word list 1

Diana Terbalyan
Word/Phrase Transcription Definition Example Translation
lingua franca /ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ a language that people use he international лингва франка :)
to communicate when they business community
have different first languages sees English as a
lingua franca.

mother tongue /ˈmʌðə(r) tʌŋ/ the main language that you Although she lives in родной язык
learn as a child Spain, her mother
tongue is Russian

brush up /brʌʃ ʌp/ to improve your knowledge I think I’ll brush up освежить
of something already learned my Spanish before
but partly forgotten going to Madrid

parrot-fashion /ˈpær.ətˌfæʃ.n/ copying or repeating what You could’ve learnt it -

someone says without parrot-fashion
thinking about it or
understanding it properly

get by /ɡet baɪ/ to be able to live or deal with How can he get by обойтись
a situation with difficulty, on so little money?
usually by having just
enough of something you
need, such as money

pick up /pɪk ʌp/ learn easily I wish I could pick up легко учить
vocabulary as quickly
as you do

come along /kʌm əˈlɒŋ/ To make progress, or to get My English has really преуспевать
better in quality, skill, or come along recently
health

keep up /kiːp ʌp/ make as much progress as She has missed не отставать
others many classes, but
still she keeps up

fall behind /fɔːl bɪˈhaɪnd/ make less progress than In my group I’m the отставать
other people one who falls behind
now and I deeply
regret about it

let down /let daʊn/ to disappoint Don’t let me down подвести,

again, Alex разочаровать

take up /ˈteɪk ʌp/ start doing new activity I took up заняться

photography last year

tongue-tied /ˈtʌŋ.taɪd/ If you get tongue-tied, you I get awkward and лишён дара
find it difficult to express tongue-tied around речи
yourself, usually because girls I like
you are nervous.

not get a word in /ˈedʒweɪz/ to not be able to say Bob was talking so не может
edgeways anything because someone much that nobody вставить даже
else is talking all the time could get a word in слово
edgeways!

beat about the bush /biːt əˈbaʊt ðə to avoid talking about what is Stop beating about ходить вокруг да
bʊʃ/ important the bush - get to the около
point!

(can’t) string a /strɪŋ ə ˈsen.təns If you string words or People tend to be двух слов
sentence together təˈɡeð.ə sentences together, you very impressed if you связать не
manage to say something can string together a может
that other people can couple of sentences
understand in Japanese

make one’s point /meɪk jə pɔɪnt/ give an opinion clearly Okay, you’ve made выразить точку
your point, there’s no зрения
need to keep going
on about it.

talk a mile a minute /tɔːk ə maɪl ə to talk very quickly Mike was very тараторить
ˈmɪn.ɪt/ excited, talking a mile
a minute.

can’t make heads /kænt meɪk hedz to not be able to understand I can't make head nor не понимать
or tails of smth ɔː teɪlz/ something tail of these ничего
instructions on the
packet

words fail me /wɜːdz feɪl miː Used for emphasizing you "So what did you нет слов
are very pleased, surprised think of Olive's pink
or angry outfit?" "Words fail
me. I've never seen
anything quite like it!"

speak one’s mind /spiːk jɔː maɪnd to say what you think about Sammy, don’t be говорить что
something very directly afraid of speaking думаешь
your mind

preserve (a /prɪˈzɜːv/ to keep something as it is, It’s important for us to защитить,

language) especially in order to prevent preserve these сохранить
it from decaying or being traditions.
damaged or destroyed

mind your language /maɪnd jɔː to make sure that you use ‘Just you watch your следи за речью
ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/ words that will not offend language,’ snarled
people Swain.
foul language /faʊlˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/ swear words After using foul нецензурная
language, the лексика
employee was asked
to stay home for two
days

strong language /ˌstrɒŋ coarse or offensive language Using strong ругательства

ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/ language in such a
delicate situation was
really impolite of him

a bit rusty /ə bɪt ˈrʌs.ti/ skills are not as good as they So I took some time заржавелый
used to be because you off to go travelling
haven’t practised them and now I'm a bit
rusty...

be immersed /ɪˈmɜːs/ to become completely The most effecient погруженный

immersed in something
way to learn a
language quickly is to
immerse yourself in
the target language
culture

Accurately /ˈækjʊrətli/ In a correct and true in every Have I described the точно
detail way situation accurately?

Bilingual /baɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/ someone who is able to I’m a bilingual in

speak two languages equally Russian and
well Armenian

Trial and error /ˈtraɪəl ænd A way of achieving an aim or
ˈerə(r)/ solving a problem by trying a
number of different methods
and learning from the
mistakes that you make
Children learn to use методом проб и
computer programs ошибок
by trial and error.

Command of /kəˈmɑːnd əv/ A good knowledge of a She has an хорошо

subject and an ability to use impressive command владеть/идеальн
that knowledge of the English о знать
language

Cross out /krɒs aʊt/ To draw a line through Don’t cross me out of вычеркнуть
something you have written, your list!
usually because it is wrong

- еo gain as much advantage It's my first trip to брать максимум

Make the most of as you can from Spain so I'm going to от чего-либо
somebody/something make the most of it
 /sɪŋk ɪn/ to become completely She had to repeat переварить/осоз
Sink in understood her words several нать и понять
times before they
finally sank in.

/ɡet bɒɡd/ Become so involved in Try not to get too увязнуть

Get bogged something difficult or bogged down in the
complicated that you cannot details.
down do anything else

- To get rid of something, so A lot of the избавиться

Do away with that it no longer exists restrictions on
imports have been
done away with.

/ˈlaɪkwaɪz/ To do the same Mary entered the art делать так же

Do likewise university and enjoys
studying there. Do
likewise.

/ˈrɔːrɪŋ/ To sell lots of sth Apple really does a успешно

Do a roaring roaring trade in продавать что-
iphones либо
trade in sth

/duː ˈsʌmbədi To be beneficial to sb taking few days out пойти на пользу

Do sb a power of ˈpaʊə(r) əv ɡʊd/ your stressful job
good would do you a
power of good

/duː jɔː(r) To do something as well as She did her utmost to делать все
Do your utmost ˈʌtməʊst/ you can by making a great finish her word list on возможное
effort time

/meɪk nəʊ Not to try to do sth, Peter made no даже не

Make no attempt əˈtempt/ especially in the situation attempt in getting her пытаться
where you should have tried recognition
to do sth

/let ˈsʌmθɪŋ allow something to get worse I’ve really let my запустить
Let sth slide slaɪd/ Spanish slide
 /duː ðə trɪk/ Solve a small problem I don’t know what что нужно
Do the trick exactly it was, but it
definitely did the trick!

/ˈɡɑː.bl/ To mix up or confuse words He left a grabled путать

Garble message which I
can't understand

/ˌʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbli/ In a way that is impossible to The guide was неразборчиво

Unintelligibly understand speaking
unintelligibly so I
couldn’t get anything
she said

/daɪ aʊt/ to become weaker or less It's a custom that is вымирать

Die out common and then disappear beginning to die out.
completely

/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃn/ the situation when an species that are in вымирание

Extinction animal, plant, or language no danger of extinction
longer exists

/ðens/ from there They travelled to оттуда

Thence Camelot and thence
to the castle.

/daɪˈvɜː(r)səti/ the fact of many different We value the rich разнообразие

Diversity types of things or people ethnic and cultural
being included in something; diversity of the group.
a range of different things or
people

/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/ to disappear in a sudden and The child vanished исчезнуть

Vanish mysterious way while on her way
home from school.

/ˈtraɪ.bl/ Relating to a tribe Cooking the bread племенной

Tribal was a tribal custom

/ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒəd/ In danger of being harmed, The hospital is под

Endangered lost, unsuccessful, etc. accused of угрозой(исчезно
endangering patients’ вения и т.д.)
lives.

/ˈθret.n/ To be likely to cause harm or The terrorists are угрожать

Threaten damage to something or threatening to kill the
someone hostages.
go over/through - look at, check or discuss Forensic scientists
something smth carefully are going over the
victim's flat in a
search for clues
about the murderer.

leave smth out - not do smth, e.g. an
exercise(leave sb out = not
include sb)
1.I've made a list of пропускать, не
names - I hope I учитывать
haven't left anyone
out.
2.None of the other
children play with
her, and I think she
feels left out (= feels
that no one wants to
be her friend).

take it in turns - do sth one after another so We took turns по очереди

that everyone has an steering the boat.
opportunity to do it (also take
turns at sth)

rub sth out remove marks made by a It's in pencil so you стереть
pencil, chalk, etc. can just rub anything
that's wrong out.

swap places (with - take sb’s seat or position so I can’t see anything поменяться
sb) they can take yours from my seat. Can I местами
swap places with
you?

put sth away - put sth where you usually Put your toys away убери это
keep it, especially after using now!
it

call it a day - decide to stop what you are I'm getting a bit tired закругляться
doing (often work) now - let's call it a
day.

take sth seriously - think that sth is important Don’t take her mood серьезно
and should be given careful swings seriously, относиться к
attention she’s bipolar

look sth up - look for information about sth Look the unknown поискать
in a reference book or online phrases up in the
Cambridge Dictionary

- if you write sth in rough, you My text is filled up в

in rough do it for a first time without with mistakes необработанном
worrying about mistakes because I’ve written it , сыром виде
down in rough
because you will write it
correctly later
it’s no good (doing - it will have no positive result It’s no good это нехорошо
sth) (syn. it’s no use doing sth) oversleeping

build sth up - increase or develop sth over I built my confidence создать,

a period of time(build up up and I won’t let you выработать
confidence/strength/a speak with me this
way
reputation)

the tip of the /ˈaɪsˌbɜː(r)ɡ/ only small part of a much The number of верхушка
iceberg larger problem or matter political prisoners in айсберга
our country is just the
tip of the iceberg

dos and don’ts /dɒs ænd dəʊnts/ things you should and The teacher spent правила
should not do ten minutes
explaining all the dos
and don'ts in the
classroom.

make yourself - speak in a way that others You don’t talk, but быть понятым
understood can understand you make yourself другими
understood

learn sth (off) by - learn sth by reading it or I hated learning учить наизусть
heart hearing it repeatedly until poems by heart when
you remember it exactly I was at school

say/read sth out - say/read sth so that others Maybe it’s too hard to сказать вслух
loud can hear it say out loud

get behind (with /bɪˈhaɪnd/ not do sth on time, and then I got behind with my оставлять
sth) have more to do later reading journal, word хвосты
list and speaking task
and I’m suuffering

catch up(with sb) - reach the level of others who Study harder and догнать,
are more advanced you’ll catch with with наверстать
the other students of
our group

brush up on - improve your knowledge or I definitely need to освежить,

sth/brush sth up skill in sth, especially when brush my vocabulary привести в
you have not used it for a up порядок
period of time
make sense of sth - manage to understand sth It was extremely разобраться в
difficult but I made
sense of the history
of the English
language

keep up with sb - make progress at the same Kate does all the не отставать
speed as others tasks the teacher
gives, so she keeps
up with others

pick sth up - learn sth easily She pick up the подхватывать

grammar so quickly -
I envy her!

keep it up - continue to do sth as well as She has won all the так держать
you are doing it now games in the season.
Keep it up, girl!

get to grips with sth - The president has разобраться

to make an effort to failed to come to
understand and deal with a grips with the two
problem or situation most important social
issues of our time.

go through sth - look or study notes, paper, Go through these просмотреть

etc. syn. go over sth videos and some
articles to write an
essay

it’s not the end of - it’s not the worst thing that If your project fails, это не конец
the world could happen it’s not the end of the света
world

keep your fingers - hope for good luck or I’ll keep my fingers скрести пальцы
crossed success crossed for you!

come up - if a question, number, name, I hope the question появляться

etc. comes up, it is selected about semantics
and appears somewhere(in won’t come up at the
exam
this case, in an exam paper)

steer clear of sb/sth - to avoid someone or They warned their держаться

something that seems children to steer clear подальше
unpleasant, dangerous, or of drugs.
likely to cause problems
keep/have one eye - look at or watch sth while Keep an eye on your следить одним
on sth doing sith else brother while I’m out, глазом
please.

run out of sth - use all of sth and have no In the near future our закончились
more left planet will run out of
clear water

stick to sth - talk or write about one 1.Could you stick to придерживаться
particular thing only, syn. the point, please?
keep to sth // to limit yourself 2.We'd better stick to
the main road,
to doing or using one
because the other
particular thing and not roads are blocked
change to anything else with snow.

go blank /blæŋk/ if your mind goes blank you When the professor перестал
are unable to remember the asked me the думать(?)
answer to a question question, I went
blank

read through sth - read sth to check details and I hope you’ll read прочесть
look for mistakes through my essay

not be up to much - not be very good The food wasn't up to быть хорошего
much. качества

go from bad to - become even worse And then, things went сделать еще
worse from bad to worse хуже

be better off(doing - to be in a better situation, if He'd be better off так будет лучше
sth) or after something happens working for a bigger
company.

drop out of - leave school or college Jade dropped out of уйти, бросить
without finishing your studies the university - we
miss her so much

in your element /ˈelɪmənt/ doing what you are good at Gerard stood up to в своей стихии
and enjoy sing in front of his
classmates, and you
could see he was in
his element.

go far (go a long - be successful in the future I believe we’ll go a станет

way) long way успешным
it’s early days - = it’s too soon to know how Our progress has рано еще
sb/sth will develop been fairly slow so говорить
far, but it's early
days.

sit back - relax, especially by not doing You can’t just sit сидеть сложа
anything or not getting back and let them руки
involved; to take no action close the library.

come up with sth - produce ideas or a solution She's come up with придумать,
to sth some amazing выработать
scheme to double her
income.

know your stuff - know a lot about a particular He is a professional знать свое дело
subject killer - he knows his
stuff

be out of touch(with - not know or understand She has missed all не быть в курсе
sth) recent ideas in a particular the company’s всех дел
subject or area meetings in the
recent months so she
is out of touch with
our new strategies

get/start off on the - make a bad/good start at a He really got off on начать
wrong foot // get off relationship the right foot with my отношения
on the right foot mother.

think ahead to sth - think about a future event The new year is a думать наперед
and plan for it natural time to think
ahead and make
plans for the future.

think for yourself - from your own opinions Don’t let the people думать своей
rather than simply believing decide for you - think головой
what other people say for yourself.

talk it/sth over - discuss sth with sb, If you can’t decide обговорить
especially to help you make which ice cream to
a decision choose, let’s talk it
over.

think it/sth - think carefully about the I need some time to обдумать
over/through possible results of sth think it through - I
don't want to make
any sudden
decisions.

on the spur of the /spɜː(r)/ suddenly, without planning in We hadn't planned to под влиянием
moment advance go away - it was one момента
of those spur-of-the-
moment decisions.
think straight (often - think in a clear and logical Please, ladies, stop мыслить ясно
used in the way crying and think
negative) straight!

think back to sth - think about things that It might help you to вспоминать
happened in the past understand Julia if
you think back to
when you were her
age.

have a good head - be naturally good at doing I wish I had a good иметь
for sth calculations, remembering head for learning способности к
facts, etc. languages and
studied at linguistics
faculty.

take it/sth in - to understand completely the It was an interesting понять принять

meaning or importance of exhibition, but there
something was too much to take
in at once

slip your mind - if sth slips your mind, you I forgot I'd arranged вылететь из
forget it, or forget to do it to meet Richard last головы
night - it completely
slipped my mind.

know sth like the - know a place very well I know this area like знать как свои
back of your hand the back of my hand. пять пальцев

get the hang of sth - learn or begin to understand We never did get the разобраться,
how to do sth hang of that научиться
parenting thing

Bibliography:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org
https://www.macmillandictionary.com
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/