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Meta Schmid

Meta Schmid

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Flashcards 156
Students 52
Language English
Category English
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 19.06.2015 / 17.09.2025
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the writer of a book, article, play, etc.

author

often angry; in an angry mood

bad-tempered

become detached; fall down

come off

a customer or sb who receives services

client

to continue to communicate with sb by phoning or writing to them

keep in touch

when people are friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors

hospitality

the power to have an effect on people or things

influence

describes clothes that are not formal

casual

to relax completely, or not allow things to upset you

chill out

to compare two people or things in order to show the differences between them

contrast

to put things in the place where they belong

tidy up

the act of getting officially married

civil wedding

to bring, have under control

keep down

to examine or look for the difference between two or more things

compare

to welcome sb with particular words or a particular action

greet

never finishing, or seeming never to finish

endless

sb who studies the human mind and human emotions and behaviour

psychologist

raise your glass to wish sb happiness, luck or success

propose a toast

to disappoint sb

let down

the act of trying to persuade or force sb to do a task

pressure

when people or things look or are the same

similarity

to cause sharp but usually temporary pain

sting

to be present at an event and to sign your name as proof that it happened or that it was done correctly

witness

describes language, clothes and behaviour that are serious and correct

formal

a formal party at which important people are welcomed

reception

honestly and without pretending or lying

sincerely

to watch closely

keep an eye on

to try to find information by looking in a book or on a computer

look up

get to know sb

become acquainted

usual

customary

to use sth to try to make a profit

commercialise

to make sth become full

fill up

to force sb into sth

push sb into

to keep sth as it is, especially in order to prevent it from being damaged or destroyed

preserve

full of people

crowded

to remove sth that is on a wall

take down

to send sb to another place

pack off

the time when sb is a child

childhood

to repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive

do up

the mixture you get when two or more things are combined

combination