Idiomatic Expressions 21

General vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes covering verbs, social interactions, authority, and class terms.

Live a life of crime / luxury

have that lifestyle.

live to the age of

reach a certain age

Can live with

accept/ tolerate

Live & let Live

accept others' choices, be tolerant

Live & learn

you learn from mistakes/experience,

Live beyond/within your means

spend more/less than you earn.

Live in hope

continue hoping

Live a lie

pretend to be someone you're not

live to tell the tale

survive sth dangerous

polite to

Be polite to your teacher

polite of

polite of someone

just/only being polite

not serious, just socially nice.

polite conversation

socially acceptable small talk

polite Company / Society

formal Socially respectable people

react to

respond to sth

react by doing

show your reaction through an action

react according/appropriately

behave correctly for the situation?

react with

show a specific emotion or behaviour

react against

oppose or resist

cause/produce/provoke/trigger a reaction (to)

make sth happen/create a result/

reaction against

opposition

adverse/gut/ immediate reaction

negative / instinctive/ instant

Chain reaction

one event causes many others. (physics metaphor)

response to

answer to sth.

in response to

because of/ as a reaction to

response from

who answered

no response

Silence

response time

time needed to answer

Call in sick

tell work/school you are sick & won't come.

feel sick

feel ill/nauseous

make sb sick

cause ill OR disgust

sick as a parrot

very disappointed

worried sick

extremely worried.

Sick & tired (of)

fed up with

Sick with fear/worry/etc.

emotionally overwhelmed

Sick at heart

deeply sad

sick bag

airplane vomit bag

treat cruelly/badly/fairly/unjustly

behave toward someone

treat sb with

show an attitude or quality toward

treat sb for

medical care for an illness

treat sb like

behave as if they are sth

treat sb to

give/pay for sth nice.

treat a/an illness/disease/patient/etc

give medical treatment

in for a treat

good surprise

arm sb with

give someone weapons/tools/information

arm yourself against

prepare to defend yourself

take up arms (against)

start fighting / go to war

lay down (your) arms

stop fighting /surrender

up in arms (about)

very angry/protesting

arms Control

limiting weapons (especially nuclear weapons)

arms race

competition to build more weapons.

have the authority to do

have official permission /right

grant sb the authority to do

officially give permission

have authority over

be in control of

have sth on good authority

know sth from a reliable source

in authority

in a position of power.

with authority

confidently/convincingly

the authorities

police/government officials

local authority

local government office/council

charge sb with

officially accuse in court.

charge sb for

ask someone to pay.

take charge

take control /responsibility

(put) in charge (of)

make someone responsible

overall charge

total responsibility

class sb/sth as

categorize

social class

group based on wealth/status

working /middle/upper class

economic levels in society.

ruling class

people who control power/government

Class System

structure dividing society into classes

class differences

inequalities between groups

class war

Conflict between rich & poor (political term).

peer group

people of the same age/status

peer pressure

pressure from friends to behave a certain way