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1.b> (up) (; ); ; let's split into two groups , ; let's split up now and meet again at lunchtime , / ; a group of extremists split from the Labour Party to form a new "Workers' Communist Party" " " ; the band split (up) two years ago ; the day was split up into 6 one-hour sessions 6 ;
2.b> (up) (; ), ; / ; my parents split up last year ; my friend is doing her best to split us up ; she's split up with her boyfriend ;
3.b> 1) i> (); this issue could split the Conservative Party / ;
2) i> (, ); (); the committee split over government subsidies ;
4.b> (between, with) (), ; we split the cost of the meal between the six of us / ; she split the money she won with her brother ;
5.b> 1) (), , ; , , ; don't tell me you've split another pair of pants! , / ! split the aubergines in half and cover with breadcrumbs ; was it a good day for mankind when scientists discovered how to split the atom? , , ? how did you split your lip? ? she split her head open on the cupboard door ;
2) (), , ; , , ; his trousers split when he tried to jump the fence , / ; the cushion split open and sent feathers everywhere / ; the wooden floor had cracked and split in the heat ; the board had split in two / ;
6.b> (on) .i> (), ; don't worry he won't split on us , ;
to split the differenceb> ) i> ( i>); ) / [.i> .i> difference Ir> ]; to split hairs / a hair, straws /b> .i> .i> ; i> (. , i>); to split one's sides (laughing / with laughter /)b> i> / ; ; to split an infinitiveb> .i> (to ; . to strongly deny a rumouri>) [.i> .i> infinitive Ir>]; smb.'s head splitsb> .i> ; [.i> .i> headacher> 1].
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