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Flashcards by René Quijada, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by René Quijada
almost 7 years ago
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| A period when little rain falls in the countryside. "It's been a rainless year" | Drought /draʊt/ |
| The moment in which one reflects on a past action. "Only after they finished the war, they coul see in retrospect the damage they had done" | (With/In) Hindsight /ˈhaɪnd.saɪt/ |
| Something very difficult to believe in. "Come on! The spiderman is so unrealistic" | Far-fetched /ˌfɑːˈfetʃt/ |
| Something that looks like a human. "The creatures of the planet had an antropomorphic body, still, they weren't humans" | Humanoid /ˈhjuː.mə.nɔɪd/ |
| Something that has support from another thing. "The theorem is based on Pythagoras" | Grounded in/on sth. |
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To annoy someone either kind or unkindly.
"I'm a kind person, I don't understand why they pick on me"
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Tease (binary/octet-stream)
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Tease /tiːz/ |
| Something that is guaranteed not to fail. "The death-star is foolproof..." | Fail-safe. /ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf/ |
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The extension of a topic covered by something.
"Physics is out of the field this subject covers"
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Scope (binary/octet-stream)
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Scope /skoʊp/ |
| As a consequence of this... "The policeman arrested Donnie, restoring his credibility as a result of this" | Thereby /ˌðeəˈbaɪ/ |
| To do something forbidden, thereby breaking the rules or the law. "The president dissolved the congress, transgressing the law" | Contravene /ˌkɒn.trəˈviːn/ |
| To be in a position in which any decision is unfavorable. "My mother and my sister asked me for help... I was between the devil and the deep blue sea" | To be on the horns of a dilemma. /daɪˈlem.ə/ |
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A time in which there's not enough food causing serious problems.
"In the land of nowhere a great hunger reigned"
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Famine (binary/octet-stream)
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Famine /ˈfæm.ɪn/ |
| The situation in which something starts to have negative effects, getting destroyed. "The loyalty of the servants was gradually worn out by the oppresive attitude of the king" | Erosion /ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/ |
| Natural disaster/A great victory. "The party is expected a great landslide!" | Landslide /ˈlænd.slaɪd/ |
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To shiver with excitement/A slight earthquake.
"The news were so good they looked like they were about to convulse"
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Tremor (binary/octet-stream)
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Tremor /ˈtrem.ər/ |
| Someting of very short lenght (Adj) Very soon (Adv). "The movie had had a momentary cut" "Isaac saw everyone was momentarily paralyzed" | Momentary vs Momentarily (Adj/Adv) |
| Not appealed by new people. The dislike brought by meeting new people "Don't worry he's apathetic since childhood" "He is such an unfriendly man!" | Unsocial/Unsociable /ʌnˈsəʊ.ʃəl/ || /ʌnˈsəʊ.ʃə.bəl/ |
| To be careless, passive and lazy. "Teamwork puts him in a very unenergetic mood" | Bone idle /ˈaɪ.dəl/ |
| To have mastered something useful. "Speaking english is already an ace upon one's sleeve" | Have sth under your belt |
| The end of the road or an obstacle. "In moder politics, trying to argument an opinion is a complete stalemate" | Dead end /ˌded ˈend/ |
| To have exact incomes to pay something. "Mark will have to economize if he wants to reach March" | Make ends meet |
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