In the wild Flashcards
a hermit
a person who lives alone and apart from the rest of society, especially for religious reasons
society
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as a society:
wilderness
an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or had towns and roads built on it, especially because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth:
He abided in the wilderness for forty days.
a landlord
a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it:
The landlord had promised to redecorate the bedrooms before we moved in.
a man who owns or manages a pub, bar, or small hotel:
A landlord who has rescued his pub from being closed has said the crisis in the industry can’t all be blamed on large pub companies.
unconventional
adjective
different from what is usual or from the way most people do things:
an unconventional childhood/lifestyle/marriage
damp
adjective
slightly wet, especially in a way that is not pleasant or comfortable:
The grass is still damp.
This shirt still feels a bit damp.
It was a damp, misty morning.
hunter-gatherer
noun [ C ]
a member of a society that lives by hunting and collecting wild food, rather than by farming
mean
mean adjective (NOT GENEROUS)
not willing to give or share things, especially money:
He’s too mean to buy her a ring.
My landlord’s very mean with the heating - it’s only on for two hours each day.
mean adjective (NOT KIND)
unkind or unpleasant:
Stop being so mean to me!
She just said it to be mean.
mean adjective (GOOD)
[ before noun ] informal
very good:
She’s a mean piano player.
She plays a mean piano (= she plays very well).
mean adjective (BAD QUALITY)
[ before noun ] informal
poor, dirty, and of bad quality:
He was born in the mean streets of Detroit in 1945.
mean adjective (MATHEMATICS)
C2 [ before noun ] MATHEMATICS specialized
a mean number is an average number:
a mean value
Their mean weight was 76.4 kilos
the elections
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or official job:
The government is expected to call an election (= allow the country to vote) very soon.
Local government elections will take place in May.
The first election results have started to come in.
straightforward
easy to understand or simple:
Just follow the signs to Bradford - it’s very straightforward.
predictions.
a statement about what you think will happen in the future:
Please don’t ask me to make any predictions about tomorrow’s meeting.
[ + that ] No one believed her prediction that the world would end on 12 November.
fancied
expected or thought likely to succeed:
She is the most fancied candidate for the next election.
mortgage
an agreement that allows you to borrow money from a bank or similar organization, especially in order to buy a house, or the amount of money itself:
They took out a £40o,000 mortgage (= they borrowed £40o,000) to buy the house.
a monthly mortgage payment
cabbage
a large, round vegetable with large green, white, or purple leaves that can be eaten cooked or uncooked:
a savoy cabbage
red/white cabbage
kale
a type of cabbage with green or purple tightly curled leaves
redcurrant
a very small, round, red fruit that can be eaten, or the bush that produces it:
redcurrant wine/jam/jelly
czerwona porzeczka
consider
consider verb (OPINION)
B2 [ T often + obj + (to be) + noun/adj ]
to believe someone or something to be, or think of him, her, or it as something:
He is currently considered (to be) the best British athlete.
We don’t consider her to be right for the job.
consider verb (CARE ABOUT)
C2 [ T ]
to care about or respect other people or their feelings and wishes:
Did you consider your mother and how she’s going to feel about you leaving?
She never considers anyone but herself - she’s totally selfish!
pan
a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker:
Heat the milk in a small pan.
stock up
to buy a large quantity of something:
During the emergency, people stocked up on essential items.
toasty
adjective
comfortably and pleasantly warm:
My feet feel so warm and toasty in the new slippers.
sue
verb [ I or T ]
to take legal action against a person or organization, especially by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that they have caused you:
He was so furious about the accusations in the letter that he threatened to sue.
She sued the paper for (= in order to get) damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute.
She is suing her husband for (= in order to get a) divorce.
exception
someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list or that does not behave in the expected way:
Men are usually quite good at map-reading but Tim is the exception.
There are exceptions to every rule.
meanness
noun [ U ]
meanness noun [U] (WITH MONEY)
the quality of being unwilling to give or share things, especially money
save up
zaoszczedzic
sick of
sick (and tired) of someone/something
to have experienced too much of someone or something with the result that you are annoyed:
I’m sick of him whining about money.
starve
to (cause someone to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat:
Whole communities starved to death during the long drought.
From talking to former prisoners in the camps, an obvious conclusion is that they have been starved.
If you are starved of something necessary or good, you do not receive enough of it:
People starved of sleep start to lose their concentration and may hallucinate.
