4TR P1 Flashcards
Outrageous
Shocking and morally unacceptable
To be smitten with someone
To find someone SO attractive
Cagey
Unwilling to give information
Preposterous
Very silly or stupid
Squawking
Graznar
High pitched voice
Wake
Velatorio
At the back of your mind
you intend to do it, but are not actively thinking about it
Bring to mind
to make you remember something
Broaden the mind
to increase the range of one’s knowledge, understanding, or experience.
Change your mind
adopt a different opinion or plan.
Cross your mind
think about something for a short time:
Get something out of your mind
to make yourself stop thinking about something
Give someone a piece of your mind
Tell someone very clearly that you think they have behaved badly.
Have half a mind to do something
that you may decide to do something
Have a lot on your mind
to be worrying about something
Have a mind of your own
if it seems to be controlling the way it behaves or moves, independently of the person using it.
Last thing on your mind
something that a person is not thinking about at all
Make up your mind
make a decision
Mind over matter
the power of the mind to control and influence the body and the physical world generally:
Mind your business
rudely telling someone not to ask about something that does not concern them
My mind went blank
you cannot remember a particular thing, or you cannot remember anything
One-track mind
to think about one particular thing and nothing else
Out of sight, out of mind
said to emphasize that when something or someone cannot be seen, it is easy to forget it
Slip your mind
Forget something
Speak your mind
say what you think about something very directly
Be mindful
paying close attention to or being especially conscious of something
Change hands
For an object to be passed or sold from one owner to another
Tip your hand
Reveal a secret
Give your right arm
You want something so bad and would do anything to obtain it.
Break someone’s heart
Make someone who loves you very sad
Have a change of heart
Change your opinion about something
Heart to heart
Serious conversation between two people in which they honestly talk about their feelings.
Know / learn by heart
Learn something perfectly
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Openly show your feelings or emotions
Pick someone’s brain
Ask someone who knows a lot about a subject for an opinion or information
Beat someone’s brains out
to hit someone repeatedly with great force
Brain drain
situation in which large numbers of educated and skilled people leave their own country
Brainstorm
to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly, before considering some of them
Wrap your head around something
to understand something, especially something strange or out of the ordinary
Head over heels
completely in love with another person
What’s his face
used to refer to someone whose name the speaker does not know or cannot remember
Over your head
too difficult or strange for you to understand
By a hair’s breadths
very close
Get someone’s hair
To annoy or hinder someone
Let your hair down
to allow yourself to behave much more freely than usual and enjoy yourself
Shake leg
used to tell someone to hurry or act more quickly
To cost an arm and leg
to be extremely expensive
Stand on your own two feet
to do things for yourself without wanting or needing anyone else to help you
Long overdue
it should have happened before now.
Blabber
talk foolishly or excessively.
Dribble
to have liquid slowly coming out of your mouth
Gaudy
unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration
Shoo-in
something that is certain to happen
Make a move on someone
try to start a romantic or sexual relationship with someone
Wacky
unusual in a pleasing and exciting or silly way
Squalor
the condition of being extremely dirty and unpleasant
Put up with some
to be willing to accept someone or something that is unpleasant or not desirable
Chap
Man
Get fixed up
to find a romantic partner for someone
Pull your leg
to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke
Come crawling back
go to someone for help or approval in a way that shows you are weak or sorry for what you have done
Been there, done that
Dramatic license
Zinger
funny or clever remark
Commute
travel regularly a distance between work and home
My treat
I’ll pay
We way back
Long ago
Rubbery
Feeling like a rubber
For old times sake
in order to experience again something one did in the past
Famished
extremely hungry.
Lowlife
Person of low social status
Sleaze
Immoral or corrupt
Schmooze
to talk informally with someone
Backers
a person who gives support to someone or something with money or words
Dead ringer
someone or something that looks very similar to someone or something else
Bury the hatchet
they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement
Idiosyncratic
Unusual
Ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time
Lace
Fine cloth with patterns of small holes
Knot
Fastening made by tying string or rope
Natural fibres
Thin pieces of natural material
Billowing
Filled with aire and blowing in the wind
See something in one’s mind eye
imagine it and have a clear picture of it in your mind
Put your mind to something
to decide you are going to do something and to put a lot of effort into doing it
Bear in mind
remember a fact or circumstance and take it into account
Be in two minds
to be unable to decide about something
Have something on mind
to be worrying about something
Blow one’s mind
find something very exciting and unusual
One’s mind wanders
thoughts do not remain focused on the task at hand but range widely and spontaneously across other topics
Give a piece of mind
To express one’s opinion strongly
Keep an open mind
have a willingness to listen to or accept new ideas
Ease someone’s mind
make someone stop worrying
Collaboration
Working together with other people
Facilitation
Process of making a task more easy
Assumption
Idea or belief we imagine to be true without proof
Executive admin
Assistant to a top manager
Iterative
A way of developing an idea where things are continually changed and developed.
Bond as a group
develop a close connection or strong relationship with someone
Feel a part of things
feeling like they belong to a certain group or community
Pull your weight
do one’s fair share of work
Do your fair share
you have or do an amount that seems reasonable to you, or to other people.
Be a team player
someone who is good at working closely with other people
Have a sense of belonging
sense of identity and belonging
Go the extra mile
to make more effort than is expected of you
Share the load
Distributing the workload
Downcycling
Turning waste material into something that is of lower quality
Upcycling
Turning waste material into something of higher quality
Recycling
Using something again after it has already been used
