14/10 Flashcards
having or displaying a violent or ferocious aggressiveness
Fierce
having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet / feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment
Bitter / bitterly
fall or drop straight down at high speed
Plummet
Phrasal Verb: to raise
To bring someone up
Phrasal Verb: endure / stand
Put up with
Phrasal Verb: unexpectedly visit
To drop in
Phrasal Verb: to give accommodation
To put someone up
Phrasal Verb: to die
To pass away
Phrasal Verb: to respect / admire
To look up to
Phrasal Verb: vomit
To throw up
Phrasal Verb: to renovate
To do sth up
Phrasal Verb: to postpone
To put off
Phrasal Verb: to have a serious disagreement and stop being friends
To fall out with someone
Phrasal Verb: become unconscious
To passed out
Phrasal Verb: to reconcile
To make up with someone
Phrasal Verb: to cancel
To call off / call sth off
Phrasal Verb: to learn without studying
To pick up sth
- a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed:
■ the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top.
Ridge
the North-East ridge of Everest.
sharpen with a whetstone.
■ make sharper or more focused or efficient:
To hone
Out of control
Out of hand
- [attrib.] nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis):
- (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so:
Sheer
- she giggled with sheer delight
- it’s been sheer hard work.
- the sheer ice walls.
Top of a mountain
Summit
a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering.
Sherpas
make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task
To tackle