Unit 9 Flashcards
Don’t tell me you buy that story.
I can’t believe you think that story is true.
You’re such a skeptic!
You always doubt everything.
There’s no question Bogfoot is real.
Bigfoot is definitely real.
Get out of here!
You’ve got to be kidding.
You have such a wild imagination!
You think up some crazy things.
Seeing is believing.
I have to see it with my own 2 eyes to believe that it’s true.
cite
mention/show
fake
not true/real, fiction
confession
tell the truth
allegedly
say sth without proof
burden
carry sth difficult/unpleasant you have to deal with.
trace
try to find the origin of sth.
claim
say sth without proof
clip
a short part of film.
shaggy
long, rough, untidy hair
stage
fake
grainny
not clear
hoax
fake to fool sb
paranormal
cannot explain by science
pissed off
angry
fraudulent
obtained, done by, or involving deception, esp. criminal deception: the fraudulent copying of American software.
• unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities: he unmasked fraudulent psychics.
goosebumps
the pimples that form gooseflesh.
pimple->a small hard inflamed spot on the skin.
gooseflesh->a pimply state of the skin with the hairs erect, produced by cold or fright.
odd duck
strange man
perplexed
puzzled/confused
strange
bizarre/odd/peculiar/unusual
I don’t know
I have no idea
I’m not sure
Beats me
out-of-the-ordinary
unusual
You’re probably right.
acknowledge the other person’s opinion
Why else would…?
confirm your own opinion
get fired
your fault
get laid off
not your fault
to be made redundant
in UK
sever
end ( a relationship)
extort
v
scheme
v
Give me your digits!
Give me your phone nimber!
greed
n
conspire
v
lenient
adj
show off
boast
brag
transcript
wride down sth
dead-pan
cold-blooded
show no emotion
pokerface
something is off
sth doesn’t quite add up
there is something wrong
there’s sth to blow up in one’s face
Their plan backfired
Their plan didn’t work out the way they planned
They got busted
They got caught
Do the crime, do the time.
When you do
