2 Flashcards
I owe you big time
Appreciated very much
Psychosomatic
Psychological
Cradle
the object that you put a phone, camera, etc. into in order to recharge (= put power into) its batteries
small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side:
Catch a whiff
Receive very small amount of information
to smell something for a moment only.
Knock up
make a woman pregnant.
“he knocked her up and left her”
Marching orders
Institutions from supervisors
Leg up on
Relax
The company has a leg up on the competition thanks to the recent publicity
Cease and desist
A cease and desist is a written notice demanding that the recipient immediately stop an illegal or allegedly illegal activity. It may be an order or injunction issued by a court or government agency or a letter from an attorney. A cease and desist order or injunction has legal power.
For starters
First
Section off
Separate
Tireless
Having great effort
Mums the word
Keep quiet
Pull down
Demolish
Brazen
Bold without shame
Muck
mud, dirt, or a sticky natural substance such as animal waste:
There was green muck at the bottom of the boat.
You’re treading muck into the carpet with your dirty shoes!
More than meets the eye
If there is more to something than meets the eye, it is more difficult to understand or involves more things than you thought at the beginning.
when you think a situation is not as simple as it seems to be.
思ったより複雑難しい😓
Get around
Deal with the problem
Wazoo
A lot of
A person’s buttocks or anus.
I told him to take his stupid idea and shove it up his wazoo.
Bedside manner
doctor’s approach or attitude to a patient:
“my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner”
Get out of my system
Get rid of anxiety
Imperative
Important
Predicate
Base, establish
found or base something on.
“the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated”
Name of the game
本質. the basic goal or purpose of an activity. When all is said and done, in business, profit is the name of the game. 実際、現実はそんなもんだよ
Go with the flow
To do what the other people are doing , following
be relaxed and accept a situation, rather than trying to alter or control it.
Meat and potatoes,
basic and essential aspects.
“the club’s meat and potatoes remains blues performers”
Spur of the moment
Done without planning in advance
Moment of truth
A time person is tested
Back down
Back out
Give on , surrender
後へ引く、後退する、退却する、引き下がる
・I’m not backing down until you admit
Incumbent
the holder of an office or post
現職｛げんしょく｝の、現任｛げんにん｝の、在職｛ざいしょく｝の・The incumbent mayor won the election. : 現職
occupant
Toil
Hardworking
Bagging out
criticize or laugh at someone or something in an unkind way: Stop bagging her out - she’s doing her best.
Slayer
Killer
Encompasses
Surrounded
What am I on?
What am I doing?
Here’s to ——
Used when proposing a toast to indicate purpose of toast
Complicit
共犯
Cover up
隠す
Preside
Chair, take positions, guide
Slice into strips
細長くスライス
runny
水多い
Cardinall
Very important
Vanish
Disappear
Stop bugging me
Don’t disturb
That’s the case
Yes
I’m craving human touch
a strong feeling of wanting something:
I have a craving for chocolate.
人間味を求めている
Touch starvation refers to a sense of longing for physical contact
Ramp up
Intensified
Let him clear
追っかけるな
Caught off guard
Surprisingly
Be in someone’s debt
grateful for something someone did for you:
I’m in the senator’s debt for getting my husband a visa.
Land sakes
land sakes. (chiefly US, somewhat dated and rustic) An expression of surprise or dismay
Good grief
やれやれ
Disrupt
Interrupt
破壊する 覆す
Getting through school
Graduate
Social standing
地位
Root out
根絶する
It’s a safe bet
〜は確実でしょう
Dismissal
Fire
Fall out of hair
Hair also symbolizes power, and if you dream of your hair falling out, it may mean you are losing control and feeling powerless in some areas of your life.
Pasty
1.Pale of someone’s face or skin) very pale and unhealthy looking:
He’s an unattractive man with long greasy hair and pasty skin.
2. piece of food made of pastry filled with meat, vegetables, or cheese:
a cheese-and-onion pasty
Get off on
to find something exciting, especially in a sexual way:
Dave likes power - he gets off on it
Go for
目標にする
There’s no point that
〜は無駄な事だ
Freak out
to become or cause someone to become extremely emotional:
He freaked out when he heard he’d got the job.
This song just freaks me out whenever I hear it.興奮する
Wonkey
Unstable
Just for the heck of it
For no particular reason
Gain momentum
Become popular
Headshot
顔写真
Shun away from
Escape
Phase out
Act of discontinue
Auction off
Sell by auction
Collectively
Unitedly, together
Clobbered
Beat, punched
Hype
promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its benefits. 誇大広告｛こだい こうこく｝、刺激的｛しげき てき｝な宣伝｛せんでん
“an industry quick to hype its products”
Side bar
Short article
Romanticize
to talk about something in a way that makes it sound better than it really is, or to believe that something is better than it really is:
Stop romanticizing! Nothing’s that perfect.
Snuck it in
Sneak it in こっそり
Disband
Breakup
disband 【他動】〔組織・議会などを〕解散する 【自動】〔組織・議会などが〕解散する
Step up
To increase improve, to give extra effort
Gig economy , gig worker
Short term contract , freelance
A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organizations hire independent workers for short-term commitments
Colossal
Extremely large
Buy in
Agreement to support
Incremental
Increase , additional
Sorry, I’m getting diverted
ちょっと話が逸れますが
be Poised to
ready to do a particular thing at any moment:
The company is poised to launch its new advertising campaign.
～する態勢にある」「～する用意ができている」「～する構えだ」という意味
To hear cricket
Silence
Narrative
Story, tale
a story or a description of a series of events:
It’s a moving narrative of wartime adventure.
Unwind a little
Relax a little
Home turf
My territory
Well played
Well done
Countermove
Move or action made in opposition to another
Hillbilly
1.
DEROGATORY•INFORMAL
an unsophisticated country person, as associated originally with the remote regions of the Appalachians.
2.
old-fashioned term for country music.
“he played sweet hillbilly guitar”
A run of your stocking
ストッキングが伝線してるよ
Nice try
Good effort to do something
Interject
Throw in, say abruptly
I don’t mean it
本心じゃないよ、本気じゃないよ
Sign off
to stop doing your work or a similar activity for a period of time:
As it’s Friday, I think I’ll sign off early today.
1.
conclude a letter, broadcast, or other message.
“he signed off with a few words of advice”
Very well….
(渋々) 承知しました
Abbey
the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
synonyms:
monastery · convent · priory · cloister · friary · [more]
a church or house that was formerly an abbey.
