Lesson 14.04.22 Flashcards
Politically correct :
- I remember + ing;
- I regret + ing;
to regret — to feel sorry or unhappy about something you did or were unable to do.
Both provide the effect of a past action.
I regret visiting such a boring museum.
I regret eating so much.
I regret being so self-conscious about my physic.
A magnum of champagne
Велика пляшка шампанського
to press charge
висунути звинувачення
to wheel around
Розвернутися
She wheeled around with an angry look on her face when I said her name.
to punch
вдарити
Assailant
[əˈseɪ.lənt]
Нападник, супротивник
Can you describe your assailant?
Outbreak
Спалах (хвороби, бунту)
to bribe
[braɪb]
Давати хабара (як у прямому, так і у переносному значенні)
Spin doctor
[ˈspɪn ˌdɒk.tər]
Політтехнолог
to resign
подавати у відставку
Ageism
[ˈeɪ.dʒɪ.zəm]
unfair treatment of people because of their age
Elitism
[iˈliː.tɪ.zəm]
Discrimination due to social class
A lot of fuss about nothing
Купа шуму без причини
It is fair ground for dismissal
Цього достатньо для звільнення
to ask for clarification
Уточнювати
Receptionist
[rɪˈsep.ʃən.ɪst]
Секретар
to blush
Червоніти, румʼяніти
to become pink in the face, usually from embarrassment
Humiliating
[hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪtɪn]
Принизливий
Disastrously
[dɪˈzɑː.strəs.li]
Катастрофічно
His joke went disastrously wrong.
to amuse
[əˈmjuːz]
to entertain someone
Farmhand
[ˈfɑːm.hænd]
a person who is paid to work on a farm
Asking for clarification expressions (some expressions from the lesson)
— But what are you suggesting?
— What are you saying?
— I don’t follow.
— Basically you’re saying that…
Explaining what you mean (some expressions from the lesson)
— That is not what i’m saying…
— I mean…
— What I meant to say was that…
— My point is that…
I understand that this may come as a bit of a shock …
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