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temparmant |
def: someone’s temperament is their basic character, for example their tendency to be happy, angry etc. Ex: an artistic/fiery temperament. Ex: He’s a radical by temperament. Ex: a fiery temperament Typical behaviour. He has a bad temperament. |
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hazy |
When the air is not clear because of heat or pollution, it is hazy. |
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gloomy |
A day with lots of dark clouds is gloomy. |
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clouds over |
When the wind becomes strong and the sly clouds over, a storm is probably coming. |
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freeze up |
Freeze completely. During the winter in Canada some streams entirely freeze up. |
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storming |
Charles was obviously angry. He came storming into the room. |
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Breez |
It was obvious from the way Peter breezed in this morning that Mary had said yes. |
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under the weather |
I feel a bit under the weather this morning. |
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cool |
I think the relationship has cooled recently |
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war welcome |
Meeting Jane's parents for the first time was a bit worrying, but they gave me a very warm welcome. |
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frosty |
As you can imagine, we got a bit of a frosty reception. |
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foggy (also hazy) |
This is used in relation to thinking and thoughts. I am a little bit foggy about that. (i.e., my thoughts are not clear about that) Ex: I am a bit hazy about what I am supposed to do actually. |
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gloomy |
What is the matter, cheer up. You look a bit gloomy. |
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sycophantic (adj) |
def: (of a person or of behaviour) praising people in authority in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them: Ex: There was sycophantic laughter from the audience at every one of his terrible jokes. sycophancy /i/ (noun), sycophant /i/ (noun), Ex: The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants. |
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petty cash |
def: a small amount of money kept in an office for buying small things that are needed: Ex: Take the money for stamps out of petty cash. |
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under a cloud (of suspicion) |
Ex: Someone stole some money at work, and now everyone is under a cloud ofsuspicion def: to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad: Ex: The cabinet minister left office under a cloud after a fraud scandal. def: with your reputation damaged because you may have done something wrong Ex: He left the company under a cloud. |
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warmed up |
The party warmed up when the boss left. |
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warmed |
What an awesome guy! I warmed to him right away. |
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clouded |
Gill had some sad news which clouded the whole evening. |
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throw/cast caution to the wind(s) |
def: to stop being careful and do something that you know has risks def: to do something without worrying about the risk or negativeresults: Ex: I threw caution to the wind and bought the most expensive one. Ex: He threw caution to the wind and dived into the water after the child. |
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blow over |
...But I think the restriction will blow over by the next funding cycle. def: if a storm blows over, it ends. Ex: The storm raged all night but by morning it had blown over. def: if a dangerous or embarrassing situation blows over, people stop worrying about it and soon forget about it. Ex: It was a major scandal, and we all hoped it would soon blow over. Ex: I thought that after a few days the argument would blow over. def: if something blows over or is blown over, the wind makes it fall Ex: The dustbins have blown over and there’s rubbish everywhere.Several trees had been blown over in the gale. |
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overblown |
def: bigger or more important or impressive than it should be: Ex: an overblown news story Ex: His style of conducting is precise and delicate, never overblown. def: something that is overblown is made to seem more important, exciting, or impressive than it really is Ex: overblown reports of earthquake damage |
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brighten up |
She will soon brighten up, when I tell her she's being transferred to San Francisco |
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rain on sb's parade |
def: to do something that spoils someone's plans: def: to do something to stop someone enjoying something good that is happening to them. Ex: He seemed to really enjoy raining on my parade when he told .... Ex: I'm sorry to rain on your parade but you're not allowed to have alcohol on the premises. |
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stormed out |
She was calm, but later he suddenly stormed out in the middle of her presentation. |
