Ratatouille Flashcards

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Dazzling

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Something extremely impressive or brilliant, often in a visual captivating way

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Picky

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Someone excessive selective about something, when it comes to choices and preferences.

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To Savor

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To fully enjoy or appreciate something, often by taking the time to enjoy his taste, aroma or other qualities.
Beyond just food or sensory experience, you can also save moments of success, love or accomplishment by fully immersing yourself in the joy they bring.

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Savor

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To fully enjoy or appreciate something, often by taking the time to enjoy his taste, aroma or other qualities.
Beyond just food or sensory experience, you can also save moments of success, love or accomplishment by fully immersing yourself in the joy they bring.

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To be “not for the faint of heart”

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Experiences, activities or situations that are challenging, demanding or intense and require courage, resilience and strong nerves to do.

E.g. Skydiving is not for the faint of heart.

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Scathing

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Something that is severely critical or harsh, often in terms of language or criticism.
E.g. The film received scathing reviews from critics

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To mope?

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To be sad, disinterested or lacking in energy. Or the act of being in the state of melancholy.

E.g. she couldn’t overcome her mopey mood after the breakup

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To uphold?

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To support, maintain or defend a principle, belief or value.

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Bold?

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Can be defined by showing a willgness to take risks,to be daring, confident and not afraid to stand out or make a statement.

E.g. She made a bold move by quitting her job to start her own business.

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Overreaching?

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They are trying to do too much or are extending themselves beyond reasonable limits.
It has a negative connotation!

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To be “hang by a thread”?

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Something in a very fragile or unstable situation, failure could happen at any moment.

E.g. The company’s financial situation was hanging by a thread when they found a rich investor to back the project.

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To “hit the road”

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To leave or depart on a journey or trip or to say that somebody has gone away.

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To pull something off

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To succeed at doing something which seems too difficult to be achieved.
You manage to do something well, even if the situation might not be so favorable.

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To jeopardize sth

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To put sth at risk or in danger of being harmed or lost. When you do sth that caould make a situation worse or cause a problem.

E.g. Leaving your homework until the last minute might jeopardize your chances of getting a good grade.

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To be decesead

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Adjective to refer to someone who has passed away.
Formal contest!

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To do some digging

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E.g. I’ll do some digging about the company’s financial history before making a decision to invest.

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Mark my words

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When you want the other person to remember sth you’re about to say.

E.g. Mark my words , the whole thing is highly suspect.

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To deafraud

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To illegally obtain money or property from someone by deceiving them or using fraudulent methods

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To blather about

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To talk continuously and often without much substance. The person who blather about sth, speaks in a rambling, foolish or meaningless manner.

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A Shortage of sth / surplus of sth

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1.A small quantity of smth, too little of sth or there isn’t enough of sth
2.A large quantity, too much of it more than you need or want

E.g Some people says there’s a shortage of jobs, bit I believe there’s a shortage of qualified people.