English useful phrases 001 Flashcards
draw the curtains
Раздвинуть занавески
Could you please draw the curtains?
It was not so much that …, but that…
Это было скорее не потому, что … а потому, что …
It was not so much that his hands were shaking, but that he kept making mistakes.
bundle of fun / bundle of nerves
If you describe someone as, for example, a bundle of fun, you are emphasizing that they are full of fun. If you describe someone as a bundle of nerves, you are emphasizing that they are very nervous:
● I remember Mickey as a bundle of fun, great to have around.
● Life at high school wasn’t a bundle of laughs, either.
● He confessed to having been a bundle of nerves.
heat smth up
make something warm or hot
Excuse me, could you heat it up for me please?
turn out to be
/tɝːn/
to happen differently than expected or pressumed:
● The truth turned out to be stranger than we had expected.
● The party turned out to be a huge disappointment.
● My fears turned out to be groundless.
● The news report about the explosion turned out to be false.
● She thought she was pregnant, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
crack your knuckles
If you crack your knuckles, you pull or push the joints of your fingers to make a noise:
● Could you please stop cracking your knuckles?
● My sister cracks her knuckles when she’s nervous.
squeeze something out of someone
If you squeeze something out of someone, you persuade them to give it to you, although they may be unwilling to do this:
● The investigators complained about the difficulties of squeezing information out of residents.
● The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
squeeze your eyes shut
/ your eyes squeeze shut
If you squeeze your eyes shut or if your eyes squeeze shut, you close them tightly, usually because you are frightened or to protect your eyes from something such as strong sunlight:
● Nancy squeezed her eyes shut and prayed.
● If you keep your eyes squeezed shut, you’ll miss the show.
● My eyes were squeezed shut against the light.
on the run
1) while busy doing something else:
● He ate on the run, downing an apple in his car.
● I eat breakfast on the run if I’m late for work.
2) If someone is on the run, they are trying to escape or hide from someone such as the police or an enemy:
● The two men were on the run for three weeks before being caught by police.
quench your thirst
/kwentʃ/
If someone who is thirsty quenches their thirst, they lose their thirst by having a drink:
● When it’s hot, it’s best to quench your thirst with water.
● Heavy rains quenched the fire (=put out a fire).
● (figurative) Her thirst for knowledge will never be quenched.
sate your hunger
/seɪt/
to satisfy an appetite so you aren’t hungry anymore
wipe my mouth
to slide something, especially a piece of cloth, over mouth, in order to remove traces of food, or liquid:
● Do you have some paper towels that I can wipe my mouth with?
