English VOC June exams Flashcards
(57 cards)
1
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a bit of all right
A
(old fashioned) enjoyable
2
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alas
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sadly
3
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big shot
A
important person
3
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baby-grand piano
A
smallest of long, three leg pianos
4
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blotchy
A
uneven marks
4
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bitter almonds
A
unsweetened taste of essence of amêndoa
5
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brisk
A
quick
5
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choosy
A
not easily pleased
6
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dainty
A
delicate
7
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dither
A
unable to decide (what to do)
8
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dotty
A
crazy
8
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Eton
A
exclusive private school
9
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five and sixpence
A
old Brithish money
10
Q
frisky
A
lively
11
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fuss
A
paying a lot of attention to
12
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glow
A
giving of a warm light
13
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hearth
A
place in a room where a fire is put
14
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jack-in-the-box
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childrens toy where head on a spring jumps out of a box
15
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kippers
A
herring
16
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landing
A
a place where stairs meet in a house
17
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off her rocker
A
crazy
17
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on the off-chance
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by luck
18
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pane
A
single piece of glass in a window
19
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peeling
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layer coming away from the wall
20
plump
soft
20
pop
jump out suddenly
21
porch
covered entrance of exterior door
21
pop in
enter quickly
22
rim
edge, side
22
rings a bell
sounds familiar
23
sip
drink slowely
24
swamp
overwhelm
25
swanky
expensive and snobbish
26
teeny weeny
extremely little
27
tiny
very little
28
tray
flat receptacle for carrying cups
29
trot
walk quickly
30
undergraduate
University student studying for first degree
31
whiff
slight smell
32
top dog
most important person, main character
33
until the cows came home
a very long time
34
let sleeping dogs lie
don't worry about those problems, it already happened
35
bark is worse than her bite
words are worse than her actions
36
rat race
something very busy (the city) he moved away from the rat race(city)
37
wolf in sheep's clothing
pretending to be good, but is really bad
38
to take the bull by the horns
take actions and not worry about the results
38
putting the cart before the horse
doing things in the wrong order
39
getting on her high horse
behaving with arrongance
40
get off her high horse
begin to be humble and agreeable
41
cock-and-bull-story
very hard to believe and probably untrue
41
flog a dead horse
try to do something which is doomed to faillure
42
have a bee in your bonnet
be obsessed by something
43
hold your horses
wait a minute, don't rush
44
smell a rat
suspect that something is wrong
45
as the crow flies
distance in a straight line
46
donkey's gear
a very long time
47
straight from the horse's mouth
directly from a reliable source
