E.T. /ˌiː ˈtiː/
(1982) a very popular US film made by Steven
Spielberg about a creature called E.T. (‘the Extra Terrestrial’), who comes to Earth from another part of the universe. He is small and ugly, but very kind and intelligent, and he becomes friends with a boy called Elliot, who helps him to get home. The creature E.T. is known for saying ‘E.T. phone home.’
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I. Emˈployment ˌTraining abbreviation,
ET noun [uncountable] a former British government training programme. It was replaced New Labour's New Deal.
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