Practical Everyday English Flashcards
Well off
Rich (doesn’t necessarily refer to money, also about opportunities, facilities etc)
Fussy
Difficult to please, not easily satisfied (picky, choosy)
To make a fuss
To complain, to be difficult (person, not a thing)
To make a fuss of / over
To show affection towards a person or animal; give someone a lot of care and attention
Stale
Unfresh (usually about bread, rare about air)
Stalemate
The situation where neither side in a dispute or negotiation can progress or win
To get one’s own back on someone/to get someone back
To get one’s revenge
To take after
To be similar to an elder member of the same family - usually in character rather than appearance
To tread (trod, trodden)
To step on something
to come over / to go over
- to come to someone’s house;
- to visit from abroad the country whee the speaker is situated;
to come over
- to happen to someone, to make someone do or say something strange
- to give a certain impression
- to be successfully communicated
to come round (also come to)
to wake up after an operation or fainting; to regain consiousness
to come round to
to agee with something eventually; (to accept the idea when there is no alternative)
to ask round
to ask over
to have round
to have over
to invite to one’s house
to ask round
to ask for information; to enquire about something from various people
reluctant
unwilling, unhappy about doing something
to turn up
to appear - often smth or someone which has been lost
upturn
positive change; improvement (usually in business or the economy of country)
a turn-up for the books
a great surprise
to turn down
to refuse, reject an offer, invitation etc
downturn
negative change; (usually in business or the economy of country)
