08 Flashcards
Noun + Compound Noun
- perm
- bureau
- night-vision goggles
- pay-channel language
- triple leakage protection
- a night out
- spittle
- inhibition
- grandkids
- family tradition
- sloppy joe
- Western
perm: a chemical process that makes a person’s hair curly
spittle: the liquid in your mouth
Verb + Phrasal Verb
- frame
- suck
- drill sth into sb
- not care for sb/ sth
- torture
- kick off (the day)
frame: to surround something with something else so that it looks attractive or can be seen clearly
drill sth into sb: to keep telling someone something until they know it very well
not care for sb/ sth: not like someone or something
if a meeting, event, or a football game kicks off, it starts. if you kick off a discussion, meeting, event etc, you start it
Collocation (verb + noun)
- strike oil/ gold
- bring back memories
- bleach teeth
strike oil/ gold: to find a supply of gold, oil etc in the ground or under the sea
Collocation (adjective + noun)
Collocation (noun + proposition)
Idiom
- raise the roof
raise the roof: to make a very loud noise when singing, celebrating etc
Adjective + Adverb
- sensational
No, that’s where you’re wrong.
This makes it official.
You’re impossible to buy for.
I think we’d be able to tell.
It’ll make us a better parents.
Stop drilling, you’ve struck oil.
You know who’d be fun to call?
She has absolutely no inhibition.
The more, the merrier.
Is she still coming?
What are you apologizing for?
Getting in there
