chapter 1 Flashcards
chill out ( informal )
They sometimes meet up to chill out and watch a movie.
to relax
to spend time relaxing
pop into a place
I popped into a shop after school.
to visit quickly
drop by a place
I dropped into a cafe after work.
to visit quickly
to pop the question ( ※idiom )
He finally decided to pop the question to her girl friend!!
to propose marriage
to be over the moon ( ※idiom )
When he sent me flowers and a note, I was over the moon.
extremely happy
to be a bookworm ( ※idiom )
She’s really a bookworm!
loves reading
pick on SB
She was picked on by the other girls because of her size.
to treat SB unfairly
by blaming, criticizing or punishing them
pick on SB/STH
He picked on two of her statements which he said were untrue.
to choose
drop out OF uni / school / a class
She started a degree but dropped out after only a year.
to leave school, college, etc…
without finishing / graduating your studies
take after SB ( usually older relative )
Your daughter doesn’t take after you at all.
to look or behave like an older member of your family
especially your mother or father
cut down STH to / cut STH down to
cut down ON sth
We need yo cut the article down to 1000 words.
The doctor told hime to cut down on his drinking.
to reduce the size, amount to number of sth
look back ON holiday / childhood / schooldays
to think about sth in your past time
hand in STH
You must all hand in your projects by the end of next week.
to submit / give sth to a person in authority (権力)
find out ( ABOUT ) sth / sb
Can you find out what time the meeting starts?
to get some information about sth / sb by asking, reading, etc.. to discover ( find )
burn SB up
The way he treats me really burns me up!
to make SB very angry
