oxford word skills advanced 8 Flashcards
jump to conclusions
syn leap(jump over sth/huge raise) to conclusions
to form an opinion about something before you have all the facts
gesture
Meaning 1: a movement of part of your body, especially your hands or head, to show what you mean or how you feel
ADJECTIVES
a rude gesture
Luke made a rude gesture with his finger.
an obscene gesture (=extremely rude)
The player was fined for making an obscene gesture at the referee.
an angry/threatening gesture
One of the men made a threatening gesture, and I ran.
VERBS
make a gesture
He made a gesture of annoyance.
misinterpret sth
to not understand the correct meaning of something that someone says or does, or of facts that you are considering SYN misread, misconstrue
Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted.
misinterpret something as something
She had misinterpreted his silence as anger.
eye contact
not necessarily
possibly, but not certainly
That is not necessarily true.
observe sth
FML see or notice sth
observant
good or quick at noticing things
a quiet and observant person
Supervisors are trained to be observant.
the writer’s observant eye for detail
2 obeying laws, religious rules etc
observant Jews
observation N
combination
a mix of two or more things combine V
display sth V
show signs of sth often a quality or feeling
display N
look out for sb/sth
to pay attention to what is happening around you, so that you will notice a particular person or thing if you see them → lookout
Look out for your Aunt while you’re at the station.
He’s looking out for a nice apartment downtown.
2 to try to make sure that someone is treated well
My older brother always looked out for me when we were kids.
look out for yourself/number one (=think only of the advantages you can get for yourself)
look out for any or all of these that a person
go red
become red in the face often when you are angry or embarrassed
sweat
to have drops of salty liquid coming out through your skin because you are hot, ill, frightened, or doing exercise SYN perspire
I was sweating a lot despite the air conditioning.
sweat heavily/profusely (=sweat a lot)
Within minutes she was sweating profusely.
sweat like a pig/sweat buckets informal (=sweat a lot)
basketball players sweating buckets
sweat 2
WORK [intransitive, transitive] informal to work hard
They sweated and saved for ten years to buy a house.
sweat over
He’d sweated over the plans for six months.
sweat blood/sweat your guts out (=work very hard)
I sweated blood to get that report finished.
We’ve been sweating our guts out here!
3 WORRY [intransitive, transitive] informal to be anxious, nervous, or worried about something
Let them sweat a bit before you tell them.
sweat bullets American English (=be very anxious)
Workers are sweating bullets over the possibility of job losses.
