24.11 Flashcards
Make something you treasure
Give too much value
To prize
Used specially for clothes that one doesn’t use anymore
Cast-off
extending or directly underneath
Beneath (abaixo/inferior)
Underneath (embaixo)
In a more desirable or advantageous position, especially in financial terms
Better off
cease fighting or arguing; admit defeat
Desist not to do specially when someone is pushing you to do
Give in
A sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure
Thrill
Emoção
Steal a car and drive just for fun
To joy-ride
covered with dirt or filth
Mucky
Informal words for
steal or take without permission
To pinch
To nick
a handle on a door that is turned to release the latch.
Doorknob
To kick violently
To boot someone or sth
silly; foolish; stupid
Daft
To sell cheaply
To flog
change or cause to change direction abruptly specially in the traffic
Swerve
Verb and noun
person who is the first to do something; an innovator
Or sth that is innovative
Trailblazer
Trailblazing
follow or chase (someone or something)
To pursue
Never been explored
Unchartered
an important topic or problem for debate or discussion
An issue
send (a provocative email or newsgroup posting) with the intention of inciting an angry response.
To troll
close to the side of; next to
together and in cooperation with
Alongside
a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development
Breakthrough
Ruptura
Make someone redundant in work
The position is not available
Similar to fire but not because of bad perform
To lay off
PV: to give an idea or opinion
To put forward
PV: to refuse or reject
To turn down
PV: to give up or quit
To drop out
PV: when sth that was expected didn’t happen (eg plans)
To fall through
PV: to do or complete an action or activity
To carry out
It’s too expensive
In an unfair and very strong way
It’s a rip off
Can be used as a verb as well
You ripped me off
To got ripped of
I don’t have money but it’s a temporary situation
I’m broke
Buy sth really expensive and you don’t usually do and you don’t really need it
(Doesn’t collocates with Hollywood stars for example)
To splash out on…
Pay half of the bill each
To go halves
Pay sth that you don’t want to (eg to fix your car)
To fork out (600 bucks)
To be very rich
Two different possibilities
To be rolling in it
To be loaded
To survive with that amount of money
To get you by on 200 buck
To devise the bill evenly
To split the bill
To not divide the bill equally
To pay separately
