24 Flashcards
(11 cards)
barbed
“The fame he had acquired from ‘Freedom and its Betrayal’ guaranteed a full turnout; his nervousness was increased by Oakeshott’s barbed encomium to his skills as a lecturer; and he had ludicrously over-prepared. ”
Isaiah Berlin
Michael Ignatieff
İğneleyici
2 : characterized by pointed and biting criticism or sarcasm
//barbed witticisms
perfunctory
“When he staggered to a conclusion, the reactions were perfunctory and he came away, not for the last time, with the uneasy feeling that his peers were asking themselves whether his reputation was deserved.”
Isaiah Berlin
Michael Ignatieff
formalite gereği yapılan
acele yapılan
baştan savma
= done quickly, without taking care or interest:
“His smile was perfunctory.”
“Denetim oldukça baştan savmaydı. - The inspection was quite perfunctory.
yarım yamalak”
geranium
Sardunya
be hell-bent on (something)
“He was hell-bent on revenge.”
= to be extremely determined to do something, without considering the risks or possible dangerous results:
contraband
Kaçak mal
1: illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
//… persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband …
— Edmund Burke
2: goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden
//Border police searched the car for drugs and other contraband.
also : smuggled goods
3plural contrabands : an enslaved person who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines
as (something) as they come
“Their daughter is as clever as they come.”
—used to describe someone or something as having a characteristic to the highest degree
“The movie was as boring as they come.”
stupendous
“the most stupendous views”
extremely impressive
“the most stupendous views”
Benzer: amazing
= very surprising, usually in a pleasing way, especially by being large in amount or size:
“He ran up stupendous debts through his extravagant lifestyle”
“Stupendous news! We’ve won £500,000!”
have a go
- British, informal : to attack or criticize (someone)
“The press is having a go at the Prime Minister.”
: to make an attempt at (doing something)
“I asked him if I could have a go at writing the proposal.”
It’s giving
“Hi Feifei. Your outfit is very colourful today. It’s totally giving summer.”
It’s giving’ is a phrase we use when something reminds us of a particular style, mood or vibe, so your outfit is ‘giving summer’ because it has that summer kind of energy.
dial down
lessen the amount, intensity, or degree of a quality, factor, etc.
Opposite = dial up
“he’s dialled down the rage that seems to permeate his other novels”
in a jiffy
“I’ll be with you in a jiffy.”
= a very short time:
“I’ve just got to fetch some books from upstairs - I won’t be a jiffy (= I’ll be very quick).”
