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Word discrimination: upbringing, breeding. Upbringing denotes process, breeding denotes
result.
ill-bred adj badly brought up, rude, e.g. It was ill-bred of you to interrupt like that.
.well- bred adj having or showing good manners.
9. check n 1. act of examining s.t to see if it is correct, in working order etc, e.g. The manufacturer
is carrying our checks on all the new cars. 2. act of stopping or controlling s.t, e.g. The bank of
earth acted as a check against floods. 3. (esp. US) ticket, given in exchange for s.t: a cloakroom
check.
hold /keep s.o. /s.t in check stop or control s.t, esp so that he /she/ it does no further harm, e.g. The
doctors were trying to keep the disease in check.
check vt 1.examine a thing to find out whether it‘s accurate, usually by comparing it with
something else, e.g. Will you check these figures (see that they are right)?
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