Deck 31 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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brill
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brilliant
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a ewe [yoo]
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a female sheep, especially when fully mature
3
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a culprit
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someone who has done something wrong
- ‘Police hope the public will help them to find the culprits.’
4
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covert
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hidden or secret
- ‘covert actions’
5
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to boast about/that
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to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own
6
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purview [U]
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the limit of someone’s responsibility, interest, or activity
- ‘This case falls outside the purview of this particular court.’
7
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to be out of sorts
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to be slightly ill or slightly unhappy
8
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a meringue [muh-rang]
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a very light, sweet food made by mixing sugar with egg white and baking it
9
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-scape
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used to form nouns referring to a wide view of a place, often one represented in a picture
- ‘landscape, seascape, cityscape’
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a perfect storm [S]
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an extremely bad situation in which many bad things happen at the same time
11
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scat singing
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singing in which the singer substitutes improvised nonsense syllables for the words of a song, and tries to sound and phrase like a musical instrument
12
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to sit on sth
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to prevent people from knowing a piece of information
- ‘The city council will presumably sit on the report until after the election.’
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to quaver
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If a person’s voice quavers, it shakes, usually because of emotion
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a rota
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a list showing when each of a number of people has to do a particular job
- ‘a cleaning rota’
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to knock sth on the head
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to prevent something from happening, or to finally finish something
- ‘It’s nearly done - another couple of hours should knock it on the head.’
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under wraps
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secret
- ‘They tried to keep the report under wraps.’
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to get your wires crossed
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When people get their wires crossed, they have a different understanding of the same situation
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supple
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bending or able to be bent easily; not stiff
- ‘I’m not supple enough to touch the floor.’
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undue
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to a level that is more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable
- ‘This figure did not give rise to undue concern.’
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feasible
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able to be made, done, or achieved
- ‘With the extra resources, the project now seems feasible.’
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fallible
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able or likely to make mistakes
- ‘We place our trust in doctors, but they are fallible like everyone else.’
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panache [puh-nash]
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a stylish, original, and very confident way of doing things that makes people admire you
23
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to give sth/sb a wide berth
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to keep a reasonable distance from someone or something or avoid them
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a warehouse
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a large building for storing things before they are sold, used or sent out to shops
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an usher
a man who shows people where they should sit, especially at a formal event such as a wedding or at a theatre or cinema
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nosh
food or a meal
27
a pasture
a land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep
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a crustacean
any of various types of animal that live in water and have a hard outer shell
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a crayfish
a small animal that lives in rivers and is similar to a lobster, or its flesh eaten as food
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an integument
an outer covering, for example a skin or shell
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to get someone committed
to place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility
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a prude
Use prude to describe someone who is too concerned with being proper or modest
33
en suite
used to describe a bathroom that is directly connected to a bedroom or a bedroom that is connected to a bathroom
- 'All four bedrooms in their new house are en suite.'
34
a loo
toilet
35
an excerpt
a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
36
cut from the same cloth
very similar in characteristics or behaviours
37
an underdog
a person or group of people with less power, money, etc. than the rest of society
38
a stupor
a state in which a person is almost unconscious and their thoughts are not clear
- 'He was lying under the table in a drunken stupor.'
39
yesteryear
a time in the past
- 'the Hollywood stars of yesteryear'
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to vilify
to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them
- 'He was vilified by the press as a monster.'
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indignant
angry because of something that is wrong or not fair
- 'She wrote an indignant letter to the paper complaining about the council's action.'
42
chipped
with a small piece or pieces broken off
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clammy
sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way
- 'My hands felt all clammy.'
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to slouch
to stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way
- 'Straighten your back - try not to slouch.'
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to cave
to agree to something that you would not agree to before, after someone has persuaded you or threatened you
- 'After protests from customers, the company caved and removed the item from its stores.'
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a footman
a male servant whose job includes opening doors and serving food, and who often wears a uniform
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a buzz cut
any of a variety of short hairstyles usually designed with electric clippers
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snide
derogatory or mocking in an indirect way
- 'snide remarks about my mother'
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matted
(especially of hair, wool, or fur) tangled into a thick mass
50
extant
used to refer to something very old that is still existing
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a canid
a mammal of the dog family (Canidae e.g. dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes)
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en masse
in a group; all together
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to wade
to walk through water or other liquid with some effort, because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs, or thick
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shears
very large scissors
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a pick-me-up
something that makes you feel better, often a drink or a tonic (= a type of medicine)
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anodyne
intended to avoid causing offence or disagreement, especially by not expressing strong feelings or opinions thus seeming dull
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to converge
If lines, roads, or paths converge, they move towards the same point where they join or meet (to come from other places to meet in a particular place)
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wondrous
extremely and surprisingly good
- 'This wondrous city.'
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succinct
said in a clear and short way; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words
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a wager
something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet
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to disillusion
to disappoint someone by telling them the unpleasant truth about something or someone that they had a good opinion of or respected
- 'I hate to/I'm sorry to disillusion you, but pregnancy is not always wonderful - I was sick every day for six months.'
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to drop out
to leave high school, college, university or another group
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Good gracious!
expression of surprise
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to fold
to back down from anything; to bitch out
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to dislodge
to remove something or someone, especially by force, from a fixed position
- 'The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space.'
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unyielding
(of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid
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a fulcrum
1. the point against which a lever is placed, or on which it turns or is supported
2. the main thing or person needed to support something or to make it work or happen
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viscid
having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.
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to afford
to allow someone to have something pleasant or necessary
- 'Her seat afforded her an uninterrupted view of the stage.'
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collusion
agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone
- 'It is thought that they worked in collusion with the terrorist network.'
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sketch
a term used to describe a situation, a person, a store, a restaurant, an item, basically any noun, that is of dubious character
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a wayfarer
someone who travels on foot
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a petrolhead
someone who likes and uses their car a lot, and does not want to use any other type of transport
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a paradigm
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something
- 'Society's paradigm of the ideal woman.'
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the sitch
short for situation
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to droop
to bend or hang down heavily
- 'The flowers were drooping in the heat.'
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to and fro
in a constant movement backwards and forwards or from side to side
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slick
skilful and effective but not sincere or honest
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inter alia
among other things
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far-fetched
very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe
- 'a far-fetched idea/story'
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ironclad
very certain and unlikely to be changed
- 'an ironclad/cast-iron alibi'
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vitriol
violent hate and anger expressed through severe criticism
- 'He is a writer who has often been criticized by the press but never before with such vitriol.'
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to repent
to feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin
- 'He repented (of his sins) just hours before he died.'
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on a par with someone/something
equal or similar to someone or something
- 'In my opinion, none of the new jazz trumpeters are on a par with Miles Davis.'
85
credentials
documents that state the abilities and experience of a person and show that the person is qualified for a particular job or activity
- 'I got my teaching credentials from San Jose State.'
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a merry-go-round
a carousel roundabout
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a flyer
a small piece of paper with information on it about a product or event (=ulotka)
88
eldritch
weird and sinister or ghostly
- 'an eldritch screech'
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underbrush
shrubs and small trees forming the undergrowth in a forest
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raunchy
connected with sex in a very clear and obvious way
- 'a raunchy novel'
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vehement
expressing strong feelings, or shown by strong feelings or great energy or force
- 'Despite vehement opposition from his family, he quit school and became an actor.'
- 'Both men were vehement in their denial of the charges against them.'
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to pie someone
the act of ignoring someone when they are talking to you
93
shotgun!
First person to call "shotgun!" gets the front passenger seat.
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a conveyor belt
a continuous moving strip or surface that is used for transporting objects from one place to another (=taśma transportowa)
95
lace [U]
a decorative cloth made by twisting thin thread in delicate patterns with holes in them (=koronka)
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verisimilitude [ver-uh-si-'mil-i-tyood]
the quality of seeming true or of having the appearance of being real
- 'The detail gives the novel some verisimilitude.'
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protean
easily and continuously changing
- 'the protean talents of this comedian'
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offal [U]
the organs inside an animal, such as the brain, the heart, and the liver, eaten as food
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to pencil sth/sb in
to arrange for something to happen or for someone to do something on a particular date or occasion, knowing that the arrangement might be changed later
- 'We'll pencil in the dates for the next two meetings and confirm them later.'
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extortion [U]
the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats
