68 Flashcards
tucked away
well hidden in a quiet place where very few people go.
“We were tucked away in a secluded corner of the room.
wallop
strike or hit (someone or something) very hard.
“they walloped the back of his head with a stick”
Until, it wasn’t.
It wasn’t until…
“it wasn’t until” is correct and usable in written English. It is used to indicate that something didn’t happen until a certain point in time
AGI
Above-guideline increases
Wreck it out
to completely destroy or ruin it
eat humble pie
to admit that you were wrong:
“he will have to eat humble pie at training after being sent off for punching”
Throw shade
to criticize someone or something publicly and show that you do not respect them:
This isn’t the first time that the actress has thrown shade at her ex-husband.
Hard sell
a method of selling in which the person selling tries very hard to persuade the customer to buy something
強くプレッシャーをかけて何かを買うように説得する販売手法のことです
On one’s knees
to destroy or defeat someone or something:
The strikes had brought the economy to its knees.
Fire up
fill (someone) with energy or enthusiasm. The coach fired up the players with a pep talk. usually used as (be/get) fired up
Shape up
develop or progress in a particular way.
“I wanted to see how things had been shaping up in my absence”
Similar:
improve
show
One-liners
a joke or a clever and funny remark or answer that is usually one sentence long:
There are some very witty one-liners in the play.
Palate cleanser
palate cleanser is a serving of food or drink that removes food residue from the tongue allowing one to more accurately assess a new flavor
Ladle
to put soup or other liquid food into bowls to give to people, using a ladle
Clamshell
a thing with hinged parts that open and shut in a manner resembling the parts of a clamshell, such as a kind of mechanical digger, a portable computer, or a box for takeout food.
“some clamshells offer full desktop power”
Off-pitch
of a sound. : too high or too low. You were a little off pitch on that last note.
Off the pitch
players leaving the field of play at the end of a game. For example: “The captain of the home team jogged off the pitch to loud cheers from the watching crowd.”
Redaction
the process of removing words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public, or the text itself after this has been done:
the redaction of legal documents
Fleetfooted
nimble and fast on one’s feet.
“the fleet-footed sprinter captured his third gold medal”
marauding bandits
unpleasant and dangerous, because they wander around looking for opportunities to steal or kill. [literary] Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies
headlong
with great speed or without thinking:
plunge headlong The car skidded and plunged headlong over the cliff.
headlong rush In the headlong rush to buy houses, many people got into debt.
heavy buying stocks
株が強く買われる
on heavy buying of automaker and technology shares.
In my thoughs
you care about someone or the well-being of someone like “you are in my thoughts and prayers
Go round
If there is enough of something to go round, there is enough for everyone in a group of people:
Are there enough pencils to go round?十分に行き渡る
Tumble
(typically of a person) fall suddenly, clumsily, or head
perform acrobatic or gymnastic exercises, typically handsprings and somersaults in the air
locked and loaded
ready for action:
After so much practice, her throwing arm was locked and loaded for the match.
pike position
the diver’s body being bent at the waist and their chest laying flat against their thighs. The diver’s legs should stay straight with their toes pointed throughout the pike
Hone
1.
smooth and sharpen (a blade).
“he was carefully honing the curved blade”
2.
refine or perfect (something) over a period of time.
“she has taken numerous workshops to hone her skills over the years”
Anxiety spikes
activation of the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ system, a hardwired physiological reaction to when we think we’re in danger in some way
Fight or flight
an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening
ライオンに襲われた時、戦うか逃げるか反応（fight-or-flight response）が起こり、交感神経系が刺激され、目が冴え、脈拍や血圧
take your foot off the gas
to do something with less effort and determination:
Staff tend to wind down on Fridays if there aren’t pressing deadlines - people take their foot off the gas.
taken from the action of easing off the accelerator pedal (or “off the gas pedal” as Americans say)
Follow-through
to do what needs to be done to complete something:
He didn’t follow through with his promise to help.
果たす、達成する、遂行する、成し遂げる、全うする
Oppressive
抑圧的なmental pressure or distress.
“her mood had initially been alarm and a sense of oppression”
Out of modesty
慎み深さから
Putting down your ego
to bring to an end : stop your ego
Ego
their sense of their own worth. For example, if someone has a large ego, they think they are very important and valuable
Ingenuity
the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.
“considerable ingenuity must be employed in writing software”
Similar:
inventiveness
Tip down
When it is tipping it down, a lot of rain is falling:
It’s tipping it down out there!
Shortlist
a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or prize, made from a longer list of people originally considered, and from which one person will be chosen:
Stagger
noun
1.
astonish or deeply shock.
“I was staggered to find it was six o’clock”
2.
an arrangement of things in a zigzag order or so that they are not in line.
