Vocabulary 5 Flashcards
Bend over backwards for someone
to work extra hard to make something happen, particularly to help someone or to make them happy
To know someone/something inside out
to know everything about a subject:
No problem too big or small
Not big or small
Niggling (doubts/ worries/difficulties)
worrying someone slightly or causing them slight pain, usually for a long time:
Ex.
a niggling doubt/fear
Irrespective of
Regardless off
Unassailable (lead/position/argument) ?
in such a strong position that you cannot be defeated:
Ex:
This win has given the team an unassailable lead.
Proponents of sthm ?
≠ opponents
a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action:
Ex:
He is one of the leading proponents of capital punishment.
Solace (take/seek/find)
Find peace in sthm
Ex:
As a teenager, I found a lot of solace in religion
Crippling (doubts/fears/poverty)
Overwhelming
Surmontable (problem/challenge/odd)
Surmontable
Be overt about sthm
Show publicly about something
Ex:
She is overtly racist
Draw inspiration from
Take inspiration from
To cloud (judgement/vision/mind/memory/ an issue/ an outlook
to make someone confused, or make something more difficult to understand:
Ex.
When it came to explaining the lipstick on his collar, he found that drink had clouded (= confused) his memory.
Looming (dread/anxiety) ?
of something unwanted or unpleasant) about to happen soon and causing worry:
Outlook ?
≠ perspective ?
the likely future situation or
a person’s way of understanding and thinking about something:
Ex:
He has a fairly positive outlook on life.
Perspective : a particular way of considering something:
