smile

US /smaɪl/

Definition

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

The receptionist greeted every visitor with a friendly smile at the entrance.

NounNoun

smile gốc smiler smiling

VerbVerb

smile gốc

AdjectiveAdj

smiling

AdverbAdv

smilingly

grina facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
beama signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather

Easy warm smile
to warm smile, meaning to get warm or warmer
Medium greet customers with a smile
to greet customers with a smile, meaning to express greetings upon meeting someone
Hard force a polite smile
to force a polite smile, meaning to to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Very Hard fortune smiles upon the brave
describing fortune smiles upon the brave (an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another)

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