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Betray

To not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies

Gist

The most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details

In thr former/latter

First, last/second

Pin it down

Identify or define sth exactly

Mulling over

Thinking about sth carefully

Brings you out in a cold sweat

Makes you very scared or nervous

Daunting prospect

Sth that looks hard or scary to do

Debilitating

Making you very weak

Getting a buzz out of

Enjoying sth a lot and feeling excited by it

Exhilaration

A feeling of being very happy and excited

Thrils

Strong feelings of excitement

Make my stomach churn

A strong physical reaction to an emotion, that makes you feel sick, nervous, disgusted, or very anxious.

Hone

To make an object sharp

Coherent

It is clear and carefully considered and each part of it connects or follows in a natural or reasonable way

Alleged

Said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof:

It took 15 years for the … criminals (= people thought to be criminals) to prove their innocence.

Have a hidden agenda

A secret reason for doing sth

Put your finger on sth

To discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is, especially when something is wrong

Pinpoint

To find or to say the exact position in space or time of sth/ to discover or describe the exact facts about sth

Beat around the bush

To avoid discussing the main topic or issue directly

Get straight to the point

To speak directly about a subject without avoiding the issue

Can't make head nor tail of it

Something is completely confusing or incomprehensible.

Ring a bell

Something sounds vaguely familiar but isn't fully recalled.

Got the wrong end of the stick

Don't understand correctly

On the same page

Understand each other, agree on sth, have similar opinions

Keep someone in the loop

Keep in touch, explain everything after

Hit the nail on the head

To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem

A grey area

A situation that is not clear or where the rules are inknown

Suspicious

Making you feel that sth illegal is happening ot that sth is wrong

A passing thought

A quick temporary idea

To have a brainwave

🧠💭 to have a sudden great idea

To bounce a few ideas around

To share ideas together

Bang

Hairstyle with hair cut across the forehead

Utterly

Completely, extremely

Unsubstantiated

Not supported by facts

Stunt

Sth that is done to get attention for the person or people responsible of it

Impartial

Not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument/neutral, objective

Insubstantial

Not enough or not strong enough, not supported by evidence

Creditable

Deserving praise, trust or respect

Unsettling

Causing change

Amid

Among, in the middle of, surrounded by

Hoax

Lie, a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick

Slanted(media)

Showing information about one person, one side of an argument, etc. in such a positive or negative way that it is unfair

Livid

Extremely angry

Ludicrous

Stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at

Plausible

Seeming likely to be true or able to believed

Astounding

Very surprising or shocking

Reach a tipping point

Get max

Credible

Able to believe or trusted

Ereader

Electronic physical book e.g.”Kandle”

Feasible

Able to be made, done or achieved/ possible, likely

Accelerate

Make a vehicle go faster

Commute

To make sam journey regularly between work and home

Endowment

Sth that you have form birth, often a quality: There are tests that can establish a baby's genetic ... OR money that is given to a college/hospital in order to provide it with an income

Reciprocal

Mutual, common

Crude

Simple and not skillfully done or made

Bushel

A unit of measurement ~36.4 liters in Britain: a… of wheat

Embedded in

Fixed into the surface of sth. If an emotion: someone or sth that is a very important part of them

Bundle

A number of things that have been fastened or are held together: a… of clothes

Excel in sth

Improve

Enhance

To improve

Boost sth

To improve

Manual gearbox/transmission

Manual thing for manual cars

Go on about someone

Talk too much or at length about someone

Speak at length

Speak for a long period of time

Calm up

Suddenly stop talking, often because of nervousness or discomfort

Talk shop

Talk about work or business in a social or casual setting

Have a chit-chat

Small talk

But just banter

Be only playful or joking talk, not meant seriously

Go off on a tangent

Start talking about sth unrelated to the main topic

Discern

To see, recognize, or understand sth that is not clear

Implicit

Suggested but not communicated directly

Quire

4 sheets of paper folded to make 16 pages/notes

Inquisitiveness

The quality of wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people

Standstill

A condition in which all movement or activity has stopped

Butt in

To interrupt

Broach(a subject)

To begin a discussion of sth difficult

Reiterate

To say sth again

Confer

To ask advice

Thrash sth out

To discuss in details

Act out

To behave badly cause you are upset often in ways that you are not aware of

Ignite

To(cause to) start burning or explode

Elicit

To get or produce sth, especially information or a reaction

Drprivation

A situation in which you don't have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a pleasant life

By and large

In general

Eternal

Lasting forever

Be in two minds about sth

Can't decide

Contamination

The process of making sth dirty or poisonous, or the state containing unwanted or dangerous substances. The water supply is being tested for …

Sit on the fence

To delay making decisions

Penny-pinching

Unwilling to pay money, economical

Scant

Very little and not enough

Rowdy

Noisy and possibly violent

Run-down

.. buildings or areas are often in a bad condition

Mob, mob mentality

A large, angry crowd especially one that could easily become violent

Harsh

Unpleasant, unkind, cruel or more severe than is necessary

Well rounded

Involving or having experience in a wide range of ideas or activities

Brush up on sth

To improve your knowledge of sth already learned but partly forgotten

Wait (on) tables

To serve meals for people in a restaurant

Gourmet (of food)

Very high quality of food(a… restaurant/chef)