Vocabulary 6 Flashcards
Pull out all the stops ?
When you do everything you can to impress (show off) but positive
Caught a glimpse ?
to manage to see something for a short time
Going off the beaten track ?
in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns:
Ex:
The farmhouse we stayed in was completely off the beaten track.
Hidden gems of a place
Nice spot
Fork out (neg) ?
To pay a lot when you don’t want
Pay an arm and a leg for
Pay a lot
Quaint ?
attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned:
Idyllic ?
An idyllic place or experience is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or peaceful:
Bustling with life
Full of people
Picturesque ?
attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way:
Pristine ?
new or almost new, and in very good condition:
Barren ?
unable to produce plants or fruit:
Ex:
We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
Undergrowth ?
a mass of bushes, small trees, and plants, especially growing under the trees in a forest:
Lush (≠barren) ?
A lush area has a lot of green, healthy plants, grass, and trees:
Wilderness
an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or had towns and roads built on it, especially because it is difficult to live in as a result of its extremely cold or hot weather or bad earth:
Ex:
a beautiful mountain wilderness
Alaska is the last great wilderness.
Serene surroundings ?
Peaceful area
Alienate ?
to make someone feel that they are different and not part of a group:
Ex: immigrants tend to alienate themselves from the rest of society
Have a hankering for
Strong desire
Rule sth out/rule out sth
to decide or say officially that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable:
Ex:
The police haven’t yet ruled out murder.
I won’t rule out a June election.
The police have not ruled him out as a suspect.
Do someone a disservice
an action that harms something or someone:
Far-fetched (story/ to sound far-fetched/idea)
very unlikely to be true, and difficult to believe:
Sensationalized ( sensationalism ) ?
to present information in a way that tries to make it as shocking or exciting as possible:
Ex:
They were accused of sensationalizing the story.
To cross a line
to start to behave in a way that is not socially acceptable:
Ex:
This time, you’ve really crossed the line.
To frown on X ?
Disapprove/look down
Ex:
My mom always frowned on lying
A household name ?
a famous person that most people know of:
Ex:
JK Rowling, a household name in the field of litterature, is remarkable
Get the short end of the stick ?
to suffer the bad effects of a situation:
Ex:
She always seems to get the short end of the stick when it comes to office promotions
Display/view smb in a different light ?
View someone differently
To hound (good for topic)
Try to get info constantly/repetitively (neg)/ to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them:
Emphatically ?
in a forceful way:
Ex:
Johnson has emphatically denied the allegations against him.
Gripping (good for review)
Something that is gripping is so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely:
Strike a chord with smb
to cause you to remember that something is connected to you in some way:
H.P used to strike a chord with me while growing up
Onerous (task/duty/responsability/ restrictions) ?
difficult to do or needing a lot of effort:
Drag smb’s name through the mud
Damage the reputation
Knock him down a peg (= knock him off his high horses)
to make (someone) feel less important or proud
Ex:
He was taken down a peg when an even better player joined the team.
To draw someone in ?
Lure in
Use smb as a scapegoat
a person who is blamed for something that someone else has done:
Nip in the bud
to stop something before it has an opportunity to become established/ try to solve a problem right at the beginning
Ex:
Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are detected early enough.
Going off the rails ? (Crazy)
to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally:
He went off the rails in his first year at university.
Handful ?
a person or thing that is difficult to control or manage:
Harrowing ?
extremely upsetting because connected with suffering:
Ex:
a harrowing story
Succumb (to temptation/illness/pressure
to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat:
Baseless ?
Without ground, unfound, lacking evidence
Give someone a leg up ?
Piston
Take sth up something
to start doing a particular job or activity:
Ex:
He’s taken up the position of supervisor.
Have you ever thought of taking up acting?
Embezzlement ?
the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:
Ex:
They were arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
In the name of smth/smb (love/peace/freedom)
Au nom de
Be at odds with smb ?
To disagree
Upwards of (number)
If you say something is upward(s) of a number or value, you mean it is at least
the stated amount and probably more:
Ex:
Upwards of 50,000 people assembled in the main square.
Out of hand ? Party/situation
Out of control
Ex:
The party got completely/totally out of hand
Full of himself ?
Arrogant
In bad taste : joke/sketch
Not appreciated
On the spot (make a decision on the spot)
On the moment
Over the top
too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way:
Ex:
Don’t get over the top
Hound mercilessly
Harass mercilessly
To make a splash ?
to become suddenly very successful or very well known:
To attract the attention (pos or neg)
Jodie Foster made quite a splash in the film “Taxi Driver”.
A string of ?
A number of
Recluse (become a recluse)
a person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people:
Lampoon ?
to criticize a famous person or a public organization in a piece of writing, a drawing, etc., in a humorous way, allowing their or its bad qualities to be seen and making them or it seem stupid:
Slander ?
to damage someone’s reputation by making a false spoken statement about them
Scoop ?
Un scoop
Hit the big time ?
Become famous suddenly
Slander ? (Vicious/nasty slander/spew or spread slander)
to damage someone’s reputation by making a false spoken statement about them
Put sb or sthm on the map ?
To become famous
Mountains terrain
Montagneux
Dense vegetation
Dense vegetation
Humid climate
Humid climate
Pristine wilderness
Pristine wilderness
Lush undergrowth
Lush undergrowth
See the sights
Visiter
Be a sight to behold
Vue magnifique
Look a sorry sight
Very Untidy
Set your sights on
Focus on something/ decide to do something and focus on this
Lose sight of
Forget
Out of sight
No longer visible
