19 Flashcards
Mushy gushy
emotional talk. Slightly embarrassing to talk about regarding emotion. For example: Two friends are talking to each others about personal things Tori: You know, this may be a bit mushy but I’m really glad we became friends.
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- 過度に感情的または熱狂的な感情表現を説明する。 - 愛情や賞賛の感傷的または誇張された表示を指します。 - 感情に過度に熱心または表現力豊かな人について話す。
mushy
- 加熱しすぎた野菜や果物など、柔らかくて果肉のあるものを説明する。 - 感傷的または過度にロマンチックな感情の表現を指します。
Relationship contingent self esteem
Relationship contingent self-esteem (RCSE) is a type of self-esteem that derives from the outcomes, process, and nature of one’s romantic relationship. 肯定的自己評価
Blue blood
Noble birth , silver spoon
貴族的特徴、高貴な血筋 貴族
“blue blood is no guarantee of any particular merit, competence, or expertise”
Less is more
minimalist approach is often the best strategy
Succulent
Tender juicy
Flora and fauna
Plant and animal
Whitewash
Conceal unpleasant facts
Taunt
Provoking or challenging
Turnaround
an abrupt or unexpected change, especially one that results in a more favourable situation.
“it was a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes”
Clamor
a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting:
“the questions rose to a clamour”
synonyms:
din · racket
Quagmire
an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation:
“a legal quagmire”
synonyms:
muddle · mix-up · mess · predicament ·
Burrow
make a hole or tunnel, typically for use as a dwelling:
“moles burrowing away underground”
synonyms:
tunnel · dig (out)
Ailment
an illness, typically a minor one:
“the doctor diagnosed a common stomach ailment”
synonyms:
illness · disease · disorder
Pathogen
a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
Picture yourself
imagine yourself, visualize yourself and see yourself.
Head-on
directly confrontational:
“he was trying to avoid a head-on clash”
synonyms:
direct · face to face
Generic
having no particularly distinctive quality or application
generic restaurants
Genetic
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from its parents:
a genetic defect/disease
synonyms:
racial · race-related
Gang up
To unite or band together for some common goal.
All of the schools in our town will gang up to clean up local parks on Earth Day.
- Hang up
- Hang on
- To end a phone conversation:
He started shouting so I hung up (on him).
Let me speak to Melanie before you hang up.ii
2.INFORMAL
wait for a short time:
“hang on, I’m not ready yet” · ”hang on a minute—do you think I might have left anything out?”
SIMILAR:
wait
wait a minute
hold on
Call time
Time to end it
Stab in the dark
a guess that is based on very little or no information or evidence
They don’t really know how much the work will cost. They’re just taking a stab in the dark.
Traction
the ability of a wheel or tyre to hold the ground without sliding:
In deep snow, people should use snow tyres on their vehicles to give them better traction.
1引っぱること，牽引(けんいん); 牽引力. electric [steam] traction 電気[蒸気]牽引(力).
2(道路に対するタイヤ・滑車に対するロープなどの)静止摩擦.
Raise
an increase in the amount that you are paid for the work you do:
She asked the boss for a raise.
