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Portfolio Flashcards

Vocabulary with its definitions.

1
Q

To get the wrong end of the stick

A

To misunderstand someone or something completely.

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2
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To shed light on something

A

To clarify or explain something unknown

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3
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Scorn

A

Feeling of disapproval or disdain

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4
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Cheap

A

Made to feel inferior

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5
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Turmoil

A

A state of confusion or anxiety

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6
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To fill somebody in on something

A

To tell someone about the details of recent events

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7
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To fulfil yourself

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To feel happy and satisfied with what one is doing or has done

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8
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Disarray

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A state of confusion and lack of organization in a situation or a place because something unexpected has happened.

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9
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Gibberish

A

Words that have no meaning or are impossible to understand. Nonsense.

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10
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Obnoxious

A

Very rude, offensive, extremely unpleasant

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11
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To loathe

A

To dislike something or somebody very much

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12
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To be wrapped up

A

To think so much about something or somebody that you do not notice anything else

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13
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To dump someone

A

To end a romantic relationship (not in good terms)

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14
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To be in two minds

A

To be unable to decide

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15
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To be plagued with something

A

To cause worry, pain or difficulty over a period of time

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16
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To make someone’s day

A

To make someone happy

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17
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Stunned

A

Felling so surprised or shocked that you are unable to act normally

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18
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Gullible

A

Used for describing someone who trusts people easily

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19
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To wind somebody up

A

To make somebody angry or upset

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20
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To get off on the wrong foot

A

To have a bad start in something

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21
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Top notch

A

Of the highest quality. The absolute best.

22
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To shudder

A

To shake suddenly with very small movements because of a very unpleasant thought or feeling

23
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At the top of your game

A

To be performing extremely well, so much so that you could not perform any better.

24
Q

A crush

A

A strong but temporary feeling of loving someone

25
Q

To turn someone down

A

To reject an offer or application made by someone

26
Q

To boost someone’s ego

A

To praise someone in order to raise their morale and make them feel better about themselves

27
Q

A meltdown

A

An occasion when a person becomes extremely upset and is not able to deal with a problem or situation

28
Q

To clear the air

A

To remove the bad feelings between people

29
Q

No hard feelings

A

Used for telling someone that you are not angry with them after an argument or disagreement

30
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To haunt someone

A

To keep coming to someone’s mind, particularly unpleasant or disturbing feelings or memories

31
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Hectic

A

Full of busy activity

32
Q

Understaffed

A

Not having enough workers and therefore not being able to function well

33
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To tell someone off

A

To speak to someone angrily for doing something wrong

34
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To play it by ear

A

To decide how to deal with a situation as it develops instead of planning what to do beforehand

35
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To kid yourself

A

To trick yourself into believing something that isn’t true

36
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Overwhelming

A

Very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot decide how to react

37
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A perk

A

An advantage, a benefit that you get from a situation

38
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Unsettled

A

Worried and restless

39
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Dread

A

A feeling of great fear about something that might or will happen in the future

40
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Puzzled

A

Unable to understand something, which causes confusion

41
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Excruciating

A

Used for emphasizing how bad something is. Very unpleasant to experience.

42
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To put someone off

A

To make someone not like something, or not want to do something

43
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A wreck

A

Something in a state of ruin or dilapidation

44
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Small talk

A

Informal conversation about things that are not important

45
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A predicament

A

An unpleasant situation that must be dealt with

46
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To be shaken

A

To be frightened because of something that has happened

47
Q

Thrown

A

To be surprised or confused because it wasn’t expected

48
Q

To ditch your plans

A

To get rid of something, to abandon

49
Q

A hurdle

A

Difficulty, part of a process that may prevent you from achieving something

50
Q

To fall out with someone

A

To stop being friends with someone because you have had a disagreement with them.

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