Unit 1 Flashcards
You’d better invite mina to your party. After all , she is a good friend.
After all: despite everything ; when everything has been considered.
You’d better break the news to your father carefully. After all, you don’t want him to have a heart attack!
Break the news: to make something known.
A college education in Amercia costs an arm and a leg.
Cost an arm and a leg: to be very expensive.
Yasaman worked many dead-end jobs before finally deciding to start her own business.
She realized that working as a cashier was a dead-end job.
Dead-end job: a job in which there is no chance of progressing to a better, more important job.
Let’s face it! If you don’t have a college degree , it can be difficult to find a high-paying job.
Let’s face it: accept a difficult reality.
There was a strange man following me around the grocery store. He was giving me the creeps!
Living next to the graveyard would give me the creeps.
Give sb the creeps:to cause sb to have uncomfortable feelings like horror or disgust.
Frank’s new business failed, so he had to go back to the drawing board.
Go back to the drawing board:
To start again from the beginning.
My company lost $3 milion last year. We might go belly-up.
Go belly-up:
To go bankrupt
Poor paul! He was given the ax 2 days before Christmas.
Give sb the ax: to fire someone
He always loses his temper when his kids start talking on the telephone during dinner.
He lost his temper when his kid was mading rude gestures.
Lose one’s temper: to become really angry
There is no point in worrying about things that you can’t change.
No point in: no reason to, it’s not worth.
For many years, she put up with her husband’s annoying behavior Finally , she decided to leave him.
Put up with: to endure without complaint.
Your advertising campaign was a real flop.
The company was in trouble after its new product flopped.
Real flop or flop: failure.
The team seemed to be heading for disaster until a late goal saved the day.
Save the day: to prevent a disaster or misfortune.
He socred 100% on his science test, he is as sharp as a tack.
(As) sharp as a tack: very intelligent.
