🦋 Flashcards
It’s no good writing things in a notebook if you don’t go back and study again.
Its no good doing something:
It will have no positive result.
What you learn in class is just the tip of the iceberg. You need to study at home as well.
The tip of the iceberg:
Only a small part of a much larger problem or matter.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes : u learn from trial and error.
There’s no instant way of finding a cure - it’s just a process of trial and error.
Trial and error:
a way of achieving an aim or solving a problem by trying a number of different methods and learning from the mistakes that you make.
You’d better brush up on your French before going to Paris.
As I had planned a holiday in spain , I decided to brush up on my spanish before I went.
Brush up on sth, brush sth up.
Improve your knowledge or skill in something, especially when you have not used it for a period of time.
I couldn’t make sense of grammer.
Make sense of something:
Manage to understand something
He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.
Technology changes so fast, it’s hard to keep up with it.
He talks so fast, I can’t keep up with what he’s saying.
Keep up with someone or something:
to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something
Keep up the good work.
Keep up something:
Continue to do sth as well as you are doing it now.
The president has failed to get to grips with the two most important social issues of our time.
I can’t seem to get to grips with this problem.
Get/come to grips with something:
to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation
Let’s not get bogged down with individual complaints.
Try not to get too bogged down in the details.
To be/become so involved in something difficult or complicated that you cannot do anything else
We’re keeping our fingers crossed that he’ll be healthy again very soon.
to hope strongly that something will happen.
I’ve got a lot of work to do, but I can’t seem to get down to it.
I must get down to booking the hotels.
Do you find it easy to get down to studying in the evening?
Get down to sth:
Begin to do something and give serious attention to it.
Is it a good idea to get into the habit of studying regularly?
Get into the habit of doing something:
Develop a particular habit.
Her speech steered clear of controversial issues.
They warned their children to steer clear of drugs.
Outside the exam room, I stayed(steered) clear of other students who are in a panic.
Stay/steer clear of something/somebody:
Take care to avoid sth/sb.
Hossein is a nice guy, but his work isn’t up to much.
Not be up to much:
Not be very good.
I think he would better off doing a different type of course.
He would be better off working for a bigger company.
Be better off (doing sth):
Used to suggest that sb should do sth differently.
He dropped out of his job after his manager treated badly to him.
It wouldn’t surprise me if he dropped out at the end of the year.
Drop out (of sth): Not to do sth that you were going to do, or to stop doing sth beforr you have completely finished.
He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.
Now she is starting to come up with more of her own ideas.
Come up with sth:
To produce ideas or a solution to sth.
Hoda stood up to present her confrence in front of her classmates, and you could see he was in his element!
By comparison, Charlotte is in her element.
In your element:
In a situation you know well and enjoy.
Hoda can think on her feet.
She is confident in her own ability.
Think on your feet:
Be able to think and react to things very quickly.
She is a very talented lawyer,
I’m sure she will go far!
Go far:
To be very successful in the future.
Baba knows his stuff, but he is not very encouraging.
I always do my best but he doesn’t think much of me!
Know your stuff: know a lot about a particular subject.
Think much of sb:
Have s low opinion of them
He though I wasn’t pulling my weight, when in fact I was just too shy to say anything.
Pull your weight:
To work as hard as everyone else in a job or activity.
I think the world of my niece- she is a smart, loving girl!
Think the world of someone/sth:
To have a very high opinion of someone or something.
She thinks very highly or alot of her boss.
Think highly , a lot of sb:
To have a good opinion of someone or something.
