wordki.pl - nauka słówek
11/3/2019
autor: Catia
to blinkto quickly open and close your eyes
to blushto go red when you are embarassed
to frownto draw one's eyebrows together because one is either annoyed or concentrating
to grinsmile broadly because you are very pleased
to grit your teethto put your teeth tightly together, esp. because sth is hurting you
to lickmove your tongue across the surface of sth
to scowlto have an angry hostile expression when you disapprove of sth
to sneerdo sth to show your contemp/lack of respect
to winceto grimace when sth is hurting you or when you are remembering sth embarassing
to winkto look towards sb and close one eye briefly, usually as a signal that sth is a joke or a secret
to yawnyou do that when you are tired or bored
to keep your ear to the groundto be attentive of what is happening or is about to happen
to lie through your teethto tell an outright lie
to lose faceto lose the respect of other people
to play it by earto decide what to do according to how a situation develops
to do sth by the skin of your teethto only just manage to do sth
to see eye to eye on sthto agree about sth
to turn a blind eye to sthto deliberately ignore sth
to turn your nose up at sthto think sth is not good enough for you
not to be able to get one's tongue roundto find a word or phrase very dificult to pronounce
sth catches your eyeyou notice sth because it is particularly attractive, unusual or interesting
I'm all earsI can't wait to hear
my lips are sealedI will not tell anyone what you have just told me
I'll never be able to show my face in there/here againI feel too embarrassed to go to a particular place because I have previously done sth embarrassing
It's on the tip of my tongueI know it but (annoyingly) i just can't recall it
to billowto move slowly upwards or across the sky (for smoke or clouds)
a blazea large and dangerous fire
to catch fireto start to burn
to be engulfed in flameswhen every part of a car, a building, etc. is in fire
to guta fire ... a building: it completely destroys everything inside the building
to light a fireto start a small fire (to cook on it or to provide heat for a room)
to rageto burn intensely and be out of control
to scorchwhen the surface of sth burns - without catching fire - so that a black mark is left behind
to set a fire to sthto deliberately start a fire in order to damage or destroy sth
to smoulderto be burning but with no flames
to be ablaze with lighta lot of light is coming from it
in broad daylightin the middle of the day
to be dazzledto be unable to see because a bright light is shining
to dimto make a light less bright
to give off lightto produce light
the glare ofthe very bright and unpleasant light of
to gleamto shine brightly, especially in the sun
to glimmerto produce a weak, unsteady light
to glistensth shines usually because it is wet
the gloomthe darkness
to glowto shine with a very soft, warm red light
to be plunged into darknessto suddenly become very dark
to burn yourself outto work so hard over a period of time that you become to ill or to tired to work any more
to come to lightto become known
that’s daylight robberythat’s ridiculously expensive
to be dazzledto be very impressed
to have a fiery temperto get angry very quickly
to flare out(for violence) to suddenly start
flashyexpensive and showy
to get on like a house on fireto really like each other
a glowing reportthat is full of price
a glimmer of hopea little bit of hope
sb’s face lights upsb’s face suddenly shows that they are very happy or excited
a shot in the darka complete guess based on absolutely no information at all
to spark offto cause sth to happen