words p.13 Flashcards

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1
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to want to talk to someone about something annoying they have done

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to have a bone to pick with smb

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(to allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to)
the thuth is out

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(let) the cat is out of the bag

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3
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a true but unpleasant fact about yourself that another person tells you

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a home truth

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4
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an obvious problem that no one wants to discuss

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the elephant in the room

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to tell someone about something, to make sure they understand or approve

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to run smth by/past smb

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свериться

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to check in with

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7
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to become friendly with someone

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to fall in with

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8
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when it is evening

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once the evening rolls around

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(of a time or event) to happen

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to roll around

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confusing, often because you do not know how to solve something

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perplexing, confounding

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11
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to begin to like someone very much

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to take a shine to smb
to be mad keen on

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12
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a threat

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a menace

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13
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an extreme

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a thrill

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14
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an important discovery

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a breakthrough

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frightening and violent

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ferocious
fierce

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to see or look at

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to behold

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to drink something after eating food

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to wash down food

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to make a serious or formal promise, to ensure

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to pledge

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to be, or do something, better than someone else

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to outdo

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to make fun of

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to mock

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basic

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rudimentary
crude
primitive

21
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to become famous

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to rise to fame

22
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to be a matter about which very little is known or understood

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to be shrouded in secrecy/mystery

23
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to find out about the things that people are doing or saying

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your ear is always to the ground

24
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мстительный

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vengeful
vindictive

25
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предательский

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treasonous

26
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to stop

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to cease
to put a stop to
to draw to a close
to discontinue
to halt

27
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the exact double of

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a spitting image of
dead ringer

28
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это в крови

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it runs in the family

29
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two people or things are very similar to each other

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like two peas in the pod

30
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a person who gives sympathy and support

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a shoulder to cry on

31
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to be naturally friendly or well-suited

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to hit it off
to get on like a house on fire

32
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to try to build friendship

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to build bridges

33
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to start a friendship​/​conversation

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to strike up a friendship​/​conversation

34
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to be thoroughly familiar with someone or something

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to know smb/smth inside out

35
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(приманивать) приманка

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(to) decoy

36
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стабильный

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steady
to keep on an even keel

37
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a work that is likely to continue for a long time and for which you will be paid regularly

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a steady job/work

38
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to try to stop something unpleasant (crime)

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to combat
to struggle with

39
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allowing a secret to become known

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telltale

40
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firm(твердый) or hard

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stiff

41
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not important

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inconsequential

42
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to be very familiar with smth or be good at using or operating (действовать, работать) smth

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to know a way around

43
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to disappoint smb by telling the truth

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burst smb’s bubble