Checking
Check- in = the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) or the place at an airport (or hotel) where you check in: ‘The girl…
Character
When you mean ‘a feature of someone’s character’, use characteristic or quality: ‘All great leaders share certain mean characteristics.’ (1) A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of…
Chance
(1) Chances of doing something: (Degree of probability): ‘What are the chances of finding them alive?’ (2) A possibility due to a favourable combination of circumstances: ‘Now is your chance to…
Catch
Catch (= hear and/or understand) is used only in connection with what someone has just said: ‘I’m afraid I didn’t quite catch the last point. Could you go over it…
Careful
Use be careful when you want someone to pay special attention to something so that they do not have an accident, make a mistake, or do something that will cause…
Capture
Capture = (1) the act of taking a person forcibly; succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; make someone a prisoner: ‘That day they captured twenty enemy soldiers.’…
Cancel
Cancel = arrange for a planned event not to take place after all: ‘Five of their players were either ill or injured, and so the match had to be cancelled.’…
Calm down
Calm down (intransitive) means ‘to become less angry, less excited, etc’: ‘Once everyone had calmed down, the meeting continued.’ The object of calm down (transitive) is always a person: ‘The…