[Unit 4a] Vocabulary Decisions Flashcards
Look, we’re not gonna evacuate the city _ your hunch.
Look, we’re not gonna evacuate the city on your hunch.
Well, it’s more of a h_ (= gut feeling, a guess) based on some quick calculations.
Well, it’s more of a hunch based on some quick calculations.
I bought this car _ a whim. (= I hadn’t planned it and I didn’t actually need it)
I bought this car on a whim.
Like a friend of mine said, I have an_ _. Like, I always want just a little bit more information. (= I keep analyzing things and I can’t decide what to do)
Like a friend of mine said, I have analysis paralysis. Like, I always want just a little bit more information.
You come to Sacramento on a w_ (= without planning to, по прихоти)
from Los Angeles and you don’t know where she lives or where she works or anything?
You come to Sacramento on a whim from Los Angeles and you don’t know where she lives or where she works or anything?
Do you think that people in certain professions are more _ to (= подвержены) analysis paralysis?
Do you think that people in certain professions are more prone to analysis paralysis?
I had a h_ you’d be here. (= у меня было предчувствие, я так и знала)
I had a hunch you’d be here.
l g_ a gut feeling a_ that woman. She’s trouble.
l got a gut feeling about that woman. She’s trouble.
also: I have a gut feeling, I’ve got a gut feeling
If you had a hunch that the dollar to euro exchange rate is gonna rise, would you _ on it, (= do something) or would you play safe and avoid doing anything rash?
If you had a hunch that the dollar to euro exchange rate is gonna rise, would you act on it, (= do something) or would you play safe and avoid doing anything rash?
We need to _ _ (= взвесить) the pros and cons of this proposal before we go ahead.
We need to weigh up the pros and cons of this proposal before we go ahead.
‘I don’t know what to do!’
‘Go with your g_ _. (= чутьё)
‘I don’t know what to do!’
Go with your gut feeling.
Do you think that people who occasionally _ things on a whim live happier lives, generally?
Do you think that people who occasionally do things on a whim live happier lives, generally?
Do you remember a time in the last couple of weeks when you decided _ _ whim to buy something, to go somewhere or to do something?
Do you remember a time in the last couple of weeks when you decided on a whim to buy something, to go somewhere or to do something?
I think you need to w_ _ (= carefully consider) all your options and let your conscience decide, Ken.
I think you need to weigh up all your options and let your conscience decide, Ken.
Did you _ _ your mind? (= decide what to do)
Did you make up your mind?
My _ feeling tells me Swan is the best suspect we have… so get his butt in here!
My gut feeling tells me Swan is the best suspect we have… so get his butt in here!
