Deck 17 Flashcards
to subsume
include or absorb (something) in something else
- ‘Most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.’
a maître d’
maître d’s (pl.)
the person in charge of a restaurant or of the people who bring food to your table in a restaurant
- ‘a maître d’hôtel’
an incentive
something that encourages a person to do something
- ‘Bonus payments provide an incentive to work harder.’
obscene
morally wrong, offensive, rude, or shocking, usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex
* obscenity
to usher
to show someone where they should go, or to make someone go where you want them to go
- ‘She ushered us into her office and offered us coffee.’
to shriek
to utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement.
to utter
to say something or to make a sound with your voice
- ‘She sat through the whole meeting without uttering a word.’
to walk out on sb
to suddenly leave your husband, wife, or partner and end your relationship with them
sopping
extremely wet
- ‘You’re sopping wet - go and get changed.’
a significant other
A person with whom someone has an established romantic or sexual relationship
to suck it up
to cope with something unpleasant without complaining
to call it quits
to stop doing something
to give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter
to allow someone to get something very easily, without having to work for it
to grow on someone
to become increasingly liked or enjoyed by someone
- ‘The new house slowly began to grow on her.’
arm candy [U]
a very attractive person taken by another person to a social event in order to impress other people
tad
a little, slightly
- ‘The fish was OK, but the chips were a tad greasy.’
to hit the sauce/bottle
to drink alcohol, especially rapidly and to excess; booze
AWOL
Absent Without Official Leave
a faculty
a special ability to do a particular thing
- ‘She has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.’
to step up to the plate
to take action when something needs to be done, even though this is difficult
- ‘In this crisis we all need to step up to the plate and make a difference.’
to walk on eggs/eggshells
If you are walking on eggs/eggshells, you are being very careful not to offend someone or do anything wrong
- ‘I feel like I walk on eggshells around you.’
bogus
false, not real, or not legal
- ‘She produced some bogus documents to support her application.’
a bouncer
someone whose job is to stand outside a bar, party, etc. and either stop people who cause trouble from coming in or force them to leave
a bystander
a person who is standing near and watching something that is happening but is not taking part in it
from scratch
from the beginning
to bail on someone
to break a date with someone; stand someone up
in good/high spirits
happy, cheerful
to get your head out of your ass
to stop being so consumed with yourself, and your own well being /=ogarnąć się
to gussy sb/sth up
to make someone or something look more attractive or impressive
- ‘She was all gussied up in a designer dress.’
balmy
(of weather) pleasantly warm
a butterball
a chubby or fat person
beguiling
interesting or attractive, but perhaps not to be trusted:
- ‘That’s a beguiling argument, but I’m not convinced by it.’
if sb had their druthers
one’s preference in a matter.
- ‘If I had my druthers, I would prefer to be a writer.’
- ‘If he had his druthers, I suspect he’d still be in bed.’
to shoot a text
the simple act of sending a text message
an acquisition
the process of getting something
a nutjob
a mad or crazy person
the flavour of the month
a person or thing that is very popular at a particular time
- ‘Environmental issues are no longer the flavour of the month.’
to inundate
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all
- ‘We have been inundated with requests for help.’
a hump
a large, round raised area or part
- ‘The car hit a hump in the road and swerved.’
staggering
very shocking and surprising
