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Flashcards by Maria Campos, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maria Campos
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| all year round | throughout the year, continuously |
| alleyway | a narrow road or path between buildings |
| anything goes | There are no boundaries or limits to behaviour. |
| aspect | one part of a situation, problem, subject, etc. |
| automatic pilot | If you are on automatic pilot, you are doing something without thinking about it. |
| bizarre | very strange and unusual |
| break down | If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working. |
| bustling | full of people and activity |
| catch sight of | see for a moment |
| check out | to go to a place in order to see what it is like |
| competent | able to do something well |
| courageous | having or showing courage |
| crude | rude and offensive |
| decisive | able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality |
| delight | (something or someone that gives) great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness |
| disbelief | the feeling of not being able to believe that something is true or real |
| dos and don'ts | rules about what you must do and must not do in a particular situation |
| down-to-earth | practical and realistic |
| end up | to finally be in a particular place or situation |
| face a challenge | deal with something needing great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully |
| gain | to get something that is useful, that gives you an advantage, or that is in some way positive, especially over a period of time |
| gain insight | to get a clear understanding of a complicated problem or situation |
| get the wrong impression | to get the wrong idea or opinion about what something or someone is like |
| get to know sb/sth | to spend time with someone or something so that you gradually learn more about them |
| getaway | a short holiday |
| go through | to experience a situation |
| graze | to injure your skin by rubbing it against something rough |
| iceberg | a very large piece of ice that floats in the sea |
| incredible | extremely good |
| irritable | annoyed |
| keep in touch | to continue to communicate with someone by using a phone or writing to them |
| knowledgeable | knowing a lot |
| make up your mind | to make a decision about something |
| mark (an anniversary) | to show respect for or commemorate |
| maze | a complicated system of paths or passages that people try to find their way through for entertainment |
| narrow-minded | not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own |
| outgoing | (of a person) friendly and energetic and finding it easy and enjoyable to be with others |
| perceive | to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something |
| persuasive | making you want to do or believe a particular thing |
| pop over | (informal) to go to a particular place |
| proof | a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or is true |
| queue | a group of people standing one behind the other who are waiting for something |
| rancid | rancid fat smells and tastes bad because it is not fresh. |
| read between the lines | to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write |
| rotten | Rotten vegetable or animal substances are decaying. |
| sarcastic | using sarcasm |
| scrub | to clean something by rubbing it hard with a brush |
| self-deprecating | trying to make yourself, your abilities or your achievements seem less important |
| sense of humour | your ability to understand funny things |
| set up | to formally establish a new company, organisation, system, way of working, etc. |
| skim | to move quickly, and almost or just touch the surface of something |
| social glue | something which brings people together in a society |
| social-networking | the use of websites and other internet services to communicate with other people and make friends |
| stale | old and not fresh |
| strengthen | to make something stronger or more effective |
| tip of the iceberg | a small noticeable part of a problem, the total size of which is really much greater |
| to my mind | in my opinion |
| try out | to use or do something to discover if it works or if you like it |
| way | the manner in which something happens |
| way of life | the manner in which a person lives |
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