Native Flashcards
very thorough and with careful attention to detail
To be meticulous
someone who talks a lot
To be a chatterbox
behaving in a confident way in which you are quick to express your opinions and feelings
To be assertive
working hard and careful to do things well
To be conscientious
behaving and talking in a loud and confident way that annoys other people
To be brash
behaving in a way that is intended to impress other people but seems false or too deliberate
To be pretentious
not willing to let anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do
To be determined
to manage to do something bad without being punished or criticized for it
To get away with something
to believe or accept something, especially something that is unlikely to be true or reasonable
To buy it
a lie told to avoid making someone upset, not for your own advantage or in order to harm someone else
A white lie
to pretend to be a particular person or type of person in order to trick people
To pose as someone
to hurry to do something
To be a rush
to show the events that happened in a situation by doing them again or by doing the same things as the people involved (??)
To act one’s way out of doing something
extremely unusual and likely to shock people or make them laugh
To be outrageous
not bright, shiny or interesting
To be dull
completely stupid, unreasonable, or impossible to believe
To be absurd
behaving or dressing in a way that deliberately attracts attention
To be flamboyant
extremely silly
To be ludicrous
involving new, different, or exciting ideas
To be imaginative
of the usual, traditional, or accepted type, instead of being new and different
To be conventional
to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they have done something bad to you. The legal claim is called a lawsuit
To sue someone
money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury
To be awarded in damages
to force someone to leave a place or group
To be thrown out (of court)
To win a case in court
To win a case
someone whose job is to make decisions in a court of law
The Judge
a group of people, usually 12, who judge a court case.
The Jury
someone who brings a legal case against someone else in a court of law.
The Plaintiff
someone who has been accused of a crime and is on trial
The defendant
to die
To pass away