noun, British English - a private primary school in the United Kingdom for children typically aged 8-13 that prepares them for entry exams to elite secondary schools
verb - to prepare somebody for a medical operation or examination.
verb, American English, informal - to prepare yourself, someone, or something for something
noun, British English - homework or assigned schoolwork done outside class in some private schools
noun, British English - a private primary school in the United Kingdom for children typically aged 8-13 that prepares them for entry exams to elite secondary schools
noun - a person, especially a student or young adult, who dresses in or is associated with the traditional, conservative style linked to private preparatory schools and elite universities
adjective - relating to, or typical of the conservative, upper-middle-class style traditionally associated with students of private preparatory schools and elite universities, especially in clothing, manners, and tastes
noun, formal - something that is an unfair or unreasonable burden or inconvenience to someone
noun - the act of forcing people to accept something such as a rule, law, tax, or belief
verb, British English, informal - to spit
verb - to make someone unable to feel pain, usually by giving them drugs before a medical operation
noun - a doctor or specially trained nurse who gives people anaesthetics before and during medical operations
noun - a state in which someone cannot feel pain, usually because of drugs given before a medical operation or procedure
noun - the quality of being noble in character, mind, or spirit; moral goodness
noun - people of high social rank who have titles such as duke, earl, or baron; the aristocracy