Ooxford Word Skills Advance Unit 26 Flashcards
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Socialize
Spend time with other people in a friendly way
Sociable
Adj
Host
həʊst $ hoʊst/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable]
1 AT A PARTY someone at a party, meal etc who has invited the guests and who provides the food, drink etc → hostess
Our host greeted us at the door.
2 ON TELEVISION/RADIO someone who introduces and talks to the guests on a television or radio programme SYN compere British English
a game show host
3 COUNTRY/CITY a country, city, or organization that provides the necessary space, equipment etc for a special event
host country/government/city etc
the host city for the next Olympic Games
play host (to something) (=provide the place, food etc for a special meeting or event)
The gallery is playing host to an exhibition of sculpture.
Lay sth on
To lay on food and drink
lay something ↔ on especially British English to provide something such as food, entertainment, or transport for a group of people
They laid on a buffet for his farewell party.
A bus has been laid on to take you home.
2 lay something on somebody to ask someone to do something, especially something that is difficult or something they will not want to do
Sorry to lay this on you, but we need someone to give a talk at the conference next week.
3 lay it on (thick) informal
a) to praise someone or something too much, especially in order to get what you want
b) to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is SYN exaggerate
Time-consuming
Time-consuming process
Contribution
/ˌkɒntrəˈbjuːʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun
1 [countable] something that you give or do in order to help something be successful
contribution to/towards
Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.
The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society.
significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution
Wolko made outstanding contributions to children’s medicine.
2 [countable] an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something
a campaign contribution
contribution of
A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.
contribution to/towards
Contributions to charities are tax deductible.
You can make annual contributions of up to $1,000 in education savings accounts.
An invaluable/ outstanding contribution
=extremely useful)
He won the award for his outstanding contribution over many years.
a vital contribution
=a very important one)
Volunteers make a vital contribution in this country.
Clear sth up ***
phrasal verb
1 to make a place look tidier by putting things back where they belong
I don’t mind you using the kitchen as long as you clear up afterwards.
clear something ↔ up
Adam, clear up this mess before your father sees it.
after
I get really tired of clearing up after you (=tidying places that you have made untidy).
2 clear something ↔ up to explain or solve something, or make it easier to understand
The White House hopes these problems can be cleared up soon.
There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.
if the weather clears up, it gets better
Y4 if an illness or infection clears up, it disappears
Disposable
dɪˈspəʊzəbəl $ -ˈspoʊ-/ AWL adjective
1 intended to be used once or for a short time and then thrown away
disposable nappies
2 available to be used
disposable resources
Beforehand
bɪˈfɔːhænd $ -ˈfɔːr-/ ●○○ adverb
before something else happens or is done
The police need to be briefed beforehand on how to deal with this sort of situation.
When you give a speech, it’s natural to feel nervous beforehand.
Gatecrasher
ˈɡeɪtkræʃ/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
to go to a party that you have not been invited to
—gatecrasher noun [countable]
Warm up
if a party, election etc warms up, it starts to become enjoyable or interesting, especially because more is happening
The race for governor is beginning to warm up.
Deafening
Very loud
ˈdefənɪŋ/ adjective
1 very loud
a deafening roar
► see thesaurus at loud
2 → deafening silence
Deafening silence
a complete silence, when it is uncomfortable or you are expecting someone to say something
Drown sth out
Consider music not so deafening that is drown out the conversation
also drown out) [transitive] if a loud noise drowns out another sound, it prevents it from being heard
A train blew its whistle and drowned his voice.
The noise of the battle was drowned out by his aircraft’s engine.
Liven sth up
phrasal verb
1 to become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting
The party really livened up when Mattie arrived.
liven something ↔ up
Why don’t we invite Jane? That’ll liven things up!
2 liven something ↔ up to make something look, taste etc more interesting SYN brighten up
Why not liven up the room with some flowers?
3 to become more interested or excited, or to make someone feel like this
After a few drinks she livened up a little.
Get carried away
Be carried away
to be so excited, angry, interested etc that you are no longer really in control of what you do or say, or you forget everything else
It’s easy to get carried away when you can do so much with the graphics software.
Pop round
Pop over
Pop in
Inf go somewhere quickly or for a fairly short time
Shall we pop round
Fancy sth
She may fancy a bit of company
ˈfænsi/ ●●○ S3 verb (fancied, fancying, fancies) [transitive]
1 LIKE/WANT British English informal to like or want something, or want to do something SYN feel like
Fancy a quick drink, Emma?
fancy doing something
Sorry, but I don’t fancy going out tonight.
2 SEXUAL ATTRACTION British English informal to feel sexually attracted to someone
All the girls fancied him.
No doubt
used when you are saying that you think something is probably true
No doubt you’ll have your own ideas.
She was a top student, no doubt about it (=it is certainly true).
Awkward
ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd
an awkward person is deliberately unhelpful SYN difficult
awkward about
The staff wanted to go home and they were getting awkward about a meeting starting so late.
an awkward customer (=person who is difficult and unhelpful)
Loner
ˈləʊnə $ ˈloʊnər/ noun [countable]
someone who prefers to be alone or who has no friends
Ken’s always been a bit of a loner.
Get-together
Inf syn do M inf
A friendly informal meeting or party
