SAFETY AND DANGER Flashcards
ARACHNOPHOBIA
A very strong fear of spiders
Example: My sister has arachnophobia
AGORAPHOBIA
Fear of going outside and being in public places or of being in a situation from which it might be difficult to escape or in which help might not be available
Example: Suffering from agoraphobia, she’s afraid to even step outside her home
ACROPHOBIA
Fear of heights
Example: Acrophobia sufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely
TECHNOPHOBE
TECHNOPHOBIA
Someone who dislikes new technology, especially computers, and is not able to use it with confidence
Example: Even technophobes will find this new software simple to use
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
Fear of being in closed spaces
Example: He suffers from claustrophobia so he never travels on underground trains
GRAVE DANGER
(gran peligro)
Example: She is in grave danger
She find herself in situations that put her in grave danger
IMMINENT DANGER
Coming or likely to happen very soon
Example: For a man in imminent danger of losing his job, he appeared quite unruffled
He is in imminent danger of being kicked out of school
FRAUGHT WITH DANGER
Full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers
Example: The negotiations have been fraught with difficulties/problems right from the start
Our trip to the savanna was fraught with danger since the word go
RISK-AVERSE
Unwilling to take risks or wanting to avoid risks as much as possible
Example: He feels modern attitudes to children’s play are too restrictive and risk-averse
The inversors are risk-averse, they don’t want to mess up their money
CALCULATED RISK
A risk that you consider worth taking because the result, if it is successful, will be so good
Example: The director took a calculated risk in giving the film’s main role to an unknown actor
Investing in the company was a calculated risk, luckily it lift-off
INHERENT RISK//DANGER
Existing as a natural or basic part of something
Example: There are dangers/risks inherent in almost every sport
Parachutting has inherent risks but nothing ever happens
EXUDE
If you exude love, confidence, pain, etc., you show that you have a lot of that feeling
Example: She just exudes confidence
She excuded fear when we were doing bunjee jumping
FLUSHED
Red in the face
Example: flushed with anger/embarrassment
Flushed with anger/embarrassment
Flushed cheeks
DRENCHED
To make someone or something extremely wet
Example: A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us to the skin
The athletes were drenched in/with sweat
UNTHINKING
Not based on serious thought or an examination of the information
Example: What annoys me about these people is their unthinking hostility to anything foreign or unfamiliar
Neither adults nor children participate in culture in the mechanistic, unthinking way implied in social learning models of development
PEEK
To look quickly at sth. or sb. from behind sth. else, especially to something you are not supposed to see
Example: He took a quick peek at the movie from behind the couch
He tried to take a peek into my answers
PEEP
To look at sth. quickly and secretly, specially through a hole or opening
Example: He took a peep at her through the key hole
*To look at something because it´s compelling or atrcactive
He couldn’t avoid taking a peep at the painting
GLIMPSE
A quick look at someone or something that does not alow you to see them clearly
Example: He only caught a glimpse of her
Being so high in the sky, I only caught a glimpse of the citizens
GLARE
To look angrily at someone for a long time
Example: What did you do to Jhonn? He has been glaring at you for like an hour
I don’t know what I did to him, but he had been glaring at me since the morning
GAZE
To look at someone or something for a long time, usually giving it all your atention
Example: He has benn gazing at that work of art sonce we got here
I wish someone would gaze at me the way he gazes at her
GLANCE
A quick look
Example: He thow a glace at me, do you think he likes me?
He cast a glance at his ex, may be he still misses her
MENACING
Making you think that someone is going to do something bad (amenazador)
Example: A menacing look/gesture
He gave him a menacing look, may be because he stole his girlfriend
SURREPTITIOUS
Done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
Example: She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn’t help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock
They had a surreptitious affair, it all ended when her boyfriend found out
FLEETING
Short or quick
Example: A fleeting glimpse
This is just a fleeting visit, what could go wrong?
UNFLINCHING
Not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty
Example: He has shown unflinching determination throughout the campaign
He gave an unflinching gaze at his oponent before the fight started
FURTIVE
(of people) Behaving secretly and often dishonestly, or (of actions) done secretly and often dishonestly
Example: I saw him cast a furtive glance at the woman at the table to his right
There was something furtive about his behaviour and I immediately felt suspicious
STEELY
(of a person’s behavior or character) hard and strong as steel
Example: Only their steely determination to survive kept them going
He has this steely determination which enables him to accomplish anything he wants
SNEAKY
Used to describe something you do, eat, or drink especially when you do it without telling anyone or when you should not really do it
Example: She snuck out for a sneaky cigarette
There’s always the temptation to take a sneaky peek at the presents under the Christmas tree
INTENT
Giving all your attention to something
Example: An intent stare
She had an intent look on her face
MEAKE HEAVY WEATHER OF STH.
To treat (something) in a way that makes it seem more important or difficult than it really is
Example: She’s making such heavy weather of that report she’s writing
An actor who makes heavy weather of what should be a simple scene
RIDE THE STORM
To manage not to be destroyed, harmed, or permanently affected by the difficult situation you experience
Example: It was a difficult time but they managed to ride out the storm
TAKE STH./SB. BY THE STORM
To quickly become very successful or popular in (a particular place) or among (a particular group)
Example: The writer has taken the literary world by storm.
The new fashion has taken London by storm.
KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON SB./STH.
To watch a particular situation closely to see what happens
Examaple: They are well accustomed to keeping a weather eye on currency movements
Your weight can be a strong indicator of your general health, so it’s important to keep a weather eye on it
A STORM OF PROTEST
A lot of protest on one particular subject of a very big one
Example: They never realised that they had stage a storm of a protest like that
BLM was a storm of a protest
A STORM IN A TEACUP
A lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important
Example: The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup
This matter is a storm in a teacup; it is an argument about nothing
SOOTHE
To make someone feel calm or less worried
Example: The presence of familiar other soothes us and counteracts our fighting insctincs
To soothe a crying baby
COUNTERACT
To reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect
Example: Drinking a lot of water counteracts the dehydrating effects of hot weather
This is a drug used to counteract fatigue
POIGNANT
Causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness
Example: It is especially poignant that he died on the day before the wedding
The photograph awakens poignant memories of happier days
ORDERLY
Well arranged or organized
Example: She put the letters in three orderly piles
People were among strangers but were nonetheless orderly and cooperative
UNDERMINE
To make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually
Example: Criticism just undermines their confidence
The president has accused two cabinet members of working secretly to undermine his position/him
DRASTICALLY IMPROVED
Thas has improved a lot and unexpectedly
Example: The economic situation has drastically improved over the past ten years
There has been a drastic improved in the security system
VITALLY IMPORTANT
Extremely important
Example: Doing check ups once a month is vitally important
This news are vitally important, they could change her whole career
GRAVELY MISTAKEN
very wrong
Example: He was gravely mistaken in asking her out
He thought I had done it but he was gravely mistaken
WILDLY INACCURATE
extremelly inaccurate or uncontrollably inaccurate
Example: His comments on the subject were wildly inaccurate
His speech mentioning all that was wildly inaccurate
WHOLLY PREFERABLE
completely preferable
Example: Buying that computer was wholly preferable than the other one
That date to go on holiday is wholly preferable
WHOLLY OPPOSED TO
completely opposed to
Example: He was wholly opposed to the demolition of the park
He was wholly opposed to abortion at first, but after investigating, he changed his perspective
WHOLLY UNFOUNDED
completely unfounded
Example: His opinions are wholly unfounded
His speach was wholly unfounded
WHOLLY MISTAKEN
completely mistaken
Example: Her assumptions were wholy mistaken
Her conclusions were wholly mistaken
WHOLLY JUSTIFIED
completely justified
Example: His actions were wholly justified
She said that the way she acted was wholly justified
VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO
intensely opposed to
Example: He was vehemently opposed to capital punishment
The government was vehemently opposed to the legalisation of abortion
DEEPLY UNPOPULAR
not popular al all
Example: he was deeply unpopuar in high school
His ideas are deeply unpopular
DEEPLY OPPOSED TO
completely opposed to
Example: he was deeply opposed to her actions
She was deeply opposed to the Trump administration
DEEPLY OFFENSIVE
extremely offenive
Example: her actions were deepy offensive
Her words were deeply offensive
