Vocabs-C Flashcards
a couch potato
NOUN
a person who spends long time on a sofa being lazy
โ I was a couch potato yesterday.
โ My dad can be a real couch potato on his day off.
to go pear-shaped
ADJ.
to go really wrong
โ Weโd planned to go away for the weekend, but it all went pear-shaped because of rain.
โ Itโs all gone a bit pear-shaped!
go really seriously bad
ๅฃๆป
็ใซใชใ
go catastrophically wrong
โ The peace settlement went catastrophically wrong when the terrorists attacked the town.
/katus - TRO - ficly/
a catastrophe
/ku - TAS - tru - fee/
NOUN
a really seriously bad event with destructions;
โ What was before my eyes were a complete catastrophe.
็ฝๅฟซๆใใใ
ADJ.
exhilarating
making you feel very refreshing, happy and thrilled
โ Windsurfing looks really exhilarating, so I want to try it sometime.
/ig - ZIL - uh - lay - ting/
leprosy
NOUN
a name of a disease
ใใ็
a leper
NOUN
a person who suffers from leprosy
โ There once was a leper colony somewhere in Europe to isolate lepers.
ๆใๅพใไธ้ใฏไน้ใฎๆ้ใ็ใ
PROVERB
ใใใซๅฏพๅฆใใฆใใใฐใใใจใงๅคงๆใใใชๆ้ใใใใใซใใใจใใใใจใ
ใใฎๆใซไธ้็ธซใฃใฆใใใฐใใใจใงไน้็ธซใๆ้ใ็ใใใจใใงใใใจใฎๆใใใ
ใ้ฉๆใฎไธ้ใฏไน้ใฎๆ้ใ็ใใใไธ้ๅ
ฅ้ญใฏไน้ๆใใใจใใใใ
A stitch in time saves nine.
if you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later.
It adds another level to it!
PHRASE
for example:
โ โOnion itself tastes sharp, but pickling it must make it even sharper!โ โYeah, it adds another level to it!โ
It conjures up an amusing image.
PHRASE
for example:
โ The idiom โa couch potatoโ conjures up an amusing image!
Iโm in a bit of a pickle.
PHRASE
Iโm in a bit of trouble. (followed by: โCan you help me?โ)
(Used before asking a favour)
ไธใฎไธญใฎ่ ๆใ้ฒใๅ่ฏใชไบบใ้กใจใชใไบบ
NOUN/ADJ.
very good, honest, and reasonable, and not thinking you are special in any way
the salt of the earth
ใๅฎ็ดใซ่ช ๅฎใซ็ใใใๆฌๅฝใซ่ฏใไบบใใกใ่พฒๆฅญใใไฝใใฎใญใผใซใซใชใณใใฅใใใฃใชใฉใฎไบบใซใคใใฆ่ฉฑใใณใณใใฏในใใงไฝฟใใใใใจใๅคใใใ
โ She is the salt of the earth. She is always helping people.
โ He was the sort of person referred to as salt of the earth: very friendly and straightforward.
โ Itโs a community with a great sense of pride, full of salt of the earth people.
โ Heโs a salt-of-the-earth type with absolutely no pretentions.
It was catastrophic!
PHRASE
It was really really bad like the hell on the earth!
a wise move
PHRASE
a wise action; a wise decision
โ It was a wise move switching to an online lesson today, as it was pouring down!
to affect oneโs mode
PHRASE
For example:
โ The rain can affect our modes, doesnโt it?
ใใซใฌใในใณใฎ้็นใ็ฝฎใ
PHRASE
to base the lesson on (something)
to do something as the main focus of the lesson.
โ We based the lesson on idioms today.
ๅฝผๅฅณใฎ่จใๆนใใใๆฌๅฝใฏใใใใใชใใใ ใชใจใใใใจใๅฏใใใ
VERB
I inferred from the way she said it that she really didnโt want to.
to guess (with the information you have)
โ What do you infer from her refusal?
โ [ + that ] I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave.
autonomous learning
NOUN
learning that is done on your own
bureaucracy
NOUN
excessively complicated procedure/too much paperwork
โ My visa application is full of bureaucracy.
bureaucratic
/ byoo - ruh - CRAT - ic /
ADJ.
involving complicated process and rules that make something slow and difficult
โ My visa application is very bureaucratic. They asked for my travel history of 9 years ago!
intricate
ADJ.
very complicated and delicate, in a way that needs close attention to understand/do it.
โ Drawing architecture is a really intricate process.
a double-page spread
NOUN
When you open a book, and when the design/layout/picture is spread over both right and left pages, it is called โa double-page spreadโ.
โ I like the double-page spread design of this magazine.
to go right into it
PHRASE
to start complaining/muttering about something
โ Argghh, heโs gone right into it again!
extremely effective
PHRASE
very effective
('effective' on its own sounds like it does the job but nothing above that. So it's better to add an adverb to make the word stronger)
