Unit 6 Flashcards
Taking up all of your time or energy
All-consuming
A friendly relationship between people or countries
Amity
Always ready to obey sb’s order (idiom)
(Be) at sb’s beck and call
To ignore or turn against the principle or belief that you had previously supported in order to achieve sth or gain an advantage for yourself (idiom)
Betray the cause
An agreement made between two people or groups in which each sides gives up some of the things they want so that both sides are happy at the end
Compromise
An official written agreement
Contract
A sum of money that is given as the first part of the larger payment
Deposit
Great love, care and support for sb/sth
Devotion
To make people start disliking each other (idiom)
Drive a wedge between people
To try hard to get e. g. support or business (idiom)
Drum up support
A person whose job is to sell houses and land for people
Estate agent
An extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement that usually lasts only a short time
Euphoria
Making you feel happy and pleased about life
Feel-good (movie / story / factory)
To annoy each other (idiom)
Get on each other’s nerves
To become friends quickly and have a very friendly relationship (idiom)
Get on like a house on fire
To have a change of attitude towards sth/sb, usually making you feel more friendly, helpful, etc. (idiom)
Have a change of heart
To like sb (idiom)
Have a soft spot for sb
Used to describe a young person who thinks and acts in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person their age (idiom)
Have an old head on young shoulders
To have sb on whom you can depend for help and support (idiom)
Have somebody to lean on
That is argued about in an angry or excited way or with a lot of strong feeling
Hotly disputed (subject / theory / claim)
Very strong feelings of love or attraction for sb/sth, especially when these are unreasonable and do not last long
Infatuation
To remain calm in a difficult situation
Keep your head
A person or company from whom you rent a room, a house, an office, etc.
Landlord
A legal agreement that allows you to use a building, a piece of equipment or some land for a period of time, usually in return for rent
Lease
A person whose job is to manage your affairs when sb pays money to live in your house for a period of time
Letting agent
Calm and sensible; able to make good decisions even in difficult situations
Level-headed
Used to refer to two people who are too close to each other or spend too much time with each other (idiom)
Live in each other’s pockets
That can or does last for a long time
Long-lasting (battery / effect / relationship)
That will last or have an effect over a long period of time
Long-term (objective / prognosis / employment)
The quality of being faithful in your support of sb/sth
Loyalty
An extremely strong desire or enthusiasm for sth, often shared by a lot of people at the same time
Mania
A legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow.
Mortgage
Admired or held in very high opinion
Much-respected (idea / person / type of love)
The habit of admiring yourself too much, especially your appearance
Narcissism
To be unable to do sth because you know that it will make sb sad or upset (idiom)
Not to have the heart to
A formal letter or statement saying that you will or must leave your job or house at the end of a particular period of time
Notice
To formally promise continued support for a political party, religion, ruler, etc.
Pledge allegiance
To bring people together in order to help or support sb/sth (idiom)
Rally the troops
An amount of money that you regularly pay so that you can use a house, etc.
Rent
To defeat your opponents in a competition, battle, etc.
Rout (the enemy)
To destroy things and steal property in a town or building
Sack (a town)
Occurring after seven years
Seven-year (itch / campaign / romance)
Used to describe an idea or a way of looking at a situation as being better or more positive than it really is
Rose-tinted (glasses / lens / view)
To be very upset by sth that sb says or does (idiom)
Take sth to heart
A person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it
Tenant
To cause a protest against authority, especially that of a government, to happen suddenly and often involving violence
Trigger revolt
Used to tell sb to think about sth, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said sth stupid (idiom)
Use your head
To begin and continue a war, a battle, etc.
Wage war
To allow your feelings to be seen by other people (idiom)
Wear your heart on your sleeve
To persuade sb to do anything that you want (idiom)
Wrap sb round your little finger
