Session 28 Flashcards
(36 cards)
call it what you want {SW}
Ex: Call it crude, call it classless, call it what you want. But when you are learning a new language, there is no better flavoring particle than a good old curse word.
no matter how you may spin it, the truth is that…
speak out {SW}
Ex: The mayor spoke out in defense of the killer.
make a public speech
break down barriers {SW}
Ex: The aim of the agreement is to break down barriers to trade
eliminate differences between different cultures or social groups
(reasons or something) one lives and breathes {SW}
Ex: Music would have to be one of the things I live and breathe every day.
the most important things or goals in one’s life or career
stretch the boundaries = think outside the box {SW}
Ex: With our extensive frameworks, our products continue to stretch the boundaries of software development.
try to go over the normal limit, do something creatively, something no one ever did before
on the nose {SW}
Ex: They predicted the final score on the nose.
exactly right
brutally honest {SW}
Ex: Marie was brutally honest when she told me that I looked fat in that outfit.
honest without regard to hurting others’ feelings
be stuck in a rut {SW}
Ex: A lot of us are stuck in a rut in a lot of areas of our lives, whether it be work, relationships, or hobbies. Here are several ways to get out of the rut.
do the same thing again and again, no change
(break / get) out of the rut {SW}
Ex: Ex: A lot of us are stuck in a rut in a lot of areas of our lives, whether it be work, relationships, or hobbies. Here are several ways to get out of the rut.
try to change and do something new or different
from head to toe {SW}
Ex1: She’s absolutely gorgeous. From head to toe, she is perfect.
Ex2: Soldiers are armed from head to toe.
all points in one’s body, everything
register on/in one’s face {SW}
Ex: Surprise again registered on her face.
show on one’s face
to nail something {SW}
Ex: She has been so so. Today she nailed it.
to perform perfectly or impressively
take the words out of one’s mouth {SW}
Ex: I was just going to mention that, but you took the words [right] out of my mouth.
say the same thing someone was going to say
Funny you should ask {S}
Ex: Bob called me and said he and Linda have split up. The very next day, a friend asks, “How are Bob and Linda doing?” “Well, funny you should ask; I just found out last night that they broke up.”
about to say something that would coincidentally answer the question asked
fall back on {SW}
Ex: Unable to defeat him by logical discussion, she fell back on her old habit of criticizing his English accent.
rely on, resort to
signature (look, style) {SW}
Ex: It’s the same kind of look again and again. It’s her signature look.
typical
the signature tune / theme song {SW}
Ex: That sounds like the signature tune | theme song from The Tonight Show.
a music piece or song always played at the beginning or end of a particular television or radio program
look (like) twelve {SW}
Ex: “You look like a twelve year old,” said the cashier when I handed her my ID for a purchase that requires identification. She said I don’t look my age.
someone who doesn’t look their age
as opposed to {SW}
Ex: We stayed in a five star hotel, as opposed to a motel.
compare two things and emphasize that what you mean is one thing and not the other
shoot oneself in the foot [SW]
= self-sabotage [W]
Ex: a girl that takes beautiful photos but for some reasons stands in her own way and is doing something that we call self-sabotage.
foolishly harm one’s own cause
buffoon
as clown (trò hề)
raise the roof
raise the bar
legitimate
legal
emigrate >< immigrate
migrate
move out >< move in
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