Advanced English Transformations - Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the provided lecture notes focusing on English transformations and idioms.

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To perform an action without success or result.

Have a/an (adjective) effect on

To have a significant impact or influence on something.

Be in favour of

To be in agreement or support of something.

Give someone one's word

To give one's solemn promise.

Beyond belief

So extreme as to be difficult to believe.

Keep/get in touch with someone

Maintain communication with someone.

Be a big fish in a small pond

Important person in a small environment.

Put something on the map

To become famous or well-known.

Put on an act

To pretend or feign an emotion or action.

Make a getaway

To escape from somewhere.

Run out of

No longer in supply or available.

As an alternative to

An alternative or substitute.

Remind someone of someone

Remind someone of another person.

Pointless

Serving no useful purpose.

Have something in common

To have similar qualities or interests.

Be meant to

Meant to do something

At someone’s disposal

At someone’s disposal.

Be valued at

Assessed at a particular price.

Be valid for

Acceptable for use in a certain region.

Be on good terms with

Have a Good Relationship

Beyond one’s reach

Beyond reach/ unaffordable

For fear of

Fear of something

Agreement to do

Agreement to do something

Reduction in/of something

Reduction in something

Doesn't matter to someone

Not expressing care/ does not matter

Express one’s disapproval

Express one’s disagreement

Be costly

Something being costly

Be virtually unable to do something

Hardly able to do something

Take someone by surprise

Completely taken by surprise.

Onset of something

Start or beginning of it

At the outset

at/from the beginning

Offset something

Act as an antidote to something

No truth in something

Absolutely False

Very few sightings of something

Rarely be seen

Contrary to N, SVO

Something being contrary

Have a head for figure

Good at mathematics

Give someone a free hand

Permitting someone to do whatever

Turn over a new leaf

Change the attitude

On the verge/brink of something

On the verge of something

No sign of somebody

The lack of sign

Cannot bear/ Tolerate Something

Find Something Intolerable

Likelihood to do something

Likely to do

Cannot make use of Something

Only valid until

Economical with something

Be economical

Litte demand for something

Little Demand

It is difficult to do something

Having a hard time

Devoted to doing something

Be very happy/ devote to something

Feeling Stupid

Feeling such a fool

Breathe a sign of relief

Feeling Relieved

Something Demands Technical Skill

Demand something with skill

Out of stock

Having run out of

It's likely

The chances are here

Safe and Sound

Virtually at all

Must have done

The feeling of sure

Have all crops completely wiped out

The wipe out crops

There is no connection between

A thing in unknown

It crossed his mind

To cross one-on-one

I am pushing

Very sure what do you do

Has broken The World Record

One made great attemp

Broken the Record

Apply from Application

Loses his temper easily

How one is short tempered

let's do the washing

Let's do the dish

Cost Harry 50 Pounds

When one pays a high price

Be Economidal with Water

We must save

Was able to turn down

Have the chance of

Will have to take a chance

Getting the chance of

Is a Child's Play

So easy thing

Look down one nose

To really look down

Has to turn over a new leaf

One should be the one who changed attitude

On the verge of its extinction

With the threat of wild life

Unless I feel Like It

We should have one choice

There was sill no sign of The Bride

With not even the sign of bride

Could not bear the heat

Really can’t control

There is a Likelihood That

One is Likely To Do It

Broke, I am in the same boat

Where Money really cost

Not completely to

To not be at all

Apparance by on expectation

To be completely stunned

Not think much of the show

Did not think much

Can get those words out

There are few words

Had to Contribute

To be good at Mathematics

To Make to Something our Something

No call for popular

To Operate Something

Need or Are Needing is

End up Safe and Sound

Things may not end up well

Used to work as

To Do Better In Job

Came to realize

Realize

The Chances that the Project

To Get Along

Crossed mind That

Came on the Scene

The pushing his wife all time

What makes all think

My bad application turned down

Had a hard start

So many people unemployed

For not being able

My boyfriend is short tempered

To be so short to

What to make out the cheque to

Lets not make up more work

Make sure not to lose notice

Ask For and make sure of

The very first is when time played in that place

The most in the

Comment won't deter from the top down

Can be a big thing

For Someone to Want Some One

Have a good feel

Deserve Severe Punishment

Want Something

In all Probalitiy

May want to

Looks Ungainily

With all this

Have To Cut Down

Gave up the car