Vocabulary from Masterclass Proficiency Units 1-10

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question		réponse
a new person in charge who makes changes commencer à apprendre		a new broom
someone who does not want to join in and spoils the fun for everybody else commencer à apprendre		a wet blanket
a pompous, self-opinionated person commencer à apprendre		a stuffed shirt
someone who likes to sit in comfort and do nothing commencer à apprendre		a couch potato
someone who expresses opinions about things they know very little about commencer à apprendre		an armchair critic
someone who stands by you only when things are going well commencer à apprendre		a fair weather friend
a gossip who wants to know everything that happens to other people commencer à apprendre		a nosy parker
someone who doesn’t like to stay in one place commencer à apprendre		a rolling stone
to be exposed to something unpleasant commencer à apprendre		come in for something
to criticise or punish harshly commencer à apprendre		come down (heavily) on somebody
to say something surprising commencer à apprendre		come out with something
to produce an idea commencer à apprendre		come up with something
to avoid details and say what’s important commencer à apprendre		come to the point
to regain consciousness commencer à apprendre		come round
to change your opinion commencer à apprendre		come round to something/an idea
to catch an illness commencer à apprendre		come down with something
to accept a situation as it is commencer à apprendre		come to terms with something
this is a very inconvenient moment commencer à apprendre		now’s a fine time
to have hardly enough time to do something, in a hurry commencer à apprendre		a bit pressed for time
to obtain a longer period before something happens, delay things commencer à apprendre		buy time
as a temporary measure commencer à apprendre		for the time being
punctually commencer à apprendre		(be/come/leave) on time
in favourable circumstances commencer à apprendre		at the best of times
it will be known in the future commencer à apprendre		time will tell
repeatedly commencer à apprendre		time and time again
to pass the time by doing something commencer à apprendre		kill time
at the last minute commencer à apprendre		just in the nick of time
to punish sb severely commencer à apprendre		throw the book at someone
to change commencer à apprendre		turn over a new leaf
to follow all the correct procedures in everything commencer à apprendre		do something by the book
when sb is pleased with you commencer à apprendre		be in someone’s good books
to be very indicative of sb’s character commencer à apprendre		to speak volumes about someone
to behave in the same way as sb commencer à apprendre		to take a leaf out of someone’s book
to be very good for commencer à apprendre		do wonders for
to spend several years in prison commencer à apprendre		do time
to redecorate it commencer à apprendre		do sth up
to help sb commencer à apprendre		do sb a good turn/favour
to be responsible for all the hard work commencer à apprendre		do the donkey work
to gain no benefit from commencer à apprendre		do a lot of harm (of good/ no harm/ no good)
do sth as if it was second nature to you commencer à apprendre		do sth with your eyes closed
to be counter-productive commencer à apprendre		do more harm than good
to manage a company commencer à apprendre		run a business
to have no more of something commencer à apprendre		run out of
to have an insufficient supply of commencer à apprendre		run short of
to flee from commencer à apprendre		run for it
to be cheerful / optimistic commencer à apprendre		look on the bright side
to feel superior to commencer à apprendre		look down your nose at
to be completely soaked commencer à apprendre		look like a drowned rat
to be ungrateful for what you are given commencer à apprendre		look a gift horse in the mouth
to apprehend sb in the act of doing sth commencer à apprendre		catch sb red-handed
to attract sb’s attention commencer à apprendre		catch sb’s eye
a sign that a difficult period will finish commencer à apprendre		light at the end of the tunnel
to withhold information from sb commencer à apprendre		keep sb in the dark
not to take sth seriously commencer à apprendre		make light of sth
to fall asleep immediately commencer à apprendre		go out like a light
a risk with unknown consequences commencer à apprendre		a leap in the dark
the excitement and entertainment of a big city commencer à apprendre		the bright lights
to be revealed commencer à apprendre		come to light
to understand and realize you have been wrong commencer à apprendre		see the light
a mysterious person commencer à apprendre		a dark horse
out of favour and in trouble with a person/people because of an offence/caused upset commencer à apprendre		to be in the doghouse
to enjoy yourself very much commencer à apprendre		to have a whale of a time
an insincere display of grief; false tears commencer à apprendre		crocodile tears
to have enough money to be able to eat and live commencer à apprendre		to keep the wolf from the door
to be unable to speak clearly until you give a slight cough commencer à apprendre		to get a frog in your throat
to be completely different from something or someone else that has been talked about commencer à apprendre		to be a whole different kettle of fish
to insist on talking about something that no one is interested in, or that has already been thoroughly discussed commencer à apprendre		to flog a dead horse
to move very slowly commencer à apprendre		to move at a snail’s pace
to regard something as being known commencer à apprendre		to take it as read
to understand what is implied but not necessarily said commencer à apprendre		to read between the lines
repeated exactly as in the original commencer à apprendre		word for word
briefly commencer à apprendre		in a word
to know the lines of a speech by heart commencer à apprendre		to be word perfect
to speak freely or directly commencer à apprendre		not to mince words
not to know what to say commencer à apprendre		lost for words
well-behaved and obedient commencer à apprendre		as good as gold
genuinely kind and caring commencer à apprendre		heart of gold
a period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness commencer à apprendre		golden age
(Music, other) something old or long-established, esp. a hit record or song that has remained popular or is enjoying a revival commencer à apprendre		golden oldie
an important principle commencer à apprendre		golden rule
Informal: a sum of money, usually large, given to an employee, either on retirement in recognition of long or excellent service or as compensation for loss of employment commencer à apprendre		golden handshake
born into wealth and privilege commencer à apprendre		born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
having or exhibiting the power of fluent and persuasive speech; eloquent commencer à apprendre		silver-tongued
it is always possible to get something positive out of a situation, no matter how unpleasant, difficult or even painful it might seem commencer à apprendre		every cloud has a silver lining
not to reach a particular level or standard commencer à apprendre		fall short (of)
to stop working or fail completely; to break into pieces commencer à apprendre		fall apart
to become victim of commencer à apprendre		fall victim to
1. to fail to keep up a pace; lag behind. 2. to be financially in arrears commencer à apprendre		fall behind
1. to feel love for; be in love with. 2. to be deceived or swindled by commencer à apprendre		fall for
grip sth commencer à apprendre		fall on sth
to fail; miscarry commencer à apprendre		fall through
1. to rely on 2. to resort to commencer à apprendre		fall back on
1. to make you understand something that you did not understand before; 2. to happen in a satisfactory way, without problems commencer à apprendre		fall into place
1. to agree with or be in harmony with 2. to associate or begin to associate with commencer à apprendre		fall in with
to be selected from commencer à apprendre		to be picked out
to tease or bully commencer à apprendre		to pick on sb
to acquire a lg commencer à apprendre		to pick up a lg
to collect sb/sth commencer à apprendre		to pick up sb/sth from
to get sick / to come down with a disease commencer à apprendre		to pick up a bug
to eat sparingly or without appetite commencer à apprendre		to pick at food
to select commencer à apprendre		to pick and choose from
to start a fight/ an argument commencer à apprendre		to pick a fight
to find and move through a passage carefully commencer à apprendre		to pick one’s way
to try to get back to an ordinary way of life after a very bad experience commencer à apprendre		to pick up the pieces
without, not containing commencer à apprendre		free from
overly critical commencer à apprendre		free with one’s criticism
costing nothing commencer à apprendre		free of charge
the right to say what one wants commencer à apprendre		free speech
relaxed and informal commencer à apprendre		free and easy
dropping without hindrance commencer à apprendre		in free fall
to treat without proper respect; to use something a lot, even when it does not belong to you commencer à apprendre		make free with
able to do whatever one wants commencer à apprendre		free as a bird
to give freedom of action or expression commencer à apprendre		give free rein
unrestricted situation in which everyone may take part commencer à apprendre		free-for-all