Informal expressions: speaking & understanding
To suggest something indirectly
What is DROP HINTS about something?
Kaotama
What is LOSE?
I stopped ____ (play) football because of my injury.
What is PLAYING?
Excited and happy: in ___ ___
What is IN HIGH SPIRITS?
The term for turning nouns into verbs
What is VERBALISATION / DENOMINALISATION?
To criticize someone or argue with them
What is to HAVE A GO AT somebody?
Kirjatarbed
What is STATIONERY?
Would you consider ___ (move) abroad?
What is MOVING?
To suddenly become very angry: __ __ _ rage
What is FLY INTO A RAGE?
The term for grammatical and lexical links that connect sentences and ideas smoothly
What is COHESION?
To misunderstand
What is GET THE WRONG END OF THE STICK?
Aadress
What is ADDRESS?
The verb "neglect" is followed by ___ (-ing or (to) infinitive)
What is TO INFINITIVE? He neglected to lock the door.
Extremely angry: _____ ____ anger
What is SEETHING WITH ANGER?
The term for the situation where politicians sit in a ring around a colleague who is making a speech, so it is not clear to television viewers that the room is practically empty.
What is TO DOUGHNUT?
To get a chance to say something
What is GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS?
Hääldus
What is PRONUNCIATION?
I saw Meg ___ (use) Joe's phone once when he wasn't looking.
What is USE?
Start to lose patience: His patience was ____ ____ .
What is RUNNING THIN?
Provide the two past forms of the irregular verb "lie" (pikali heitma)
What is LIE - LAY - LAIN?
To be completely unable to understand something
What is MAKE HEAD OR TAIL of something?
Tuttav (nimisõna)
What is ACQUAINTANCE?
After three failed exams, she finally tried ___ (study) seriously.
What is TO STUDY?
Make somebody feel confused or unhappy, e.g Getting up at four every morning was ____ my ___ __.
What is DOING MY HEAD IN?
A condition in which stimulation of one sense automatically triggers another sense (Pharrell Williams).
What is SYNAESTHESIA?