Vocabs-B 5 Flashcards
facetious
/ fuh - SEE - shus /
ADJ.
not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever :
โ facetious remarks
โ Heโs just being facetious. He could not really have meant it.
โ I think heโs being a bit facitious here, but his argument really goes to the heart of the matter.
โ It might sound a bit facitious but itโs ture.
ๅฒใจ้ใใฎใๆฟๆฒปใ็คพไผๅ้กใชใฉใ่ชใใจใใซใ้ใใชใใชใใใใซใกใใฃใจๅ่ซใใใใฆ่จใฃใฆใใๆใ
to brag
VERB
to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own:
โ Sheโs always bragging about how much money she earns.
โ They bragged that their team had never been beaten.
special occasion
NOUN
็นๅฅใชๆฉไผ
โ Nowadays, kimonos are worn for special occasions rather than as everyday clothes.
to cheat on a diet
PHRASE / VERB
to eat a lot during your diet because you want to eat
to pick me up
PHRASAL VERB
to cheer me up
โ Singing picks me up
โ My parents ouck me up when Iโm down.
PHRASE / VERB
ใใฎ่ฆ็ด ใๅใๅ ฅใใ๏ผ่ธ่กไฝๅใชใฉ๏ผ
to borrow elements from / of
โ Opera has always been able to borrow elements of popular music and dance without losing its character as opera.
โ Do you โborrowโ elements of artwork that you like and incorporate them into your style?
straight-laced
ADJ.
having old-fashioned and unchanging morals, especially relating to sexual matters:
โThe joke shocked her strait-laced parents.
to defy
convention, law, teacher, etc
VERB
to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.:
defyโฆ
gravity
convention
expectations
authorities
โ It defies convention!๏ผไปใพใงใฎใใๆนใซๅใใฆใใใๆ
ฃ็ฟใใใถใ๏ผ
โ There was a tremendous amount of risk to defy the authorities at that time
a compulsion
/ cun - PULL - shun /
NOUN
an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act (such as excessive hand washing)
โ her compulsion to repeatedly check and recheck the stove to be certain that it is turned off
โ [ + to infinitive ] I seem to have a constant compulsion to eat.
disciplined
ADJ.
behaving in a very controlled way:
โ The young gymnasts who won the competition were a talented and disciplined team.
โ Those children are well disciplined.
ใใผใฟใชใณใช
ADJ.
extremely ignorant or unknowledgeable
pig-ignorant
BrE, informal (insult)
ๅคๆใใจๅ ฑใซ
PHRASE
very early in the morning, especially at the time when the sun first appears:
at the crack of dawn
โ Weโll have to leave at the crack of dawn.
โ I got up at the crack of dawn
Itโs a work in progress at the moment, but itโll be finished in 5 weeks
PHRASE
ไปใฏ้ไธญใ ใใฉใใใจ๏ผ้ฑ้ใงๅฎๆใใใใ
to have oneโs head in the clouds
PHRASE
to be absentminded or impractical
โ She must have had her head in the clouds when she made the reservations because they never heard of us.
โ Heโll never be able to run the businessโheโs always got his head in the clouds.
to detract from
VERB
็พใ่ฏใใใฎใๆใชใ
(formal)
1. to reduce the strength, value, or importance of (something) ๅๅฃฐใ่ฉๅคใชใฉใๆใชใ
โ They worried that the scandal would seriously detract from her chances for reelection.
- to make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration than it really is :
โ All that make-up she wears actually detracts from her beauty, I think.
ๆฏ่ฆณใๆใชใใใชใฉใฎๆ่ใงใไฝฟใใ
I see a lot of ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ in you.
PHRASE
I see many similarities between you and _____. / I see the influence of ____ in you.
โ I see a lot of your Mother in you.
โ I see a lot of the Ghibli movies in your drawings.
I didnโt make the logical connection
PHRASE
I didnโt realise what that meant.
ใใใใฉใใใใใจใชใฎใใใณใจใใชใใฃใใใใใใชใใฃใ
โ It was right in front of my face but I didnโt make the logical connection.๏ผใใฃใจ็ฎใฎๅใซใใฃใใฎใซใใชใใชใใฉใใใใใจใชใฎใใใใใชใใฃใใฎใงใ๏ผ
โ I donโt know why I didnโt make the logical connection between those two things sooner.๏ผใชใใงใใฃใจๆฉใใใฎไบใคใฎใใจใใคใชใใฃใฆใใใจๆฐใฅใใชใใฃใใใ ใใ๏ผ
discipline
NOUN
[U]
control
He was a bit addicted to his smartphone, but he had the discipline to break his own addiction; he put away his phone somewhere he couldnโt reach easily in the house.
a time frame
NOUN
a period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen:
โ Have you set a time frame for completing the job?
โ The new law introduces these changes in/within a fairly long/short time frame.
ไฝ่จใชใขใใใคใน
NOUN
advice that is not asked for
unsolicited advice
/ un - suh - LIS - uh - ted /
โ โShe said โdo this and do this, but I have already tried all of those and they didnโt work! They were all unsolicited advice! Humph!โ
่ฏใใใจๆใฃใฆใใฆใป่จใฃใฆใใ
PHRASE
to do what you think will be helpful, although by doing it you might cause problems without intending to
to mean well
โ I know he means well, but he just gets in the way.
โ I know she can be annoying but she means well.
empty words
NOUN
็ฉบ่ใช่จ่
not my cup of tea
PHRASE
not my thing, not to my taste
โ Basquiat is not my cup of tea (not really my kind of thing)
Iโm racing against the clock
PHRASE
ๆ้ใจใฎๆฆใใๆ่จใจใซใใใฃใใๅคงๆฅใ
ใพใๅฟ ใใใฃใณในใฏใใใ
PHRASE
Thereโs always another (day/chance)
It might put pressure on them
PHRASE
ใใฌใใทใฃใผใซใชใฃใกใใใใ
Itโs not wise to be overly critical
PHRASE
ใใพใๆนๅค็ใซใชใ้ใใใฎใ่ฏใใชใ
I wouldnโt offer any advice, because if I was in the same situation, Iโd prefer to be LEFT ALONE
PHRASE
ใใ็งใๅใ็ถๆณใ ใฃใใใใฃใจๆพใฃใฆใใใฆใปใใใจๆใใใใๅฉ่จใฏใใชใใ
pretentious
ADJ.
trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature:
โ a pretentious art critic
โ The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious.
โ These modern artworks seem a bit pretentious to me - maybe itโs just that I donโt have enough brain to get it, though.
ไปๅใๅฃ
NOUN
a partition wall
brain-dead
ADJ.
- If someone is brain-dead, they have serious and permanent damage to their brain, and need machines in order to stay alive.
- (humorous)
If someone is brain-dead, their mind is not working effectively, usually because they are very tired or very bored:
โ By the time I leave work Iโm completely brain-dead.
The illustrator shows subversive humour through satire.
NOUN
a sense of humour that pokes fun at authority in an attempt to undermine that authority. irony and sarcasm
dystopian
ADJ.
of, relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead dehumanized, fearful lives : relating to or characteristic of a dystopia
โdystopian future/world/film/novel
undesirable
ADJ.
not wanted, approved of, or popular:
โ Houses near industrial sites often do not sell so quickly because they are regarded as undesirable.
apocalyptic
ADJ.
like the end of the world
โ a bleak, apocalyptic sight
a nozzle
NOUN
a shampoo head
โ push down on the nozzle
โ Pump the nozzle
have a face like thunder
PHRASE
(UK informal) (also look like thunder)
to look extremely angry:
โ She suddenly came into the room with a face like thunder.
โ She has a face like thunder
