2020 Prospective Flashcards

Question

Ella estaba con los novatos (univerisdad) - Gigi 07/03/2020

Answer 1

She was hanging out with the FRESHERS

Answer 2

* holding a grudge or grievance * a perceived sense of inferiority * being angry because of something that happened in the past * habitually combative attitude * take offence easily

Answer 3

* **He's always picking up fights with everyone. He seems to have a chip on his shoulder.** * He has a chip on his shoulder for not being born into a rich family. * She still seems to have a chip on her shoulder **_about_** the argument she had with her friend last week. * He has a chip on his shoulder **_for not being invited_** to the party. * Why do you get so **_aggressive at the slightest hint of criticism?_** You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. * He was not very cared for as a child, and he has a chip on his shoulder about his upbringing. * She has a chip on her shoulder about not getting admission into that university. * One of my colleagues is always arguing with everyone. I think he has a chip on his shoulder.

Answer 4

He is DISINGENUOUS not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does. "this journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical"

Answer 5

I will be MIA for the next few weeks or so with deadlines. (missing in action)

Answer 6

I cannot enjoy the moment, my brain is ON TO THE NEXT THING

Answer 7

He continues to believe quite persecutory accounts for example, **_having been hounded_** and his phone tapped,

Answer 8

my OCD has TICKED UP a bit

Answer 9

I have been nose to the grindstone but coming for air. ## Footnote nose to the grindstone (plural noses to the grindstone or noses to grindstones) (idiomatic, after keep, put, have, hold (one's)) used to form idioms meaning "to work hard, or focus heavily on work." If he'd keep his nose to the grindstone a bit more, he could be a pretty good student.

Answer 10

**_throwaway comment_**/line/remark something that someone says without thinking carefully and is not intended to be serious.

Answer 11

He's beside himself. "Beside yourself" is an English idiom meaning to be in such a strong emotional state that it makes you almost out of control.

Answer 12

The iceman COMETH

Answer 13

MEID - LA O ES CORTA LA D SE ENFATIZA

Answer 14

I was RIBBING you good-natured teasing. "he took a good deal of ribbing with the utmost good humour" "the first time I appeared in the outfit I was ribbed mercilessly" Stop your ribbing, I don't find it funny at all.

Answer 15

I was saying that IN GEST

Answer 16

* *they are all GUSHING ABOUT you** 1: to emit in a copious free flow 2: to say or write effusively He decided that even if she sounded like a cat in heat, he would gush over her with praise. Why should it seem impossible to believe in this power of the relics, when water could be made to gush from a rock in the desert? ... gush of hot water all over my legs, like a large water balloon bursting

Answer 17

he is a bit HOBO a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant

Answer 18

Ana is so SMUG ## Footnote having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements.

Answer 19

**_I don't believe in nepotism_** the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. "his years in office were marked by corruption and nepotism"

Answer 20

He managed to JOIN THE DOTS

Answer 21

very eager or curious to hear or see something. "I'm all agog" Molly: "He is agog"

Answer 22

If the trustees thought that Dolce is behaving in a CAPRICIOUS or SPITEFUL way

Answer 23

Who wants their family to... **_LEAST OF ALL_** Antonia!

Answer 24

It is very INANE /inein/

Answer 25

**_A SCHISM /skism/ began to grow_** a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief. "the widening schism between Church leaders and politicians"

Answer 26

**_Antonia turned more STROPPY & moody_** bad-tempered and argumentative. "Patricia was getting stroppy"

2020 Prospective Flashcards

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