Session 25 Flashcards
(34 cards)
to knock one’s socks off {SW}
Ex1: But you ought to see Fredo’s new car. It’ll knock your socks off!
Ex2: His performance knocked my socks off, and I wasn’t even wearing any.
to have an overwhelming effect on, impress greatly
line up {SW}
Ex1: Everyone, line up alphabetically.
Ex2: He finished polishing the glasses and lined them up behind the bar.
arrange in a straight line
come / turn full circle {SW}
Ex: Fashion has turned full circle and dark-blue jeans are once again the height of style.
back to the same situation in the past after completing the whole cycle
fill somebody in (on / about something) {SW}
Ex1: Can anyone fill me in on these important matters
Ex2: Did Sam fill you in about the new project?
provide someone with necessary details about something
by far / far and away / by far and away {SW}
Ex: He is [by] far and away the greatest soccer player I’ve ever known.
by a great deal, by a large gap
map out {SW}
Ex: I went home and mapped out my strategy.
plan and work out in detail how to achieve something
[live / fresh] produce {SW}
Ex: I’m not gonna use any [live] produce.
fresh food (e.g. vegetable and fruits)
know something when see one {SW}
Ex: I know a cheater when I see one. I was married to one.
can easily identify or recognize, have a lot of experiences with
it takes one to know one {SW}
someone must have a bad quality themselves if they can recognize it in other people
wow factor {SW}
Ex: If you want to sell your house quickly, it needs a wow factor.
an aspect or trait that would impress people in a good and surprising way
to the touch {SW}
Ex1: The walls were covered in dark tiles and were cold to the touch.
Ex2: The toad is poisonous to the touch.
the impact or feeling upon touching
just another {SW}
Ex1: I’m not just another girl on the street working in the restaurant who wants to be famous. I’m one with a theater background who studied it at the collegiate level.
Ex2: No matter how tragic it was, it was just another accident, as they happen all the time at this notorious intersection.
ordinary, common, nothing special
go out on a limb {SW}
Ex: They can see themselves going out on a limb, voting for a very controversial euthanasia law.
do something you strongly believe in even though it’s risky
think through = think it over {SW}
Ex: Let’s think this through before we start.
consider something in all its aspects before taking action
a bunch of {S}
Ex1: I have a bunch of stuff I have to do before lunch.
Ex2: The singer had a bunch of pop hits.
a large number or quantity; a lot
crack someone up {SW}
Ex: Her joke really cracked me up.
to make someone burst out laughing
to step up {SW}
Ex: He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia.
increase the amount or intensity of something, put in more effort to improve performance
a yawn / a snore {SW}
Ex1: The movie was a big yawn.
Ex2: High school is such a snore.
something really boring
snore: ngáy
yawn: ngáp
push the envelope {SW}
Ex: You push [outside] the envelope and make something that girls want to wear.
try to go over the normal limit, think outside the box
the last thing one wants {SW}
Ex: I knew a guy who told me that the last thing he wanted to do was hurt me and then he broke up with me the day before my birthday.
do not want it at all
resort to {SW}
Ex: Hard-up pensioners have resorted to buying books from charity shops and burning them to keep warm.
perform a course of action that people usually do not approve of in order to achieve something
do as a last resort {SW}
Ex: Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort.
do something to get out of a difficult situation because there is no other way
[in] good taste vs. [in] bad / poor taste {SW}
Ex: We all felt that your joke was in bad taste / in poor taste.
in a style or manner showing a good or poor sense of beauty or propriety
butt-ugly {SW}
Ex: I mean that was just butt-ugly. That was horrible.
very ugly
