1. beyond the pale
His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
it is beyond the pale to assert Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto fought against the ‘Polish and Nazi regimes.
Anglais mot "nie do przyjęcia"(beyond the pale) se produit dans des ensembles:
Test Your Vocab VocabRozne do FCE 7(1)2. not acceptable
3. exceptionable
4. beyond to pale
Anglais mot "nie do przyjęcia"(beyond to pale) se produit dans des ensembles:
Paczka do nauki 15. objectionable
No one there could understand why I found this objectionable.
The least objectionable "bridge language", or interethnic language is the planned international language Esperanto.
6. inadmissible
The results of a lie detector test are inadmissible in court.
It shall be inadmissible to reach a settlement not in accordance with law.
7. out of line
Prices in this store are out of line.
Please, stop that! You are out of line!
8. No good
9. out of the question
No way! Going on holiday with your friends is out of the question.
I will not invite Lucy to the party. It is out of the question.
To turn back was out of the question for the city.
I'm afraid that's out of the question.
I will not let my son go to France on his own. It is out of the question.
It's out of the question!
It's out of the question - I refuse to pay you that much.
No, love, it's out of the question. You're just 12. That's much too young to go camping with just your friends.
A: can I go to the party? B: it's out of the questions
Anglais mot "nie do przyjęcia"(out of the question) se produit dans des ensembles:
The Maldives10. untenable
refusal to negotiate a date for an independence referendum is untenable
1 : not able to be defended - an untenable position 2 : not able to be occupied - untenable apartments
If she decided against relocation, her DRO would promptly drop her, since by deciding to live in close proximity with a rogue man, she was exposing herself to an untenable amount of danger (and so the DRO to a high risk for financial loss!).
11. Unacceptable
This is totally unacceptable.
It is highly regrettable that your request was considered to be unacceptable.
Cancelling the meeting at this late stage is completely unacceptable.
When I arrived on Rozprza, I found an unacceptable situation.
The children were told that running along the corridors was unacceptable behaviour.
The team lost the basketball game 32–68 and their coach said the score was unacceptable.
his behaviour was unacceptable
Acceptable and unacceptable are clearly in opposition to each other.
12. out od order