Unit 5 Flashcards
to squeak
to make a short, very high cry or sound
inquiry
the process of asking a question
to concede
to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true
to serve sb right
sb deserves the given punishment
to make all the right noises
to say the things you are expected to say, sometimes when you do not mean them
e.g.: He made all the right noises about my audition but I couldn’t tell if he was genuinely impressed.
to be pithing your rights
to have the moral or legal authority to do something
by rights
if the situation was fair
e.g.: By rights, it should be my turn next.
to be as right as rain
to feel healthy or well again
e.g.: You just need a good night’s sleep, and then you’ll be right as rain again.
to put sth forward
to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan or person, for other people to consider
e.g.: The proposals that you have put forward deserve serious consideration.
to bring sth out
to produce something to sell to the public
e.g.: They keep bringing out smaller phones.
to devise
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination
to conceive
to imagine something
to cluster
to gather
to converge
to move towards the same point where they join or meet
e.g.: The paths all converge at the main gate of the park.
to rally
to regroup
to equate
to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing
to be in the midst of sth
- to do sth at the moment
2. sth is happening around you
maelstrom
a situation in which there is great confusion, violence, and destruction
e.g.: The country is gradually being sucked into the maelstrom of civil war.
to swirl
to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this
to unleash
to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled
e.g.: Rachel’s arrival on the scene had unleashed passions in him that he could scarcely control.
austere
very simple, without any decoration
ubiquitous /juːˈbɪk.wɪ.təs
omnipresent
to unearth
excavate
outwardly
externally, apparently
e.g.: Outwardly, their marriage seemed happy and secure.
to embellish
to decorate
tenure
- being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it
- the right to remain permanently in a jo
to stumble on sth
to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance
instance
example
