Gd13 Flashcards
Landlady
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To make ends meet
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Cost you a fortune
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He was up to the task
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The child is precocious
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A well-to-do family
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Rummage sale = jumble sale
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He could make up a complicated algorithm on the fly that left his professors in awe
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There are lots of buck-passing here
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Subject to oversight by …
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Walkers should be prepared for inclement weather
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She was a headstrong child
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A flippant attitude
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Sing with great gusto
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A surrogate mum
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A sterile argument
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He knitted his brow in concentration
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Pervert the court of justice
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Calamity relief work
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Have a hollow leg
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Sewing isn’t one of my fortes
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Different strokes for different folks
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Sense of alarm
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An indelible mark
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We can rise above all challenges and emerge stronger
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We ate to our heart’s content
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The very sight of it makes me nervous
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Settle in backroom negotiation
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Pallbearer
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I was taken aback
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Be losing it = start to become mad
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Deserve some slack
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Be at a loss = to not know what to do or say
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I am currently on the sideline
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Tidal bore
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I will enforce justice
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They hitched a lift/ride to Edinburgh from a passing car
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In a headlong rush to buy houses, many people got into debt
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Failure becomes the fire that forges the steel for success
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To fly a plane
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Most of these conjuring tricks depend on sleight of hand
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He had a big bash for his 18th birthday
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The odd flurry of snow
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The gardener’s compendium
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She sent me one of those awful birthday cards with a cutesy kitten on it
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Put a sock in it
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The shaft of a golf club
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The crippling attack of malaria kept him in bed for months
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Sneak a peek
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She fell into a deep trance
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You are such a buzz kill!
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Don’t slip. Watch your step
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He first dabbled in politics when he was in law school
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The rock is so crumbly
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Cover huge distance on foot
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She went into raptures at the news of her success
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Have a short fuse = get angry very easily
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He lifts weights after work to let/blow off steam
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Unwittingly targeted
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I’ve been his sidekick for long enough
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Turn the knob
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The court let her off scot-free
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She twitched her nose like a rabbit
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Yawn and drool
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She sat by the swimming pool, drooling over all the gorgeous young men
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The dog lay drooling on the mat
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I drooled all over my pillow
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Much obliged = used to thank someone and say that you are grateful
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They are bosom friends
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Come up short
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Cause dire consequences
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Play favouritism
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My eyes were smarting from the onions
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She had no qualms about lying to the police
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Make you full of yourself
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A glum face
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Whet your appetite
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He snapped at her
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I swore to usurp the throne
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I’ ll go for it
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Advertisers know how powerful pester power can be
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Ferris wheel
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Root for you
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You have done a disservice to the African people by ignoring this fact
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Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up
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Shopping spree
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She’s such an airhead
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Play dumb
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Play hooky
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Hold the fort
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The salesman is too pushy
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Pupil dilation
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Pick some lint off his shoulder
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The boat bobbed gently up and down in the river
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Among the audience, eyes glazed over and a few heads started to nod
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His physique was honed to perfection
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You strike me as the kind of person who…
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He always gives us a piggyback up the stairs to bed
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A purring cat
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Cast your mind back to
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The children would basically just run riot
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He sprawled on a park bench
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They go way overboard
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Humans are hard-wired to love fattening food
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It wasn’t until lately that
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They are up in arms about/over the new management scheme
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An omen of bad luck
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You chump!
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I ran into a pole
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Pinky swear
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A stitch in time saves nine
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Better safe than sorry
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The college is steeped in history/tradition
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Thatch of hair
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Boa constrictor
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Get/lose/find your bearings
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Pull the goalie (slang)
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Why does my dog hump my leg?
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Let me just sulk
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Come on. Mend it. Don’t end it.
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Sleep tight
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He has gone through every sentence with a fine-tooth comb
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