Unit 5 Flashcards
(34 cards)
The feel-good factor
The quality in something that makes people feel happy and positive
To lounge around
To spend time sitting or lying somewhere and not doing very much
To lose track of time
To become unaware of the passing of time
To be true to yourself
To behave in accordance with your beliefs
To play to your strengths
To do things that you know you can do or avoid doing things u know u can’t do
To have a heart-to-heart
To have an honest open conversation with someone about feelings
To fly off the handle
To suddenly become angry with someone
For its own sake
If you do something foritsownsake, you do it because it isinterestingandenjoyable, and not because you have or need to do it.
Wish + past simple
-Something that is not true in the present
-We want our situation to be different
Wish + would + infinitive
-General wishes for the future
-Irritating habits
If only + past perfect + !
Strong regret
If only + would/wouldn’t + Ing
To criticise behaviours
Wish + past perfect
-Things we feel sorry about
-To express regret
Wish + could + infinitive
Express abilities we would like to have
It’s (high/about) time + past simple
-Express the action should have been done before
-To talk about the present or future
Would + rather + past simple
To talk about our preferences for the present or the future
Would + rather + past perfect
To express something we wanted to happen in the past
Make ends meet
To have enough money to live and buy what you want
Intriguing
Interesting but strange, mysterious, unusual
Squander
To waste money or opportunities by not using them to your advantage
Come up with
To think of an idea
Clear-cut
Easy to be certain about
On two counts
In two ways, true in different ways
Unassuming
No desire to be noticed or receive special treatment. No wish for attention or admiration
