Caleam Flashcards
Plateau
toreachaparticularleveland thenstaythe same:
I’d beenlosingabout apoundaweekon mydiet, butrecentlyI’ve plateaued and haven’tlostanounce.
Distinct
clearlyseparateand different:
The twolanguagesarequitedistinct from each other.
Fleshed out
toaddmoredetailsorinformationto something:
Theseplansneed to be fleshed outwithsome morefigures.
Concept
aprincipleoridea:
The conceptoffreespeechisunknownto them.
Percept
anideaof what something is like that you get fromyoursenses:
Pain is acomplexpercept.
Theeyeprovidingthe morestablepercept is then, bydefinition, thedominanteye.
Sneak up on someone
toapproachsomeonequietlyandsurprisethatperson:
Overton sneaked up behindBrownandknockedtheballout ofbounds
Gaze upon ,at
tolookat something or someone for alongtime,especiallyinsurpriseoradmiration, or because you arethinkingabout somethingelse:
Annette gazedadmiringlyatWarren as hespoke.
Cramp
a sudden painful tightening in a muscle, often after a lot of exercise, that limits movement:
Several runners needed treatment for cramp (US cramps) and exhaustion.
I’ve got cramp in my foot.
stomach cramps
Dissaprove
to think that something is wrong, or to have a bad opinion about someone:
Some people disapproved of the School Board’s decision to have students wear uniforms.
Knock up
To get someone pregnant.
Man, I really should’ve used a condom with her… I knocked her up!
Wack
be of low or dubious quality. Origin: comes from ‘whacky’, which evolved to ‘whacked’ or ‘whacked out’. Eventually shortened to ‘wack’. The ‘h’ is usually dropped to differentiate the meaning from ‘whack’, which is to hit something hard or, kill (old wise guy terminology).
Yo, my dog, those shoes are wack
Wacky
A word that means ‘crazy’, as in weird, different from others, silly or funny.
1. You are so wacky!
2. Have you heard of that wacky website
Stich up
to join the two sides of something with stitches, for example torn clothing or a deep cut, or to treat someone who has a deep cut by doing this:
I’ve ripped my trousers - can you stitch them up for me?
Stiched up
to make (an innocent person) appear to be guilty of a crime : frame. They stitched him up for murder.
Lim
A lim female means sweet cute and innocent. If someone says you’re lim, you are normally a woman or a girl. It also means you are attractive since most men like sweet women.
That girl Layla is so lim! She’s the sweetest in the world.
Disclose
to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden:
The company has disclosed profits of over £200 million. Расскрыть
Reveal
Lure
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting:
She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.
Trick someone into doing something
Swirl
to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this:
The fog swirled thickly around us.
Кружится
Deminish
to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:
I don’t want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.
Host
a person who introduces guests and performers, especially on television or radio:
Our host for tonight’s show is Jimmy Fallon
to be the host for guests or for a special event:
Which country is hosting the next Olympics?
Организовать организатор
Alleviate
to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe:
The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.
Reduce relieve
Huddle
to come close together in a group, for example because it is cold:
Employees huddled round television sets at the company headquarters.
to sit or stand in a bent position with your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear:
Sophie was so frightened by the noise of the fireworks that she huddled (up) in a corner of the room.
Obscure
not clear and difficult to understand or see:
Official policy has changed, for reasons that remain obscure.
to prevent something from being seen or heard:
Two new skyscrapers had sprung up, obscuring the view from her window.
The sun was obscured by clouds.
Distortion
a change to the intended or true meaning of something:
a gross distortion of the facts
Distort
to twist (see twist entry 1 sense 3b) out of the true meaning or proportion
Exagerrat
to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean:
She accused her opponent of distorting the truth.
Grip grasp
What is the difference between grasp and grip?
Grip - You might even already have your hand on the object. eg As the plane landed, Mary gripped Tom’s hand. There’s a suggestion of ‘firmness, strength’.
Grasp - Suggests, in most cases, that your hand was not originally on the object. Also suggests slowness, deliberateness, rather than speed.
Heuristic
of a method of teaching) allowing students to learn by discovering things themselves and learning from their own experiences rather than by telling them things
Pick choose
Pick” has more emphasis on pointing or making some physical selection, whereas “choose” has more emphasis on making a mental decision and choosing a course of action rather.
Grasp
to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly:
Rosie suddenly grasped my hand.
Perenial
lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time:
The film “White Christmas” is a perennial favourite.
We face the perennial problem of not having enough money.
Save up
to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future:
It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.
Contrived
artificial and difficult to believe:
I enjoyed the film, but felt the ending was a bit contrived
too obviously designed to produce a particular result, and therefore not seeming to happen naturally:
The movie’s plot was much too contrived.
Contrive
to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning:
Couldn’t you contrive a meeting between them? I think they’d really like each other.
Умудрятся ухитристяс
Impose
to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living:
I don’t want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children.
to expect someone to do something for you or spend time with you when they do not want to or when it is not convenient for them:
Are you sure it’s all right for me to come tonight? I don’t want to impose.
Навязывать
Fuzzy
(of an image) having shapes that do not have clear edges, or (of a sound, especially from a television, radio, etc.) not clear, usually because of other unwanted noises making it difficult to hear:
Is the picture always fuzzy on your TV?
You can pick up a lot of stations on the car radio but the sound is usually sort of fuzzy.
Sneak up on someone,sneak iut of somewhere
The teenagers sneaked out of the house after dark.
to go somewhere secretly, or to take someone or something somewhere secretly:
I managed to sneak in through the back door while she wasn’t looking.
Proclaim
to announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive:
All the countries have proclaimed their loyalty to the alliance.
Dissect
to cut open something, especially a dead body or a plant, and study its structure:
In biology classes we used to dissect rats
Resurect
to bring someone back to life:
Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
to bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended:
Several members of the party have resurrected the idea of constitutional change.
Revive
to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use:
to revive someone’s hopes/confidence/fortunes
Shard
a piece of a broken glass, cup, container, or similar object:
Shards of glass have been cemented into the top of the wall to stop people climbing over.
Trivial
having little value or importance:
The story spends too much time on trivial matters.
A trivial problem is easy to solve:
Getting computers to understand human language is not a trivial problem
Resent
to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like:
She bitterly resented her father’s new wife
