phrases and idioms from: movies , speaking listening Flashcards
mull over
think carefully for some time
blaze
spishka
warm up
If an event warms up, it starts to become more interesting, enjoyable, or exciting:
The party was only just starting to warm up as I left.
to prepare yourself for a physical activity by doing some gentle exercises and stretches:
If you don’t warm up before exercising, you risk injuring yourself
collide
stolknutsa
(especially of moving objects) to hit something violently:
the two vans collided at the crossroads.
it was predicted that a comet would collide with one of the planets.
sink
zatonut
crew
ekipash
float
plit
exposure
vliyaniya
ripe
pishgan
sincerely
oddushi
sensitive
ranimiy , nejniy
sensible
здравомыслящий
flammable
ogne opasniy
greet
приветствовать
intense
сильный
maintain
podderjivat
furious
nemislimiy
assemble
sobirat
get on
to have a good relationship:
We’re getting on much better now that we don’t live together.
He doesn’t get on with his daughter.
get over
to accept an unpleasant fact or situation after dealing with it for a while: kechirishadi, o’tib ketadi:
They’re upset that you didn’t call, but they’ll get over it.
2) to return to your usual state of health or happiness after having a bad or unusual experience, or an illness:
She’s just getting over the flu.
It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.
3) If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.
How would they get over that problem, he wondered? [
turn down
If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.
Before this I’d have smiled and turned her down.
I thanked him for the offer but turned it down
2) If the rate or level of something turns down, it decreases.
The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.
She couldn’t listen to such loud music and turned down the volume
turn up
If the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced turns up, it increases.
I turned the volume up.
Turn the heat up high.
2) If a better situation or an opportunity to do something turns up, it happens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned:
Don’t worry about it - something will turn up, you’ll see.
This job turned up just when I needed it.
3) If something that you have been looking for turns up, you find it unexpectedly:
The missing letter eventually turned up inside a book.
Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony.
go off
If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working:
The lights went off in several villages because of the storm
2) If a gun or bomb goes off, it fires:
His gun went off accidentally.
3) to leave a place and go somewhere else:
She’s gone off on holiday with Tony.
4) Food or drink that has gone off has gone bad.
Don’t eat that! It’s mouldy. It’s gone off!
go on
to happen:
He likes to know what’s going on.
This war has been going on for years.
2) to continue:
Please go on with what you’re doing and don’t let us interrupt you.
We really can’t go on living like this - we’ll have to find a bigger house.
If you go on (= continue behaving) like this, you won’t have any friends left at all
3) If you say that a period of time goes on, you mean that it passes.
Renewable energy will become progressively more important as time goes on.
put on
When you put on clothing or make-up, you place it on your body in order to wear it.
She put on her coat and went out.
2) When people put on a show, exhibition, or service, they perform it or organize it.
The band are hoping to put on a U.K. show before the end of the year
3) If someone puts on weight, they become heavier.
I can eat what I want but I never put on weight.
4) If you put on a piece of equipment or a device, you make it start working, for example by pressing a switch or turning a knob.
She poured them drinks, and put a record on loud
5) If you put someone on, you deceive someone, often in a joking way:
He said they wanted me to do a show for the president, and I thought he was putting me on.
come on
to start to happen or work:
The heating comes on at six in the morning.
2) If you have an illness coming on, it is starting gradually:
I think I’ve got a cold coming on
3) said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something:
Come on - we’re going to be late if you don’t hurry!
Come on, Helen, you can tell me. I won’t tell anyone.
4) used to tell someone that you do not believe them or that you disagree with them, or to show that you are angry with them:
Oh come on, Kylie, you made the same excuse last week!
peruse
to read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in:
He opened a newspaper and began to peruse the personal ads.
A great way to relax to learn something new is to peruse a book.
addict
a person who cannot stop doing or using something, especially something harmful:
a drug/heroin addict
a gambling addict
humorous I’m a chocolate/shopping addict.
