TLF Flashcards
BBC English
rick to shoot him like that, in cold blood:”
On the previous evening we had visited the police station, where I gave evidence for Raymond-about the girl’s having been false to him
Very serious or great: a ghastly error
Meticulously precise: measured the line with pinpoint accuracy.
Extremely small; minuscule: pinpoint creatures.
Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion
Mr. Hindley had gone from home one afternoon,
and Heathcliff presumed to give himself a holiday on the strength of it
In a position of helplessness; stranded: went off and left me high and dry
To suffer a physical or mental breakdown, especially while under stress: feared that the troops would snap from fatigue
To flash or appear to flash light; sparkle: eyes that snapped with anger.
Slang. Having impressive or effective power or impact; formidable: had a killer smile
Slang. Something that is extremely difficult to deal with or withstand: an exam that was a real killer
jum·ble : To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly: jumble socks in a heap.
To muddle; confuse: The rapid-fire questioning jumbled the witness’s thoughts.
To be mixed in a confused way: dividers to keep the files from jumbling. A confused or disordered mass: a jumble of paper scraps.
We are almost done : nous avons presque fini
He told me he’d been having a roughhouse with a fellow who’d annoyed him. And then one day I found out she was doing me dirt.” I told her some home truths
Then he’d looked up some friends of his in the underworld, fellows who kept tarts for what they could make out of them, but they had practically nothing to suggest.
Still, as he pointed out, that sort of thing should have been right up their street; what’s the good of being in that line if you don’t know how to treat a girl who’s let you down?
He wanted to write her a letter, “a real stinker, that’ll get her on the raw,” and at the same time make her repent of what she’d done. Then. when she came back, he’d go to bed with her and, just when she was “properly primed up,” he’d spit in her face and throw her out of the room. I agreed it wasn’t a bad plan; it would punish her, all right.
But, Raymond told me, he didn’t feel up to writing the kind of letter that was needed, and that was where I could help. When I didn’t say anything, he asked me if I’d mind doing it right away, and I said, “No,” I’d have a shot at it.
The woman was still screaming and Raymond still knocking her about.
”but is that in order, calling a man a pimp in the presence of witnesses?”
anyhow, I had no use for the police.
At this he looked rather hurt, and told me that I always shilly-shallied, and that I lacked ambition
Marie came that evening and asked me if I’d marry her. I said I didn’t mind; if she was keen on it, we’d get married.
I did want to know, but I hadn’t thought of asking her, and I guessed she was making a grievance of it. I must have looked embarrassed, for suddenly she started laughing and bent toward me, pouting her lips for a kiss.
It would be a lowdown trick
Version DEUG
We tarried for an hour in the paceful ruins of : s’attarder
The war has wrenched them away
No one attributes faults to the Royal family imperfections
Later parliament reversed the verdict
( Ne pas calquer )
The law is attuned to social convention
Parliament would become an awovedly criticising party : de son propre aveu It can initiate measures
A class-ridden country
To make a preliminary costing
Handwritten in gothic lettering
Money-grubbing : cupide
A close-up : un gros plan
These brushes with publishers
A rigmarole of court cases : ribambelle
Crackpot : débile
Blasted to death by an electric shock : electrocuté
Daily outgoings : dépenses journalières
Petrol pump delivery nozzle : pistolet de distributeur d’essence
In my bouts of sleepness
Lumpy bearing : de forme irrégulière
To price some presents for the children
It costs upwards of 15 pounds
Interim settlement : règlement provisoire
Russel stood his ground
He was in no mood to listen
We’ve got to get straight with each other I see what you are getting at
It was going on eight thirty
Overnight she was on a respirator
Education credits
An all-around lack of discipline
Either we call backup : on demande du renfort
Gets popped : se faire mettre au trou
I was a trapeze artist , I countered
We cannot arrange a game of cricket but it pours : sans que
But my father does not rest assured While a crisis flared in Bosnia
He went to court
The photograph was obviously doctored
Non mais t’as vu ces fleurs sur la table : just you come and get a look at those flowers on the table Pricey
it is better to look on the bright side
Homestead
He has to handle the consequences
I like to make a point : j’aimerrais dire qqch : mettre en boule
Rejoinder
When she’s off heroin
The mayor’s associate wound up in jail I slept fitfully
He was taunting me as he had every right to do During the bouts of sleeplessness
He courted arrest on many occasions
Holding aloft a piece of card
Twenty four hours without sleep was taking its toll on Margaret ‘s patience I gave up on contacting anyone
Staring over at them
She said , tensing up
They broke down the back door one’s way : progresser le long de
He calls out for silence
Working himself into a rage
There was nothing in these letters in the way of news Squinting into the haze
As if he has been sandbagged : inf : coerce
Come off it!: expressing disbelief
Le Froid continues to stare out to sea
Krypton pockets his money
The old trees stumps poked through the stumps
He looked out to sea
His voice was portentous : impressionnante
The battle carried over well into the next afternoon
By late afternoon
He came to slowly
his will drained away slowly
Since the city would underwrite the cost
The painful break with her father
Nantucket was a far cry from Salem
A sure-fire cure for sea sickness
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There’s a girl behind it–as usual We slept together pretty regular *
in fact : there isn’t a clock on the mantel piece . come to that there isn’t a mantel piece
: he came back at Judy with a vengeance
his friends came by
come down on : to criticise : she came down on me
to attack : he came for me with his fists
i agreed to come in on the project : join
have a useful role : this is where grammar comes in
the boots also came in handy for kicking policemen
he has come in for a lot of criticism
winning the league won’t be a cakewalk for them
to collect so : i’ll call for you at seven
our active participation as spectators are called into play
i had not an item to call my own
she moved into the guestroom within call of her father’s room
