Lesson 2 Flashcards
That comment you made stung
Make you feel upset or annoyed.
I was in the middle seat on an airplane recently, during a flight to London, when a person behind me put her bare foot on my armrest.
My heart started to pound. I knew I would have to say something. But before I could, a man next to me, who was writing in a notebook, glanced at the foot and lightly stabbed it with his pen. The foot, unsurprisingly, slid away.
For some of us, the mere thought of confrontation triggers a stress response, complete with rapid heartbeat, tense muscles and shortness of breath, said Karen Osilla, an associate professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medicine. This causes people to avoid it, she said, “because we associate it with danger.”
The first goal was just a fluke.
something that happens, usually something good, that is the result of chance instead of skill or planning:
The first goal was just a fluke.
I heard about the sale by sheer fluke.
If you got rich by some fluke of nature that doesn’t make you brilliant.
The labor market was sprinting last year and now it’s getting closer to a marathon pace.
Sprint
run fast because you are in a hurry or race.
We had to sprint to catch the bus.
For my mother, and many Iranian parents with means, this trade-off is worth it. But if education does not translate into a well-paying job — as my Ph.D. in English literature doesn’t — their children can find themselves stigmatized by prolonged financial dependence.
If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of.
Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized.
any language must accommodate new concepts.
accommodate
1. provide lodging or sufficient space for
* the cabins accommodate up to 6 people
- fit in with the wishes or needs of.
- Would it be possible to have our conferences the second and 4th Tuesdays of the month? I now have a conflicting responsibility at Wills the first Tuesday (including today). I’m sorry for this change in my schedule, and hope you’ll be able to accommodate.
1502: AMERIGO VESPUCCI sailed along the coast of South America. He was one of the first folks to realize he wasn’t in Asia, and he recounted exotic and grand descriptions.
tell someone about something; give an account of an event or experience.
“I recounted the tale to Steve”
His supporters have rallied to his defence.
When people rally to something or when something rallies them, they unite to support it.
- He rallied his own supporters for a fight.
Synonyms: gather together, unite, bring together, regroup
Markets began to rally worldwide.
When someone or something rallies, they begin to recover or improve after having been weak.
Synonyms: recover, improve, pick up, revive
“any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot”
INFORMAL
dismiss from employment.
- No woman in a burqa (or a hijab or a burkini) has ever done me any harm. But I was sacked (without explanation) by a man in a suit.
Men in suits missold me pensions and endowments, costing me thousands of pounds.
To mis-sell something such as a pension or an insurance policy means to sell it to someone even though you know that it is not suitable for them.
- The company has been accused of mis-selling products to thousands of elderly investors. [VERB noun]
Teachers and supporters took to picket lines early Wednesday morning.
striker; protestor; picketer
a person or group of people standing outside a place of work or other venue, protesting something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike.
“forty pickets were arrested”
demonstrate at
act as a picket outside (a workplace or other venue).
“strikers picketed the newspaper’s main building”
More Kaiser workers to join picket lines Wednesday
More than 600 Kaiser Permanente imaging technicians are set to strike Wednesday when their contract expires.
“the priest urged his listeners to repent”
“they overthrew their colonial oppressors”
a person or group that oppresses people.
“he didn’t belong to the regiment billeted at the hotel”
lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian’s house or other nonmilitary facility.
“he didn’t belong to the regiment billeted at the hotel”
We told them that we’re closed, but I think they’re about to blow it in.
The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
Treasury Yields have spooked investors this year. For much of 2023, yields have soared, and stocks have dropped.
In the past week, yields have moved lower, and we’ve seen the stock market bounce back.
“As yields move lower, we tend to get a bigger rebound in the growth parts of the market,” said one economist.
If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous.
[mainly US]
But was it the wind that spooked her?
Investors were spooked by slowing economies.
The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup. Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong. He plummets to the dust of hope.
a ruler who has complete power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way
The country had long been ruled by tyrants.
dangerous behavior that shows that you are not thinking about the risks and possible results of your actions:
- The accident was a result of recklessness.
vanity
too much pride in yourself, so that you are always thinking about yourself and your appearance
- Sabrina had none of the vanity so often associated with beautiful women.
pride, arrogance, vanity,
“children with an aptitude for painting and drawing”
aptitude = a natural ability to do something.
gift; talent; ability; capacity;
the quality of being apt or appropriate; fitness
We will strip away your weakness, your cowardice, your hesitation. You will become a waterfall, a volley of bullets.
coward ترسو
cowardice=lack of courage or firmness of purpose; lack of bravery
– soldiers accused of cowardice
Prosecute vs. Persecute
Prosecute- to bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law.
Persecute- to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically: to cause to suffer because of belief.
