Green Book Flashcards
Vivid
producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.
“So vivid, one can almost taste it”
To get going
To leave a place in order to go somewhere else
“We should really get going soon if expect to get to Pittsburg by dinner”
Finess
impressive delicacy and skill
bring about or deal with (something) by using great delicacy and skill
to improve something so it is the best it can possibly be:
After they’d finessed the software, they followed the people using it for several months.
“A futher cut in rates is a clear possibility and there might be some finessing of the policy.”
Inflection
the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice
“In tonal languages a word can have different meanings depending on the pitch and inflection of the voice.”
Pathetic
miserably inadequate; of very low standard.
“he’s a pathetic excuse for a man”
Prance out
to walk in an energetic way and with more movement than necessary:
It’s pathetic to see 50-year-old rock stars prancing around on stage as if they were still teenagers.
She pranced into the office and demanded to speak to the manager. You’re supposed to prance out and tickle him with your fairy wand.
I’m flush right now.
I’m having some money
The bowels
The bowels of something are the deepest parts of it:
Prisoners were generally confined to the bowels of the ship.
Those were demons in the bowels of hell
a long tube through which food travels while it is being digested after leaving the stomach; intestines
naughty
When children are naughty, or their behaviour is naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told to do:
Now that’s naughty - don’t throw food on the floor!
Our boss treats us all like naughty children.
Profanity
an offensive or obscene word or phrase:
It was the song’s opening line, a series of profanities, that caused the record to be banned on the radio station.
Guest oh honor
the most important person at a social occasion:
The president was guest of honor at the dinner.
I need you to stop it with the phony altruism
showing fake altruism
The trees have shed their leafy clothing
Got their leafs dropped
The trees have shed their leafy clothing
Lost a covering, such as leaves
Shed - to get rid of something you do not need or want:
900 jobs will be shed over the next few months.
Psychotherapy helped him to shed some of his insecurity/inhibitions.
So that little temper tantrum, was it worth it?
A temper tantrum is a sudden show of great anger
To throw a fit/tantrum
to experience and show a strong feeling of anger, especially suddenly:
My mother threw a fit when she saw what a mess we’d made of her kitchen.
We need to get some food in these kids before they start throwing a tantrum.
She threw a tantrum when she found out she had been passed over for a promotion.
