Vocab Flashcards
(100 cards)
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DROP (Write to s.o.)
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Drop a line
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__________ resemblance (to be similar)
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BORE resemblance
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__________ to tatters (tear cloth)
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REDUCE to tatters
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__________ one’s words (speaking w.o. caring ab s.o. feelings)
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MINCE one’s words
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SPEAK (say one’s opinion)
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SPEAK one’s mind
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LIGHT (reveal)
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Come/bring to LIGHT
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QUESTION (raised the issue - questioned)
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Call into QUESTION
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Be __________ the same league
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Be IN the same league
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OIL (work till late at night)
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Burn the midnight OIL
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THROUGH (continue with sth. unil it is finished)
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Follow sth. THROUGH
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EGG (to encourage/cheer so. on)
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EGG so. on
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DRAGGING (sth lasts too long)
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Sth is really DRAGGING on
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So. has __________ BEHIND (is progressing too slowly)
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FALLEN
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DIE __________ (become less intense)
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DIE OUT
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“Modulate”
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MOUTH
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To interfere into
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To NOSE into
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To interfere into
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To NOSE into
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TOE (Obey the rules)
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TOE the line
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MOUTH (to feel sad)
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Down in the MOUTH
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FOOT (make smth really embarrassing)
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Put your FOOT in it
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SHOULDER (take the responsability)
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SHOULDER the responsability
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KICK (regret having done smth)
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KICK myself for having done smth
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LIGHTLY (to not like being called smth)
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To not take LIGHTLY being called smth
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___________ so. liking (when smth is appealing to so.)
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TO so. liking
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LIKING (To like sth immediately)
To take instant LIKING to sth
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FAULT (to criticise smth)
To find FAULT with smth
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LEASE (when smth makes you feel more lively)
Smth give me a new LEASE of life
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FRUIT (to be successful at achiving smth)
Bore FRUIT
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To be ______ the same boat (to be in the same situation)
To be IN the same boat
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FRAME (to be in the apropiate mood for smth)
To be in the right FRAME of mind
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Take offence _____
Take offence AT
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EYES (to be in love with so.)
To have EYES only for so.
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VIEW (to go sw. with the intention to buy)
To go sw. with a VIEW to buying
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Take pride ______
Take pride IN
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BLIND (to ignore smth)
To turn a BLIND eye to smth
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LEAF (to make a major change)
To turn a new LEAF
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________ sympathy for
HAVE sympathy for
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LOW (to be rather depressed)
To be at a LOW ebb
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END (to have nothing to do)
To be at a loose END
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To be ______ ease (to be relaxed)
To be AT ease
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WORDS (when you don't know what to say)
To be at a loss for WORDS
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WITS (to be about to lose one's mind)
To be at one's WITS end
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_______ disposal (to be available)
AT disposal
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Everything ______ my power (everything I can do)
Everything WITHIN my power
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HEAD (to be able to understand smth - idiom)
To make HEAD or tail of smth
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To _____ ends meet (to accomplish/reach smth)
To MAKE ends meet
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HANDS (to be unable to do anything)
One's HANDS are tied
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To have fear _____
To have fear OF
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LIGHT (to not treat smth as important)
To not make LIGHT of smth
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ALL (to not know smth about so. and speculate)
For ALL I know, so. may
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DOUBT (smth may be one way)
It is open to DOUBT whether smth...
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I'd ..., than... (inversion)
Rather than ... I'll....
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It is high time you CLEAN (verb tense?)
It is high time you CLEANED
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RATHER (I regret going)
Id RATHER not have gone
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RATHER (To regret the fact that so. stayed)
RATHER so. hadnt stayed
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SOONER (when so. prefers one thing more than another)
So. would SOONER (one thing) than (another).
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OPEN (when smth is doubtful)
It is OPEN to doubt/question/speculation whether...
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NO (never has he/she/it lied to so.)
On NO ocassion *has* he/she/it lied to so.
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BY (the only way to do smth is to make another thing)
Only BY doing smth *will* you do another thing.
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GOES (so. does smth everyday consistently)
Hardly a day GOES by without *so's doing* smth
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LOSS (to be unable to understand smth)
To be at LOSS to understand smth
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BE (so. prefers to be called smth)
So. would *rather* BE called smth
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It is high time you (verb tense)..
It is high time you DID...
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BE (If necessary, Ill stay longer)
If *need BE* I'll stay longer.
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To have a preference ______ smth
To hace a preference FOR smth
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EXTENT (so. was imprisoned for having such revolutionary ideas)
To such *an* extent were so.'s ideas revolutionary that they were imprisoned.
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WAIT (instead of waiting, I took the bus)
Rather than WAIT, I took the bus.
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___voluntarily ('against' one's will)
INvoluntarily
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Evolution (adj)
EvolutionARY
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To give up hope ___ smth
To give up hope OF smth
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Bore resemblance ____ smth
Bore resemblance TO smth
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OPPOSITION (He couldn't understand why his sister opposed to his idea. )
He couldn't understand his sisters OPPOSITION *to* his idea.
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FRUITION (when smth bores fruit)
When smth *comes to* fruition.
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"Vano" (spelling)
VA*I*NE
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____loyal (not loyal)
DISloyal
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___modest (not modest)
IMmodest
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___noble (not noble)
IGnoble
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___sensitive (not sensitive)
INsensitive
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_____ order (an important order)
TALL order
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STOCK (to think carefully about a situation or event and form an opinion about it, so that you can decide what to do)
To take STOCK of smth
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STAND (to adopt a firm position against/in favor of smth)
To take a firm STAND against/in favor of smth
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SHORT (to stop so. from punching so. else)
To stop so. short of punching so. else
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STOOD (not be able of agreeing to smth due to the way it is written)
Cant accept smth as it is STOOD.
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REDUCE (to need to relay less on smth)
To need to REDUCE the *reliance* on smth.
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SENSE (to talk to so. and make them become more reasonable)
To talk some SENSE into so.
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H______ (difficulty/obstacle/challenge)
HURDLE
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Q______ (adj. Elegant in an old fashion way)
QUAINT
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There ______ a plethora of.... (to be)
There IS a plethora of ...
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RAISED (There is fear smth will result in....)
Smth has RAISED *fears of* ....
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RECKON ("If you threaten so. again, you will have to deal with me"-> reported speech)
.... if he threatened so. again, he would have him to RECKON with.
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IN (so. became a celebrity throug his own efforts and talents)
So. became a celebrity IN his *own* right.
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ARE (In order to do smth. we need a change in this - inversion)
There needs to be a change in this *if we ARE to do* smth
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INSOFAR (for so., telling the truth is only important to the degree that it ...)
So. Tells the truth *only INSOFAR as* it...
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ADVENT (in the days before computers, not many people knew how to type)
Hardly anyone knew how to type *before the ADVENT* of computers.
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FACE (On paper, the agreement looks good, but we still have to see the detail)
The agreement looks good *on the face of it*, yet we haven't seen the detail yet.
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SHORT (fail to win)
*Come up SHORT* to win
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CONVERSANT (it is thought that so. had knowledge of smth)
He is thought *to be CONVERSANT with* smth.
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BREADTH (so. has an impressive knowledge of smth)
The BREADTH of so.'s knowledge of smth is impressive
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IN (to not hesitate to do smth)
*dive IN* to do smth
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BREATH (...but at the same time said...)
...but *in* the same BREATH said...
