Stephan & Stephan Vocabulary

Expressions

100

To get someone up to speed

Update

200

Something is heard but quickly forgotten

In one ear and out the other

300

Apply yourself seriously to a task

Knuckle Down

400

There's no point in being upset over something that has already happened and can't be undone

Don't cry over spilled milk

500

To set the cat among the pigeons

a disturbance caused by an undesirable person from the perspective of a group

Verbs

100

Measure

To Gauge

200

To pontificate

express your opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way

300

To squabble

Argue

400

To cite

Refer to something as evidence

500

Assuage

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Expressions 2

100

To be on top of things

In control

200

To ______ something up (keep feelings inside)

bottle

300

To nip something in the bud

To stop something in the early stages

400

A ______ dinner (chaotic, badly organized, or very untidy)

dog's

500

used to admit that what someone has been accused of is true

Guilty as charged

Adjectives

100

Someone who cannot decide

Indecisive

200

Downtrodden

oppressed or treated badly by people in power.

300

Eerie

strange and frightening.

400

Nefarious

Evil

Error Correction

100

There were too much children

Too many children

200

I went at the office

I went to the office

300

Let's discuss about the environment

Let's discuss...

400

I am focused to the meeting

I am focused on the meeting

500

I proposed to help him

I offered to help