FRIENDS 1-1 Flashcards
stare
ook fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one’s eyes wide open:
bemused
puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone):
This is not even a date.
used to emphasize something surprising or extreme:
Sounds like a date to me.
Sounds like a date to me.
Alright, so I’m back in high school, I’m standing in the middle of the cafeteria, and I realize I am totally naked.
(of a person or part of the body) without clothes:
Then I look down, and I realize there’s a phone… there.
become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly:
Instead of…?
as an alternative or substitute:
All of a sudden, the phone starts to ring. Now I don’t know what to do, everybody starts looking at me.
occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning:
And they weren’t looking at you before?!
during the period of time preceding (a particular event, date, or time):
Finally, I figure I’d better answer it, and it turns out it’s my mother, which is very-very weird, because- she never calls me!
suggesting something supernatural; uncanny
Let me get you some coffee.
allow someone to have the use of (a room or property) in return for regular payments; rent:
I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck…
stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something:
pluck
take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place; pick:
Stop cleansing my aura!
make (something, esp. the skin) thoroughly clean: (as adj. cleansing)
just leave my aura alone
the distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place:
Fine! Be murky!
dark and gloomy, esp. due to thick mist:
murkily adverb ,
murkiness noun
Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn’t know, how should I know?
1 (usu. be fixated on/upon) cause (someone) to acquire an obsessive attachment to someone or something:
2 direct one’s eyes toward:
Did I say that out loud?
producing or capable of producing much noise; easily audible:
I told mom and dad last night, they seemed to take it pretty well.
give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality:
Oh really, so that hysterical phone call I got from a woman at sobbing 3:00 A.M., “I’ll never have grandchildren, I’ll never have grandchildren.” was what? A wrong number?
cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps:
noun
an act or sound of sobbing:
sobbingly adverb
Strip joint!
A nightclub or other establishment where striptease is performed.
bridesmaid
a girl or woman who accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
purse
a small bag used esp. by a woman to carry everyday personal items.
verb
(with reference to the lips) pucker or contract, typically to express disapproval or irritation:
metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable:
metaphoric |ˌmetəˈfôrik | adjective
establishe
1 having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted:
2 (of a church or religion) recognized by the government as the national church or religion.
grin
smile broadly, esp. in an unrestrained manner and with the mouth open: noun a broad smile: grinner noun , grinningly adverb
horrible
causing or likely to cause horror; shocking:
horribleness noun ,
horribly |-blē | adverb
Buzz him in!
to come into a place rapidly or unexpectedly. The child buzzed into the shop and bought a nickel’s worth of candy. I just buzzed in to say hello.
come (on) in
Come into this place. (A polite invitation to enter someone’s home, office, room, etc. It is more emphatic with on.) Bob: Hello, you guys. Come on in. We’re just about to start dinner. Bill: Come in. Nice to see you. Mary: I hope we’re not too early. Bill: Not at all. Come on into the house and have a cold drink.
eyelashes
each of the short curved hairs growing on the edges of the eyelids, serving to protect the eyes from dust particles.
rub
move one’s hand or a cloth repeatedly to and fro on the surface of (something) with firm pressure:
honeymoon
a vacation spent together by a newly married couple:
