S02E02 Flashcards
Noun + Compound Noun
- built-up resentment
- money issue
- text message
- drifter
- New Year’s Eve party
- stroke of midnight
- small/large intestine (of a pig)
- confrontation
- bowling alley (= a building where you go bowling)
- carpeted garage
- cordless phone
- gigahertz
- spectrum (= a complete range of radio, sound etc waves)
- lunatic
- a bike ride
- router
- a limp (= the way someone walks when they are limping)
- quirk (= a strange habit or feature of someone’s character, or a strange feature of something)
- squad car / patrol car (= a car used by police on duty)
- police blanket
- firmware
- encryption
- ethernet cable
- dummy
- imbecile
- lecture (= an act of criticizing someone or warning them about something in a long serious talk, in a way that they think is unfair or unnecessary)
Verb + Phrasal Verb
- pick up (= lift up)
- contain
- wash out
- keep sth up (= to continue doing something)
- run up (= to make something, especially clothes, very quickly)
- spit on (sb)
- pick up on sth
- live up to sth
- refer to sb/sth (as) (= to mention or speak about someone or something)
- gag
- spring for sth (= to pay for something)
- interfere
- unplug
- mock
- go over (to)
- text (him) back
- fill (yourself) up (= to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more)
- dine on (= to eat a particular kind of food for dinner, especially expensive food)
- come at sb/sth (= to move towards someone in a threatening way)
- make out (with) sb
- tip over
- beat (= to be much better and more enjoyable than something else)
When someone says a light-colored shirt washes someone out, they mean that the color of the shirt makes the person’s skin tone look pale, dull, or less vibrant.
pick up on sth: to notice something about the way someone is behaving or feeling, even though they are trying not to show it
live up to sth: if something or someone lives up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc
gag: to be unable to swallow and feel as if you are about to bring up food from your stomach gag on the smell of paint
if something interferes with a radio or television broadcast, it spoils the sound or picture that you receive
if you tip something over, or if it tips over, it falls or turns over
Adjective + Adverb
- flirty
- (kiss)-worthy moment
- needy (= needing and wanting a lot of love and attention)
- dorky (= physically or socially awkward or not fashionable)
- underrated
- departed (= dead – used in order to avoid saying the word ‘dead’)
- demonstrative (= willing to show that you care about someone)
- lovey-dovey
- coy (= especially of women, being or pretending to be shy, or like a child)
- per se (= by or of itself)
behaviour that is lovey-dovey is too romantic
Collocation (verb+noun)
- save sb the trouble (of doing sth)
- make up an excuse
- crack jokes (on/about)
- get/gain a reputation
- show affection
- install new drivers
Collocation (adj+noun)
- built-up resentment
- bare/absolute minimum (of)
Collocation (verb+adverb)
- highly doubt it
Phrase + Idiom
- public display of affection/grief/emotion etc (= showing your emotions so that everyone can see)
- lose touch with sb/sth
- be involved with sb (= to be having a romantic relationship with someone, especially a sexual one)
- fall (far/ a long way/ well) short of sth
- be ashamed of yourself/ who you are
- not (even) go there
- give sb hell
- be at it (= be involved in doing something)
- be off base (= to be completely wrong)
- the better/best part of sth (= nearly all of something)
- on the table
- not a chance (= there is no possibility)
- be worth doing sth
- make a fool of sb
- let sb in on sth (= to tell sb about sth that is secret)
fall short of sth: to be less than what you need, expected, or hoped for, or to fail to reach a satisfactory standard fall short of a goal/target/ideal
not (even) go there: to not start or think about or discuss a subject
the better part of a half hour
an offer, idea etc that is on the table has been officially suggested and someone is considering it)
I’m feeling a little bit disconnected from Alex.
You can’t go wrong here.
come to me in my dreams
has better chance of doing sth (than sb)
Why don’t you save us the stomping and swearing?
You know what takes real strength?
I would like for you to kiss me.
Did you know how embarrassing this is for me?
Don’t turn this on me.
I kind of feel like we’re spinning out here a little bit.
don’t be such a chicken
We’ve got intestines coming.
walk in the footsteps of the ancestors
This happens to be …
Why is that something we have to do?
What does that have to do with anything?
What do I do about tomorrow?
sleep easy
Kiss can also be worth waiting for.
You better get on it.
I thought you were. You totally have the sandals for it.
Walk with me?
