ESL January Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
Q

Up the street

A

down the street

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2
Q

not immediately next to a street

A

It’s a set back from (a road or street)

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3
Q

turn left

A

to hang a left

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4
Q

slepa ulice

A

dead end

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5
Q

diagonal corner

A

kitty-corner

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6
Q

asi, okolo

A

give or take, more or less, approximately, roughly, about, around

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7
Q

putting a little bit of oil on the wheels did the trick

A

It’ll do the trick!

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8
Q

used

A

hand-me-down

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9
Q

couch for 2 cose-marching people

A

love seat

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10
Q

krize stredniho veku

A

mid-life crises

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11
Q

to exchange ‘car’ for another

A

to trade in

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12
Q

to start something

A

to trigger

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13
Q

nestal jsem se IT boyem

A

I was passed over for the IT boy

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14
Q

entirely, completely

A

altogether

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15
Q

no longer useful useful

A

washed up

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16
Q

chodit kolem horke kase

A

to beat around the bush

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17
Q

independence

18
Q

under my own control

A

self-directed

19
Q

to play or be lazy when one should be working

20
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nervous and worried about sth in the future

21
Q

cooperative

A

collaborative

22
Q

afraid to take a chance

A

adverse to risk

23
Q

to do things that are unexpected

A

to challenge the status quo

24
Q

the ability and willingness to fulfill one’s promises

A

follow-through

25
to be forgotten
to fall through the cracks
26
to tell someone what he should do
to exercise authority
27
to be in control of sth
to take charge
28
extremely worried and nervous
to be stressed out
29
to chat
to shoot the breeze
30
looking dishonest
shifty
31
a nosy person
busybody
32
trying to avoid question
evasive
33
deserving of something
entitled
34
not to work properly
to act up
35
to be able to manage a difficult situation
to cope
36
very tired, exhausted
worn out
37
to not be able to sleep
to loose sleep
38
not surprising
no wonder
39
worn out, no longer working correctly
shot
40
to accept someone's offer
to take (one) up on (sth)
41
work against
counter
42
sedet na turka
sit cross-legged