day 1 Flashcards
Collusion
a secret agreement that two or more people make in order to do sth dishonest or unfair to give you some advantage
Seclusion
isolation, when you want to be alone and don’t want to see others and communicate with them (He preferred to stay at home in seclusion.)
Embargo
boycott, sanctions
anti-Semite
someone who hates Jewish people
Revoke
to officially state that a law, order or agreement is no longer effective (Bobby Fisher’s passport was revoked.)
Recluse
someone who decides to live in seclusion, to live alone in isolation (She became a recluse after her two sons were murdered.)
Compliance
When someone obeys a rule, agreement or demand (The staff involved should be monitored to ensure compliance with the policy.)
Space out
to stop paying attention and just look in front of you without thinking especially because you are bored, shut down mentally (I completely spaces out during the lecture.)
Get behind
not do enough quickly enough; not do work on time (She just came back from vacation so she really got behind on work.)
Sit around
not to do anything, waste time (I’m tired of sitting around. Let’s go out and do something.)
Peruse
casually look through (Do you mind if I peruse your books? I’m looking for something new to read.)
Phrase: An old head on young shoulders
is a young person who behaves like an older person with more experience. (Martha started her first business selling birthday cards at 16. She was a wise head on young shoulders and by 21 was running a large publishing company, dealing with big clients.)
If something is ‘head and shoulders above the rest’
it is substantially better than the others.(Martin’s idea for a documentary film really was head and shoulders above the others. That’s why they decided to commission him.)
Get sucked in to
become part of something without directly trying to be (I am trying not to get sucked into watching “Lost” but everyone says it’s so good.)
productive
work hard, meet goals
a big one (expression)
an important example (I like many movies, but Raising Arizona is a big one.)
kick off
force to leave (I’ve heard you can get some blockers to kick you off after a certain amount of time.)(If you get caught drinking, you’ll be kicked off the team.)
look into it
investigate, find out about (He doesn’t know if the house in Maple st. is for rent but he said he’d look into it.)
amble around (Expression)
walk without purpose (You can amble around the house on a Sunday morning.)
I came this close to (doing something)
I almost did something. (It’s used in spoken English not in writing.)
just (do something)
One interesting way that English speakers use “just” is to talk about doing things which you’re not supposed to do. like yelling at your boss: I swear I was so angry so I thought to just stand up and tell her how much I hate her.
hit right in the face
to hit someone hard and directly in the face.
slam (someone)
to hit someone or something really hard, This is a very energetic word so use it when your telling a story.
to relieve somebody of their post/duties/command
to take someone’s job away from them because they’ve done something wrong
