10A Flashcards
A cause with no chance of success
A lost cause
Fiasco
A box office flip flop
To not happen
To fall through
To experience sth unpleasant
I come to grief
To be beneficial for
To do good
To come to nought= to be worthless
To come to nothing
to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively.
Gush: She gushed with pride over her new grandchild
Cramped conditions
Different conditions
To turn over on the roof
Capsize
Cry
Sob
Nienasycony
Insatiable
to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
Maroon
Rower
Oarsmen
Albo zabije albo wzmocni
Kill or cure
to exert to the utmost
Strain
Go wrong
Go badly
Good prospects
Have a bright future ahead
Get results
To get payed off
Possible
Have a good chance
Successful in stats
Riding high in the charts
Get over sth
Get on in life
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
Lurch
to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
Gibe
the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship.
Rigging
Rufa; the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem ).
Stern
to move or walk lightly or quickly: The child pattered across the room.
Patter
of great weight; heavy; massive.
Ponderous
dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
Murky
found or occurring apart from others or as an isolated or casual instance; incidental or occasional.
Stray
beginning to exist or develop: the nascent republic.
Nascent
showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
Sullen
Raise sail
Set sail
