1.b> 1) () / ; to answer questions [letters] [] ; to answer a charge [a remark] [] ; you didnt answer his questions ; he didnt answer a word ; think carefully before answering , ;
2) (), ; when I call you, you should answer at once , ; to answer instantly [readily, ironically, frankly, haughtily] [, , , ]; to answer a call ) / / ; ) , i> ; I telephoned this morning, but nobody answered , / ; to answer the bell / the door / (, i>); the dog answers to his name ; to answer blows with blows ; I answered his threat with a blow on his nose -; it doesnt answer to a treatment ; this horse wont answer the whip ;
2.b> i> (), ; he answers to the description you gave ; to answer hopes [expectations] [] ;
3.b> (); ; the plan [the experiment] has not answered [] ;
4.b> 1) (); to answer orders [demands] [] ; to answer obligations ; in teaching the young to think, any subject will answer , ; a sofa that was quite often made to answer for a bed , ;
2) i> (); to answer claims ; to answer debts ; our prayers were answered ;
5.b> (), ; ; I cant answer for him ; to answer for smb.s honesty ; who will answer for it? ?
to answer backb> / , .
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