3 Flashcards
Water down
水増し
Doomsday
Last day of the world
Dry cell
Battery
In limbo
In a forgotten 宙ぶらりん
an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition.
“the fate of the Contras is now in limbo
Heed
Pay attention
Price out
Unable to buy
Drum tight
Very tight
Demand is still feasting
Large
One-on-one meeting
マンツーマン
Frenzy
Madness state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour.
“Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage”
Similar:
hysteria
madness
mania
Impasse
Deadlock
Colossal
Extremely large
Pacify
Calm, placate
Instrumental
手段となる、役立つ、助けになる、役に立つ、有益な
・Your continuing support and encouragement have been instrumental in the progress I have made in my work to date. : 今日まで研究を進めることができましたのも、ひとえに貴殿のいつも変わらぬご支援と励ましのおかげでございます。
・The Red Cross’s role was instrumental in helping the peace talks work. : 赤十字の役割は和平交渉がうまくいく助けとなることだった。
Chink
a small narrow crack or opening:
I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.
Regressive
Greater amount for those lower incomes
Raid
a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people:
The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy).
planes on a bombing raid
the act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it:
Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid last night.
an occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.
Caught in a middle
In a difficult situation
Higher-stake
Risky
Back off
引き下がれ
Feed off
Gain strength
Fauna
Animals dog a particular region
Buzz
Full of excitement
INFORMAL
a rumor:
“there’s a strong buzz that he’s in Scotland” · ”the buzz is that he’s in big trouble”
Saga
Long traditional story
En masse
all together and at the same time, in large numbers:
The shop’s 85 workers have resigned en masse.
By early summer, hiking is less enjoyable because the mosquitoes are out en masse.
Onerous
Need great effort
Vet
to examine something or someone carefully to make certain that it is or they are acceptable or suitable:
During the war, the government vetted all news reports before they were published.
carefully vet The material was carefully vetted by lawyers to ensure it complied with the law.
Get over something
Deal with or gain control
Ostentatious
too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you:
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.
an ostentatious gesture/manner
仰々しい
Under the loop
they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions.
Spit it up
To vomit
Fuck up
1.
completely mismanage or mishandle a situation.
2.
damage or confuse someone emotionally
I’m bummed
in low spirits : unhappy, depressed, disappointed
No-brainer
Very easy
Knock your socks off
Amazing , impressive
I’m going to take you to a restaurant that’ll knock your socks off.
Everything in between
ありとあらゆる
they like “ABBA to ZZ Top and everything in between”
Get the word out
to let people know. The police put/got the word out that they were looking for him
Smear
to publicly accuse someone of something unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true in order to harm their reputation:
She decided to sue for libel after the newspaper smeared her private life.
to spread something soft or wet over a surface:
Mom smeared peanut butter and grape jelly on bagels for lunch.
Floppy
soft and not able to keep a firm shape or position:
a floppy hat
Analogy
a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea:
He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer.
Fly in the ointment
Minor problem
single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable:
I’m looking forward to Sunday, the only fly in the ointment being the fact that I’ll have to sit next to my mother-in-law.
Make it happen
やるっきゃないっしょ
実現させる
You need to make it happen!: You need to ensure that it happens, you need to do everything you can to facilitate it! idiom. “Kevin, make it happen.”
Sear
Scorch the surface
Shenanigans
Secret dishonest
silly behaviour that is usually not very serious or harmful:
He told stories of his childhood pranks and prep school shenanigans.
Dab
Press
press against (something) lightly with a piece of absorbent material in order to clean or dry it.
“he dabbed his mouth with his napkin”
Purée
うらごし
Leading up to
Relating to
Tapering off
Become less
Java
Coffee
Staying power
Keep powerful
Placate
Make less angry
Grouchy
Angry
Finger-wagging
Action of reprimand, warning
Roughing out
to quickly create something, like a drawing or list, without including all the details. For example, you might rough out a plan or a few ideas.
Smithery
Work made by smith
But the right note
Perfectly suitable
Collective
done by people acting as a group.
“a collective protest”
Up here
Here, in the designated area
Sidekick
Companion
Augmented
Greater in size
Come at a cost
to have a negative effect or consequence.
Deflate
1.
let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).
“he deflated one of the tyres”
Similar:
let down
empty the air out of
collapse
flatten
void
puncture
2.
make (someone) suddenly lose confidence or feel dispirited.
“his response deflated me”
Double whammy
Double punch
a combination of two usually adverse forces, circumstances, or effects
Trash
1.
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
damage or destroy.
“my apartment’s been totally trashed”
Similar:
wreck
ruin
damage
destroy
deface
mar
spoil
vandalize
2.
criticize severely.
“trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient”
Side bar
Side article
Stumble through
Trip, つっかえながらなんとかする
Street smart
世馴れた
the ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, especially in big towns or cities:
You don’t have the street smarts to last ten minutes in New York without getting ripped off.
Way back when
嘗ては
Far off
Remote 外れる
some point in the far-off future
Wait it out
Wait
We’re short in time
Time constraints
Ear warm
Jingle
Burrow
1.to dig a hole in the ground, especially to live in:
Rats had burrowed into the bank of the river.
- to move yourself into a position where you can feel warm, comfortable, or safe:
Suddenly shy, our young daughter burrowed her head into my shoulder.
Get stuck in heads
Stick in head
a song, phrase, or image is repeatedly playing in your mind involuntarily, even when you’re not actively trying to think about it; essentially, it’s stuck in your memory and keeps replaying itself
Joy out
Stick out
Propensity
Tendency
Backlash
Strong reaction
Accommodate
Help, assist
Slow to act
腰が重い
Hunker down
to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place
Let it slip
Reveal inadvertently
Off the cuff
Impromptu
Without preparetion
Whip off
Remove swiftly
Rub it in
くどくど言う
Rub off on
to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present:
I like to think that our love of reading will rub off on our children.
Without further ado
Immediately
There you go
Wonderful, exactly
Scribble
Write carelessly
Under one’s belt
Satisfactory achieved
Pristine
Original condition
Lame
Suck
Breakthrough
sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
Chagrin
feel distressed or humiliated. 悔しさ、残念さ 【他動】〔人を〕悔しがらせる、〔人を〕残念がらせる
“he was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him”
Snap out of it
To cause one to abruptly recover from negative condition
Track down
Search
Floozy
woman who has a lot of sexual relationships, or who wears clothes that attract sexual attention in a way that is too obvious
Bottom out
bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out. : to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve. Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months
Rinky-dink
having little importance or influence, or old-fashioned or of poor quality:
Their family business is a rinky-dink operation.
Hunky-dory
If events or situations are hunky-dory, they are very satisfactory and pleasant:
everything is hunky-dory You can’t lose your temper one minute and then expect everything to be hunky-dory again the next.
