Offe 4 Flashcards
Halfway round the country
A long distance
The other side of the counrty
He drove us halfway round the country
Relive
to remember clearly an experience that happened in the past:
Whenever I smell burning, I relive the final moments of the crash.
To live through something again
Bargain
something on sale at a lower price than its true value:
This coat was half-price - a real bargain.
Dilly dallying
towastetime,especiallyby beingslow, or by not beingableto make adecision:
Don’t dilly-dally - just getyourbagsand let’s go!
Warm to
to start to like someone:
I wasn’t sure about Sarah at first, but I warmed to her after we’d been out together a few times
Mam hss never really warmed to jock
Scribble
to write or draw something quickly or carelessly:
The baby’s just scribbled all over my new dictionary!
What are you doing scribbling on that map
Bald tyre
A bald car tyre is a tyre that has worn down to the point where the tread is no longer visible.
Pothole
a hole in a road surface that results from gradual damage caused by traffic and/or weather:
The car’s suspension is so good that when you hit a pothole you hardly notice it.
Jack
a piece of equipment that can be opened slowly under a heavy object such as a car in order to raise it off the ground:
You need a car jack in order to change a tyre.
Fair play to ya
Well done! That’s impressive!
I heard you got a promotion—fair play to you!
In fairness to someone
You use fairness in expressions such as in fairness to and in all fairness when you want to add a favourable comment about someone or something that you have just mentioned and to correct a false impression that you might have given.
In fairness to Bates, he always made it very clear that Webb was only on trial until the end of the season.
There is much more to be said, in all
Swap
to give something and be given something else instead:
When you’ve finished reading your book, and I’ve finished mine, can we swap?
Swap seats
Swap places
swap places
British English to let someone sit or stand in your place, so that you can have their place SYN change places
Can we swap places, please?
Flat
a tyre that does not have any or enough air in it :
We were late because we had to stop and fix a flat.
You tool
A guy with a hugely over-inflated ego, who in an attempt to get un-due attention for himself, will act like a jackass, because, in his deluded state, he will think it’s going to make him look cool, or make others want to be like him. The person may even insincerely apologize later on, but only in an attempt to get more attention, or to excuse his blatantly intentional, and unrepentantly tool-ish behavior.
Me hole
An expression common in Ireland. Similar to ‘my ass’.
A way of expressing disbelief. It seems to be derived from the expression “my eye!” which just wasn’t funny enough for the fun loving Irish.
IKEA??? Simple Assembly me hole!
