Longman Summit Flashcards
Put up with
To accept a bad situation or person without complaining (in separable)
Lay off
To stop employing a worker,especially for a period of time in which there is not much work to do (separable verb)
Run out of
Use all of something and not have any left ( in separable)
Run out of ( in separable )
Use all of something and not have any left
Go without
To live without something you need or usually have. (in separable )
Wipe out
To remove or destroy (separable)
Come down with
To become sick with a particular illness (in separable)
Carry out
To do something that needs to be organized and planned (separable)
Bring about
To make something happen (separable)
Come up with
To think of an idea ,plan, reply, etc.
Hypocritical
adjective
(To Express Disapproval) If you accuse someone of being hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. It would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70 mph simply because that is the law.
Unscrupulous
adjective
(To Express Disapproval) If you describe a person as unscrupulous, you are critical of the fact that they are prepared to act in a dishonest or immoral way in order to get what they want. These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous people.