words p.13 Flashcards
(44 cards)
to want to talk to someone about something annoying they have done
to have a bone to pick with smb
(to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to)
the thuth is out
(let) the cat is out of the bag
a true but unpleasant fact about yourself that another person tells you
a home truth
an obvious problem that no one wants to discuss
the elephant in the room
to tell someone about something, to make sure they understand or approve
to run smth by/past smb
свериться
to check in with
to become friendly with someone
to fall in with
when it is evening
once the evening rolls around
(of a time or event) to happen
to roll around
confusing, often because you do not know how to solve something
perplexing, confounding
to begin to like someone very much
to take a shine to smb
to be mad keen on
a threat
a menace
an extreme
a thrill
an important discovery
a breakthrough
frightening and violent
ferocious
fierce
to see or look at
to behold
to drink something after eating food
to wash down food
to make a serious or formal promise, to ensure
to pledge
to be, or do something, better than someone else
to outdo
to make fun of
to mock
basic
rudimentary
crude
primitive
to become famous
to rise to fame
to be a matter about which very little is known or understood
to be shrouded in secrecy/mystery
to find out about the things that people are doing or saying
your ear is always to the ground
