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bench

US /bɛntʃ/

noun Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

a long seat for more than one person

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Several people were waiting on the bench outside the clinic.

Synonyms

  • seata space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
  • pewlong bench with backs; used in church by the congregation

Collocations

  • Easy sit on a park bench
    to sit on a park bench, meaning to be seated
  • Medium deep bench of talented engineers
    describing deep bench of talented engineers (the central and most intense or profound part)
  • Hard elevated to federal judicial bench
    to elevated to federal judicial bench, meaning to give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
  • Very Hard warm the bench throughout the tournament
    to warm the bench throughout the tournament, meaning to get warm or warmer

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