LXX Flashcards
au courant /oʊ kuˈrɑn/
fully informed on current matters; up-to-date
loin /lɔɪn/
a piece of meat from the lower part of an animal’s back
“roast loin of pork”
loins
the part of your body below your waist and above your legs, which includes your sexual organs
flay /fleɪ/
1) to criticize someone very severely
“She was well-known for flaying public officials in her daily column.”
2) to whip or beat someone very severely
3) to remove the skin from an animal or person, especially one that is dead
syringe /səˈrɪndʒ/
1) an instrument for taking blood from someone’s body or putting liquid, drugs etc into it, consisting of a hollow plastic tube and a needle SYN hypodermic
2) to clean something with a syringe, for example your ears
noun
1. سرنگ
verb
1. تزریق کردن
mould /məʊld/
1) a hollow container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, so that when it becomes solid, it takes the shape of the container
“Another method, used especially for figures, was to pour the clay into a mould.”
2) if someone is in a particular mould, or fits into a particular mould, they have all the attitudes and qualities typical of a type of person
fit (into) a mould
“She didn’t quite fit into the standard ‘high-flying businesswoman’ mould.”
in the same mould (as somebody/something)/in the mould of somebody/something
“a socialist intellectual in the mould of Anthony Crosland”
3) a soft green, grey, or black substance that grows on food which has been kept too long, and on objects that are in warm wet air → mouldy
“The chemical was used to kill a mold that grows on peanuts.”
“The walls were black with mould.”
4) to shape a soft substance by pressing or rolling it or by putting it into a mould
“mould something into something”
5) to influence the way someone’s character or attitudes develop
mould something/somebody into something
“I try to take young athletes and mold them into team players.”
6) to fit closely to the shape of something, or to make something fit closely
mould (something) to something
“The lining of the boot molds itself to the shape of your foot.”
Mould the sausage meat into little balls.
break the mould
to change a situation completely, by doing something that has not been done before
“an attempt to break the mould of British politics”
fungus /ˈfʌŋɡəs/
a simple type of plant that has no leaves or flowers and that grows on plants or other surfaces. mushrooms and mould are both fungi.
slough /slʌf/
slough something ↔ off phrasal verb
1) to get rid of a dead layer of skin
2) to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you
“The president wanted to slough off the country’s bad image.”
slough /slaʊ/ noun
1) a bad situation or a state of sadness that you cannot get out of easily
slough of
“Harry was in a slough of despondency for weeks.”
2) an area of land covered in deep dirty water or mud
reproach /rɪˈprəʊtʃ/
1) criticism, blame, or disapproval
“‘You don’t need me, ’ she said quietly, without reproach.”
2) a remark that expresses criticism, blame, or disapproval
“He argued that the reproaches were unfair.”
above/beyond reproach
impossible to criticize SYN perfect
“His behaviour throughout this affair has been beyond reproach.”
a reproach to somebody/something
something that should make a person, society etc feel bad or ashamed
“These derelict houses are a reproach to the city.”
decompose /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/
1) to decay or make something decay
“a partially decomposed body”
2) to divide into smaller parts, or to make something do this
den /den/
1) the home of some animals, for example lions or foxes
2” a place where secret or illegal activities take place
“corrupt gambling dens”
“a den of thieves”
3) an enclosed and secret place where children play
