Deck 31 Flashcards
brill
brilliant
a ewe [yoo]
a female sheep, especially when fully mature
a culprit
someone who has done something wrong
- ‘Police hope the public will help them to find the culprits.’
covert
hidden or secret
- ‘covert actions’
to boast about/that
to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own
purview [U]
the limit of someone’s responsibility, interest, or activity
- ‘This case falls outside the purview of this particular court.’
to be out of sorts
to be slightly ill or slightly unhappy
a meringue [muh-rang]
a very light, sweet food made by mixing sugar with egg white and baking it
-scape
used to form nouns referring to a wide view of a place, often one represented in a picture
- ‘landscape, seascape, cityscape’
a perfect storm [S]
an extremely bad situation in which many bad things happen at the same time
scat singing
singing in which the singer substitutes improvised nonsense syllables for the words of a song, and tries to sound and phrase like a musical instrument
to sit on sth
to prevent people from knowing a piece of information
- ‘The city council will presumably sit on the report until after the election.’
to quaver
If a person’s voice quavers, it shakes, usually because of emotion
a rota
a list showing when each of a number of people has to do a particular job
- ‘a cleaning rota’
to knock sth on the head
to prevent something from happening, or to finally finish something
- ‘It’s nearly done - another couple of hours should knock it on the head.’
under wraps
secret
- ‘They tried to keep the report under wraps.’
to get your wires crossed
When people get their wires crossed, they have a different understanding of the same situation
supple
bending or able to be bent easily; not stiff
- ‘I’m not supple enough to touch the floor.’
undue
to a level that is more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable
- ‘This figure did not give rise to undue concern.’
feasible
able to be made, done, or achieved
- ‘With the extra resources, the project now seems feasible.’
fallible
able or likely to make mistakes
- ‘We place our trust in doctors, but they are fallible like everyone else.’
panache [puh-nash]
a stylish, original, and very confident way of doing things that makes people admire you
to give sth/sb a wide berth
to keep a reasonable distance from someone or something or avoid them
a warehouse
a large building for storing things before they are sold, used or sent out to shops
an usher
a man who shows people where they should sit, especially at a formal event such as a wedding or at a theatre or cinema
nosh
food or a meal
a pasture
a land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep
a crustacean
any of various types of animal that live in water and have a hard outer shell
a crayfish
a small animal that lives in rivers and is similar to a lobster, or its flesh eaten as food
an integument
an outer covering, for example a skin or shell
to get someone committed
to place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility
a prude
Use prude to describe someone who is too concerned with being proper or modest
en suite
used to describe a bathroom that is directly connected to a bedroom or a bedroom that is connected to a bathroom
- ‘All four bedrooms in their new house are en suite.’
a loo
toilet
an excerpt
a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
cut from the same cloth
very similar in characteristics or behaviours
an underdog
a person or group of people with less power, money, etc. than the rest of society
a stupor
a state in which a person is almost unconscious and their thoughts are not clear
- ‘He was lying under the table in a drunken stupor.’
yesteryear
a time in the past
- ‘the Hollywood stars of yesteryear’
to vilify
to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them
- ‘He was vilified by the press as a monster.’
