b2 Flashcards

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come over

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to visit someone’s home
Ron came over for dinner the other night

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Give you the scoop

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to provide someone with the latest information especially insider or exclusive details

Hey I’ve gor the scoop on the new company policy

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keep to myself

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to spend a lot of time alone, not talking to other people very much

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suit yourself

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expressing that someone is free to make their own choice, even if it differs from your own

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rain check

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is casual phrase people use when they can’t accept an invitation but want to do it another time. It’s like I can’t make it now but let’s do it later

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Inundate

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to be overwhelmed – usually by a large amount of something

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fend off

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defend yourself against something

she tried to fend off the bees with her jacket

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recluse

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is someone who lives in seclusion and avoid other people - kind of like a real-life hermit

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lives in seclusion

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someone chooses to stay away from other people and society

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hermit

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is someone who intentionally lives alone and avoids people

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busybodies

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are people who meddle in other people’s business - nosy, always asking questions, and can’t seem to mind their own

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float smt

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Something floats when it’s light enough—or shaped in a way—that it can stay on the surface of a liquid, like water, without sinking. This happens when the object pushes down less than the water pushes up (that upward force is called buoyancy). So even heavy things, like ships or floating houses, can float if their shape spreads their weight out enough.

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to soil

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make something dirty

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knock it off / cut if out

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stop doing it

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burrow

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a hole dug by animal

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gobbles up

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eating quickly and greedily

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smooth

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perfectly regular without any holes , lumps

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rought

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having an irregular surface with holes lumps etc

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firm

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not soft but not completely hard

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shower (weather)
short period of heavy rain
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puddle
a small pool of rainwater
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gale
a very strong wind
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nemesis
is a long standing enemy
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the canon
A cannon is a large, heavy gun typically mounted on wheels or a stationary platform that was used in warfare, especially from the Middle Ages through the 19th century.
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to be doomed
something bad is defenity going to happen
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clumsy smb
not very careful with their movements often tripping over things
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emerge from
to come out of hiding
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long gone
something passed long time ago or is no longer possible
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foreperson
the leader of the jury (court related)
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someone framed
When someone says "someone was framed", it means that they were falsely blamed for something they didn’t do, usually a crime.
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illiterate
not able to read or write
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sordid
something is morally wrong. dirty or unpleasant
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affair
refers to an event or series of events which involves drama or trauma
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get on with
continue despite difficulties
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harden criminal
someone who committed a log of criminal and doesn't want to change
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jester
a professional entertainer in medieval times, often working in royal courts. They were kind of like comedians — but with more flair.
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puttering around smth
doing small, casual, or unimportant tasks in a relaxed way — usually around the house or some space.
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hackneyed
something unoriginal or boring because it has been repeated too much
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shenanigans
playful tricks or mischief
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playing the buffoon
acting silly or foolish
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squander a fortune
spend a huge amount of money carelessly
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vulgar appetites
having bad or inappropriate
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meddle
intrefere with something
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be a breeze
to be very easy
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be on thin ice
to do something risky
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be snowed under
to have a lot of work
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be on cloud nine
to be very happy
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blizzard
a heavy snowstorm
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flood
a large amount of water covering land which usually dry
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landslide
a sudden and quick movement of a mass of rock and earth down a slope
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drought
a long period of dry weather
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avalanche
a large maas of snow falling down the side of a mountains
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break the ice
start to talk to someone
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steal one's thunder
to take attention from someone
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take a rain check
to decline an offer for now
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get wind of
to hear something secret or private
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steamy
hot and humid
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chilly
cold enough to feel uncomfortable
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roasting
hot and uncomfortable
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cool
slightly cold in pleasant way
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sizzling
hot like on frying pan
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boiling
unpleasantly hot
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freezing
extremely cold
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scorching
very hot, usually about the weather
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frosty
cold with a thin layer of ice in everything
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stifling
very hot that it's difficult to breathe
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gusty
a very strong widn which start and stop suddenly
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biting
an extremely cold wind
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gentle
a calm wind, not strong or severe
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whisiling
making a long, high sound while moving quickly trought something
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howling
blowing hard and making a lot of noise
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drizzle
light rain
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pouring
raining heavily
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endless
raining so long that it seems it will never end
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sunshower
when it's raining while the sun is shining
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sleet
a mixture of rain and snow
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brunch
a late breakfast
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guesstimate
an estimate based on little information and lots of gues work
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hangry
angry because of hunger
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mocktail
a nonalcoholic cocktail