1> , 

mirthless
1> , ; , 
_Ex:
mirthless laughter  () 

miry
1> , 
2> 
_Ex:
miry roads  ( ) 
_Ex:
miry business  (, ) 

mirza
1> _. 

mis-
1> _pref.    :
2>  ,   
_Ex:
mistrust 
_Ex:
misfortune , 
3>   , 
_Ex:
misbehave   
_Ex:
miscarriage 
_Ex:
mislead   
_Ex:
misprint 

misaddress
1>   ();   
( )
2>     (-.)  
( -.)

misadjustment
1> _.    

misadventure
1> ,  ; 
_Ex:
homicide by misadventure _.  
_Ex:
death by misadventure _.    

misadvertence
1> _.  , ;  


misadvice
1>    

misadvise
1>     

misalignment
1> _.   , 
2> _. 

misalliance
1>  ; 

misanthrope
1> , 

misanthropic, misanthropical
1> 

misanthropist
1> , 

misanthropy
1> 

