WOTD 1
to become unconscious for a short time, for example when ill, badly hurt, or drunk: PHRASAL VERB
PASS OUT
an occasion when someone or something is not accepted: PHRASAL VERB
TURN DOWN
to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one: PHRASAL VERB
TURN OUT
weak or in bad condition: PHRASAL VERB
RUN-DOWN
a result or effect of an action, situation, etc.: COMPOUND WORD
OUTCOME
a brother or sister: NOUN
A SIBLING
a homosexual male: offensive ADJECTIVE
FLIT
very bad (adjective)
LOUSY
a group of eight respected colleges and universities in the northeast of the US:
IVY LEAGUE
the number of people who are present at an event, especially the number who go to vote at an election:
TURNOUT
the seats on the main floor of a theatre or cinema, not at a higher level OR a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place OR a small area of a room that is separated from the main part of the room by walls or curtains:
STALLS
a person who respects and likes only people who are of a high social class, and/or a person who has extremely high standards who is not satisfied by the things that ordinary people likE
SNOB
having a pattern of different colored squares
CHECKERED
a room under the ground floor of a building, usually used for storing things
CELLAR
someone who is eating a meal, especially in a restaurant OR in the US, a small informal and inexpensive restaurant, often at the side of the road
DINER
to (cause to) become loose: VERB
LOOSEN
to become tighter or to make something become tighter, firmer, or less easy to move: VERB
TIGHTEN
tidy, with everything in its place: ADJECTIVE
NEAT
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit of something:
BOUNDARY
the words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech OR the way people are expected to behave or the way a situation is expected to be:
SCRIPT
in the same way: ADVERB
LIKEWISE
stop participating or being involved in something OR
abandon a course of study.
TO DROP OUT OF
to stop an argument and become friends again: IDIOM
BURY THE HATCHET
causing someone to believe something that is not true: ADJECTIVE
MISLEADING
something you say to someone in a difficult situation in order to encourage them to be brave and try not to be sad: IDIOM (INFORMAL)
CHIN UP