Week 10 Flashcards
to be in debt
To be in the red
Opposite : To be in the black, to be in credit
a discount you receive at a later date, usually by a check in the mail, or a bank deposit (typically 3 months)
A rebate
to pay a few amount of money per month
To pay by instalments (a(n) (monthly) instalment of $110), to use/go on a payment plan
the list of all types of notes, values in one currency
Denomination (N)
The denominations of the AUD are 100, 50, 20, 10, 5
a loan (money borrowed from the bank) specifically to buy a house, apartment
To get, take out a mortgage
/Morgage/
an initial payment to guarantee a later purchase
A deposit (N)
when 2 people share the same bank account
A joint account
your friend invites you out for a meal and insists on paying
This is my treat
when someone retires from work after a long period of service
To receive, get a golden handshake
if you receive some money unexpectedly
To get, receive, come INTO a windfall
a rich member of your family dies
To receive, come INTO an inheritance
to spend money carelessly
To spend money like water, to squander money
to need to control spending
To tighten one’s belt
to have hardly enough money to live on / to get by
To live from hand to mouth
to save money
an unspecified future time when you might need it
To put sth ( -> it) BY
To put sth BY for a rainy day
the ability to look back on the past (from the present) with all information available
With the benefit of hindsight (N)
viser, aiming at a person with a gun
To aim AT
to have a goal, set in mind
To aim FOR
To aim for the top
to sacrifice sth
To give sth UP
Faire un sacrifice
To make a sacrifice
Faire un effort
To make an effort
To be satisfied with the efforts that we make
Bonnes, mauvaises intentions
Good, bad intentions
Arriver à la conclusion
To reach the conclusion
at the moment
For the time being
vocabulary that experts use in a specific topic
Jargon (N)
in some ways
In some respects
Up to + #, fraction
Up to + #, fraction
to finally accept sth
To come to terms with sth
clothes that old people wear
Frumpy (adj)
to increase elegance
To dress UP
to increase casualness
To dress DOWN
feuilleter très rapidement un magazine
To flick THROUGH a magazine
to look like homeless by the choice of clothes you wear, maybe because the clothes don’t match, they’re not clean, not ironed, or have a lot of holes, tears. Sometimes refers to unshaved, unshowered and bad hair.
To look scruffy (adj)
to have a terrible effect on body clock
sth destroys, ruins, has a negative effect on
To play havoc ON one’s body clock
Sth plays havoc ON sth
sb who prefers to work at night and sleeps during the day
A night owl (n,p)
to work at night
To work anti-social hours
to have an effect on, usually negative
To impinge ON sth
when you use your last possible option to achieve, fulfill sth, typically you’re in a very desperate situation
To resort TO doing sth / sth
the last choice
The last resort
to be used to
To be accustomed TO sth / doing sth
don’t worry about this matter
Don’t concern yourself with this matter
to get rid OF, to manage without
To dispense WITH sb, sth
We’re running out of space in the office, but we don’t need so many computers, so we can dispense with 1 or 2 of them
to do business with sb, or talk with sb
To engage IN business with sb / conversation
to separate FROM sb, sth
To part WITH sb, sth
A parting gift (a welfare gift)
to try and persuade sb that they are wrong about sth
To reason WITH sb
to come from
To stem FROM sth (abstract, good for reasons)
Juvenile crime stems from a lack of education and awareness
to haggle with sb for
To bargain with sb FOR
to interrupt
To intrude ON sth
quitter un travail
To give in one’s notice at work
to resign FROM a job
To resign OVER unfair treatment (negative) : why he left the company
Lutter
To struggle English
To struggle against an attacker
To struggle for gender equality
Tromper qqn
To cheat ON his wife
To cheat WITH a mistress
he lost $50 because of a bad deal
To cheat sb OUT OF $50
a member of the legal profession who draws up wills, advises clients, etc
Solicitor
to leave or abandon
To quit
admitting defeat
To throw in the towel
when you tell your boss you want to resign
To give one’s notice, to hand in one’s notice
To hand in one’s letter of resignation
reputable, esteemed or respected
Prestigious (adj)
unskilled or ordinary
Menial (adj)
Menial tasks, jobs, duties
being no longer needed at work
Redundancy (N)
To be made redundant, laid off
when you ask
To do sth at one’s request
a place where the pace of life is frantic
To live life in the fast lane
A period out of the fast lane
to produce a preliminary written version of (a legal document)
To draft a legal document
to start again
To resume
IN + way of speaking
IN + way of speaking
Statistics ON
Statistics ON
Convaincre qqn de
To convince sb OF the benefits of further education
Not that
Not that
Frantic
Fevered
Rapid increase
Proliferation
Passion
Fervour
Very big
Mega
Musical shows
Gigs
Formal plan
Agenda
Everyday, normal
Commonplace
A fan of
Aficionado
Made to live for ever
Immortalised
Dubious, doubtful
Questionable
Forerunner, that came before
Precursor
Very keen
Avid
Fundamental
Integral
Looking back
In retrospect
To have an alternative
To fall back on something
