Phrase Flashcards

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Think about it.

A

Sleep on it.

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I don’t understand.

A

I don’t get it.

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I will pay the bill.

A

It’s on me.

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It’s my mistake.

A

My bad.

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Leave me alone.

A

Get lost.

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🇬🇧Slang
An old phrase used to call out a major victory or success.

A

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

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бедняга

A

You poor things.

You poor things, you must be exhausted.

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a woman who thinks that being happy and enjoying a relaxed lifestyle is more important than working too hard and putting herself under pressure

A

snail girl

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9
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a journey taken by an employee who then works remotely at the place they are visiting without telling their employer they are doing so

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hush trip

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10
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the father of a family who takes charge of organizing a holiday and likes to arrive at the airport very early, or anyone who behaves in this way when travelling with a group

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airport dad

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the situation when an extremely large number of people visit a place on holiday, so that the place is spoiled and life is made very difficult for the people who live there

A

hypertourism
/ˌhaɪ.pəˈtʊə.rɪ.zᵊm/

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12
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a collection of warm clothes to wear in cold weather

A

warmdrobe

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a patch of asphalt used to repair a road that is not the same colour, or sometimes the same material, as the road underneath it

A

street scar

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a type of phishing attack that uses QR codes to trick people into visiting websites or downloading files that will harm their computer or allow people to take money from them

A

quishing

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an attempt to trick someone into giving information over the internet or by email that would allow someone else to take money from them, for example by taking money out of their bank account

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phishing

Phishing emails can look as if they come from a real bank email address.

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