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A casual affair vocabulary

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  • feel in one's bones
    believe something strongly although you cannot explain why
  • get one's knife into sb
    try to upset or harm someone because you dislike them
  • have a down on sb; assertion; let one's imagination run away
    have or express negative or overly critical feelings toward sb; a statement that you strongly believe is true; indulge in fantasy
  • jeopardise; wash dirty linen in public
    to put something in danger of being harmed or damaged; talk about unpleasant or personal matters in front of other people, when most people consider that such t
  • foul; frowsty; cubby-hole
    extremely unpleasant; having an unpleasant smell because of having no fresh air; a very small room or space for storing things
  • enchantment; clandestine
    a feeling of great pleasure and attraction; planned or done in secret
  • put two and two together
    guess the truth about a situation from what you have seen or heard
  • buoy up; chivalrous
    to fill with courage or strength of purpose; marked by honour, generosity, and courtesy
  • jovial; patronise
    friendly and in a good mood; speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important
  • make good; put on frills
    be successful; act in a snobbish way
  • indiscretion; be on good terms
    a sexual relationship, that is considered embarrassing or morally wrong; be in good relationship
  • prudent
    careful and avoiding risks
  • catch sb unawares; lose one's head
    affect sb without warning or without being expected; lose self-control
  • caustic, take a fancy to; chaff
    strongly hurtful, critical, or intentionally unkind; start liking sb
  • altercation ensued
    a loud argument happened
  • (not) to care a row of pins; woman of the world
    not care in the slightest; someone who has a lot of experience of life and people, and can deal with most situations
  • dowdy; obscure
    not attractive or fashionable; not known to many people
  • infatuation; infidelity
    strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction; (an act of) having sex with someone who is not your husband, wife, or regular sexual partner
  • beseech; peevishly
    ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much; in an easily annoyed way
  • burn one's boats behind
    destroy all possible ways of going back to that situation
  • endure; be frightened out of one's wits
    suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful; be very scared
  • put one's back up; pull oneself together
    offend or annoy sb; recover control of one's emotions
  • destitution; bundle
    deprivation; a number of things that have been fastened or are held together
  • frigid insolence; get a bit of one's own back
    unfriendly or very formal rude behaviour that does not show respect; do sth unpleasant to sb because they have done sth unpleasant to you