Chapter 1 lesson 1 Flashcards
Outgoings
personal or business expenses. The outgoings were outrageous!
Outgoing president
Retiring president
Off the record
Not be made public. Don’t tell anybody I said this, but….
Off the record, I reckon you’d be better off going to your own bank
On record
A public fact. You are on record as saying that inflation would plummet once we had recovered from the slump.
To go by the book
To stick to the rules.
We do try to go by the books in this company
To go by
To rely on ( negative)
You can’t go by tabloid press
Five years went by without me hearing from her
To pass (time)
To baffle
Confuse, puzzle.
Computers really baffle me.
I was baffled by her behaviour.
Hardship
A sacrifice.
We had to put up with far worse hardships when we were children.
To be in one’s element
To feel comfortable.
As an outgoing person, I’m in my element when I have to make a speech off the top of my head in front of a crowd of people.
To brush up
Improve one’s knowledge.
I need to brush up on my English.
Touchy
Over-sensitive.
There’s no need to be so touchy.
A touchy subject
A subject which is likely to upset someone.
It’s a touchy subject, I wouldn’t bring it up if I were you
To lay out
To present something in a clear way.
It’s imperative that we lay out our main proposals in the booklet.
To fork/ shell out
To pay for something reluctantly. Colloquial.
If your car has got so much going for it,, why have we had to lay out $1000 before it’s even got through its first six months.
