Chapter 1 Flashcards
fill me in (to)
give me the details
“I want to know what heppened on your date last night. Fill me in”
humongous
enourmos, gigantic, huge, immense
“You’d better study hard because the final exam is going to be humongous”
pin someone against something (to)
push someone up against something
“The hockey player pinned his opponent up against the boards”
blabber (to)
talk to much, gab, yak, yap
“The drunk guy I met in the bar blabbered on and on about his ex-wife”
stretch one’s legs (to)
exercise one’s leg after a period of inactivity
“I really nedded to stretch my legs after sitting on the bus for five hours”
run off at the mouth (to)
talk to much, gab, yak, yap
“She was running off at the mouth about her new boyfriend for the entire evening”
booze
alcohol, liquor
“Don’t forget we have to buy some booze for the party tonight”
pester someone (to)
constantly harass/bother someone
“The young boy kept pestering his mother to buy him the expensive toy”
bombed
hammered, loaded, smashed, very drunk
“She got bombed on New Year’s Eve because she drunk so much champagne”
gulp down something (to)
drink something quickly
“He gulped down the orange juice after playing tennis in the hot summer sun”
B.O.
bad body odor (a hygiene problem)
“He had terrible B.O. because he hadn’t taken shower in three days”
appalling
awful, dreadful, terrible
“The appalling behavior of the teenagers shocked the older married couple”
on the bright side
on the positive side
“He crashed the car, but on the bright side nobody got hurt”
safe and sound
safely
“We arrived home safe and sound even though we had to drive through the blizzard”
spoiled
pampered, get anything one wants
“That child was spoiled rotten because his parents never disciplined him”
brat
terrible child
“Someone should tell that brat to sit down and be quiet until the movie is finished”
fling something (to)
throw something
“The infant didn’t eat the food. She was more interested in flinging it all over the place”
settle down (to)
calm down
“The teacher finally had to tell the noisy students to settle down”
burst into tears (to)
start to cry suddenly and loudly
“She burst into tears when she found out that her husband had died in the car accident”
jetlag
fatigue caused by air travel "I can´t stay awake in class because I still have jetlag"
get over something/someone (to)
recover from something/someone
“It took me almost two weeks to get over my cold”
dive (a)
a terrible, old, dirty place
“That bar was disgusting. I’m never going back to that dive again”
come across something (to)
find something by accident
“I came across an old high school picture while I was cleaning up my room”
feel at home (to)
feel comfortable in a new place
“I’m starting to feel at home after living here for several weeks”
put something behind someone (to)
forget about a bad experience
“I’m going to have to put that awful experience behind me”
in no time
quickly, soon
“He finished his homework in no time because he wanted go to the movies”
