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noun measuring instrument ADJ. accurate | fuel, oil, petrol | depth, pressure, temperature VERB + GAUGE check, glance at, look at, read The pilot checked the fuel gauge frequently. GAUGE + VERB read sth, show sth, tell sb sth The petrol gauge was reading ‘full’. The depth gauge tells you how deep you have dived. distance between rails ADJ. broad, narrow, standard VERB + GAUGE adopt Eventually all the British railway companies adopted the standard gauge of 4 feet 8,1/2 inches. fact for judging sth ADJ. reliable, useful VERB + GAUGE be seen as, serve as This company is seen as a gauge of Britain's industrial well-being. PREP. ~ of, verb ADV. accurately, correctly | carefully VERB + GAUGE be able to, can/could | try to | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to It is difficult to gauge accurately how much fuel is needed
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