Vocab Flashcards
Indigenous/Autochthonous
Native
Forthcoming
Upcoming, coming (come out book,film record)
Down-to-earth (in the context of this text)
Matter of fact, not abstract, simple, realistic
Accounts (give an account)
Experiences, perspectives, stories (describing sth.)
Reluctant
Hesitant, unwilling, reluctance
Country bumpkin
A person from countryside considered stupid
Resentment
Hatred, grudge, bitterness, indignation (indignant), resentful (resent)
Defiant
Resistant, uncooperative, defiance, defy, defying, defied,
Pruning
Trim
Presume
Assume, suppose, presumption, presumably
Moan
Complain, whine, grummble
Influx
Inflow, arrival of a large number of people
(One) can only do so much
You’ve done everything you can to
Legislate
Make/enact laws legislation
To account for sth.
- Represent/make
2explains why sth. is the case
Playing up
Misbehave
Fell out
Have an argument
Buy up
Buy everything that is available
Sell up
Sell everything that you have
Die out
Go extinct
Fragrance
A pleasant sweet smell
Sentient being
One who perceives and responds to sensations of whatever kind
Congenitally anosmic
A condition in which people are born without a sense of smell
Articles
Objects, items
Fumes
An amount of gas or vapour that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale
Delicious smell
Having very pleasant taste or smell
Alas
Used to describe/ express grief pity or concern
Challenged (visually, physically, mentally, olfactorily)
Politically correct way to say hendicap
Attend
Don’t compare
Hob burner
The flat top part of a cooking stove
Aurally
With regard to sound or ear (alert with sound)
Bouts
A brief period of illness
Best before dates
Expiration dates
Assiduously
With great care
Mugful
The quantity that can be held in a mug
Mug
Big ceramic
Cup
Small
Olfaction
Sense of smell
Enormous
Very large
Consistency
Consistent behaviour (steadiness, stability)
Relied
Depend
Cope
Manage
Distinguish
Recognise
Nuance
A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, sound, fine distiction
Body odour
The unpleasant smell of persons unwashed body
Subliminal information
Existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness
Backdrop
Serve as a background to? The view behind sth ? The general situation in which particular events happen
Trigger
Activate
Nasal polyps
Soft growths on the lining of the nose or the spaces inside the nose
Rectify
Put right, correct
Enquire
Ask, investigate
Integral
Essential, fundamental, basic
Have to soldier on
To continue to do sth even though it is difficult
Draw comfort
The feeling of solace and reassurance that one may get from given someone
Reminisced
Remember (with pleasure)
Wistfully
With a feeling of vague or regretful longing
Intrigued
Interest, fascinate
Take you back (in time)
Go back into the past
Immunotype
The form of a compound that has separate immunological characteristics
Offspring
Child
Potable
Drinkable
Savoury
Morally wholesome or acceptable
Unsavoury character
Dishonest, don’t want him around you
Sweet and savoury food
Slatka slana
You can rules of etiquette (in a good sense)
Follow abide by observe
You can rules of etiquette (in a bad sense)
Break breach
Make a gaf
Mistake or breach of rules of etiquette
Make a faux pas
Make a mistake in etiquette
Keeps time
To maintain a set rhythm,beat,tempo
Last resort
A final course of action, used only when all else has failed
First resort
What you will do first before you try other things
Stifling humidity
Extremely hot, with a lack of fresh air
Social conduct
All the interpersonal behaviours that someone exhibits in the social context
Transcendent
Beyond or above the range of normal human experience
Stroking
Move ones hand with gentle pressure over a surface repeatedly
Bobbing up and down
To move up and down quickly and gently
In time to/with sth
if you do something in time to a piece of music, you do it using the same rhythm and speed as the music
No avail
Without any success or effect
Resort to
To do sth that you dobro want to because you cant find any other way
Fruitless
Actions, events or efforts that do not achieve anything at all
Seething
Filled with or characterised by intense but unexpressed anger
Righteous indignation
Anger that is motivated by a perception of injustice
Laissez- faire attitude
The idea that people should be free to choose how to do things, without too much control from someone in authority
(Set of) drawback(s)
Flaw, disadvantage
Flick through
Look quickly through a book, magazine
Mischief
Naughtiness
Indulge
Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of
Leisure
Free time
Converse
Engage in conversation
Merely grotesque extension
Just strange and unpleasant addition
The downside of
The negative aspect of sth otherwise seen as good/desirable
Admittedly
I have to admit
Far too stifling
Rigid, suffocating, strict rules
Oblivious
Unaware
Stem from
Caused by
Cocooned
Envelop in a protective or comforting way
Unabashed
Shameless
Sth makes you blood boil
It makes you very angry
Have your hand full
Be so busy that you don’t have time to do anything else
Fed up to the back teeth
Very fed up
Up to ones neck in sth
Deeply involved in or affected by sth
Be up to your eyes/ears in sth
To be very busy doing sth
Break ones neck
To make a great effort
Be under someone’s feet
Keep getting in someones way when they are trying to do sth
Be stuck in a rut
Have a routine
Low turnout
(How many people showed up) not many people showed up
Heavy downpour/ deluge
A heavy fall of rain
Sharp upturn in
Increase/ rise in
On low income
Low earnings/ low salary
Serious outbreak of
A sudden occurrence of sth unwelcome such as war and disease
Insight
The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something
Outcome
The way a thing turns out, result
Setback
A reversal or problem in progress
Output
The amount of sth produced by a person, machine or industry
Upbringing
The treatment received by a child from its parens ; raising
Breakdown
Failure, collapse
Upset
Severe loss
Give someone a cold shoulder
Intentionally ignore someone or treat them in an unfriendly way way
Point a finger at someone
Accuse someone of being responsible for sth bad
Turn a blind eye to sth
Pretend not to notice
Keep an eye out/on
Keep under careful observation/ with particular attention
Make eyes at someone
Look at someone with sexual inerest
Do sth with your eyes open
Knowing about all the problem that could emerge
Eyeing you up
Look closely at sth that you were interested in
Keep your ear to the ground
Pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying
Turn a deaf ear
Ignore someone when they complain or ask for sth
Play it by ear
Decide how to deal with situation as it develops rather than acting according to plans
Look down his nose at
Thin or treat someone/sth as unimportant or not worthy respect
Follow ones nose
Trust to one’s instincts
To cut off your nose to spite your face
They do sth that they think will hurt someone, without realising that it will hurt them as well
Bite your lip
Prevent yourself from showing your reaction to sth by speaking or laughing
Keep a stiff upper lip
To not show your feelings when you’re upset
Pay lip service to
To publicly support or approve of sth while actually taking no action to produce it
Mouthing apologies
Say something in a way that is not sincere
Live from hand to mouth
Have hardly enough food or money to live on
Get out of hand
Become difficult to control
At the hand of
Done or caused by
Sit on your hands
Do nothing about a problem
Wash your hands of sth
Intentionally stop being involved or connected with someone/something
Keeping me at arm length metaphorically
Keep someone at distance
Keeping me at arm length literally
Arm length; close
Talk about someone behind their back
Without someones knowledge
Live off the backs of someone
Use money and resources of another group of people to survive and give nothing in return
Pull ones leg
Deceive someone playfully
Not have a leg to stand on
To be in a situation in which you cannot prove something
On its last legs
In such a bad condition that it will soon be unable to work
Put your foot down
Use your authority to stop sth happening
Have your feet on the ground
Sensible and practical attitude
Set foot in
To go to a place
Drag your feet
Do sth slowly or not start it because you dont want to do it
Drift off
Gradually start falling asleep
Wandering around
Aimlessly walking around
Looking a wreck
Emotional wreck, looking terrible
Contemporary
Current
Letting down their defences
Being vulnerable
Short-term
Happening, existing or continuing for only a little time
Downsizing
Make (a company or organisation) smaller by eliminating staff
Redundancy
The state of being no longer needed or useful
Fairly invincible front
Rather untouchable facade
Siege
Opsada
Ambush
Zaseda
Prevail
Prove more powerful or superior
To keep me at bay
Keep at distance
To air
To say
Took pains/ take pain to do sth
Put a lot of effort to do sth
Painstaking
Done with great care
Stumble
Come across/found accidentally
Diminish
Make it smaller
Job for life
Stable job
Reticent
Reticence, closed, reserved, not showing emotion
Reluctance to break away
Hesitation, unwillingness
Cuddly
Gentle
Frailty
Vulnerability
Agility
Opposite of frailty
Common sight
something that is seen often or usually in a particular plac
Erode/eroding
Gradually destroy
Kinship
Relationships / familiar
Prosperity
Financial success
Jos neke reci
Relate to, acts of, calling on
Put someone down
Make them feel bad
Turn your back on someone
Betray them
Put a strain on something
Cause problems
Take to someone
Begin to like that person
Get on ones nerves
Irritate someone
Have it in for someone
Dislike them
Took such a
Strong dislike to
Look down on someone
Think of them as less important
Back someone up
Support
Keep himself to himself
Private person , spend lot of time alone
Get out of hand
Become difficult to control
Pressed for time
You don’t have enough time or money
Peak viewing time
The time of the day when most people are watching tv
Set aside
Save or keep sth typically money or time
Jos neke reci
Space available, way of thinking, hate to say it, make great efforts, given every opportunity
Asset
Valuable thing we have
Effective
Takes time but at the end it works
Affective? Efficiently?
In a way that achieves maximum productivity with minimum wasted time
Meet the deadline/expetations
Complete sth at or before the time when it must be done
Snowed under
Overwhelm, overpower
Takes the back seat
For situations and objects; things that need to take second place
Take the back seat
To people; to choose not to be in a position of responsibility
Slomping/sloping
Razvaliciti se
A race against time
When you have to rush to do sth before the deadline
Behind the times
Old-fashioned, out of date
A whale of a time
Had a very good time
Bide ones time
Remain in a place in readiness or expectation of sth
Ahead of her time
Have ideas that are too advanced for the society
Having a hell of a time/ having a devil of a time
Having a very digital experience
In the nick of time
At the last moment, before its too late
Caught me at the bad time
Attempt to see or speak to somebody at an inconvenient time
Too much time on his hands
Too much free time
Due time
It will happen when the time is right so be patient
Matter of time
It will definitely happen sooner or later
Only time will tell
Passing of time will show results (good or bad)
Have stood the test of time/ to stand the test of time/ withstand the test of time
Last for a long time and continue to be successful
Right time
It is the best time to do sth
Two-timing
Deceive, betray, cheat someone
Big time
The highest or profitable level
Time flies
Time passes very quickly
Time and tide wait for no man
If you don’t make use of favorable opportunity you may never get the same chance again
There’s no time like the present
Sth should be done niw rather than later
Extraterrestrial
From outside the earth
Inference
Deduction
By inference
By implication
Dislodge
Knock or force out of position
Outstrip
Exceeds, overtakes, tops
Odd intelligent alien
Occasional, random
British english two a penny ten a penny American english dime dozen
Something that is very common and therefore not as remarkable or valuable
The matrix of life
The set of conditions that provides a system in which something grows or develops
Posed
Asked, put
Steady
Continues, regular
Prime
Excellent, top quality, perfect
Put forward
Offer, present, suggest, propose
One put forward an argument or case against/for sth
Reastrain
Control, caution, restriction
Blow a fuse
Lose ones temper
Get worked up
Get very angry excited or upset about sth
Heated argument
One where the people involved are angry
Irate customer
Extremely angry due to some displeasure; furious fuming
Cross with you/ to be cross
Be angry or annoyed/ not extreme like irate or furious
Seething with anger
Experience intense anger, but not show it ; anger boiling inside you
Go berserk
To be beside yourself with anger ‘go crazy’ ‘go wild’
Blow his top
Lose ones temper
Flew into rage
Suddenly become extremely angry
Sudden outburst of temper
Sudden violent expression of anger
Let off steam
Get rid of pent up energy or strong emotion
Throw a tantrum
Sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child
To scream blue murder
To scream, complain, yell in a loud or angry manner
Long-held view
An opinion, belief, idea, way of thinking
Enhance
Increase
Enchant
Captivating
Endure
Suffer through something difficult
Determining factor
A circumstance fact or influence that contributes to a result
Consider
Think carefully about sth, typically before making a decision
Considerably
By a notably large amount; to a notably large extent; greatly
