Fawzia TELELANGUE Flashcards by Fawzia Blanc

to look like butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth

to look very innocent

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to be in stitches

to laugh uncontrollably

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to legally take in someone else’s child and treat it as one’s own

to adopt

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something or someone that behaves very well is as good as gold

as good as gold

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to develop from being a child to being an adult

To grow upgrew up” in the simple past

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to look after and influence a child until they are grown up.

to bring up

Brought up

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to be mean and uncaring

to have a heart of stone

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to turn your eyes towards it

To look at
Cristina went to the museum,
to look at the new exhibition

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someone who is clearly very angry or upset about something

to have a face like thunder

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When we talk about the number of people in a group, we use

‘number + of us/them’

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to worry greatly, or be very upset about something

to have kittens

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situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly

Crisis

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to know something extremely well

to know something like the back of your hand

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(noun) money given for a short time, which is returned if your hotel room is in good condition when you leave

deposit

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(adjective) full of activity

lively

The party was extremely lively

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(adjective) very pretty; interesting in an old-fashioned way

Picturesque

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(verb) to allow more people to buy tickets, reserve rooms, etc. than are available

overbook

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(verb) to put something somewhere and then forget its location

misplace

He misplaced his passport and could not get on the airplane

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(noun) a feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by being in a moving vehicle such as a ship or car

motion sickness

She had terrible motion sickness when she was on the boat.

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to break into pieces, often surprisingly; to disintegrate

fall apartThis table is falling apart.

We need a new one

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able to adjust quickly to change and use skills in a variety of ways

adaptableIn my job, I work with children, teenagers, adults and older people so I have to be very adaptable.

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(adjective) a person who works hard and pays attention to detail

diligent

He is very diligent. He spent all day correcting tiny errors in the report

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(expression) used to talk about the end point of an activity or to emphasize the length of an amount of time

By the time

By the time I get home, it will be dark

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someone who is clearly very angry or upset about something

to have a face like thunder

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to explain to someone new how things work and how to do a job

to show someone the ropes

the boss

the big cheese

you should do whatever makes you happy

whatever floats your boat

things or people that are very different and have nothing in common

as different as chalk and cheese

formal verb meaning to agree to a suggestion

To assent"

he act of climbing something or moving upwards.

Ascent" is a noun

o ruin someone's pleasure or plans

to rain on someone's parade

to describe an event that happens before

We use 'by the time'

Other people’s circumstances seem more desirable than our own but in reality are often not

the grass is always greener

a person online who tries to create a negative atmosphere

troll

o be a good or kind person though they might not always appear to be so

to have one's heart in the right place

including all the necessary facts, details or problems which need to be dealt with

Comprehensive

Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium.

balanced

The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially.

speed

Orderly and neat in appearance or procedure

Tidy

A person employed in the civil service

Civil servant

An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out

Bargain

A place of relatively small and definite limits.

Spot

To compose or write in a set form, write out

Draw up

to make progress; improv

To pick up

The dried fruit of a an East Indian plant which is ground to produce a hot condiment.

pepper

A contrivance or an invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.

Device

A tendency upward, especially in business or economic activity.

upturn

Being paid for loss, hurt or damage

indemnification

Being in opposition to something

contravention

a person's weak spot, either physically or in terms of other qualities

Achilles' heel

To assent

to agree to a suggestion

a business or individual who finances an event in exchange for being promoted

Sponsor

a practice of an event, such as a concert, speech, play, or wedding, before the real event takes placeRépetition

Rehearsal

Participants

attendees

he place where an event happens

Venue

the act of meeting new people and creating contacts

Networking

when things go wrong, they go pear-shaped

to go pear-shaped

someone who talks about doing big and important things, but then takes no action (UK)

all talk and no trousers

chilli

a small red or green pepper with a very strong hot taste

Chilly

is an informal way of saying cold

Stars and Stripes

the American flag

assembly point

(noun) a safe place where people can meet should a dangerous or life-threatening situation arise

(noun) a test to make sure that something is running correctly and is not dangerous

safety check

(noun) a event in which people practice how to leave a building safely in the event of a fire

fire drill

A sheet or sheets of paper containing topical information, distributed to people attending a speech, lecture, or meeting.

handout

The aggregate fruit of various, usually prickly plants, consisting of many small, fleshy, usually red drupelets.

raspberry

Being such that every part of the surface or the circumference is equidistant from the center

Round

to keep changing your attitude or opinion on something

to blow hot and cold

Sightless

Blind

Capable of being accomplished or brought about

Feasibility

to have an advantage

to have the upper hand

to avoid supporting either side in a discussion or argument

to sit on the fence

reluctant or unwilling to do something

To loathe

synonym of to hate, to detest and to despise

Loath

to go to waste

to go down the drain

locked away

under lock and key

Plusieurs attractions touristiques

many tourist attractions

to play the piano

to tickle the ivories

to be very difficult and frustrating

to be like getting blood out of a stone

To be inseparable, to spend a lot of time together

to be joined at the hip

to pretend that something isn't true

to bury your head in the sand

Storey

floor or level of a building

to be alone

to be on your tod

A "leak"

small hole

oversee

to watch and see that a job is done correctly

Key player

an important person in a certain area of activity

a person who you work with

colleague

delivery

the act of moving orders or goods to a place

an area with equipment and buildings used for particular activities

yard

a factory or building where something is made

plant

Aussi

Also | I like skiing, I also like windsurfing (planche à voile)

Puisque/car

As | Ask Mr Reynolds as he has all information

Bien que

Although | Although it' s more expensive, I prefer to use good quality ingredients

Pendant que, alors que

As I Washington skiing à long the road, I met Daphne

Because of

À cause de | Because of the fog, planes couldn't land

Malgré

Despite | Despite the rain, we went shopping

Cependant

However | I lové travelling, however this year I am Notting abroad as I have a little money.

En plus

In addition | They moved out of their lord house and in addition, the y changed their car.

En dépit de / malgré

In spite of

De plus

Moreover | He is underqualified. Moreover he doesn't speak german.

Donc

So He wants a better job, so he is taking evening classes Therfore Profits are down. Therefore, we cannot give pay rises this year.

Tandis que

Whereas | I am very sporty whereas my brother is a real couch potato

to be unimportant

to be a drop in the ocean

to be crazy

to be barking mad

jealousy

the green-eyed monster

to be unable to see the bigger picture

can't see the wood for the trees

Flemish

(noun) one of the main languages spoken in Belgium

Think of

Come up with

To make a list

To draw up a list

Happen

To come up

To invent

To make up

To start going to

To take up

Stop going

Give up

To be set

Come up

To check

To look up

To rob

To hold up

Let me stay

Put me up

Stand

Put up with

Delay

Hold up

Increase

Go up

Outskirts

banlieues - peripheries - orée - lisières

hassle

V embêter ou Noun : embêtement

escape

get away

escape punishment

to get away with

have st return / return

to get back

Rob / delay

hold up

give a lift / learn easily

pick up

remove / imitate

take off

caverne / grotte / fondrière / nid de poule

pothole

auto-stoppeur / auto-stoppeuse

hitch-hicker

Fidélité

faithfully

Jarretière

garter

chose empruntée

Something borrowed

Escroquerie

scams

turnover

(noun) the amount of money earned by a business in a period of time

to the point

(expression) relevant; appropriate to the matter at hand

a way to give your personal view about something

as far as I am concerned