English Vocabulary 4

Cards · 45

Bite the bullet

idiom: To face a difficult situation with courage and fortitude.

Break the ice

idiom: To initiate social interaction or ease tension in an awkward situation.

Burn the midnight oil

idiom: To work or study late into the night.

Call it a day

idiom: To decide or agree to stop working on something for the day.

Spill the beans

idiom: To disclose a secret, especially prematurely or unintentionally.

Under the weather

idiom: Feeling slightly unwell, sick, or tired.

Hit the nail on the head

idiom: To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem.

Cost an arm and a leg

idiom: To be extremely expensive.

Piece of cake

idiom: Something that is very easy or simple to accomplish.

See eye to eye

idiom: To agree completely with someone.

Resilient

adjective: Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

Ambiguous

adjective: Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

Pragmatic

adjective: Dealing with things sensibly and realistically based on practical considerations.

Meticulous

adjective: Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Lucid

adjective: Expressed clearly; easy to understand.

Empathy

noun: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Candid

adjective: Truthful and straightforward; frank.

Mitigate

verb: To make something less severe, serious, or painful.

Inevitable

adjective: Certain to happen; unavoidable.

Diligent

adjective: Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.

Barking up the wrong tree

idiom: Pursuing a mistaken line of thought or course of action.

Through thick and thin

idiom: Under all circumstances, no matter how difficult.

Take with a grain of salt

idiom: To view something with skepticism or not take it literally.

Ball is in your court

idiom: It is up to you to take the next step or make a decision.

Best of both worlds

idiom: A situation where one enjoys the advantages of two distinct things.

Blessing in disguise

idiom: An apparent misfortune that eventually results in something good.

Superfluous

adjective: Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Plausible

adjective: Seeming reasonable or probable.

Alleviate

verb: To make suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe.

Authentic

adjective: Of undisputed origin; genuine.

Apprehensive

adjective: Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Complacent

adjective: Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or achievements.

Discrepancy

noun: A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

Eloquent

adjective: Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

Frugal

adjective: Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.

Gullible

adjective: Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Hesitant

adjective: Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

Impartial

adjective: Treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just.

Jovial

adjective: Cheerful and friendly.

Keen

adjective: Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.

Let the cat out of the bag

idiom: To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.

Once in a blue moon

idiom: Extremely rarely; once in a very long time.

Penny for your thoughts

idiom: A way of asking what someone is thinking about.

Cut corners

idiom: To do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money.

Back to square one

idiom: Back to the beginning, having achieved no real progress.