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Hindu society is based on a caste system.

the vote given by the person in charge of an official meeting to decide an issue when votes on each side are equal You have the casting vote. The chairman gave his casting vote in favour.

a cast-iron alibi a bridge made of cast iron

When I was little I had to wear my sister’s cast-offs

one of the small wheels fixed to the bottom of a piece of furniture so that it can be moved easily

to remove part of the sexual organs of a male animal so that it cannot produce young

I’m not happy about your casual attitude to your work. I always change into casual clothes as soon as I get home from work. Most of the building work was done by casual labour.

After the accident the casualties were taken to hospital. The army retreated after suffering heavy casualties. Many small companies became casualties of the economic crisis.

to survive the cataclysm of the Black Death

a catalogue of disasters/errors/injuries She started to catalogue all the new library books.

Chlorine will act as a catalyst. I see my role as being a catalyst for change.

a device used in motor vehicles to reduce the damage caused to the environment by poisonous gases

When the car crashed the driver was catapulted through the windscreen. • (figurative) The success of his first film catapulted him to fame.

a thick liquid that forms in the nose and throat when you have a cold

It’ll be a catastrophe if I fail the exam again. The war had a catastrophic effect on the whole country.

an act of catching sth, for example a ball ▶ chwyt, złapanie 2 the amount of fish that sb has caught The fishermen brought their catch to the harbour. ▶ połów

a device for fastening sth and keeping it closed I can’t close my suitcase – the catch is broken. a window catch ▶ zamek, zatrzask, zacisk 4 a hidden disadvantage or difficulty in sth that seems attractive ▶ haczyk, pułapka

The dog caught the ball in its mouth. The murderer still hasn’t been caught. I caught her taking money from my purse.

I caught the bus from Oxford to London. to catch a cold/flu/measles His jacket caught on a nail and ripped. I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch what you said. Could you repeat it?

zobaczyć kogoś w przelocie (np. w tłumie)

I caught sight of the man at the end of the street.

Ask me anything you like – you won’t catch me out.

I’ll have to go into the office at the weekend to catch up on my work.

a rat catcher łowca szczurów

The answer was a categorical ‘ no’. The Minister categorically denied the rumour.

to divide people or things into groups; to say that sb/sth belongs to a particular group

This painting won first prize in the junior category. These books are divided into categories according to subject. Grammatically, nouns fall into two main categories – countable and uncountable.

cater (for sb/sth) to provide and serve food and drink at an event or in a place that a lot of people go to Our firm caters for the 5 000 staff and visitors at the festival.

a thin tube that is put into the body in order to remove liquid such as urine