Spiderman 1 Flashcards
Give the go-ahead
Give permission
Example:
The general gave the go-ahead to quest aerospace to build a prototype of their exoskeleton design.
Want ad
Well, let’s look in the paper and see.
There are the want ads.
Down-and-out
Destitute, impoverished
Example:
We have been down-and-out before.
But somehow we survive.
Crash
To sleep
Example:
I gotta crash. Everything is fine.
What’s that all about?
Black eye
Фингал
Example:
He’s just happy you didn’t give him a black eye for graduation.
Give it up for
Applaud a performer or entertainer
Example:
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Bone Saw McGraw.
Under one’s free will
You understand that NYWL is not responsible for any injury that you may and probably will sustain while participating in said event and you are indeed participating under your own free will?
Feeble
Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of old age.
Example:
I’m gonna rip all of your eight feeble legs off one by one.
Phrase 2
We’re picking up an unidentified object. Closing fast.
Foil
Prevent something from succeeding
Example:
Masked man foils robbery.
A brave policewoman foiled the armed robbery.
Get a load of this
Used to tell someone to look at or listen to something surprising or funny
Example:
Bobby! Get a load of this!
Make an inspection
Storman Norman is making his weekly inspection. He’s been half of it on the phone.
Phrase 3
I couldn’t accept it sir. I like to earn what I get.
Tender offer
A bid to purchase all of shareholders’ stock in a corporation.
Example:
They made a tender offer we can’t ignore.
Slander
A false spoken statement about someone that damages their reputation, or the making of such a statement
Example:
Spiderman wasn’t attacking the city.
He was trying to save it.
That’s slander.
