How i met your mother Flashcards
Chicken out
to decide not to do something because one is afraid He was going to ask her on a date, but he chickened out at the last minute.
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.
Figure of speech
Eccentric
of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.
unconventional, uncommon, abnormal
excruciating
intensely painful, very embarrassing, awkward, or tedious.
Squeak
make a high-pitched sound or cry.
Boundaries
a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line.
modification
the action of modifying something.
a change made, alteration, adjustment, change, adaptation
Smoking
noun noun: smoking the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug. adjective adjective: smoking; adjective: smokin' 1.emitting smoke or visible vapour. 2) INFORMAL lively and exciting
scope
1) assess or investigate something
2) look at carefully; scan
Chunged
It’s usually used to create a laugh-out-loud moment, without really knowing why
coaster
noun: coaster; plural noun: coasters 1. a small mat for a bottle or glass. 2. a ship used to carry cargo along the coast from port to port. 3. a person who inhabits a specified coast.
insincere
not expressing genuine feelings. false, fake, hollow, artificial, feigned, pretended, put-on, exaggerated, overdone,
consistently
1)in every case or on every occasion; invariably.
assuming
used for the purpose of argument to indicate a premise on which a statement can be based.
ineffable
too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. inexpressible, indescribable, beyond words, beyond description