UNIT 2 Flashcards
gruelling
exhausting and
extremely difficult.
treacherous
extremely
dangerous.
sever
to cut. He severed the rope
with a sharp knife.
confine
to restrict e.g. Reviews of his books are confined to
serious literary jounals. They are not
published in daily newspapers.
air one’s views
say
one’s opinion.
void (n)
a gap; an empty space
come in for (phr v)
receive.
set out (phr v)
start doing sth in
order to achieve a particular result. I banana
to write a short story but it ended up being a
novel.
crawl (v)
move on your hands and
knees.
second to none (expr)
excellent
ordeal (n)
a very difficuit and
unpleasant experience
adolescent (n)
a young person
who is changing from a child to an adult, a teenager
bitter (adj)
angry and disappointed. He
take sb aback (phr v)
suprise somebody
cheat death (expr)
stay alive in a
very dangerous situation
bunch
a group of people or things
screech (v)
shout unpleasantly
and loudly
spotty (adj)
having a lot of spots (or
pimples) on your skin.
hours on end (expr)
many hours.
breakthrough (n)
an important development.
plug (into) (v)
connect a
machine to an electricity supply
groggy (adj)
weak and ill
distance (v)
make sb/sth less
involved or connected with sb/sth else.
unrivalled (adj)
better than any
other. She succeeded in solving the
problem because of her banana
powers of concentration.
morals (pl n) /
standards for good
character and behaviour.
cut (sth) off (phr v)
stop the supply of electricity or water or access
to the telephone
blast (v)
criticise very strongly. The critics banana the actor’s terrible.
performance.
slam (v)
criticise severely. The team
was banana by their furious coach for losing
6-0.
ideal (n)
an idea that seems
perfect and worth trying to achieve.
burden (n)
sth that causes worry or
trouble. Owing money to the bank is a
financial banana he cannot bear.
offend (v)
upset. She banana
him by laughing at his appearance
phishing (n)
sending emails or
having a website intended to trick sb into
giving away personal information.
legitimate (adj)
lawful.
valid (adj)
legally or officially acceptable.
accessible (adj)
that can be entered, reached
loan (n)
money that sb or an
organisation lends sb.
bring down (phr v)
cause sb to
lose power.
max out (expr)
use all the money available.
domain (n)
a web address.
cut in (phr v)
interrupt sb while
they are speaking
get back at (phr v)
take
revenge.
stir up (phr v)
cause problems for
sb else.
take to (phr v)
start liking sb/sth
revenge (n)
zemsta
detractor (n)
a critic
hat trick (n)
three goals scored
by one player in one game.
under construction (expr)
still being made.
go blank (expr)
stop showing any
pictures (TV ect.)
in confidence (expr)
on the understanding that
you don’t tell anybody else, in secret.
out of context
repeated without saying in which circumstances it was said
on occasion
sometimes
to sb’s face
directly to sb
at a guess
probably
straight from the horse’s mouth (expr)
directly from the source
sing like a canary (expr)
reveal everything
wouldn’t say boo to a goose (expr)
used to
describe a shy and quiet person
a little bird told me (expr)
said by sb when they know who gave them the information being discussed but will not say who it was.
have a frog in one’s throat (expr)
have difficulty speaking because your throat feels dry and you want to cough.
cat’s got your tongue (expr)
sth you say to sb when you are annoyed because they will not speak.
bring down (pv)
cause someone to lose power
come in for something (pv)
to receive something, such as criticism
cut in
to intersect yourself into a situation e.g. start speaking while sb else is speaking
cut off
to stop
get back at
take revenge on someone
set out
arrange or display something in a particular order or position/ begin a journey
stir up
cause or provoke trouble or strong feeling
take sb aback
Surprise, shock sb
take to
begin or fall into the habit of doing something
evolve
develop
