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Vocabulary - Listening Class - Hansa
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- 1RiotViolent Public Disorder
- 2EntitleTo give someone the right to do or have something/ to give a title to.
Students and pensioners are entitled to a discount.
Entitled his book “My Life on Mars. - 3The last strawthe last of a succession of irritations, incidents, etc ... That leads to a loss of patience.
- 4CommitmentEngagement, compromise, obligation, pledge.
When you take a job, you're making a commitment to show up and do the job well, and your employer makes a commitment to pay you - 5Wind upComing to an end/ finish /end up/ concluded
If he keeps doing bad stuff like that he's going to wind up in prison!
It's time for lunch - I wish they'd wind up this boring meeting! - 6Get Along !Go Away!
- 7I bet You bet You can bet on itI could imagine / I think
(emphatic yes) / Affirmation
(that is certain) - 8Come up withCreate, invent, produce
to find or produce an answer, a sum of money, etc.
She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.
How soon can you come up with the money? - 9Tide upBussy
- 10TeaseJoker / Jokes/ To joke
That bully who teases all of the children needs to be reprimanded
If she wears that sweater to school, all of her friends will tease he - 11Rack your brainsTo think very hard:
I've been racking my brains all day but I can't remember her name. - 12Bump Into( Someone/ Something)
To meet someone unexpectedly
To accidentally hit against something - 13Slip Out(leave discreetly)
She waited until no one was looking, then quietly slipped out through the back door.
(be mentioned unintentionally)
I didn't want to spoil the surprise, it just slipped out.
(fall out unnoticed)
The $100 bill must have slipped out of my pocket; I don't have it anymore. - 14TrickyDifficult / Complicate
It's tricky to learn to ride a skateboard. I'm in a tricky situation - 15Look foward to(await with excitement)
We look forward to our summer holiday every year. - 16Get back atTo take revenge on/ to do something to hurt or upset someone after they have hurt or upset you.
She was trying to get back at him for humiliating her. - 17keel overto fall, collapse
to fall down suddenly because of illness or weakness
If someone keels over, they collapse because they are tired or ill. - 18Get away withTo do something bad without being punished or criticized for it.
They have repeatedly broken the law and got away with it. - 19Pass upTo reject or refuse someone or something:
I passed up a chance for promotion because I didn't want to move across the country. That job offer sounds very good—don't pass it up!
* It's possible find more meanings - 20Call offCanceled
to decide that something will not happen
She’s called off the wedding.
If we have much more rain, the game might be called off. - 21Put your mind toFocus
to decide to do something and try very hard to achieve it
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. - 22WorthUsed for saying that there is a good enough reason for doing something, because it is important, enjoyable, useful etc
It’s worth talking to your financial adviser before making your final decision.
be worth it: It was hard work, but it was worth it in the end. - 23Figure OutDiscover, Determine, solve
We had to figure out the connection between the two events. - 24—
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