Lesson 4 Flashcards
She goes from niche to mainstream
Saying someone goes “from niche to mainstream” usually refers to a significant shift in their popularity, influence, or appeal.
The hard drives are in hand already. Really appreciate it! Sorry it was such a hassle! Will give you a shout if anything comes up.
- They’ve had plenty of time to prepare, so the arrangements should be well in hand (= almost ready).
to tell (someone) about something when it happens or is ready to be done.
- I’ll give you a shout when it’s time to leave.
irritating inconvenience.
“all the hassle involved in travel”
Prices are high and our kids gotta eat.
Have to
Have got to
It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby. (Notice the difference in pronounciations of career and carrier)
/kəˈrɪr/
/ˈker.i.ɚ/
a person or thing that carries something
It’s been a while since I’ve been walking.
It’s been a while since …
It’s been a while since I’ve been working on my green card case, and unfortunately, it hasn’t made significant progress.
“Whatever bad thing happened to you, it hasn’t made you less beautiful. There’s beauty in darkness, too. It just takes a different kind of vision to see it.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Perfect Strangers
The Commerce Department data released Friday means the Fed is even further from achieving its goal of 2% inflation. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell wasn’t fretting about it.
FRET
(vi)
to be nervous or worried:
Don’t fret - I’m sure he’s OK.
She spent the day fretting about what she’d said to Nicky.
As a new mother, I fretted over any delay in my daughter’s development.
Please refrain from going near the window or door.
If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it.
– Mrs. Hardie refrained from making any comment.
He took a vow to abstain from alcohol
If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
[formal]
Chronic illness isn’t something you beat or fight. It isn’t a race or a life-long quest to return to normalcy. You don’t reverse, battle, or spar with it. Chronic illness is something you outsmart. And that’s exactly what this book will help you do.
You think you can outsmart me?
to obtain an advantage over someone by using your intelligence and often by using a trick; to outwit:
He looked happy for a brief while, before relapsing into silent misery.
to become ill or start behaving badly again, after making an improvement
great unhappiness
The police are still on the hunt for the escaped convicts.
Hunt for something
searching.
The conceit of that man is incredible!
too proud of yourself and your actions
“he always seemed to be rather boastful and above himself”
If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
[disapproval]
I’m not being boastful.
…boastful predictions.
Synonyms: bragging,
come around
vs.
come over
If someone comes around/over to your house, they come there to see you.
However, someone can come around to an idea means they change their mind.
It looks like they’re coming around to our way of thinking.
Also, come around means to happen as a regular or predictable event.
I hope to be fit when the World Championship comes around next year.
I hope that I have a very good material to present when the ARVO conference comes around next year.
come around means to happen as a regular or predictable event.
I hope to be fit when the World Championship comes around next year.
Who’s gonna come around when you break?
Who’s gonna come to see you when you break?
Wait til you hear this. It will blow your mind.
If something blows your mind, you are very excited or surprised by it:
There was one scene in the film that really blew my mind.
My friend Canada has withstood incredible challenges throughout our history.
It is important for the engine to withstand high tempretures.
