Styles Of Language Flashcards
Informal spoken idioms, common spoken responses, more formal idioms, legal context, formal prepositional verbs, idioms in written English
What is your opinion of something?
What do you make of the new guy?
Be paying all your attention to something.
I was glued to it.
Something that is not particularly good or interesting.
Nothing to get excited about
Bolo to Nic moc
Nothing to write home about
Not be something that you enjoy, though others might enjoy it.
Didn’t see it. it’s not my idea of fun
You are sure to get it or achieve it.
Je to v kapse.
It’s in the bag
Have the possibility of succeeding something
I think we are in with a Chance
It will be difficult to do
It will take some doing.
Used to say that the opposite of what somebody says is true.
Vôbec nie
Far from it.
Used to say that something especially criticism has no effect on somebody
To je ako hrach na stenu hádzať.
It is water off a duck’s back to him
Feel or be unfairly treated.
Myslím že sa cítil že sme boli na neho moc tvrdí
I think he felt a bit hard done by.
Yes, please.
I wouldn’t say no.
Be thinking about sth else
Be miles away.
I’m sorry I was Miles away.
Leave a place
Mali by sme sa pohnúť….
Make a move.
We would better make a move or….
Have difficulty in doing something
Budeme mat problém dostat sa tam načas.
Be pushed to do something.
We will be pushed to get there on time.
