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Flashcards by Atziri Saoirse Gun Cuninghame, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Atziri Saoirse Gun Cuninghame
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| Question | Answer |
| INTUITIVE Pronunciation: *UK /ɪnˈtʃuː.ɪ.tɪv/ *US /ɪnˈtuː.ɪ.t̬ɪv/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/intuitive | DEFINITION: Making desitions by heart rather by the facts, probabilities or proofs. E.G.: Women are regarded to be more intuitive than men. |
| DOWNSIDE Pronunciation: *UK /ˈdaʊn.saɪd/ *US /ˈdaʊn.saɪd/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/downside | DEFINITION: The disadvantage fom a situation. E.G.: The downside of go studying in another country is that I´ll miss my family. |
| COMPULSIVE Pronunciation: *UK /kəmˈpʌl.sɪv/ *US /kəmˈpʌl.sɪv/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/compulsive | DEFINITION: An activity you can´t stop doing. E.G.: I've always find romantic movies compulsive viewing. |
| DECISIVE Pronunciation: *UK /dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/ *US /dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/decisive | DEFINITION: *To be determined to acomplish something. *To be able of making fast, accurate desitions. E.G.: The doctors had to take a decisive choise to save his life... they had to cut his lef off. |
| INQUISITIVE Pronunciation: *UK /ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.tɪv/ *US /ɪnˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/inquisitive | DEFINITION: *To be very curious, almost in an annoying way. *Gather as much of information as possible, for the fact of just knowing it. E.G.: I was an inquisitive child, I made my parents go crazy with so many questions I did. |
| AMBITIOUS Pronunciation: *UK /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ *US /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ambitious | DEFINITION: To set high goals. E.G.: People thought the Wright brothers were very ambitous to think they could fly. Thanks to that, nowadays we have airplaines . |
| CONSCIENTIOUS Pronunciation: *UK /ˌkɒn.ʃiˈen.ʃəs/ *US /ˌkɑːn.ʃiˈen.ʃəs/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/conscientious | DEFINITION: To put a lot of effort into your work. E.G.: Romina is a conscientious teacher, in result her students achive a good level of english. |
| INTROVERTED Pronunciation: *UK /ˈɪn.trə.vɜːt/ *US /ˈɪn.trə.vɝːt/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/introvert?q=introverted | DEFINITION: Kind of personality, in wich the person is kind of shy, socialy withdrawaled and doesn´t like expressing his/her ideas. E.G.: Always the introverted Kim, turns down every party invitation she receives. |
| EXTROVERT Pronunciation: *UK /ˈek.strə.vɜːt/ *US /ˈek.strə.vɝːt/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/extrovert | DEFINITION: An energetic happy person who enjoys the company from other people, chat a lot, expess his/her ideas. E.G.: Tim is an extrovert who enjoys socializing. |
| HONEST, FRANK, DIRECT, OUTSPOKEN, OPEN Pronunciation: *UK /ˈɒn.ɪst/ *US /ˈɑː.nɪst/ *UK /fræŋk/ *US /fræŋk/ *UK /daɪˈrekt/ /dɪˈrekt/ *US /daɪˈrekt/ /dɪˈrekt/ *UK /ˌaʊtˈspəʊ.kən/ *US /ˌaʊtˈspoʊ.kən/ *UK /ˈəʊ.pən/ *US /ˈoʊ.pən/ | DEFINITION: Express opinions by the sake of truth. E.G.: "Sometimes people dont like to hear the truth. I'm not sorry for beeing brutally honest." -Jessica said. |
| THE LUCK OF THE DRAW Pronunciation: *UK /drɔː/ *US /drɑː/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/draw | DEFINITION: The result of chance you have no control over. E.G.: -Look at that! You have a royal flush! - It's just the luck of the draw. |
| TAKE A POT OF LUCK Pronunciation: *UK /lʌk/ *US /lʌk/ http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/luck | DEFINITION: Do something and hope to get it right, without calculation. E.G.: I took a pot of luck and I put all my chips on one number at the roulette. |
| TO BE OUT OF LUCK | DEFINITION: Have a bad result at something, not having success or the good opportunities you were thinking of. E.G.: -Can I have a ticket for The Hunger Games premiere? -Oh... I'm so sorry, we´ve just sold the last one to the guy before you. It looks like you're out of luck. |
| PUSH YOUR LUCK | DEFINITION: To try too hard to get a particular result and risk losing what you have achieved E.G.: My brother agreed on helping me with my math homework, I think I would be pushing my luck if I asked him to do the project as well. |
| NO SUCH LUCK | DEFINITION: Frase used when you're dissapointed of the outcome of a situation. E.G.: -The world end today! -No such luck. |
| BY A STROKE OF LUCK | DEFINITION: When something good happens by chance. E.G.: I had to buy an expensive book and had already spent all my money, when suddently I found a $100 on the floor! That was in deed a stroke of luck. |
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