listening Flashcards
out of touch
Someone who is out of touch with a situation is not aware of recent changes in it.
- They accuse politicians of being out of touch with ordinary people. [+ with]
- If they really believe in this then they must be completely out of touch.
- ADJECTIVE [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
- If you are out of touch with someone, you have not been in contact with them recently and are not familiar with their present situation.
- James wasn’t invited. We’ve been out of touch for years.
i dont drink soda on an empt stomach
jack up
/dʒæk/
to move or lift (something, such as an automobile) with or as if with a jack -what´s a jack?
- She jacked up the car to change the tire.
- He jacked up his shorts.
… steel rollers were situated at four points under the timber truss bridge, which had been jacked up above the temporary bridge.
—Civil Engineering
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a
to raise the level or amount of (something) : INCREASE
- jack up the price
- Most loans still do carry a bevy of fees … all of which have been jacked up—in some cases doubled—over the past year.
- The club jacked up cash prizes for the race to $514,000, almost double last year’s purse.
- the city’s powerful economy has jacked up demand for dwellings.
b
: to increase (something) in intensity, scope, etc.
- Jill says she jacked up her training last fall “because I had some shake-ups in my life, and I found that running helped me deal with it.”
- This Miami Vice rerun is a change-of-pace episode, with the comedy jacked up and the drama toned down.
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c
informal : to cause great excitement, enthusiasm, or energy in (someone)
- Nothing jacks up a rabid sports fan more than visiting a modern sports bar armed with a high-tech viewing experience …
- bounding about the stage like aerobics instructors after a quadruple latte, the group jacked up the crowd with “Let’s Get It Started” and its current single, “Don’t Phunk With My Heart.”
3
a
informal : to grab, shove, or handle (someone or something) forcefully
- One day, some jerk jacked him up against a locker. “I’m in the air, feet dangling,” recalls [Jim] Shea …
b
informal : to cause injury to (someone or something)
- Saturday I jacked up my neck and shoulder while I was warming up to play golf.
c
informal : to beat up or hurt (someone)
- A Gainesville man with a history of battery convictions has been charged with child abuse after police say he admitted to “jacking up” an 11-year-old boy, resulting in bruises still visible to officers three days later.
d
informal : to treat or confront (someone) in a harassing, rough, or overly aggressive and typically unwarranted manner
- In recent months, the service has increasingly been contacted by youths who say they were “jacked up” by police—stopped suddenly by anti-gang officers, frisked, questioned and sometimes roughed up, [David] Lynn said.
- And in the course of being jacked up by the police, many claim they have been man-handled or physically mistreated.
lemme back up a little bit back up,back down,
some meanings are missing…..
to give support to someone by telling other people that you agree with them
- If I ask for more money will you back me up?
- but tony said that you´d back him up/ you´ve backed him up
if traffic backs up, or if it is backed up, the vehicles are
in a long line and waiting to continue moving
- Traffic is backing up on all out-of-town routes.
- Cars were backed up for miles.
if a toilet, sink, or drain backs up, or if it is backed up, water cannot flow through it because something is blocking it (entupido)
- how i unclogged a drain
/klɑːɡ/
to move backwards a short distance
- I need everyone to back up about 10 paces.
make a car go backwards
- See if you can back up a bit further.
- back something up something: I’ll back the car up the driveway.
MAINLY AMERICANused for telling someone to return to something that was said earlier
- Back up: didn’t you say they had already met?
- wait, werent you dating
envious
/ˈen.vi.əs/
