ascribe something to someone/something

to consider something to be caused, created, or owned by someone or something,to

believe or claim that something
was said, written, or created by a particular person:

To what do you ascribe the enormous success of your latest book?

People like to ascribe human feelings to animals (= believe animals have human
feelings).

tell sb/sth apart:

to be able to see the difference between two very similar things or people:

As babies, the twins looked so much alike that I just couldn't tell them apart.

adjureto : ask or order someone to do something:

The judge adjured him to answer truthfully.

absolve
(especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame, or
responsibility for something:

The report absolved her from/of all blame for the accident.
The priest absolved him (of all his sins)

appellate
involving an attempt to get a legal decision changed:

The mistrial ruling was upheld in 2013 by a state appellate cour

beseech ( past form) ( besought)

to ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much:
Stay a little longer, I beseech you!

abrogate
to end a law, agreement, or custom formally:
The treaty was abrogated in 1929.

legitimate/ legitimize
to make something legal or acceptable:
The government fears that talking to terrorists might legitimate their violent
actions.

legitimate : allowed by law:

Her passport seemed legitimate, but on closer inspection, it was found to have been
altered.

proscribe
(of a government or other authority) to not allow something:
Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by
international law.

Curfew: a time by which a child must be home in the evening:

You'll be in trouble if you get home after curfew.

curfew:
a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night,

go over sb's head

to speak to or ask permission from someone who has more authority than the person
who you would normally go to in that situation:
Amanda was refusing to give me the week off so I went over her head and spoke to
the boss.

accede to: to agree to do what people have asked you to do:

He graciously acceded to our request.

accede to the throne/accede to power

to become king or queen, or to take a position of power:
The diaries were written in 1837, when Queen Victoria acceded to the throne.

doubtful debt
a debt that is unlikely to be paid:

doubtless: used to mean that you are certain that something will happen or is true:
They will doubtless protest, but there's nothing they can do.

and that's flat!?

used to tell someone that the decision you have just announced will not change even
if they try to persuade you to change it:
I'm not coming, and that's flat!

cut and dried

already decided and unlikely to be changed:
We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week.
?
simple and easy to understand:
Most fire investigations are pretty cut and dried, but this one has left more
questions than answers.

and then some : and even more

There were 20,000 people and then some at the demonstration.

and what have you

and other similar things:
There were a couple of bags full of old records, magazines, and what have you.

bend to sth
to unwillingly accept the opinions or decisions of other people:
The city council was forced to bend to public pressure.

acquiescent
willing to do what other people want:
She has a very acquiescent nature.

acquiescence ; agreement
I was surprised by her acquiescence to/in the plan.

meet sb halfway
to do some of the things that someone wants you to do, in order to show that you
want to reach an agreement or improve your relationship with them

dutiful
doing everything that you should do:
a dutiful son/husband

biddable
meekly ready to accept and follow instructions; docile and obedient.
conscientious ( konshienshos)
(of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well
and thoroughly.
a conscientious and hardworking clerk

subservient; willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as

less important than those of other people:
Women were expected to adopt a subservient role/position.

bolt-hole
a place where you can hide, especially to escape from other people

keel over: to fall over suddenly:

He finished the bottle, stood up to leave, and keeled over.

hit the deck

to lie down quickly and suddenly so that you are hidden from view or protected from
something dangerous

cocoon: to protect someone or something from pain or an unpleasant situation:

As a student you're cocooned against/from the real world

bunker down(( refugiarse)

the animals decided to bunker down under the rock to not get wet

hidey-hole
a small place for hiding things in

twitch (MOVE SLIGHTLY)

(to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without
intending to:
He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
She twitched her nose like a rabbit.

twitch (PULL)
to give something a sudden light pull:
You'll feel something twitch the line when you get a fish.

truncate
to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it:
Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault.

eyeliner
a coloured substance, usually contained in a pencil, that is put in a line just
above or below the eyes in order to make them look more attractive

attenuate
to make something smaller, thinner, or weaker:
Radiation from the sun is attenuated by the earth's atmosphere.

attest
to show something or to say or prove that something is true:
Thousands of people came out onto the streets to attest their support for the
democratic opposition party.

bespeak: to suggest or show:

His letter bespeaks his willingness to help.
Get acted out: to express your thoughts, emotions, or ideas in your actions:
Children's negative feelings often get acted out in bad behaviour.

stage-struck
If you are stage-struck, you are extremely interested in the theatre and want to
become an actor.

stage whisper
If an actor says something in a stage whisper, it is intended to be heard by the
people watching the play, and the other actors on the stage pretend not to hear it.
?
If you say something in a stage whisper, you intend it to be heard by people other
than the ones you are talking to.

PLAYED OUT
When a fad is over and old, and no one is doing it no more. It's played out

I AIN'T MAD ATCHA

I like what your doing, I'm glad that your doing well. ( exam. If someone is
telling you that they got a job, you reply "I ain't mad atcha").

reconnaissance
the process of getting information about enemy forces or positions by sending out
small groups of soldiers or by using aircraft, etc.:
Aerial reconnaissance of the enemy position showed they were ready to attack.

I AIN'T THE ONE

Short for "I ain't the one to be messed with".

reacquaint
to make someone or yourself familiar with something or someone again:
I have studied hard to reacquaint myself with civil and criminal law.
She recommends couples reacquaint themselves by focusing on their relationship.

get reacquainted
Getting reacquainted with her father has been a slow process.

acclimate (( to acclimatize ))
Apparently the zoo animals had become acclimated to the crowd noise and were no
longer startled by it.}

ring the changes (on)

to do something in a different way in order to make it more interesting:
Ring the changes on packed lunches using different types of bread and spicy
fillings.

reconcile yourself to sth

to accept a situation or fact although you do not like it:
She must reconcile herself to the fact that she must do some work if she wants to
pass her exams.

be reconciled
When two people are reconciled, they become friendly again after they have argued:
They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five
years.

reconcile
to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can
agree and exist together:
It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.

marginalize
to treat someone or something as if they are not important:
Now that English has taken over as the main language, the country's native language
has been marginalized.

under-resourced
the always grew up in a under-resourced hood

as fast as your legs would carry you

as quickly as possible:
He scuttled back into the house as fast as his legs would carry him.

hustle and bustle (noise and activity)

I love the hustle and bustle of the marketplace.

hustle (PERSUADE)
to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally:
They made a living hustling stolen goods on the streets.

hustle (PUSH)
to make someone move quickly by pushing or pulling them along:
After giving his speech, Johnson was hustled out of the hall by bodyguards

as far as the eye can/could see

for a long distance until something is so far away and small it cannot be seen any
more:
The road stretched into the distance as far as the eye could see.

as far as it goes
used to say that something has good qualities but could be better:
It's a good essay as far as it goes.

at a rate of knots
If someone does something at a rate of knots, they do it very quickly:
She got through her work at a rate of knots.

souped-up
A souped-up vehicle or machine has been made more powerful or faster by having
changes made to it:

unabated
without becoming weaker in strength or force:
The fighting continued unabated throughout the night.

spread like wildfire

If disease or news spreads like wildfire, it quickly affects or becomes known by
more and more people:
Once one child in the school has the infection, it spreads like wildfire.

spread sth over sth

to arrange for something to happen in stages during a period of time:
The course is spread over two years.

eat greedily( hungrily) , gobble up/down , gulp down : devorar, comer

reluctantly, grudgingly, unwillingly :( de mala ganas)

formerly (anteriormente) customary( acostumbrado)

conscientious: putting a lot of effort into your work:

a conscientious student

flirtatious
behaving as if you are sexually attracted to someone, especially not in a serious
way:
She's very flirtatious

pretentious
trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in
matters of art and literature:
a pretentious art critic

timidez; timidity, diffidence, bashfulness, backwardness

verguenza: shamefulness, ignominy, bashfulness

conscientiously: con conciencia conscientiousness: es estado conciente

bust a gut
to work very hard or make a big effort to achieve something:
I really busted a gut to get that report finished on time.

painstakingly
in a way that shows you have taken a lot of care or made a lot of effort:
She painstakingly explained how the machine worked

unpretentious
simple and/or sincere; not pretentious:
The food is delicious and unpretentious.

flirtatiously, coquettishly ( coqueta) flirtatiousness( coqueteria)

pretentiousness: ( pretension, cursileria )

vulgarity, pretentiousness, tawdriness, gentility, sportiness ( cursileria)

in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness
said when expressing your opinion honestly, seriously, or truthfully:
In all honesty, I do have some criticisms to make.

be running on empty
to continue to work and be active when you have no energy left:
I get the impression he's been running on empty for months now. A holiday will do
him good.

joking apart/aside
said when you want to start speaking seriously about something after making jokes
and laughing about it:
Joking apart, will you be able to manage on your own?

pretentiously; Pretenciosamente clear-headedness( serenidad)

be rotten to the core

If a person or organization is rotten to the core, they behave in a way that is not
honest or moral:
The whole legal system is rotten to the core.
be running a fever
to be hotter than you should be because you are ill

be sacrificed on the altar of sth

to be destroyed by an activity, system, or belief that is bad but more important or
more powerful:
Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit.

cheesy
of bad quality or in bad taste:

cheesy adverts
A cheesy smile is wide but not sincere:
She gave a cheesy grin to the cameras.

abstinence, temperance: abstinencia sobriety, soberness: moderacion a beber

( sobrayeri)

tacky: of cheap quality or in bad style:

The shop sold tacky souvenirs and ornaments.

such as it is
used to suggest that something you have referred to is of low quality or not
enough:
You're welcome to borrow my tennis racket, such as it is.

crash and burn

to fail very suddenly, obviously, and completely:
In this business, new products often crash and burn.

tighten your belt

to spend less money than you did before because you have less money:
I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full-time.

self-effacement, humility, meanness, lowliness( humildad)

ponce about/around
(LIKE A WOMAN)
offensive If a man ponces about/around, he behaves or dresses more like a woman
than like a man:
He was poncing around in a pair of fluffy slippers.

talk the talk ... walk the walk

If you say that someone talks the talk but does not walk the walk, you mean that
they do not act in a way that agrees with the things they say:
When it comes to recycling he talks the talk but he doesn't walk the walk.

mane
the long, thick hair that grows along the top of a horse's neck or around the face
and neck of a lion
thick, long hair on a person's head:
The painting depicts a beautiful young man with a flowing mane of red hair

indissoluble
impossible to take apart or bring to an end, or existing for a very long time:
an indissoluble bond of friendship