Unit 6. Active Vocabulary Flashcards
To remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them.
She was … after she was caught stealing from her employer.
He was … from his $165 000 job for … performance.
She has just been … (prep.) editor of the newspaper.
The company is reducing its workforce by … 500 employees.
She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer.
He was fired from his $165 000 job for poor performance.
She has just been fired as editor of the newspaper.
The company is reducing its workforce by firing 500 employees.
Treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment.
It’s not … (prep.) Joe to make him do all the work!
It’s not … that she’s allowed to go and I’m not!
It’s not … to blame me for everything!
She claims her article was a … comment on a matter of public interest.
He offered to do all the cleaning if I did all the cooking, which seemed like a … deal.
It’s not fair on Joe to make him do all the work!
It’s not fair that she’s allowed to go and I’m not!
It’s not fair to blame me for everything!
She claims her article was a fair comment on a matter of public interest.
He offered to do all the cleaning if I did all the cooking, which seemed like a fair deal.
To use drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury.
He is being … (prep.) a rare skin disease.
Western medicine tends to … the symptoms and not the (причина).
He is being treated for a rare skin disease.
Western medicine tends to treat the symptoms and not the cause.
(Phrase) If you … … … … … , you show its good effects.
I’m afraid I’m not … very good … … the diet since I’ve actually put on weight!
I’m afraid I’m not a very good advertisement for the diet since I’ve actually put on weight!
Based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas or understanding.
A … answer/compromise/option.
I think the … thing to do is (позвонить) before you go and (спросить) for directions.
It would be … (взять) an umbrella.
A sensible answer/compromise/option.
I think the sensible thing to do is phone before you go and ask for directions.
It would be sensible to take an umbrella.
Having finished a training course, or having particular skills, etc.
Tim is now a … architect.
What makes you think that you are … (prep.) this job?
I’m not … (давать) advice on such matters.
Tim is now a qualified architect.
What makes you think that you are qualified for this job?
I’m not qualified to give advice on such matters.
Used when you are agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly.
…, I could have tried harder but I still don’t think all this criticism is fair.
Admittedly, I could have tried harder but I still don’t think all this criticism is fair.
To receive money as payment for work that you do.
I … $30 000 a year.
How much do you …, if you don’t mind me asking?
You can’t expect to … (на жизнь) from your painting.
Coffee exports … (= …) Brazil many millions of pounds a year.
Brazil … many millions of pounds a year (prep.) coffee exports.
I earn $30 000 a year.
How much do you earn, if you don’t mind me asking?
You can’t expect to earn a living from your painting.
Coffee exports earn (= give) Brazil many millions of pounds a year.
Brazil earns many millions of pounds a year from coffee exports.
(Phrase) To fix an idea in the mind of (someone).
… … … …
Nobody … … me the need to save.
To impress something on.
Nobody impressed on me the need to save.
A list of the responsibilities which you have and the duties which you are expected to perform in your work.
job description
If something is … it is reasonable and is what you expect or deserve.
I thought it was a … price that she was offering.
I’m willing to do my … share (prep.) the work.
Alt the workers want is a … wage for the work that they do.
I thought it was a fair price that she was offering.
I’m willing to do my fair share of the work.
Alt the workers want is a fair wage for the work that they do.
To behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way.
My parents … us all the same when we were kids.
He … his wife very badly.
It’s wrong to … animals as if they had no feelings.
I … remarks like that with the … that they deserve.
My parents treated us all the same when we were kids.
He treated his wife very badly.
It’s wrong to treat animals as if they had no feelings.
I treat remarks like that with the contempt that they deserve.
The job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money.
He’s hoping for a … (prep.) the police …/as a police officer.
It helps if you can move a few … up the … … before taking time off to have a baby.
I … this new job because I felt that the … … were much better.
Elaine has become a real … woman/girl.
Judith is very …-…/-… .
He’s hoping for a career in the police force/as a police officer.
It helps if you can move a few rungs up the career ladder before taking time off to have a baby.
I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.
Elaine has become a real career woman/girl.
Judith is very career-minded/-oriented.
Not having good judgment or a good or useful purpose.
A … argument.
… killings/violence/deaths
A senseless argument.
Senseless killings/violence/deaths
An official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc.
You’ll never get a good job if you don’t have any … .
Do you have any t…/l…/m…/s…/a… …?
You’ll never get a good job if you don’t have any qualifications.
Do you have any teaching/legal/medical/secretarial/academic qualifications?
To get something that you deserve.
It’s been a tough six months and I feel I’ve … a few weeks (prep.).
Through the years she has … a… and e… .
It’s been a tough six months and I feel I’ve earned a few weeks off.
Through the years she has earned affection and esteem.
The way that something seems, looks or feels to a particular person.
It m…/g…/c… a very bad … if you’re late (prep.) an interview.
He likes to g… the … (that) he’s terribly popular and has l… of friends.
It makes/gives/creates a very bad impression if you’re late for an interview.
He likes to give the impression (that) he’s terribly popular and has loads of friends.
To say or write what someone or something is like.
Could you … your attacker?
He … the painting (prep.) detail.
Let me … (тебе) how it happened.
Could you describe your attacker?
He described the painting in detail.
Let me describe (to you) how it happened.
If a game or competition is … , it is done according to the rules.
It was a … fight.
It’s only … .
It was a fair fight.
It’s only fair.
The way you deal with or behave towards someone or something.
Peter g… special … because he knows the boss.
Peter gets special treatment because he knows the boss.
An ability to understand, recognize, value or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste and feel.
With her keen … (prep.) s… , she could tell if you were a smoker from the other side of the room.
My cold is so bad I’ve l… my … of s…/t… .
With her keen sense of smell, she could tell if you were a smoker from the other side of the room.
My cold is so bad I’ve lost my sense of smell/taste.
A general feeling or understanding.
Did you g… any … (prep.) how they might read?
The helicopters hovering overhead a… (prep.) the … of u… .
Did you get any sense of how they might read?
The helicopters hovering overhead added to the sense of urgency.
Easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed or angry.
Her reply showed that she was very … (prep.) criticism.
He was very … (prep.) his scar and thought everyone was staring at him.
Her reply showed that she was very sensitive to criticism.
He was very sensitive about his scar and thought everyone was staring at him.
An ability, characteristic or experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or activity.
Some nursing experience is a necessary … (prep.) this job.
One of the … you need to work here is a sense of humour!
Some nursing experience is a necessary qualification for this job.
One of the qualifications you need to work here is a sense of humour!
To agree that something is true, especially unwillingly.
He … his g…/m… .
She … (that) she had made a mistake.
She … making a mistake.
At first he denied stealing the money but he later admitted (to) it.
He admitted his guilt/mistake.
She admitted (that) she had made a mistake.
She admitted making a mistake.
At first he denied stealing the money but he later admitted (to) it.
2 nouns from ‘creative’.
… , … .
Too many rules might d… … .
… , i… and f… are the songwriter’s real talents.
Creativity, creativeness.
Too many rules might deaden creativity.
Creativity, ingenuity and flair are the songwriter’s real talents.
Things that make life more pleasant, such as good food and a comfortable place to live.
Creature comforts.
To make (someone) feel admiration and respect.
Their performance … the judges.
Your mother was clearly not … (prep.) our behaviour in the restaurant.
He tried to … me (prep.) his extensive knowledge of wine.
(fml) I’m afraid the new theatre f… to … .
Their performance impressed the judges.
Your mother was clearly not impressed by our behaviour in the restaurant.
He tried to impress me with his extensive knowledge of wine.
(fml) I’m afraid the new theatre fails to impress.
To decide that an organized event will not happen, or to stop an order for goods or services that you no longer want.
They’ve had to … tomorrows football match because of the bad weather.
The 7.10 train to London has been … .
They’ve had to cancel tomorrows football match because of the bad weather.
The 7.10 train to London has been cancelled.
If you experience something, it happens to you or you feel it.
We … a lot of difficulty (prep.) selling our house.
New companies often … a l… in their first few years.
It was the worst pain I’d ever … .
We experienced a lot of difficulty in selling our house.
New companies often experience a loss in their first few years.
It was the worst pain I’d ever experienced.
