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34 Cards in this Set
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Grayer, get up off the floor |
Get up off
If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer. She was charged with fraud, but her lawyer managed to get her off. |
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Okay, last one there is a ..... (very bad) egg |
Rotten adjective *decayed: *very bad |
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Mind if I take a ... at him for you? |
crack (n) - pukotina, crack (v - razbiti, puci, * a very narrow space between parts of something: Cracks had appeared in the dry ground. *so that there is a very small space: She opened the door just a crack to listen to the conversation. |
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It’s ... from upstairs. |
Pal
You're my best pal. |
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Based on my observations, guys like him only slum it when they’re in collage.(V) This house would be an absolute slum if I wasn't here to clean it. (n) |
Slum (n) * a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city: *a very messy or dirty place: She works with children in a rough New Jersey slum.
verb *to spend time in conditions that are much less good than the standard that you are used to:
We ran out of money on vacation and had to slum it in cheap hostels. |
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I focused on in finding a way into Gordana’s. |
Focus on |
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You forgot to mention .... |
Malnourished - adjective *weak and in bad health because of having too little food or too little of the types of food necessary for good health By the time we saw the child, she was extremely malnourished. |
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I swear, all these people eat is bean curd and selzer. |
Bean Curd - tofu Seltzer - mineral water with bubbles |
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An entire week has gone by and you haven’t called back. |
Present perfect |
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I told you I was gonna be so busy with work. |
Da ću biti veoma zauzeta |
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It probably slipped your mind that costumes are required, so I took it upon myself to have some delivered. |
Slip someone's mind (idiom) -izmaklo s'uma
*to be forgotten: I forgot I'd arranged to meet Richard last night - it completely slipped my mind. take it upon yourself to do sth (idiom) -uzeo je na sebi
* to accept responsibility for doing something without being asked to: He took it upon himself to personally thank each person at the meeting. |
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This is ...()
The dust made me feel itchy all over. |
Itchy - adjective * having or causing an itch (svrAB) |
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Why do we have to dress up? |
Dress up (PHRASAL) He dressed up as a cowboy for the party. |
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You must have had it really rough then. |
He must have been fit. (PAST ) He must be fit if he can run 10 kilometres. (PRESENT) |
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Why won’t you Shake your booty? |
Booty? SLANG - the part of the body that you sit on *any valuable things or money stolen by an army at war or by thieves His game-show booty amounted to $2.5 million. Njegov plijen na igrama iznosio je 2,5 milijuna dolara. |
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Why is daddy tickling that lady? |
TicklE - VERB * to touch someone lightly with your fingers, making them slightly uncomfortable and often making them laugh: I tickled her feet and she laughed. My nose is tickling, I think I'm going to sneeze. |
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I had my family there and I was present and accounted for. |
account for something (PHRASAL) *to form the total of something: Students account for the vast majority of our customers. |
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Why Are you so cruel to me? Children can be very cruel to each other. |
Cruel - ADJECTIVE crueller | cruellest or crueler | cruelest *extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel. |
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Why don’t they just muzzle the kid already? |
Muzzle(N) *the mouth and nose of an animal, especially a dog: |
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It’s called denial. |
Denial(N) - PORICANJE *a statement that something is not true or does not exist: His denial of responsibility for the accident was unconvincing. *an unwillingness to accept that something unpleasant is true: He's still in denial about the break-up of his relationship. |
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They’re chubby, bald, steak-eating. She shed her childhood chubbiness years ago. (ODBACILA) |
Chubby (ADJECTIVE)
*fat in a pleasant and attractive way: chubby legs; chubby cheeks The perfect baby has, we are told, chubby little fingers and toes, chubby legs, and chubby cheeks. chubbiness (NOUN) (BUCMAST) BALD - CELAVI - ADJECTIVE At 20 he was already going bald. |
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Becouse your future looks pretty ******* bleak. The house stands on a bleak, windswept hilltop. Bleak weather is cold and unpleasant. |
Bleak ADJECTIVE -SUMORNOM *If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive: * If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future: The economic outlook is bleak |
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They were pretty hammered. |
Hammered - ADJECTIVE
*very drunk |
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I want you to give me opp to redeem myself by taking you out. |
Redeem - VERB - ISKUPIO * to make something or someone seem less bad:
He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers. *to get something back: She managed to save enough money to redeem her jewelry from the pawn shop |
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Im sorry to ramble. I love to ramble through the fields and lanes in this part of the country. |
Ramble - VERB *to walk for pleasure, especially in the countryside: Let's go rambling tomorrow. *to talk or write in a confused way, often for a long time: Sorry, I'm rambling (on) - let me get back to the point. |
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Should I whip up a fondue for Mom?
He was trying to whip up some enthusiasm for the project. |
whip something up - PHRASAL *to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something: POBUDITI *to make food or a meal very quickly and easily: I have just enough time to whip up an omelet. Fondue - NOUN * a hot dish prepared by keeping a container of either hot oil or melted cheese over a flame at the table and putting pieces of meat in the oil to be cooked or pieces of bread into the cheese: |
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My lunatic employer did. |
Lunatic NOUN AND ADJECTIVE *someone who behaves in a silly or dangerous way: He drives like a lunatic. |
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Think you can just get rid of me that easily. |
Get rid OF IDIOM * to find a way to make someone leave because you do not want the person to be with you any longer: We finally got rid of my little sister by telling her scary stories. |
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I still think I turned out to be pretty decent guy in spite of it all. |
Decent - ADJECTIVE * socially acceptable or good: * dressed or wearing clothes: Are you decent yet? |
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I would have gone with jerk or bonehead. |
Bonehead - NOUN AND ADJECTIVE
a stupid person That was some bonehead behavior. |
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That is really kinky and weird. |
Kinky - ADJECTIVE
* unusual, strange, and possibly exciting, especially in ways involving unusual sexual acts: |
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I desperately wanted to yell out after her, but it was like one of those awful dreams where I had no voice. |
Yell out |
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The woman’s heinous. |
Heinous- ADJECTIVE - ODVRATAN *very bad and shocking: This is a heinous crime and the soldiers should get the most severe punishment. |
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What if I made you a tempting offer? |
Tempting - ADJECTIVE - PRIMAMLJIVO
* If something is tempting, you want to do or have it: That pie looks very tempting. |
