To
stop working, usually because you have reached a certain age
TO RETIRE (V) - RETIREE / PENSIONER (N) - RETIREMENT (N) - RETIRED (A)
to communicate with someone by talking in person or on the phone or by exchanging messages, and learn or discuss what has been happening in their life:
TO CATCH UP WITH SB
a child who has only recently learnt to walk.
A TODDLER
if
you feel …………………. about a time in the past, you feel happy when you remember
it, and in some ways, you wish that things had not changed.
NOSTALGIC (A) - NOSTALGIA (N)
unhappy because you feel that you have been treated unfairly
BITTER (A) - BITTERNESS (N)
to
receive money, property etc. from someone after they have died
TO INHERIT (V) - HEIR / INHERITOR (N) - INHERITANCE (N)
very important and needing to be dealt with immediately
URGENT (A) - URGENCY (N)
to do something wrong and not be punished for it
GET
AWAY WITH
•saying
that you admire someone or something. •given
free to people.
COMPLIMENTARY (A) - COMPLIMENT (N) - TO COMPLIMENT SB ON STH (V)
to tolerate, to accept somebody/something that is annoying, unpleasant, etc. without complaining
TO
PUT UP WITH
to search for information in a book
TO
LOOK UP STH
to
die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’
TO PASS AWAY (PHR.V)
feeling that you want to thank
someone because of something kind that they have done, or showing this feeling
(UN)GRATEFUL (A) - (IN)GRATITUDE (N) - INGRATE (N)
unpleasantly
proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other
people.
ARROGANT (A) - ARROGANCE (N) - ARROGATE (TO YOURSELF) STH (V)
to make someone feel annoyed or impatient, especially by doing something many times or for a long period of time
TO IRRITATE (V) - IRRITATION (N) - IRRITANT (N) - IRRITABLE (A)
saying that you admire someone or something. given free to people.
CALM (V/N/A) - CALMNESS (N)
to
stop having a relationship with somebody
TO SPLIT UP (PHR.V)
to succeed in leaving a place
GET
AWAY (FROM…)
to
return to a place
TO GO BACK
•very
determined to succeed or get what you want.
•
•behaving
in an angry threatening way, as if you want to fight or attack someone.
AGGRESSIVE (A) - AGGRESSION (N) - AGGRESSOR (N) - AGGRESSIVENESS (N)
suggesting
that you think someone has done something bad
ACCUSING / ACCUSATORY (A) - ACCUSATION (N) - ACCUSER (N) - THE ACCUSED - TO ACCUSE SB OF STH (V)
the time, usually between the ages of 12 and 18, when a young person is developing into an adult
ADOLESCENCE
(N) - ADOLESCENT (N/A)
TO MAKE UP STH
to fail to keep a promise; to change your mind about something
TO GO BACK ON STH
to
start living a quiet and calm life in one place, especially when you get
married
TO SETTLE DOWN (PHR.V)
to live, work, etc. in an easy and natural way with someone or something
TO
FIT IN WITH SB/STH
caring and feeling sorry about someone’s problems
SYMPATHETIC TO... (A) - SYMPATHY FOR... (N) - SYMPATHIZE WITH... (V) - SYMPATHIZER (N)
a
person who is 100 years old or more
CENTENARIAN
to use up or finish a supply of something
TO
RUN OUT OF STH
to respect and admire somebody
TO
LOOK UP TO SB
OPTIMISTIC ≠ PESSIMISTIC (A) - OPTIMISM - PESSIMISM (N) - OPTIMIST - PESSIMIST (N)
feeling or showing a lot of
interest and excitement about something.
(UN)ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT... (N) - (WITH) ENTHUSIASM (FOR...) (N) - ENTHUSIAST (N) - ENTHUSE ABOUT (V)
a baby or very young child
AN INFANT
•extremely
unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated.
•very
small in amount, or very bad in quality.
MISERABLE (A) - MISERY (N)
saying
things that are the opposite of what you mean, in order to make an unkind joke
or to show that you are annoyed
SARCASTIC (A) - SACARSM (N)
Get on with sb / Be on good terms with sb
having a strong belief in perfect standards and trying to achieve them, even when this is not realistic
IDEALISTIC (A) - IDEAL (N/A) - IDEALIZATION (N) - IDEALIST (N) - IDEALIZE (V)