Friends Flashcards
having total power; able to do anything
omnipotent
Phoebe : Okay, okay. If I were omnipotent for a day, I would want, um, world peace, no more hunger, good things for the rain-forest…And bigger boobs!
having total power; able to do anything
omnipotent
Chandler : Uh, if I were omnipotent for a day, I’d.. make myself omnipotent forever. Rachel : See, there’s always one guy. (MOCKING) “If I had a wish, I’d wish for three more wishes.”
lacking power or ability
impotent
“Monica: Hey, Joey! What would you do if you were OMNIPOTENT?
Joey: Probably kill myself.
Monica: Excuse me?
Joey: Hey, if Little Joey’s dead, I got no reason to live.
Ross: Uh, Joey…. I’M-impotent.
Joey: You are? “Sorry
to fall asleep for a short time while you are sitting in a chair
nod off
It is Okay you just nodded off again.
I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
to make a marriage or a relationship complete by having sex
consummate
Ross: Today is the day Carol and I consummated our physical relationship.
= complete, conclude, carry out, achieve, accomplish, effectuate
to stop you from worrying or thinking about a problem or pain, often by forcing you to think about other things:
take sb’s mind off sth
The good thing about running is that it takes my mind off any problems I have.
(informal) to join together in a group to hurt, frighten or oppose somebody
gang up (on/against somebody)
I think She’d feel like we are ganging up on her.
At school the older boys ganged up on him and called him names.
make someone angry
burn someone up
That guy…he burns me up!
=annoy, irritate, vex, anger, obsess, eat up (informal), consume, eat away at
antonym: please
the circumstance where the other person ends a (usually romantic) relationship.
dump by someone
very strange, unusual or unexpected
freakish
freakish weather/behaviour.
=variable, volatile, changeable, unpredictable, inexplicable, mercurial
antonym: stable
emit gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
belch
=burp, hiccup, posset
lose one’s temper and shout.
blow off
a small wild animal with red-brown fur, a long thin body, and short legs
weasel
full of energy in a cheerful and noisy way
rambunctious
to destroy something; to criticize somebody very strongly
rip somebody/something apart (to shreds/to bits,)
We ripped that couple apart and keep the pieces for ourselves.
