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Expressoes Flashcards

1
Q

Split the bill

A

Each person will pay for him/her self

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2
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Is on me

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Informal: I’m paying for you

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3
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Join us

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Come with us

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4
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Be our guest

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Formal: we will pay for you

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5
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Get this

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Informal: pay the bill this time

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6
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Wined and dined

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Invented out to restaurants

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7
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Sluggish

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Rather slow

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8
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Courteous

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Polite

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9
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Overbearing

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Too confident ; to inclined to tell people what to do

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10
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Sullen

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Bad tempered / unwilling to smile

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11
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Off-putting

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Makes you feel you don’t want to go there again

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12
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Go out of their way

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Do everything possible

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13
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Have/has Sweet tooth

A

Love sweet things

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14
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Count the calories/ calorie-conscious

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Be careful how many calories

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15
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Savoury

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Opposite that have sweet tooth

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16
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Fussy eater

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Person who has very particular demands when eating

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17
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Teetotal

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Never drink alcohol

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18
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Dietary requirements

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Formal: special needs or things someone cannot eat

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19
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Overdo it

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Eat or drink too much

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20
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Take pot luck

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Eat what we re eating, nothing special

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21
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I bring a bottle

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Usually means a bottle of wine

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22
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Dinner party

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Rather formal dinner with guests

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23
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Informal get together

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Informal group of people meeting for a meal/drinks/etc

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24
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Seconds

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A second helping/serving of a dish

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25
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Say when

When

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Means “enough”.

26
Q

Nibbles

A

Things like nuts, crisps, etc.. before a meal

27
Q

Grab a bite to eat

A

Have a quick meal

28
Q

Takeaway

A

Ready-cooked meal bought to take home

29
Q

RSVP

A

Please reply

30
Q

Toast

A

Is to raise your glass and drink with others to wish cheers to someone

31
Q

Wholesome

A

Good for you, physically or morally

32
Q

Wholemeal

A

Containing all the natural substances in the grain with nothing removed

33
Q

Loopholes

A

Ways of getting round regulations

34
Q

Recipe for

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Situation sure to lead to

35
Q

All the ingredients of

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All necessary characteristics

36
Q

Dilute

A

Make less dominant

37
Q

Stew

A

Worry or suffer especially about something you think is his fault

38
Q

Grilled

A

Asked a lot of questions

39
Q

Half baked

A

Unrealistic or not thought through properly

40
Q

Spice up

A

Make more lively

41
Q

Unsavoury

A

Unpleasant, morally offensive

42
Q

Turned sour

A

Went wrong

43
Q

Juicy

A

Exciting and interesting

44
Q

I was broke/sling

A

Had no money left=broke (informal)

Skint (very informal)

45
Q

Rolling in it

A

Have a lot of money

46
Q

To make ends meet

A

To survive financially

47
Q

Things are bit tight

A

My finances are not good

48
Q

Strapped for cash

A

Needed cash and had very little

49
Q

Bounced

A

The bank refuse to pay it

50
Q

“I” make it out to

A

What the name shall I put on it?

51
Q

We put/stick it on

A

Informal

52
Q

Charge

A

Formal

53
Q

APR

A

Annual percentage rate interest

54
Q

Expires

A

Isn’t valid after

55
Q

Store card

A

Credit card issued by a store/shop for that store

56
Q

Credit card fraud

A

Illegal use of someone’s card or account

57
Q

Lump sum

A

Single, large payment

58
Q

Golden handshake

A

Large payment to someone on leaving job

59
Q

Endowment

A

Combined insurance to someone and saving plan that pays out after a fixed period

60
Q

Life-savings

A

Money saved over many years

61
Q

Share portfolios

A

Combination of stocks and shares of different kinds

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