oxford word skills advanced 7 Flashcards
cute
of baby or puppies pretty and attractive
got chubby cheeks
slightly fat but in an attractive way
cheek
red-cheeked/hollow-cheeked/rosy-cheeked etc
a red-cheeked plump old fellow
2 [singular, uncountable] British English disrespectful or rude behaviour, especially towards someone in a position of authority
I’ve had enough of your cheek.
have the cheek to do something
He had the cheek to make personal remarks and expect no reaction.
She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants.
It’s a bit of a cheek, asking me for money.
What a cheek! Of course I read the instructions!
3 → cheek by jowl (with somebody/something)
4 → turn the other cheek
5 → cheek to cheek
6 [countable] informal one of the two soft fleshy parts of your bottom SYN buttock
→ tongue in cheek, → tongue-in-cheek
has got ginger hair
a bright orange-brown colour → gingery
freckles
/ˈfrekəl/ noun [countable usually plural]
freckles are small brown spots on someone’s skin, especially on their face, which the sun can cause to increase in number and become darker
wearing a brace to straighten her teeth
[countable] (also braces [plural]) a system of metal wires that people, usually children, wear on their teeth to make them grow straight
gorgeous
inf very beautiful and attractive
lovely
show sth off
show sth you are proud of
has got a paunch
/pɔːntʃ $ pɒːntʃ/
a fat stomach on a man
stick out
- be or push out further than sth else
2.be noticeable
be getting on for sth (80)
be nearly a particular age time or number
wrinkles
/ˈrɪŋkəl/ noun [countable]
1 wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old
Her face was a mass of wrinkles.
2 a small untidy fold in a piece of clothing or paper SYN crease
She walked over to the bed and smoothed out the wrinkles.
3 → iron out the wrinkles
—wrinkly adjective
frail
/freɪl/ ●○○ adjective
1 someone who is frail is weak and thin because they are old or ill
frail elderly people
her frail health
frail body/physique
mentally/physically frail
► see thesaurus at weak
2 something that is frail is easily damaged or broken SYN fragile
It seemed impossible that these frail boats could survive in such a storm.
the country’s frail economy
frailty
ˈfreɪlti/ noun (plural frailties)
1 [uncountable] the lack of strength or health SYN weakness
frailty of
the frailty of her thin body
2 [countable, uncountable] something bad or weak in your character SYN weakness
human frailties
doddery
/ˈdɒdəri $ ˈdɑː-/ adjective British English
weak and not able to do things easily because of old age
Some of the patients are a bit doddery.
the key of sth
the thing that makes you able to understand or achieve sth
=the secret of sth
enhance sth
increase or improve the quality vaLUE OR status of sth
feature
a part of sb’s face or body
discreetly conceal the not-so-good ones
dɪˈskriːt/
in a way that others will not notice
discreet adj
indiscreet
conceal sth
/kənˈsiːl/
fml hide sth
guidelines
information that can help you to make a decision
vertical stripes
/straɪp/ ●●○ noun [countable]
1 a line of colour, especially one of several lines of colour all close together
a shirt with black and white stripes
vertical/horizontal stripes
2 → of all stripes/of every stripe
3 a narrow piece of material worn on the arm of a uniform as a sign of rank
create an illusion
make sth which is false appear true
flattering
makindg sb look more attractive
opp unflattering
That colour is very flattering.
exaggerate sth
/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/ ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive]
to make something seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is
I couldn’t sleep for three days – I’m not exaggerating.
it’s easy/difficult/impossible to exaggerate something
It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of sleep.
exaggeration
/ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃən/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable]
a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is OPP understatement
It would be an exaggeration to say that we were close friends.
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone will be affected by the new policy.
The situation can be described, without exaggeration, as disastrous.
slight/gross exaggeration
That sounds like a slight exaggeration.
drew attention to
attract sb’s attention
pay attention to
