04 Flashcards
- slumber party
- footlocker
- scone
- refrigerator magnets
- exercise equipment
- debacle
- a date
- hormone
- hood
- lumberjack
- cholesterol
- karma
- background check (on)
- parenting style
- wreck
- errand boy
- caring person
- killer confidence
debacle: an event or situation that is a complete failure
wreck: someone who is very nervous, tired, or unhealthy
- get past sth
- I am past (this whole wedding debacle)
- get sth behind us
- move past sth
- be/ go/ keep on at somebody
- somebody’s take (on sth)
- pull pranks on
- prank them back
- give as good as you get
- pave the way
- clear something with someone
- get even with someone
- go for sth
- be furious with sb
- pull a fast one on sb
- spring sth on sb
- could use sth
get past something: to be able to stop something from affecting you, upsetting you, or influencing you
be/ go/ keep on at somebody: to keep complaining to someone or asking someone to do something, especially when this annoys them. My parents are always on at us about having/ to have a baby. She’s been on at me to get my hair cut.
clear something with someone: to get permission for something from someone
pull a fast one: to trick someone
spring sth on sb: to tell someone something or ask them to do something when they do not expect it and are not ready for it
if you say you could use something, you mean you would really like to have it
Someone is full of herself.
I’ll be sure to include that in my Amber Alert.
I need closure.
Did not see that coming.
Don’t get wrong.
Things with your mom got pretty intense down there.
You feeling me?
How is it going with you and Dylan? Has he tried anything inappropriate with you?
How very nice of her to say that through you.
Do you see? The sarcasm is so hurtful, like a whip.
you might have known if you bothered to get to know him
I have no problem considering letting you go to the concert.
Not making this easy.
She’s out dealing with a Manny situation.
He set a kid’s bike on fire.
He is a very gentle soul.
She’s beautiful and everything.
and everything: and a lot of other similar things
- recap
- burst in
- supervise
- step in/ intervene
- go off to/ to do sth
- dredge up
- repress
- embark on
- speak to
- smooth sth over (with sb)
- invite sb over to dinner
- grow apart
- reach out
- hold on to sth
- check on sb
- fit in (with)
go off: to leave a place, especially in order to do something
dredge up: 1. to start talking again about something that happened a long time ago, especially something unpleasant 2. to manage to remember something, or to feel or express an emotion, with difficulty, dredge up a smile
embark on: to start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting. embark on a journey/ career/ project
if something such as a poem, painting, or piece of music speaks to you, you like it because it expresses a particular meaning, quality, or feeling to you
check on sb: to make sure that someone or something is safe, is in a satisfactory state, or is doing what they should be doing
- transformational
- rad
- revealing
- nutty
rad: exciting or interesting
revealing: 1. revealing clothes show more of the body than is usual 2. showing something that is not previously known or seen
A joke can be very revealing about/of what someone’s really thinking.
Oh, this just gets better and better!
Give it time.
Why don’t you make her fix it, instead of you doing it as usual?
I was all about my magic.
make a note
It’s not a good color on you.
