Unit 10 Flashcards
To be or continue on harmonious terms
To get on in
Someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful
High-flier
Something that becomes successful very quickly
Overnight success
To give someone all the money that you have borrowed from them to buy something
Pay off
To be very successful
Ride high in the charts
Very successful
Thriving
To receive; be subjected to
Come in for
To encounter, especially a difficulty or major problem
Come up against
To act more forcefully to regulate, repress, or restrain
Crack down on
To accept sth
Face up to
To escape the consequences of
To get away with
To have interest in
To go in for
To admire
Look up to
To compensate for
To make up for
To explain something as being caused by something else
Put something down to something
Stand, tolerate
Put up with
Someone who presents a television or radio programme, especially the news
Anchor
to be looking at something and not paying attention to anything else
Be glued to sth
Cable television
Telewizja kablowa
Satellite television
Telewizja satelitarna
Terrestrial television
Telewizja naziemna
someone who spends a lot of time sitting at home watching television
Couch potato
news about something on television or radio or in the newspapers
Coverage
the most popular time for watching television, which is in the middle of the evening
Prime time television
the number of people who watch or listen to a particular television or radio programme
Ratings
Pilot TV
Remote Control
a television or radio series about a particular group of characters who deal with situations in a humorous way
Sitcom
a television or radio series about the imaginary lives of a group of people. A soap opera is often simply called a soap.
Soap
a cause with no chance of success
A lost cause
to be unsuccessful/to have an accident
Come to grief
To fail
Come to nothing
if something such as a deal, plan, or arrangement falls through, it fails to happen
Fall through
to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing or dealing with something
To make a mess of (doing sth)
to last until some time or until reaching some place
To make it to
to succeed in doing something, especially something that you have been trying to do for a period of time
Accomplish
a curved structure at the top of a door, window, or gate
Arch
to wave a weapon or other object around in your hand so that other people can see it
Brandish
To start laughing
Break into a fit of giggles
Sth is soon to be ended
Sth is brought to a close
to reduce the amount of something, especially money that you spend
Cut back on
a situation in which you do not have something that you need or want
Deprivation
Dwupasmówka
Dual carriageway
the ability to continue doing something physically difficult or continue dealing with an unpleasant situation for a long time
Endurance
Pass quickly
Flit
to worry about something continuously
Fret about
to make someone feel sad or lose hope
Get sb down
to frighten someone or make them nervous
Give sb the shivers
to give a task one’s best effort
Give sth one’s best shot
to shine with a soft weak light that is not steady
Glimmering
the skilful use of dishonest means to trick people or to make them do what you want
Guile
Unfortunate
Hapless
Bełkot
Gibberish
a situation that causes problems for you or that annoys you very much
Hassle
a leather container for a gun, that is fixed to a belt
Holster
always wanting more and never feeling satisfied
Insatiable
A difficult situation
Jam
be released or become known; of news; be leaked
Leak out
money or property that you arrange for someone to have after you die
Legacy
to relax and enjoy yourself because you are in a comfortable environment
Let hair down
left or caught in a place and unable to leave
marooned
behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone
Confrontational
a long stick with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat
Oar
if a thick liquid oozes from something, or if something oozes a liquid, a small amount of it flows out slowly
Ooze
off a boat or ship and into the water
Overboard
to create a difficult or dangerous situation
Pose a challenge
To move ahead, as in a race
Pull ahead
To perform in spite of difficulties or obstacles
Pull off
suddenly start to run or do something much faster than before
Put a spurt on
to say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true
Retract
income from business activities or taxes
Revenue
if a quality that someone has rubs off, it starts to affect another person so that they start to have that quality too
Rub off on
to believe that something dishonest, illegal, or wrong has happened
Smell a rat
to cry noisily while taking short breaths
Sob
to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings
Spark
to not allow yourself to be treated badly, especially by someone in authority
Stand up to sb
a company that is owned by a larger company
Subsidiary
a small door that covers an opening in a floor, ceiling, or wall
A trapdoor
to put something in a particular place, especially in order to keep it safe or hidden
Tuck
