Idiomatic Expressions 16

Practice flashcards covering collocations and idiomatic expressions related to nature, risk, weather, and chance based on the lecture transcript.

green politics

environmental politics.

green belt

protected countryside around a city.

give someone the green light

give permission.

greenhouse

glass building for plants.

the greenhouse effect

Earth warming from trapped heat.

guess at

estimate roughly.

guess that

think sth is true.

guess right

be correct.

take/make/hazard a guess (at)

try to estimate.

rough guess

not exact estimate.

lucky guess

correct by luck.

wild guess

no evidence.

educated guess

based on knowledge.

at a guess

approximately.

happen to do

do by chance.

it so happens that

coincidentally.

as it happens

actually in fact.

thunder & lightning

storm sounds & flashes.

a bolt/flash of lightning

one strike.

struck by lightning

hit by lightning.

at lightning speed

very fast.

push your luck

take too much risk.

wish sb luck

hope they succeed.

trust to luck

rely only on luck.

bring you luck

cause good fortune.

the luck of the draw

random result.

a stroke/piece of luck

lucky event.

as luck would have it

fortunately/unfortunately.

in luck

lucky today.

with any luck

hopefully.

completely/totally natural

not artificial, normal.

natural causes

death/changes from nature, not accident.

natural ability

talent you are born with.

natural resources

materials from nature (water, oil, wood).

natural selection

survival of the strongest (biology/Darwin idea).

the nature of

the basic character/essence.

by nature

naturally, in personality.

in nature

in the natural world.

Mother Nature

nature personified.

human nature

typical human behaviour.

second nature

automatic/easy because of practice.

the odds of doing

probability.

the odds are (that)

it's likely.

the odds are in favour of/against

chances support or oppose.

against all the odds

despite great difficulty.

rain hard/heavily

strong rain.

pour with rain

rain very heavily.

heavy/light rain

strong/weak rain.

rainbow

colours in the sky after rain.

rainwater

water from rain.

caught in the rain

outside without protection.

risk sth on

put sth in danger.

risk doing

possibly suffer harm.

risk one's life

face death danger.

take a risk

try sth uncertain.

run the risk of

there is a chance of danger.

put sth at risk

endanger.

pose a risk to

be dangerous to.

the risk of

the possibility that sth negative may happen.

at the risk of doing

knowing sth bad may happen.

sun yourself

in the sun to relax.

in the sun

sunlight.

sunbathe

lie in the sun.

sunlight

light from the sun.

sunrise

morning when sun appears.

sunset

evening when sun disappears.

sunshine

bright sunny weather.

pose a threat (to)

be dangerous to.

face a threat

be in danger.

under threat

at risk.

threat of

possibility of harm.

idle threat

not serious, empty threat.

bomb threat

warning about bomb.

death threat

threat to kill someone.

good/bad/etc weather

nice/terrible conditions.

freak weather

unusual/extreme weather.

in all weather

in any conditions.

under the weather

feeling sick.

weather forecast

prediction.

weatherproof

protected from rain/wind.

light/strong wind

weak/strong air movement.

gust of wind

sudden strong wind.

in the wind

coming/likely soon.

winds of change

signs that change is coming.