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.
excessive
/ɪkˈsesɪv/ ●●○ adjective
much more than is reasonable or necessary
his excessive drinking
$15 for two beers seems a little excessive.
—excessively adverb
excessively high taxes
excess N
exceed V
perspire
/pəˈspaɪə $ pərˈspaɪr/ verb [intransitive] formal
if you perspire, parts of your body become wet, especially because you are hot or have been doing hard work SYN sweat
Willie was perspiring heavily.
bear (something) in mind
/beə $ ber/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tense bore /bɔː $ bɔːr/, past participle borne /bɔːn $ bɔːrn/)
to remember a fact or piece of information that is important or could be useful in the future SYN keep (something) in mind
bear in mind (that)
Bear in mind that some children will need help
make generalization about sth
make general statement
generalize
imply sth
/ɪmˈplaɪ/ ●●○ W2 AWL verb (implied, implying, implies) [transitive]
1 to suggest that something is true, without saying this directly → infer, implication
imply (that)
Cleo blushed. She had not meant to imply that he was lying.
an implied threat
2 if a fact, event etc implies something, it shows that it is likely to be true SYN suggest
imply (that)
The high level of radiation in the rocks implies that they are volcanic in origin.
3 if one thing implies another, it proves that the second thing exists
Democracy implies a respect for individual liberties.
implication N
stubbornness
/ˈstʌbən $ -ərn
a determination not to change your opinion or attitude
syn obstinacy
stubborn obstinate adj
obstinate
/ˈɒbstənət $ ˈɑːb-/
stubborn
He was the most obstinate man I’ve ever met.
fancy sb
INF be attracted to sb
fiddle with something
keep moving or touching sth with your hand
fiddle with their hair
1 to move part of a touching machine in order to make it work, without knowing exactly what you should do
After fiddling with the tuning I finally got JFM.
2 to move or touch something that does not belong to you, in an annoying way
Don’t let him fiddle with my bag
stroke an earlobe
move your hand or fingers gently over the surface of sth
earlobe
the soft piece of flesh at the bottom of your ear
a clenched fist/jaw/teeth
/klentʃ/
show anger
o hold your hands, teeth etc together tightly, usually because you feel angry or determined
Jody was pacing the sidelines, her fists clenched.
folded arms
o bend your arms so that they rest together against your body
George stood silently with his arms folded.
imply stubbornness
lean towards
