Unit 1 - 10 Flashcards
It was very cold
bitterly cold
A bitterly cold wind was blowing as we climbed the mountain.
it is very dark
pitch dark
He was driving a wagon at midnight, on a pitch-dark night, along a road behind the lines.
In winter it was already pitch-dark by 5.
fast cars/food
a quick glance/ a quick meal
keep/stick to the rules
powerful engine
to blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with
**pass the buck
Don’t try to pass the buck - this is your responsibility, not mine.
She’s always trying to pass the buck and I’m sick of it!
a big mean => can say a substantial meal
After giving Mark a lift to the airport, I made my way home. What an exiting life he led. At times Cathy felt desperately jealous of him. She spent her time doing little than taking care of him and the children.
Now her sister getting divorced and would doubless be making demands on her too. Cathy had promised to give her sister a call/ring as soon as she got home but she decided to run herself a bath first. She had a sharp pain in her side and hoped that a hot bath might ease the pain
- sudden to have/do sth
- a sudden and very large increase or reduction in something
- a sharp pain/bend/turn
- a sharp rise/increase/drop/decline
a very big and noticeable difference between two things
a sharp contrast/difference/distinction, etc
A sharp difference such as day and night
- I must find a way to help him
- Can you find your way back home
- I learned the hard way that Jack can’t be trusted
- I’ve tried every possible way to get him to change his mind
to prevent someone from doing something (way)
get in someway way
I never let unimportant details get in the way of a good plan.
She had a job which never got in the way of her leisure interests.
to be replaced by sth (way)
give way to
My exciment gave way to tears when I drove a car for the first time
You must give way to traffice from the left
experience/feel/suffer pain
alleviate/ease/lessen/relieve/sooth pain
a pain (in the neck) someone or something that is very annoying
- cause/inflict pain
- complain of pain
- pain subsides (less strong/become weaker)
* be racked with pain (suffer great physical or mental pain)
That child is a real pain in the neck
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- A pang of sth
- A surge of sth
- Burst into sth (cry,song,laugh)
- Roar with sth (to express an emotion such as laughter/anger noisily)
- A sense of adj
pose a problem
pose a threat
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swelling with pride
be filled with
place gently
happily married
smile proundly
fully aware (I know well)
blissfully aware (I have no idea)
- bored stiff (extremely bored)
- Passenger must not alight from the bus whilst it is in motion
- Cyclists must dismount here
- Trespassers will be prosecuted
- Please dispose of unwanted items in the receptacle provided
raise capital
- Computer factory to axe jobs (make staff redundant)
- Airline slash prices (cut prices drastically)
- Government spending will rocket this year
- Police crack down on speeding (start dealing with it in a severe way)
- Police quiz 16yo in murder case (ask questions)
go into partnership with s.o (agree to start a business with s.o)
Please open Page of 15 of Unit 5 to see Excercise 5
Unit 6: Intensifying adverbs
Highly: probability words (un/likely, probable, unusual, competitve/recommended, effective, successful, controversial)
Open page of 16 of Unit 6 to see more
