Suits Flashcards
(996 cards)
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Patronize
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If you patronize a business, you shop there regularly. But if someone patronizes you, it’s not so pleasant — they talk to you as if you were inferior or not very intelligent.
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Arrogant
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Too proud and look down on others
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Self absorbed
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Your self-absorbed acquaintance Isn’t likely to ask you sincerely how you’re doing today, because he’s too busy thinking about himself. And a self-absorbed driver who gets in a fender bender might rush to see if her car is scratched rather than checking to make sure her passenger is okay. Self-absorbed dates from the late 18th century, from self and absorbed, “engrossed mentally.”
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Brags and boasting about oneself.
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Blowhard
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Compassion
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If someone shows kindness, caring, and a willingness to help others, they’re showing compassion.
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Shove it down the throat
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Force someone to accept or like
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Fraught
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Fraught means filled with something — often something bad. Your Thanksgiving was fraught with awkward moments when your family saw your blue hair, and it only got worse when you told them you’d quit law school to join the circus.
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Pedigree
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Genetic background
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Pedigree
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Descendants of one individual
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Proponent
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Supports something - I’m not a huge proponent of longevity, if you want to address issues that happen to you when you are older like dementia and so forth those are pretty important
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Self absorbed.
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If you’re overly concerned with yourself, including your own feelings and thoughts, you’re self-absorbed. Self-absorbed people don’t think much about how others are feeling.
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Acquaintance
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An acquaintance is someone you know a little about, but they’re not your best friend or anything. Acquaintance is also having knowledge about something specific, like horror films or the farming techniques of Chinese peasants.
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Rein
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Rein is both a noun and a verb for guiding and restraining. You can use the long strap, or rein, on a horse to control its speed and direction, and you can rein in your own tongue by closing your mouth.
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Fluke
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Good fortune
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Writhe
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Reserved to be used when in pain/ discomfort causes you to twist and turn.
Writhe in agony.
Acute pain. Agony
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Egocentric / egoistic
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Self absorbed
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Emeliorate
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Make better
Mitigate
Make less bad
Reticent
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
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Puberty
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The time in life when the sex organs start working like an adult.
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Stakeout
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When police officers watch a suspect’s house, keeping an eye on who’s coming and going, they call it a stakeout. Most stakeouts are done stealthily, with the officers trying to avoid being seen.
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Bellhops
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A bellhop is a person whose job involves carrying people’s luggage in a hotel. When you check into a fancy inn, the bellhop will take your suitcase up to your room for you.
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Hotshot
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Master / genius/ expert
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Attorney
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Lawyer
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Dickhead
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a stupid, irritating, or ridiculous person, particularly a man.
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Fascinating
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Extremely interesting
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Prudent
It’s the wise thing to do under existing circumstances
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A wise and well thought through decision can be thought as prudent
Prudent
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Restraint
Under control
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If you are angry and don’t want to show it, you may speak in a restrained manner
Restrained - under control
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Prudent, restrained, quiet -
Discreet
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Subtle
Difficult to detect/ rub your mind around/ not obvious
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Professional food taster, might be able to perceive subtle differences in flavor that the most people don’t notice.
Subtle
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Perceive
Sense
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Blown away
Is to be very impressed by something
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Flap
Move their wings up and down.
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Discrete
Separate and divided
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A crankshaft is a discrete part of the engine
Discrete example
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Dazzling
Stunning - when something is stunning it impresses enormously.
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Enormously
Extremely.
Hugely, staggeringly, tremendously.
He was enormously popular.
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When something extremely impresses you it’s stunning. Or dazzling.
Dazzling/ stunning.
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Sovereign
Not controlled by external forces
Sovereign state.
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Solidarity
United behind a common goal or purpose
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Adversely
Harmful and negative
For those who have been adversely affected by this war.
We express our solidarity and support for the people.
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Freshman orientation
Starts you off in a good direction.
It’s about the direction you are facing.
East side orientation
Democrat - his political orientation.
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Bank
An store that stores and invests money
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Complex
Opposite.
Not simple.
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Symmetry
Balanced with each side reflecting the other.
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Exemplary
Exemplary people excel at what they do and are excellent examples to others. Something exemplary is so good that it is an example for others to follow
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Feat
Notable achievement
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Smugglers
Import goods illegally
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Pirate
Folks who rob at sea/oceans
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Unsavory
Call something unsavory if it's unappetizing, tasteless, or morally offensive
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A myriad is a lot of something. If you’re talking about Ancient Greece, a myriad is ten thousand, but today you can use the word in myriad other ways.
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Novice
Someone new in the field
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Appreciate
Gain value/ recognize something its value.
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Intimidate
Frighten / or pull back from something
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Timid
Frighten or pull back from something
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Learn the ropes
You are learning how a particular job is done.
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Obliterated
Demolished/ reduced to nothing
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Reliable
Dependable
You call something reliable that you can count on to come through when you need it.
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Amortize
Gradually paying off debt.
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When you respect someone you admire them and treat them well.
Respect.
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In a awe of someone
you have a lot of respect for them and are slightly afraid of them
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People are in a awe of him
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Retaliate
Action taken in return of injury or attack
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Contiguous
Next to each other
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Arbitrary
Something that's arbitrary seems like it's chosen at random instead of following a consistent rule. Team members would dislike their coach using a totally arbitrary method to pick starting players.
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Similar but not identical
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Quality of being fair
Equity is the state or quality of being fair. In classrooms, it's important to establish equity as any hint of unfairness turns everyone against the teacher.
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Outlandish
If something is outlandish it's bizarre or unfamiliar, far outside the boundaries of expected or normal behavior. Driving around the city in a golf cart and eating spaghetti with pineapple sauce are both examples of outlandish behavior.
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Appease
Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in "the cold drink appeased his thirst."
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Vain
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
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Enthusiasm
Full of excitement
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Praise
Praise means "admiration or approval," and when you're on the receiving end of it, you feel great.
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Glowing
Lit up / full of praise and enthusiasm.
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Plathora
Extreme excess
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On a boat , anchor is a heavy object attached to a rope.
You toss it overboard to prevent the boat from moving. / it sinks and your vessel doesn’t move.
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Anchor
Has a sense of holding something in place.
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Anchor - to be the main part is sth.
Wings of a building is a section of it.
Big stores at the end are the anchor
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Rip off
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Shenanigans
Use of tricks to deceive someone- usually to extract money
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Ream
There is ream paper.
Informal us
To tell someone off
Tell off - scold - criticize someone / point out fault/ error often angrily.
If you forget to clean your room , your mom might scold you.
Reprimand
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Pass off
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Pass it off
to get rid of something deceptively by giving or selling it to someone as something else
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Courtesy
Showing of politeness in one’s attitude and behavior towards each other.
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Prosecution
Jury
Lawyers who are trying to convince the jury that the guy on trial actually committed the crimes he/she/they accused of.
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Impeachment
A formal document accusing a public official of misconduct.
Misconduct - bad, unethical, illegal
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Ethics
Moral characters
Truthful, fair, honest.
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Ethical
Honest and follows good moral standards.
Conforming to accepted standards of social and professional behavior.
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Subpoena
Document that requires the recipient to appear in court as a witness.
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Rookie
Beginner, new recruit
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Charm
Please
Attract them
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Assert
a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
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Fraudulent
Criminal deception
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Inseam
Length of pants.
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Play footsie
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Melted
Emotionally softened/ touched
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Pawn off
dispose of something unwanted by inducing someone else to accept it.
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Face the music
When you have to face the music, you're confronted with the consequences of something bad you've done. If your boss catches you lying about what time you got to work, you'll have to face the music.
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Meticulous
Extreme attention to detail
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Diligent
Works hard and carefully
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Obnoxious
Annoying and unpleasant
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Yelling and stomping is obnoxious
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Prickly
Sharp and spiky
Prickly things are sharp and spiky, while prickly people are quick to be offended or irritated. Ouch!
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Affluent
Wealthy/ a great deal of money
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Injunction
An official order issued by a judge
Requiring someone to do or stop doing something
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Have it in for me
To be determined to harm or criticize someone
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Ridiculous
Preposterous. Absurd
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Absurd
Inconsistent with logic, reason and co
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Fall all over yourself
To be very eager to do something
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Make a pass
: to do or say something that clearly shows one wants to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with (someone)
He made a pass at his wife's friend.
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Lure
Entice / bait someone
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Entice
Persuade with a promise of something
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Come to a head
The situation reaches a point where something has to be done about it.
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Culminate
End
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Canonical
An equation reduced to its most basic form - mathematics.
It Follows principles or rule.
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Orthodox
Commonly accepted
Accepted as true/ correct
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Fraternity
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Sorority oppo. Fraternity
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Go Down the tubes
To fail completely
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Litigation
Litigation is what goes on in court; it is the name for the process of suing someone or trying them for a crime. When families fight over their inheritance, the assets they want may end up being tied up for decades in litigation.
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Quid pro quo
You do this for me and I’ll do that for you
Scratch my back I scratch yours
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Blackmail
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Dispute
Conflict/ disagreement
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Proclivities
A natural tendency to like something.
Someone of his generation and shares the same proclivities
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Stuffed - filled with something
Stuffed rabbit you won at the country fair.
I feel stuffed
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Preposterous
Absurd
Ridiculous
Ludicrous
Non sensical
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Visionary
Have big ideas, crazy ideas. Forward loooking, the ideas that might change the way the world works.
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Whiff - take a sniff
Sniff
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Reek
Stink / smell badly.
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Pervade
To be present through out. Exists in every part of.
Feeling of doom pervaded the army as the caught the sight of oppositions superior forces.
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Reek
Reek of the cows dung
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Abject
Absolutely miserable
Abject poverty, absolutely the worst, most hopeless situation you’ve ever seen
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Barge
Rudely interrupt someone when they are doing something else
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Put someone up to
Convince someone to do something stupid / foolish
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Cut to the chase
Get right to the point without wasting time
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Ape-shit
Very excepted or angry
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Devious
Devious describes someone who tends to lie and to trick other people. Devious credit card companies lure younger and younger people into debt with offers of low interest rates and even just free t-shirts.
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Stalled
Stop running/ stop making process
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Devastated
Destroyed / ruined
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Anxious
Very concerned / worried
Quite interested in something
He is very anxious to meet you
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Going out on a limb
Doing something that you believe in but risky, or likely to be criticized by others
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Knock yourself out
Used to tell someone to go ahead and do something
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Show up
Arrive
Appear
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Utterly
Utterly is an intensifying word: something utterly delicious is very, very delicious.
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Perplexed
Surprised and confused
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Perplexed / baffled / befuddled / confound/ bewildered
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Indispensable
Essential/ depict something that you wouldn’t do without.
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Acquaint
When you acquaint yourself with something, you familiarize yourself with it. When you visit a new city, you should acquaint yourself with the layout of the streets so you don’t get lost.
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Put a face to the name
You’ve met a person for the first time who you knew only by name.
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Flagship
The chief one of related group.
The ship that’s carries the commander of the fleet.
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Forfeit
Lose / Giving something up usually as a penalty
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Forfeit - you’ll forfeit your right to watch tv if you don’t finish your homework.
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Let someone in on
Share a secret/ let them
Know something that is concealed
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Due diligence
Due diligence is the investigation or exercise of care that a reasonable business or person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement
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Headhunter
Employed by a firm to recruit an individual who nets specific requirements/ has required qualifications.
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Commiserate
Sympathize
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Behind the eight ball
A difficult situation / in a worse situation than others.
Many families in this country are behind the eight ball, they do not enjoy the same living standards as others do.
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Lose vs loose - lus- not fixed
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Rat out
Inform on someone
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Precede
Come before
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Apace
Happens quickly
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Preclude
Prevent something from happening
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Gunslinger
Professional killer who uses a gun
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Pinnacle
The highest
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Seize
Enjoy life. Make use of the day to the fullest.
Take hold of, grab.
Take possession by force.
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Gloat
If you gloat, you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others. If your team scores a big win, it would be better not to gloat. Be happy for your win, but don't laugh at the other team's loss.
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You just not have to suck at it
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Busting my ass on this for two hours
If you are not happy with my progress why don’t you get the hell out.
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Good lawyer bad lawyer baby, worked like a charm
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Squid
A sea animal that has a long thin soft body and 10 long arms
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Loaded
We are loaded
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Ratify
To ratify a treaty or contract is to officially approve it by signing or voting for it.
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Torpedo
Missile / explodes upon impact
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Trumps
To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something, often in a highly public way. Safety might trump appearance when you're buying a car, or your desires may trump your brother's when it comes to making weekend plans.
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Hedge to bets
Protecting yourself against a loss by supporting more than possible result/ both sides in competition.
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Plausible
Reason / believable . Could easily happen
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Pay the piper
Bear the consequences of an action or activity that one has enjoyed
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I took the liberty
Doing something without asking for permission to do it
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Take something with a grain of salt
To not completely believe something that you are told because you think it’s unlikely to be true.
Doubtful/ skepticism.
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Occluded
Obstruction
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Bum out
Informal - upset / disappointed.
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Insult
To offend someone either intentionally or/ unintentionally through words or actions.
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Contempt - extreme lack of respect
Pathetic - inspires pity or contempt.
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To the victor belong the spoils means that the person who wins or succeeds beyond all others is entitled to the benefits or rewards associated with that success.
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Devious - tend to lie and trick other people
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Going steady
When two people are going steady they are about to start a long serious romantic relationship
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Grateful
Thankful
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Allegation
Accusations
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Character
Distinctive qualities. Politeness.
Moral qualities
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Hamstring
Muscle
And
Making something ineffective or powerless.
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Looking over the shoulder
Anticipating that something bad is about to happen/ or that someone may cause you harm.
Imminent - close to happen.
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Interfere
Stop something from happening.
Intervene
Come between so as to be a hindrance.
Your talking interferes with my work.
Become an obstacle.
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Crux
Important point of the matter / problem
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Punitive
Inflict punishment.
Unpleasant result in a large scale. Like the punitive effect taxes will have on middle class.
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Outrageous
Beyond reasonable limits
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Libelous
Harmful and often untrue , tending to discredit.
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Extortion
Extortion means forcing someone into giving you something through threats. A bully who tells kids he'll beat them up if they don't give him their lunch money is guilty of extortion.
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a lawyer who specializes in bringing cases seeking damages for personal injury.
Ambulance chaser.
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Pick on
Repeatedly single out someone for blame, victimize or unkind treatment in a way perceived as unfair.
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Rattle
Repeated sounds
Informal - nervous, worried or irritated
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Abatement
If you start to bluntly tell people what you think of them you might see abatement in their friendliness towards you.
Reduction / lessen.
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Pertinent
Something pertinent is relevant and on-point. If you give your best friend pertinent advice, that means the advice is appropriate for the situation.
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Abate
Fewer or less intense
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Niche ideal position
Comfortable position in life or employment.
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Miraculous
Peculiarly fortunate as if by divine intervention.
Peculiar - notably unusual, deviating from the usual or expected.
Divine. - coming from God
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Verocious
Very eager approach to an activity.
Insatiable - wanting, devouring great quantity of food.
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Harp
Instrument
to talk about (a subject) constantly or repeatedly in an annoying way. She's always harping on the importance of a good diet. He seems to enjoy harping on my shortcomings
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Teeter
Sway back and forth. Balance unsteadily
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Principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or group.
Ethics
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Take it up with someone
Talk it out
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Adhoc
Created as necessary
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Immaculate
Completely clean & neat
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Subpar
Lower than average
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Blabbing to someone
Reveal secret.
I shouldn’t feel mad that he went blabbing to you about our relationships.
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Imminent
About to happen
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Solicit
Ask for something
He request a meeting to solicit their views.
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Exact - precise and completely accurate
Exact also means to demand or obtain something from someone.
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Protracted battle
Lasting for a long time , longer than expected.
Protracted and bitter dispute. Example.
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Plaintiff
A person who brings a case against another.
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Feisty
Touchy and aggressive
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Coerced, intimidated, forced by threat
Sandbag
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Jeopardize
Put at risk
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Upside
Positive aspect of something
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Liable
Legally responsible for fixing it.
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Water under the bridge ,
Throw someone under the bus.
Blame/ criticize/ punish them.
Past event aside
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There is no way to spin this to save your ass.
We’ve got work to do, where are you. I see you right now in conference room C.
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You should hear the stories they will break your heart. That’s if you had a heart.
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A push over
Someone easy to overcome or influence.
You better have some cold hard facts to back it up. Because Tanaka is not a push over.
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Steal someone’s thunder
to prevent someone from having success or getting attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or sa
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Outpouring
Flow in large numbers
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Outpouring
Large flow
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In over your head
Be involved a difficult situation that you can’t get out of.
Take your bag and run, your are way over your head.
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Amusing
Something that makes you laugh.
It’s amusing.
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Vandalism
Action involving deliberate destruction of public/ private property.
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Assault
Make physical attack
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Perjury
Act of making false statements under auth
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Decency
polite, moral, and honest behavior and attitudes that show respect for other people. Decency, not fear of punishment, caused them to do the right thing.
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Overturned
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Airtight
Completely sealed so that there are no leaks
Having no weakness
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Fall apart
Things started to fall apart, and I realized I needed to make a change.
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Scold
When you scold someone, you point out and criticize some fault or error. If you forget again to clean your room your mom scold you for it.
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Find what’s wrong with something/ criticize
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Protege
A protégé is a person who receives special protection and promotion from someone more established in a field
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Gushing
expressing a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere
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A pop can a slang for each / apiece
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Butler
Man servant of the house
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Doggie bag
a bag used by a restaurant customer or party guest to take home leftover food, supposedly for their dog.
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When inspiration hits you out of the blue, call it an epiphany.
Epiphany
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Clean slate. Wrote it off
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Write off
Cancel a record of bad debt.
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Frivolous
Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary
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This goes against every fiber of my being.
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Exquisite,
Has anyone ever told you you have exquisite sopranos.
What do you want Harvey.
Use exquisite to mean finely or delicately made or done. When you say someone has exquisite taste, you mean that they are able to make fine distinctions.
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Privy
In privy to all communications between you and the court.
If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. Not many people are privy to what those top secret documents are all about, for example.
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Hallmark of America.
The hallmark of America get to see justice done.
That’s why of all the countries in the world I chose to come here.
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Vicarious
experienced at secondhand
“read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement”
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You are getting a good kick out of this.
To really like or enjoy something
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Merits
You better bring your A game because he has a legitimate claims.
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Be all over it
Be involved / interest in
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Blowing off
You have been blowing off joys deal all week.
Fail to keep an appointment with someone.
Ignore or dismiss something
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Glamours
Appealing/ attractive
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Scrimp
Thrifty and economize.
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Your chances are going up in smoke.
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Flaky
Breaking
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Take something out on someone
to treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have done nothing wrong:
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You planted that story, be a man enough to own it.
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Attrition
Attrition is a gradual process of wearing down, weakening, or destroying something.
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Tabloid
A tabloid is a newspaper, especially one that's smaller than a traditional daily paper and focuses on sensational news items. If you're lucky, you might read some juicy tabloid headlines when you pass the corner newsstand.
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Traffic
Another meaning.
a
: communication or dealings especially between individuals or groups
b
: EXCHANGE
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Amusing
Makes you laugh.
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Endowed
Provided/ supplied/ equipped
Opposite
Deprived
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Lofty
Something above the ground
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Mocking
When you talk to or about someone in a mocking tone, you're making fun of them in a nasty, mean way.
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Restitution
The act of making up for damages
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If you are confident in your self, and you see someone who has potential you want them to be better.
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Obtuse
Slow to learn
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Peculiar
Strange /odd unusual
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Sheepishly
in an embarrassed manner due to shame or a lack of self-confidence.
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Excruciating
intensely painful.
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Blanched
Cause shock
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Gory details
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Novelty
Novelty is a newness or refreshing quality. Many college freshmen enjoy the novelty of living on their own — until it comes time to do that first load of laundry.
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pro·mis·cu·ous
Sleep around
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Segregated
Separated
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Loved up
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Cordial
Nice and friendly
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Bleak
Gloomy and depressing
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Magnificent
Very good / excellent.
Impressively beautiful, splendid,
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Perp a person who committed a crime.
This is informal and used in North America.
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Blow someone’s cover
Reveal someone’s secret
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An allegation by the way.
That tainted the reputation.
And yet the DOJ looked into into it and found nothing
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Of your my own accord
Voluntary without outside intervention.
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Bunk
Also bunkmate.
Narrow shelflike bed
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Wound up
When someone is little wound up, they are nervous, angry and tense.
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Move toward
Gravitate
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Impetuous
Someone impetuous acts too hastily or carelessly. Hotheaded, impulsive folks are impetuous.
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Bottled up
Lee instead of revealing them
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Inadvertently
Inadvertently is an adverb that means "without knowledge or intent," like when you inadvertently take someone else's coat from the coatroom because it looks just like yours.
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Incumbent
As a black man, it’s incumbent upon you to establish the precedence of excellence.
Current person in office.
Necessary as a duty or responsibility
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Shaken up
Makes you shocked / upset
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Idioms. sink/stoop to a new/an all-time low. to behave in a worse way than ever before.
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Fidelity
Faithful
Or accuracy of reproduction of input image /sound signal.
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Presumptuous
a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.
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Frivolous
Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary. If something is frivolous, then you don't need it.
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Wreck
Something that has been destroyed
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In the wind
When something is in the wind, people are talking about it happening but no one is sure.
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Wind someone up
To say things that’s annoy someone.
Annoy
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Rattling the cages again
Make someone worrried or upset
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I’m on board
They agree and support what you are doing
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Above board
Legitimate, honest and open.
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Look down you nose / one’s nose
to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect
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Stonewall
To stonewall is to deliberately hold something up or delay it, especially by refusing to cooperate or answer questions
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Wipe that grin off your face
Wipe that smile off your face,
Because without those trades, your little girlfriend will rot in jail.
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Flaunt
Display proudly
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If someone is in drag, they are wearing clothes usually worn by people of the opposite sex, especially as part of an entertainment.
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Shithoused
Extremely Drunk
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Begging for scraps
a situation in which someone is in desperate need of resources and is willing to take whatever they can get
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Take it off someone possession
no longer in one's possession or no longer one's responsibility
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the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it
Cut.throat world
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Shoddy
Badly made or done
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Drag his feet
Do something slowly or not starting it, because you don’t wanna do it.
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Foot the bill
Paying the bill.
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Dreadful
Extremely bad.
It’s a dreadful defending by Chelsea.
324
Appalling
Something that is appalling is awful or horrible, causing dismay or disgust. It's definitely not appealing.
325
Beard
Whiskers
326
Whiskers wide / by a whiskers
if you succeed in doing something by a whisker, you almost fail
327
Down in the dumps
Depressed and unhappy
328
Skirt
Attempt to ignore or avoid dealing with
329
Petty
When you're spiteful, you act in a mean way, with a desire to hurt someone. If your little brother was driving you crazy, you could calmly ignore him — or you could give him a spiteful pinch.
330
Petty
Small and shouldn’t matter
331
Recant
Retract
332
Revulsion
Revulsion means an intense, violent, sometimes physical dislike of something
333
Recollection
Recall
334
Elusive
Skillful at evading capture
335
Renege
To renege is to go back on your word or fail to keep a promise.
336
Attribute to
Ascribe: chalk up
Chalked up his failure to inexperience
Credit to
337
Chalk up
Attribute
338
Exuberant
Joyful enthusiasm
339
Ponder
Reflect deeply on a subject / muse
340
High horse ex. get off your high horse.
talking or behaving in a way that shows that you think you are better than other people or that you know more about something than other people do.
341
Drilling a hole in my brain.
Giving me a hard time
342
Astute
Cleaver and has good judgment
343
Comprise your principles
344
Phony
Fraudulent/ misleading appearance
345
Prejudice
If you have a negative attitude towards someone based on race or ethnicity rather than personal experience, you might be accused of prejudice.
346
Unsavory
Morally offensive
347
Dashing
Stylish, lively with bold attractive spirit
348
If push comes to shove.
If something can be done if push comes to shove, it can be done if the situation becomes so bad that you have to do it:
349
Fleeting
Come and go
350
Vindictive
Strong and unreasonable desire to revenge
351
Keep your fingers on the pulse
Keep up to date.
Keep up with what is happening.
352
Complacent
Self satisfied
353
Complacent
Unconcerned
354
Frisk
Search someone for something
355
Benevolent
Someone who does good deeds and shows good will.
356
Jiggle
Move back and forth
357
Repulsive
Disgusting you don’t want to be near it.
358
Vileness
Repulsiveness
359
Innuendo
Saying something indirectly without mentioning it it’s innuendo.
360
Innuendo can an insunuation
361
It’s about time to start painting outside the lines
Not follow the rules, to think creatively,go behave in unconventional way.
362
Study up on
Make a careful study of
363
Fatalism
Belief that events are predetermined and therefore inevitable
364
High rate of learning, adaptability, resilience
365
Condone
Allow something to happen that could otherwise shouldn’t
366
Emphatic
Forcefull & clearly
367
Immensely
368
Remorseful
369
Pampered
Spoil
Treat with excessive indulgence
370
Grey brown - taupe
371
Napalm
Jelly like gasoline.
Dangerous and stick to stick like glue
372
Without further ado
Immediately, without wasting time / delay.
373
This isn’t my first rodeo
I’m not novice to the situation
374
Fungible
Exchangeable
375
Recess
Break from doing something like work or school.
376
Nuisance
Something that causes small annoyances
377
Free caviar
The best of its kind
378
Off the hook
Out of trouble / difficult situation
379
Dazed
Unable to think or react properly.
380
Be wildered / very confused / perplexed and very puzzled
381
Bashed
Strike hard and violently
382
Roam
Wander
383
Crosshairs
Idiom
In Someone’s crosshairs
They intend to catch you , arrest you or stop you.
384
Leverage
385
omniscient
To know everything
386
Self loving / narcissistic/ vain
387
Crumb
Small fragment of something that’s baked
388
Sycophant
389
Pious
If someone is deeply religious and visibly follows all the moral and ethical codes of his religion, he is pious.
390
Imbecile
Stupid
391
Unscrupulous
Use the adjective unscrupulous to describe someone who behaves in a dishonest or unethical way.
392
Dubious
Something filed with doubts and uncertainty
393
Budge
Move very slightly
394
Exasperated
Make furious.
Also
Make worse. Exacerbated
395
Thrilled
Excited
396
Cut it
Come up to expectations/ meet requirements
397
Swoon
Faint.
Also. To be very excited/ emotional about something/someone that one admires.
398
Tutelage
Guardianship
399
Extend an olive branch
Make an offer of peace and reconciliation
400
They’ll Cave
They give in.
401
Give in
Surrender / end conflict
402
Barbaric
Unsophisticated, primitive, exceedingly brutal.
403
Tenacious
Not easily giving up or letting go
404
Beating them away with stick
Fend off the intense persistent pursuit or advance of someone
405
Fend off
Defend from attack
406
Embezzlement
Fraudulent appropriation of funds that you are put in position to take care of not owned by someone else.
407
Confront
Deal with head on
408
Welch / welsh
Avoid paying the debt of gambling
409
Jurisdiction
Legal right over something
410
Puffery
Overdo a praise to flatter someone.
411
Untoward
unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient.
412
Lippy
Speak to other people in a way that shows no respect
413
Fondling
Caressing
414
Besmirch
Dirty particularly someone’s reputation
415
Meek
Too humble / willing to do whatever other people are willing to do.
Don’t be meek/ going along with the rest/ know yourself/ be full/ be the absolute best.
416
Squirm
Twist your body from side to side.
Wriggling movement
417
Tumultuous
Disorderly/ trouble/ disruptive.
418
Tumultuous
State of unrest
419
Unbecoming
When someone does something awkward and inappropriate
420
Sentimental
Led by emotions rather than reason
421
In a bind
If you're in a bind, you have been hindered by some situation. You'll find yourself in a bind if you agree to bring dessert to a party, only to realize that you're out of fruit, sugar, and chocolate chips.
422
Quash
Extinguish
423
Objection
Say no to something.
The thing you oppose you object
424
Withdrawn
425
Flick
Sudden sharp movement
426
Crumpled
Crushed into the ground.
427
Crumpled
Collapsed
428
Ferocious
Marked with extreme and violent energy.
429
Savage
Attack ferociously
430
Poison the well
cause harm to the reputation or credibility of someone or something,
431
Sabotage
Deliberate act of destruction
432
Stuck on someone
Strongly attracted to someone
433
Take sth under advisement
to consider something such as advice or information carefully
434
Spider parts are tingling
Urban. Getting a boner.
Spider sense are tingling - have a sense / intuition that something wrong or dangerous might happen.
435
Privy
If you are privy to something, you have been let to know the secret that most people don’t.
436
Whiff
A whiff can mean the hint of something you smell.
437
Orchestrate
Design and organize
438
Scintillating
Spark brightly
brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful.
439
Pay the piper
bear the consequences of an action or activity that one has enjoyed.
440
Fickle
changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.
So fickle the heart
441
Ludicrous
So foolish, unreasonable
442
Bullseye
Center of the target in sports etc
443
Fetching
Attractive
444
Kinky
Unusual things
445
Satire
Witty language used to convey insults .
Read some examples
446
Farce
Something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous
447
Pageant
Pageants aren't just for beauty queens — any richly decorated spectacle or ceremony could be considered a pageant.
448
Phenom
Incredibly talented person
449
Cusp
A transition between two states
450
Solicit
Request / ask
451
Rain on your parade
Prevent someone from enjoying the an event / occasion / spoil someone’s plans.
452
Poke the bear
Deliberately provoke someone especially someone who is powerful than you
453
Cattle prod
A device shaped like a stick long enough to be used to direct cattle.
454
Air ones dirty laundry
Make ones problem known
455
Elegant
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
456
Stuffed up
A difficult breathing through your nose because of illness or allergy.
457
Ready to roll
Ready to move
458
Emancipate
Set them free from something
459
Prodigy
A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a master of that particular skill as a child — you can be a musical prodigy or a math prodigy.
460
Releve
a movement in which the dancer rises on the tips of the toe
461
Schematic
Drawing that is very simple and symbolic
462
Viable
Grow and function properly.
463
Rebel
464
Glide
Move smoothly and effortlessly.
465
Ruthless
Without mercy or pity.
466
Mean
Lack of generosity. Characterized by lack of*
467
Repartee
Conversation characterized by repartee, quick, witty comments or replies.
468
Dinner guest noted for repartee
469
Have a chip in one’s shoulder
to have an angry or unpleasant attitude or way of behaving caused by a belief that one has been treated unfairly in the past.
470
On tilt
In a game, it’s a state of severe mental and frustration.
471
Burst your bubble
Shatter Simone’s illusions
472
Budge
473
Throw under the bus
Criticize , punish or blame
474
Devious
Insincere and deceit
475
Concealing
476
Lap dog
Small dog as a pet
477
Remedy / rectify
478
Let’s stop playing tiptoe through the tulips around elephant is in the room
479
Evasive
480
Coy
Pretends to be shy in a modest way
481
Concoct
Mix sth using different ingredients
482
Dissension
Disagreement , differences in opinion
483
Fester
Grow and spread not in a good way
484
Tip the scale
to give an advantage to one possible outcome over another
485
Crush and burn
Fail completely.
486
Head will roll
People will be dismissed / forced to resign
487
Schmuck
488
Flinch
489
Rub off
Become part of the person’s character as a result of spending time with them
490
Suffice
I’ll be enough
491
Decorum
Proper and polite behavior
492
Clean as a whistle
493
Slew
A slew of sth large amount of something
494
Dispel
495
Emasculate
496
Rain on someone’s parade
Spoil someone’s pleasure
497
Floating temp
Not permanent
498
Tattle
Report another wrongdoing
499
Bashing
Violent physical assault
500
Doping
Unlawful use of drugs
501
Literary
Poetic
502
Make a dent
503
Plausible
Seem reasonable, believable
504
Reputation intact
505
Take the defeat in stride
Deal with a difficult situation in a calm way
506
Sullen
Bad tempted / gloomy person
507
Pout
Show displeasure by thrusting out your lips or wearing a sullen expression.
508
To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself
Delute
509
Fiduciary
510
Quorum
Minimum number of people required to make a proceeding of a given meeting valid
511
Ambushed
Surprise attack
512
Unequivocally
In a way that leaves no doubt
513
I’m not the one robbing the cradle here . Rob the cradle
Have a romantic/ sexual relationship relationship with someone much younger than oneself.
514
Rib the bandaid off
Do something quickly that is painful or unpleasant, typically intense do that it is short lived.
515
Sit this one out
Not going to participate in an activity,
516
Jump the gun
Start something too soon, act too hastily.
I know I jumped the gun, one wrong question and I’m out.
517
Baller
A wealthy and successful person who lives lavishly.
518
Waltz
Walk quickly and confidently often in a way that annoys other people.
519
The nerve , you have the nerve. You have the audacity, you get the gall.
520
Devastated
Cause severe and overwhelming shock and grief.
521
Aphrodisiac
Food, drink that simulates sexual desires
522
Accoutrement
An accessory, item for clothing or equipment.
523
All aboard
Telling passenger to get on a ship that is about to depart.
524
Slippers
Vagina - slang.
Flip flop - sandals
525
Dignity
State of being worthy of respect
526
run circles around. as in excel. to be greater, better, or stronger than When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family.
527
Is the gift that keeps on giving.
Rescind it. - take it back.
528
Punitive
Inflicting punishment
529
Cryptic
having a secret or hidden meaning
530
Prowess
Superior skill
531
Stellar
Wonderful / outstanding.
She was a stellar candidate.
532
Blockbuster
A very successful project/ film that make a lot of money
533
Preeminent
Truly outstanding or better than everyone else.
534
Preemptively
before other people can act, especially to prevent them from doing something else
535
Banter
Repartee
536
Tech head
Someone very interested in technology
537
Oblivious
538
If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.
539
Heads up/ didn’t come here to blame you. I came here to give you a heads up.
540
Chew up and spit out
Defeat badly.
541
Chew on sth
Spit out
Think about something.
You wanna spit out what you are chewing on.
542
Imbecile
Stupid person
543
I’m offended you are questioning my motives
544
Nuisance
law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
545
Cut someone some slack
to make things slightly easier for someone than you normally would, because of their special circumstances or situation
546
Kicking the dog
Oppressive, aggressive often displaced behavior toward others.
547
Exacerbate
Worsen
548
Magnanimous
generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.
549
Savant
Intellectual person particularly distinguished in the field of sciences and art
550
Sniveling
Whiner in a tearful manner.
551
radically distinctive and without equal
Unparalleled
552
Meadow
Piece of grassland
553
Despise
Look down on / dislike/ disdain
554
Beaten to a pulp
Very badly beaten.
555
Indictment
a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
556
Whence
from what place or source.
557
Jump ship
To leave an
558
Eviscerate
559
Stunt
an exciting action, usually in a movie, that is dangerous or appears dangerous and usually needs to be done by someone skilled:.
560
Orchestrate
561
Badgering , pathetic,
562
Fortitude
Strength of mind
563
Liege
My king/ lord
564
Uncharted territory
Unfamiliar area or situation, especially one that doesn’t seem to have maps or guidelines.
565
Caddie
Helper in a good match
566
Client caved
567
Be scared shitless
Be extremely frightened
568
Accosted
To accost is to approach someone aggressively or confront them in an inappropriate way.
569
Salutatorian
Ranks second in a graduating class
570
Amicable, amiable , friendly, cordial
571
Smug
Excessive pride in one’s achievements/ self satisfied
572
Buffoon
Idiot
573
Frame
574
Call a truce
Agreement to end a disagreement/ fight
575
to squelch or humiliate (a person) suddenly and thoroughly. The speaker cut the heckler off at the knees.
Cut someone off at the knees
576
Snooker
Trick, entice or trap.
577
Intimate
Verb - suggest / employ the possibility of sth/ insinuate
578
Incest / incestuous
579
Invent a false accusation or excuse.
Trumped up
580
Virtuoso
A person with skill knowledge / interest in working of arts
581
Must stick in your craw
Be hard / difficult/ impossible to accept
582
Feed the frenzy
a situation in which a lot of people become very excited about something, often in a destructive or negative way.
583
Deprivity
Moral corruption
584
Amicable
585
Dissuade
586
Spill my guts
Confess . Divulge secrets . Divulge make known.
587
Valiant
Possessing or showing courage and determination.
588
Riddles
Puzzled question that is posed as a problem to be solved. Enigma
589
Pragmatic
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
590
Curve out
Remove from a larger whole
591
Residual
remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone.
592
Skulk
Skulking is cowardly. It means hiding out, either because you're trying to pull something off in secret, or because you're trying to get out of doing something ...
593
Dock my pay
to dock (one's pay): to remove part of, to reduce (one's salary)
594
A foot in both camps
Support or have good relations with two opposing sides
595
Precluded
Prevent from happen
596
Bottom feeding
Someone who uses other people’s troubles/ predicaments as an opportunity to make money.
597
Tread lightly
Careful and cautious
598
I beg to differ
599
Capitulating
The act of surrendering or giving up.
600
Maneuver backfired
601
Ran you out of dodge
leaving a place with an uncomfortable or dire circumstance
602
Rebuffed
Rejected
603
Revulsion
Intense, violent, sometimes physical dislike about something.
604
Revulsion
Repulsion, repugnance,
605
Indignation
Anger, annoyance, provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.
606
None of contention
a subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement.
607
Rake in
Make a lot if money
608
Nice to put a face on all of this and a lovely face it turns out.
Nice to finally see you for the first time,
609
Detonate
Explode
610
Dispatch
Send to destination.
611
Can’t be a casualty of your misplaced anger.
612
Reap what you sow
you eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions.
613
Doubts
Qualm
614
Crimson/ color: red/ has another meaning when you refer someone as crimson.
When you say someone is crimson, or your face has turned crimson, it means, that, you are very angry or embarrassed.
We have to fight the wrong the woman is crimson.
615
I put my tie over the line, you obliterated it.
Obliterated. Destroy completely/ wipe out.
616
Jumped the gun
Act before the proper time.
617
Adversary
Opponent
618
Charisma
Attractive energy that helps to influence other people and attain their attention
619
Loathe
Feel intense dislike.
620
Snooty
Arrogant, snobby, conceited
621
Fathom
Understand
622
Impugn
Dispute the truth, honesty, validity or honesty.
623
Life affirming
Makes you feel positive about life.
624
a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.
Precipice
625
Knock up
Informal
Make pregnant.
626
Embrace
Accept
627
Without reservation
Completely, without limitation
628
Work out the kinks
Helps me work out the kinks since I got stabbed in the back.
Resolve problems associate with it.
629
You made your bed, and now you gonna sleep in it alone.
They have chosen actions and now they must embrace the consequences/ repercussions without reservation.
They have taken some actions and now, they must accept the results that come dith it.
630
Fending off attack.
Terrible - very bad.
631
Spectacular
Beautiful in a dramatic and eye catching way.
632
Outpost
A camp / station that is somewhat isolated
633
Lean over
Stoop, bend over.
634
Underlings
A person with lower status / rank.
635
Inextricably
in a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate.
Those two things are inextricably linked.
636
Hearsay
Rumor/ unsubstantiated claim/ accusation.
637
Go over someone’s head.
Discuss sth with a higher ranked person than someone, bypass a person
638
Choking those funding
639
To have an opponent in their shot hairs
You’ve gotten them in the right spot and now they are at your mercy.
640
Malicious
Malice, causes / intend to cause harm.
641
Baited someone
642
Reprieve
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
643
Inadmissible
Not accepted / valid
644
In the ballpark
Approximately correct/ close.
My answer was not even in the ballpark of being correct.
645
Cut it.
Does not come close to the expectations.
646
Sub in
Take someone else’s place.
647
Lurk around
Hide out,
648
Sandbag
Coerce / intimidate someone with threats.
649
Intimidate
Terrify, frighten.
650
Stakes
651
Making someone stomach turn
Makes someone feel ill, uncomfortable because it’s offensive/ disgusting.
652
Cagey
Characterized with great caution.
653
Stipulates
Demand that a condition , requirement be part of the contract.
654
I’m here to bury the hatched / resolve a past conflict.
What prompted that ?
655
Petrified
Frighten that one is unable to move.
656
Knock him down a peg
Make someone feel less important / proud.
He was given undoable workload/ unwinnable case.
657
Fortress
Large building / complex building used as a military stronghold.
658
Bamboozled
Conceal one’s true motive.
659
Banishment
Send away
660
Senior soldiers who supervises the barracks - quartermaster
661
Perquisite
Perks enjoyed for being in a given position
662
Vendetta
Blood feud, quest for revenge.
663
Mint
To mint can mean to produce / create
664
Billigerent
Eager to fight.
665
Be after ones scalp.
Seek vengeance
666
Shrewd
If you are shrewd in your spending, you can make a small salary go a long way. Use the adjective shrewd to describe a person or thing that is smart or clever in a practical sort of way.
667
Writing implements
668
Nourishments of choice
669
Animate
Living
670
Distract
Sneak
671
Giant Leap
Breakthrough / advancement of some kind.
672
Dictaphone
673
Erase/ favor meaning
674
Sanitary
675
Recuse
Excuse oneself from a case because of potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
676
Extortion vs blackmail.
677
411
678
Knock your self out
Give permission/ encouragement
679
Knock one’s socks off
Impress/ amaze someone
680
A chink in the armor
An area of vulnerability.
681
Brazen
Bold and without shame.
682
Withholding
Keep it to yourself/ refuse to give
683
Sanction
Formal/ legal permission
Or impose a sanction / penalty/ punish
684
Stash
Save for future use.
685
Don’t harp on that
Keep talking about something in a boring and annoying way.
686
A ran at him
Ran toward in an attempt to attack or knock out someone.
687
Stumped check meaning
Perplexed/ confused
Too hard to do.
688
Connoisseur
Expert judge of [ in matter of taste].
689
Dangling
Hanging or swinging loosely.
690
Dangling the carrot
Give an incentive or reward to someone in order to motivate them to do something.
691
Abeyance
State of temporary inactivity
Suspension
692
give a wide berth
Steer the ship clear
693
Hefty gratuity
Heavy tip
694
Horn in
Join in something
695
Took to the shed
To reprimand or discipline someone especially in private.
696
Reprimanded
If you're reprimanded, someone in authority speaks to you in an angry way because you've done something wrong.
697
Affliated
Officially attach or connect to an organization
698
In the trenches
A place / situation in which people do very difficult work.
699
Harass or pressure to do something
Hassle
700
Wind beneath our wings
Help others keep going
701
Loll sit, stand lie in a lazy relaxed way
702
Perky
Cheerful and lively
703
Clog up
Instructed
704
Flare up
Suddenly outburst or intensification
705
Confidant
A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter.
706
Stave off
Defend against , fight off.
707
Fizzles out
708
Pool the wool over someone’s eye
They are trying to deceive you in order to have an advantage over you.
709
Gridlock
Traffic jam affecting the whole network of intersections
710
Treacherous
711
Abstain
Refrain from sth
712
Abstain
Decline to vote in support of a law
713
Partial
Favoring one side is the dispute. Biased
714
Latrine
Toilet
715
Lye
716
Poppycock
Empty talk, writing / nonsense.
717
Jammed up
Too busy to do anything else.
718
Duplicitous
Deceitful
719
Amputate
720
Divest
Get rid of it.
721
True
Agreement to stop fighting
722
Touch up
Make small improvements to the appearance or finish of something
723
Bunt
Go kick the ball in a slowly deliberate way without swinging - baseball.
724
Banter
Speak in a witty and teasing manner.
725
Double entendre
Word or remark that has a hidden naughty meaning.
726
Left holding the bag
Be in a situation where you are responsible for sth, often in unfair way because other people gave fail or refuse take responsibility for it.
Often in unfair
727
Black swan
Unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has the potential severe consequences.
728
Put a crimp
: to prevent (something) from happening or proceeding in the usual or desired way :
729
Ritual
730
Pat in the back
Approval
731
Batting cages
Baseball practice area
732
Consignment
Good are left with the third party to sell.
733
Bolting
Can mean a lot of things depending on the context.
Move very quickly
Stroke of lightning
Etc.
734
Penance
Voluntary self punishment.
735
Viper
Venomous snake
736
Recoup
Regain
737
Read between the lines
738
Ascot
An ascot is a wide necktie that resembles a small scarf
739
We got bigger fish to fly.
740
Rejuvenated
Give new energy, restore new energy.
741
Shitting the bed.
742
Impediments
Hindrances
743
Valiantly
possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous
744
Aloof
When someone is aloof they are not warm or friendly, they are distant and reserved.
745
Aloof
Standoffish.
746
Listless
Lack of energy, interest or spirit.
747
Deplorable
Very poor quality and condition.
748
Proverbial
Widely known or spoken off
749
Sadism
Taking pleasure hurting other people
750
That. Man isn’t what he portrays himself to be.
751
You need to pick yourself up and dust yourself off
752
Tell him I’ll exclude the payment and owner our deal.
753
Foster
Bring up . Usually not your own child
754
Hat in hand
Humbly asking for a favor
755
Hat in hand?? No like a wolf in sheep’s clothing
756
Upper hand
Have advantage
757
Mercy from a position of strong, vulnerable, it’s from a position of weakness.
758
Right the ship
Correct a problem
759
Amicably
Friendly and pleasant way to
760
Sanction
Impose a penalty
761
In the cross hairs
In a challenging situation
762
Muddles
Bring into a disorderly confused state
It muddles my mind I need to focus
763
Backfire
Reverse of the desired or expected result
764
Orchestrated
765
Feisty
Lively determined courageous
Touchy and aggressive
766
Beat the odds
767
Torrid
Characterized by intense emotion
768
Roofie
Drug that is put in a drink to make your unconscious.
769
You are regular mother Teressa.
770
Conjecture
Opinions based on incomplete information.
771
That are utter conjecture
772
Spurn
Refuse to have something / someone because you feel it’s not worthy having.
773
Come down the pike
Come to notice, appear on the scene
774
Relied on.
775
Labored over every word for that
Work very difficult to achieve something.
776
Time of words are over time for deeds is now.
777
Knock the song of a bitch out the park
778
Farce
Something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous.
779
Have someone on the run
To be in a stronger position than your opponent.
780
Boil down - literal boil sth until very little left.
Boil down- be the essential element.
It boil down to hard work and self discipline.
781
Conundrum
Confusing and difficult problem or question.
782
Pristine
Clean and fresh as if new.
He is been peeing directly into a pristine pool of eliteness.
783
Elite
Superior in terms of of quality
784
I actually wanted to believe that sob story about being reformed. You don’t actually bully the little guy anymore you just try to capitalize on him.
785
Pull the plug
Prevent something from happening or continuing
786
Stent
A tiny tube that your doctor can insert into passageway to keep it open.
787
Contributory negligence
788
Gallant
Adj. brave & heroic
Noun
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
789
Salvage
To save it before it’s too late.
790
Turnover
The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced
Can also mean
Income/ revenue
791
Helicopter tailspin
Bring out of control when used as a verb.
792
Sell sb out
Betrayal
793
Front can mean
For instance I fronted your buy in
Give the money needed to do something.
794
Intestate
Adj.
not having made a will before one dies.
Noun.
Person who dies before having a will.
795
Punt on something
Decide not to include it / do it.
796
Shake off
797
Pompous
Arrogant and conceited
798
Conceit
Always boasting and can’t stop talking about yourself.
799
Probate
The act of proving the legal validity of a will.
800
Oblivion. - noun
the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.
801
Conciliatory
Making or willing to make concessions.
802
Pounce
Attack suddenly by leaping onto your prey.
803
Flash in pan
Happens one for a short time
804
Yanked
Pull or move suddenly and sharply
805
Siren wailing
806
Acupuncture
807
Flunking
Fail to reach the required standard
808
Full bore
To the greatest extent or degree.
809
Fine tooth comb
an attitude or system of thorough searching or scrutinizing.
810
Exonerated
To declare him not guilty of criminal charges
811
Carbo load
812
Interrogation lamp pretty damn fast.
813
Call in chit
Cash in a favor
814
Renege
Go back on a promise
815
Get juices flowing
Inspire creativity and thought.
816
Presumptuous
It means taking for granted your access to someone or power to do something
817
Bites the dust
Fail or come to an end
818
Chump
Foolish / stupid
819
What the hell is wrong with you, you gave me a map to escape and told the guard where I’ll be
820
Hang out your shingle
Begin one’s profession
821
Beckon
Physical gesture to to call someone.
Beck - beckoning gesture.
822
You must be scraping the bottom of the barrel if you are coming to me.
Use something of the lowest quality because that’s all it’s that’s left.
823
Residual anger
824
Anger covers the hurt
825
Stick your head in the sand
Refuse to accept truth about something unpleasant
826
Come to be bearing the gifts
827
Shove
To push along or away in a tough and careless way.
828
Convoluted
Extremely difficult and complex to follow.
829
Dangling
hanging or swinging loosely.
830
Bangs - hairs that falls down the scalp -
831
Freak out
Cause someone become extremely emotional.
Lose their cool.
832
Out of the blue
Completely unexpected
833
When are you gonna stop holding that over my head.
Use it as leverage.
834
Impulsive decision
Acting or done without forethought.
835
Smack
Strike
Sharp slap or blow typically given by a palm of a hand.
836
Make a deal with someone and held my end of the bargain.
I did what I promised to do in that deal, you hold your end of the bargain.
837
Haul
Pull or drag with effort or force.
838
Throw under the bus
Allow someone to suffer to save yourself or gain personal advantage.
This is informal.
839
Overwhelming
Very intense and hard to deal with.
So strong as to be irresistible.
Overwhelming majority.
Vey intense.
840
Rehash
When you rehash something you use it again without altering or changing much.
Go back over.
Present or use over with few or no changes.
I don’t want to rehash it. Right now he is in jail and we need to get him out.
841
Left out of the loop
Not being part of the group that makes important decisions or know what these decisions are.
842
Not bat an eye
Show concern or surprise.
843
Contaminate / pollute
Make it impure or poisonous/ hazardous.
Hazardous - involve danger/ risk.
844
Perseverance
Continued effort to do something despite difficult, failure or opposition.
845
Devote
Give all or a large part part of time / resources.
Dedicate.
Dedication and perseverance is required for success.
846
Frizzy
Curl tightly
847
Combative
848
Poison bill
It’s a strategy it tactics of a company faced with unwanted/ unwelcome takeover aim at making themselves unattractive to the bidder.
849
Flinch
Pull away suddenly because or recoil when something frightens or hurts you.
850
Virtue
Behavior showing high moral standards.
851
I have thought tooth and nail to keep together.
Those are both things that are not going to happen.
852
Slump
Fall heavily.
853
You saying you didn’t mean to buy that stock.
Then it skyrocketed and didn’t think to tell anyone that …
854
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855
The story was too ridiculous it just might be true.
856
He got you by the ropes.
When someone is on the ropes, you mean they are nearly giving up or being defeated.
He got you by the ropes.
857
You don’t seem to have the courage to rip off the arm to save the body.
Sacrifice one thing to save another.
858
Why don’t you pack up your shit and crawl out of here with a tail between your legs.
A tail between your legs.
Be ashamed or embarrassed because you lost or defeated.
859
Downgrade
Lesser in quality
860
Sometimes bitter memory become bitter sweet when you share it with a friend.
861
The guy we are up against. He is proving to be much tougher than everyone expected.
862
Batten down the hatches
Prepare for a difficult situation
863
Knick your block off
Threatening to hit them very hard especially in the head.
864
Ambient
865
Exacting
Making great demands in one’s skill, attention or resources.
Living up in such exacting standards.
866
From the horses mouth
From the person directly concerned or authoritative source.
867
Sidestep
Avoid by stepping on the side.
868
Justification
869
Juggling
Doing a couple of things at the same time.
870
Bite my head off
To yell at someone or to be very critical
871
Villain
872
Feign
Pretend to be affected by
Feign ignorance
Feign outrage
873
Sometimes to deal with disappointment in arena is to accomplish something else
874
Hoarse
Sounding rough or harsh.
875
Soften the blow
Make it easier to deal with a difficult situation
876
It’s a nice surprise
877
I’m i shuttering your illusions about the guy
Shatter - broke into pieces.
Shatter someone illusions.
Make someone belief their beliefs are wrong
878
You helped overcome my stage flight can put price on that.
879
Will never see the light of day
Will never occur
880
Impromptu
Done with being planned, organized or rehearsed.
You impromptu is exactly what the doctor ordered.
881
Patch it up
To deal with
882
Pull strings
Use one’s influence or contact to gain advantage
883
Give someone something in a silver platter
Make it easy for something to get something without having earned it.
884
Everyone is bearing gifts
885
Obsequious
Attempting to win a favor from an influential person through flattery.
886
Insurmountable
Too great to overcome.
887
Whenever I deem appropriate
When I see fit.
888
Throw in the towel
Give up
889
Infidelity
Unfaithful
890
Euphoria
Well being and happiness
891
Vicinity
Area surrounding a particular place.
892
Crux
The most important point at issue.
893
Gloat
Expressing great satisfaction at the misfortune of others
It’s not worth gloating over.
894
Fell off the turnip truck
Someone who is easily fooled and naive.
895
Take the plunge
A decision to do something after thinking about it for a long time.
They are finally taking the plunge and getting married.
896
Laborious
Arduous.
Request a a lot of energy/ effort and time.
897
Perpetuated
Keep alive, keep going
898
Inherent
Describe things that are part of the essential natural of something.
899
Sap
Make something weaker, or weaken the strength.
900
Astonishing
Surprise or impress greatly
901
Dignify
Make something seem dignified or worthy/ impressive.
902
Take someone breath away
Very exciting, surprising or beautiful.
903
Imposing
Impressive in the sense that they are large and serious.
904
Commiserate
Sympathize
905
Indiscernible
Impossible to see or clearly distinguish.
906
Uncanny
Strange, mysterious or unfamiliar that it’s seems supernatural.
907
Detour
908
Gather / muster
909
Contemplate
Ponder
910
Muster
Gather
911
I had it coming
912
Pomp and circumstance
Formal and impressive ceremony
913
Unveiling
Release to the public/
914
Onslaught
Fierce and destructive attack.
915
Ringing the bell
Make someone remember something
916
Judiciousness
Good judgement.
917
Pummeled
Strike repeatedly with a fist.
Can be used, figuratively.
918
Capsule
Small container.
919
Olive branch
Offer of conciliation and goodwill.
920
Insidious
Proceeding gradual , subtle way, but with harmful effects.
921
At first they frowned at the idea but after a few minutes it was hard to get the to leave.
922
Patently
Clearly, without a doubt.
923
Sandbagging
Lowering the expectation in order to produce relatively greater than anticipated results.
924
Screw the pooch
Make a big humiliating mistake.
925
I need your story to line up
926
Pit against
To cause to fight or compete against each other.
927
Gumption
Determined and full of courage; and common sense too.
928
Sentiment
View / opinion
929
Chauffeur
Drive someone in the car.
930
Pretext
Something used to conceal a plan.
931
and she says she was just tidying up, cleaning was her pretext for snooping.
932
Stalking horse
Pretext / used to conceal one’s true intentions.
933
Embellish
Make a story more attractive by adding details that are not true.
934
Adjoin
Join with or next to.
935
Patio
936
Sweat it out
Doing hard physical exercises
937
Stunted
Having been prevented from growing or developing properly.
938
Geniality
The quality of having a friendly and cheerful manner.
939
Exonerated
Acquit
940
Graffiti
941
Taking something in stride
To handle a difficult situation or a problem with calm and not to allow it influence what you are doing.
942
Rip of the band aid
Do something unpleasant that is pain or intense quickly, while the pain is typically more intense is short lived.
943
Leave any stone unturned
Try all possible course of action to solve a problem
944
Do someone in
Kill someone
945
Pucker up
Contracts one lips in preparation to kiss someone.
946
Stodgy
Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull.
947
Lewd
Sexually inappropriate
948
Unsavory
Morally offensive
949
Forfeit
Lose or give up something.
950
Under the gun
Under great pressure.
951
Pay homage
Honor/ respect publicly.
952
Concocted
Devised/ created.
953
Interrogatory
Formal question or inquiry.
954
Requisition
An official form on which the request is made.
955
Morally reprehensible.
Vile, despicable.
Deserving blame or strong criticism.
956
Defile
Sully
957
Conniving
Calculating, scheme and shrewd and in other words sneaky and up to no good.
958
Bluster
Talk in a loud, aggressive way with little effect.
959
Tipped out me know.
960
Was wondering when you gonna pay me a visit
961
Reproach
Beyond reproach -
Perfect/ such that no criticism can be made.
962
We don’t see eye for eye on your priorities
963
Meteoric
Fast
964
Grin
Broad smile
965
Adorn
Make more beautiful and attractive
966
Matador
Bullfighter who kills the bull at the end of the fight
967
Bent out of shape
Angry or agitated.
968
Strongman
Use violence or force
969
Matriculated
Enrolled in college or university.
970
Coerced this professor into signing this deal.
So our exhibits are fabricated but yours are squeak clean.
Squeak clean - completely good and honest.
Because you are mother Teresa.
971
I’m not mother Teressa, but I certainly don’t resort to coercion to get my evidence.
972
The chances of you winning this case just took a mighty big turn for the worse.
973
Our reputation is taking a beating and we need to rehabilitate it and you know it.
974
Unscathed
Completely unharmed
975
Spurious
Plausible but fake.
Intended to deceive
976
Derelict
Abandon
977
Delirious
Excited uncontrollably and a bit crazy
978
Encore
Extra repeated performance usually given in response to audience demand.
979
Uncertain belief
Supposition
980
Chum up
Be friends
981
Intermission
Break or a pause
982
Bite my head off
Yell at someone or criticize them especially very suddenly and without good reason
983
Pry them from my cold dead hands
984
Teetering
Waver or sway a bit from lack of balance.
985
Carrying his water
Do his bidding - assignments
986
Spite
The desire to hurt, offend or annoy someone.
987
Sometime you have to bench your quarterback to show him who is running the team, whether you take a loss or not.
988
Stick the head in the sand
To avoid a particular situation as if it does not exist.
989
Ostensible
Appears true but not necessarily so.
990
Frivolous
Not having any serious purpose or value.
991
Burning a hole in your pocket
Spend large sums of money for unnecessary reason.
992
Full disclosure
993
It’s your ass on the line
It’s your reputation, livelihood and well being at stake.
994
If you don’t disrespect yourself you go looking for signs of disrespect in others.
995
Grit
Fortitude and determination.
Fortitude - strength when faced with difficult or adversity.
Strength in.
996
Nostalgia
Long for good old days.
