Pack 4 Flashcards
Как должна была начаться Дюна
How dune should have started
the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in war
Carnage [ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ] / The Battle of the Somme was a scene of dreadful carnage.
Завидую твоему отсутствию
Jealous of your absence
The phrase *** is used when you have encountered the same people, events, or situations in an unexpected place or you have discovered that someone knows a person you also know.
A small world it is / It’s a Small World
the quality of being good and deserving praise (formal)
Merit / Her ideas have merit.
It means asking for an explanation or elaboration of something that one is told about.
And why is that?
the addition of more information to or an explanation of something that you have said
elaboration / This point needs greater elaboration.
If everything goes as expected? (idiom)
Everything as should be? / if everything is as it should be?
Let’s start from the beginning (formal)
Probably best if I start from the beginning
Something good that someone wanted very much to happen but seemed very unlikely, that does in fact happen
A dream come true / Winning all that money was a dream come true.
Just inform you (formal)
I’m merely making you aware of situation
Glad to work here (very formal)
It’s a pleasure and a privilege to be of service
Guilty pleasure (formal)
It sounds so wrong but it tastes so right
unable to produce plants or fruit OR unable to have children or young animals
barren (adj) / She became very depressed during the barren years when she was unable to paint.
a group of people who have the same job or interest
OR
a social organization for male students at an American or Canadian college
fraternity (noun)
to spend time thinking very carefully about a subject
to cogitate (/ˈkɒdʒ.ɪ.teɪt/) / ‘Let me see,’ said the manager cogitating after dinner.
Here she began to think actively and seriously.
Here she began actively and seriously to cogitate.
to start doing a job or being responsible for something that another person did or had responsibility for before
to take (something) over / She took over as manager two weeks ago. He took over from the previous headmaster in February.
not clear, open for interpretations
Ambiguous (adjective) /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/ / His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
To be not at all in the wrong; to be totally fine (slang)
to be golden / Don’t worry about it. You’re golden.
