Grammer Book Flashcards
(114 cards)
1
Q
Admire, love (a thing)
A
KISS-FIST
2
Q
A piece of paper
A
ONE PAPER
3
Q
Approximately
A
ABOUT/AROUND
4
Q
A &W root beer
A
AWRB
5
Q
Baby shower
A
BABY PARTY
6
Q
Baked goods
A
BAKE COOKIE, CAKE (etc.)
7
Q
Bright color
A
STRONG COLOR
8
Q
Can’t stand it
A
CANT PUT-UP-WITH; CANT BEAR/TOLERATE (THIS)
9
Q
Comfort food
A
HOME COOK FOOD
10
Q
Composition book
A
Write (1x)
Book (1x)
11
Q
Deadline
A
LAST DAY; LAST DAY DUE
12
Q
Domestic car
A
AMERICAN CAR
13
Q
Dozens/scores
A
MANY/MANY++
14
Q
Due to
A
REASON? [RQ]; WHY? [RQ]
15
Q
Every other day
A
EVERY-TWO-DAY++
16
Q
Fair job
A
SO-SO WORK/#JOB
17
Q
Fair weather
A
GOOD/NICE WEATHER
18
Q
Favorite dish
A
FAVORITE FOOD
19
Q
Fortunate
A
LUCKY (PS)
20
Q
Gotta (have to)
A
MUST
21
Q
Grammar school
A
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
22
Q
Homeless
A
HOME NONE; WITHOUT HOME
23
Q
Hot pink
A
STRONG PINK
24
Q
However
A
BUT
25
In the foreseeable future
NEAR-FUTURE (cheek pulled up)
26
Light color
WEAK COLOR
27
Light tea
WEAK TEA
28
Light rain
LITTLE-BIT RAIN
29
Lions club
LION CLUB [fs]/#CLUB
30
Long hours
MANY HOURS
31
All the time
ALWAYS; ALL/#ALL TIME
32
Anyway/by the way/nevertheless/nonetheless/whatever
ANYWAY
33
Apology/Apologize
SORRY
34
Around-the-clock
24 HOUR; ALL-DAY + ALL-NIGHT
35
As a matter fact
TRUE;TRUTH;TRUE-BUSINESS
36
Attend a meeting
GO-TO MEETING; SHOW-UP MEETING
37
Bold plan
BRAVE PLAN
38
Bold type
DARK WORD
39
Book fair
BOOK SALE
40
Bridal shower
BRIDAL [fs] PARTY; NEW WIFE PARTY
41
Chevrolet
CHEV [fs]; CHEVY [fs]
42
City hall
GOVERNMENT BUILDING
43
Condiments
KETCHUP, MAYO[fs], MUSTARD [fs], etc
44
Copier
COPY MACHINE
45
County fair
COUNTY FERRIS-WHEEL
46
Devils food cake
CHOCOLATE CAKE
47
Dishwashing detergent
DISH SOAP
48
Down under
AUSTRALIA
49
Drive (someone crazy)
MAKE (SOMEONE) CRAZY
50
Dry Cleaners
DRY CLEAN++
51
Farm stand
VEGETABLE FRUIT TABLE
52
Fat-free
FAT [fs] NONE
| (Negate)
53
Field hockey
GRASS (1x) HOCKEY
54
Former
#EX, PAST
55
Gonna (be going to)
WILL
56
Go wrong
HAPPEN WRONG; MESS-UP
57
Hold a meeting
HAVE MEETING
58
Horse pill
CHA PILL
59
If one (needs)
IF INDIVIDUAL/PERSON/SOMEONE (NEED)
60
Job fair
JOB OPEN INFORMATION/HELP; JOB OPPORTUNITY
61
Make (up) the bed
CLEAN BED; MAKE BED
62
Mother’s Day
MOTHER DAY
63
Northern California
NORTH CALIFORNIA
64
Obedience school
DOG TRAINING SCHOOL; OBEY SCHOOL
65
Otherwise
#OR
66
Ounce
OZ
67
Over cooked
COOK TOO-MUCH;BURN
68
Pedestrian
WALKER
69
Pretty sure
FAIR/SO-SO SURE
70
Public/municipal library
COMMUNITY/ CITY LIBRARY
71
Quarterly magazine
EVERY-THREE-MONTH MAGAZINE
72
Redhead
RED/ORANGE HAIR
73
Run to the (grocery store)
GO (FOOD) STORE
74
Shop (N)
STORE
75
Someday; eventually
FUTURE
76
Sporting goods
SPORT THING
77
Tennis shoes/sneakers
RUBBER SHOE++
78
That’s why
THAT-ONE; THAT WHY (1x)
79
The other day
RECENT
80
Traffic school
DRIVE SCHOOL
81
Trick-or-treat
TEASE #OR CANDY
82
Urgent care
DOCTOR NOW; EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
83
Valentine’s Day
HEART DAY
84
What went wrong?
WHAT HAPPEN WRONG? WHAT WRONG? WRONG? (2x)
85
Known for
FAMOUS FOR
86
Late (friend)
DEAD (FRIEND)
87
Live bait
REAL WORM/BUG
88
Make house calls
GO++ HOUSE
89
Mike-long hot dog
LONG (cha) HOT-DOG
90
Neighborhood
HOUSE AREA
91
Never mind
FORGET IT [fs]; DROP-IT; WAVE-NO
92
One another
EACH-OTHER
93
Overseas
OTHER COUNTRY
94
Password
SECRET/PRIVATE WORD
95
Possible/Possibility
CAN (2x)
96
Pre-Pay
PAY FIRST
97
Prior to
BEFORE
98
Produce (N) stand
VEG FRUIT STORe
99
Promote
ENCOURAGE; ADVERTISE; SUPPORT
100
Recycle
USE AGAIN; AGAIN USE
101
Refrigerator, fridge
#REF
102
(run) out of
RUN-OUT
103
St. Patty day
IRISH DAY (adult form); pinch day (child form)
104
Secret code
SECEET WORD/NUMBER
105
Sometime (this week/today)
LATER (THIS WEEK/TODAY)
106
Sometime (in the fall)
AROUND (FALL)
107
Stand for
REPRESENT
MEANING
SUPPORT
108
Take place
Happen
109
This is for real
TRUE-BUSINESS
110
Ton
2,000 POUND
111
TP
TOLIET PAPER
112
Treat (V)
TAKE-CARE-OF
113
Undercooked
COOK NOT ENOUGH; A-LITTLE COOK
114
What is the matter with you?
WRONG++ (2x)
