Matlock - episodes 16-20 Flashcards
(36 cards)
She’s gonna j__ it. You can’t j__ a shoo-in.
(= to cause a person or group to experience bad luck, сглазить)
a shoo-in - бесспорная кандидатура; вероятный победитель
She’s gonna jinx it. You can’t jinx a shoo-in.
But you are great and r__ and well-funded.
(= находчивый, изобретательный; good at finding ways of doing things and solving problems, etc.)
But you are great and resourceful and well-funded.
🇬🇧 /rɪˈsɔːsfl/, /rɪˈzɔːsfl/
🇺🇸 /rɪˈsɔːrsfl/
Can you __ us through the night of Linda’s murder?
(= to slowly and carefully explain something to someone or show someone how to do something)
Can you walk us through the night of Linda’s murder?
walk someone through something
The software still has a few __ but we’ve come up with a workaround.
(= small problems or faults that stop something working successfully)
The software still has a few glitches but we’ve come up with a workaround.
I owe you nothing. If __, the reverse is true (= you owe me).
(= если уж на то пошло…,
used to express an opinion about something or after a negative statement to suggest that the opposite is true)
I owe you nothing. If anything, the reverse is true
I’d say he was more like his father, if anything.
She’s not thin— if anything she’s on the plump side.
If ___, he’s the one being harassed here.
(= если уж на то пошло)
If anything, he’s the one being harassed here.
huddle
she is huddling with her bestie from a law school
Emmalyn, it would be my honor.
Mrs. Belvin says, “Barry Manilow is safe now, so you no longer have the upper hand.”
have the upper hand
If she’s leaving, I have, like, three people I need to suck up to.
Well, I didn’t see that coming.
I’m always rowing upstream
Wow. That’s a slick move.
How did you narrow it down to three suspects?
I’m like a barnacle.
It was a one-off thing.
And then he wanted to have kids right away even though we had agreed to wait.
And then he wanted to have kids right away even though we had agreed to wait.
Olympis, do you think maybe we should call in Matty? Since it’s all hands on deck?
I’m not a con man. (conman)
A restraining order was denied, and with what I now know to be your extensive history in contract law, this should be right up your alley.
up/down your alley
If you use colorful language you use words that are usually considered rude or offensive. He’s been known to use some colorful language when he starts talking about politics.
I want someone who isn’t afraid to swim upstream. Break a few rules.
Don’t ask outright
All those things that we’ve been putting off that we want to do.
