اصطلاحات پرکاربرد آزمون اسپیکینگ آیلتس ۱
اصطلاحات شماره ۱، برای زبان اموزانی که قصد شرکت در آزمون آیلتس رو دارن می توانند از این اصطلاحات در بخش اسپیکینگ آزمون استفاده کنند.
To get something off your chest: idiom informal C2
to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time:
I had spent two months worrying about it and I was glad to get it off my chest.
have something on your mind/ To be on your mind: idiom C2
to be worrying about something:
Paul has a lot on his mind at the moment.
on your/somebody’s mind
a) if something is on your mind, you keep thinking or worrying about it
He looked as though he had something on his mind.
Sorry I forgot. I’ve got a lot on my mind (=a lot of problems to worry about) at the moment.
b) if something is on your mind, that is what you are thinking about
She’s the type of person who just says what’s on her mind.
To spring something on someone
spring something on someone
phrasal verb with spring verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] UK /sprɪŋ/ US /sprɪŋ/
sprang or US also sprung | sprung
to suddenly tell or ask someone something when they do not expect it:
I hope he's not going to spring any nasty surprises on us at the meeting this morning.
To break up with someone
to end a relationship with someone She just broke up with her boyfriend.
To dump someone
to end a romantic relationship with
often, informal : to end a romantic relationship with (someone) My boyfriend dumped me.
To come out of nowhere
very surprisingly and unexpectedly
: to arise or happen very surprisingly and unexpectedly. That question came out of nowhere.
Couch potato: noun INFORMAL
a person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of television.
"it is no good you being a couch potato and having a Dobermann"
To be crazy about something
to be very interested in something or love someone very much: Both my sons are crazy about football. Lorna is completely crazy about her boyfriend.
To be in seventh heaven
a state of intense happiness; bliss
a state of intense happiness; bliss: We were in seventh heaven in our new home.
To move on
phrasal verb with move verb
UK /muːv/ US /muːv/
(EMOTIONALLY)
to accept that a situation has changed and be ready to deal with new experiences:
Since he and his girlfriend broke up, he's been finding it difficult to move on.
To let yourself go
idiom
informal
to allow yourself to become less attractive or healthy:
It's easy to let yourself go when you've got small kids.
To drive someone up the wall
phrase of wall
INFORMAL
make someone very irritated or angry.
"it's driving me up the wall trying to find out who did what"
To bring something up
bring something up
phrasal verb with bring verb [ T ]
UK /brɪŋ/ US /brɪŋ/
brought | brought
(TALK) B2
to start to talk about a particular subject:
She's always bringing up her health problems.
To be used to something / To get used to something
get used to something/someone B1
to become familiar with something or someone:
Eventually you'll get used to the smells of the laboratory.
[ + -ing verb ] I just can't get used to getting up early.
To grow out of something
phrasal verb with grow verb UK /ɡrəʊ/ US /ɡroʊ/
grew | grown
(INTEREST)
If you grow out of an interest or way of behaving, you stop having or doing it as you become older:
Lucas says he wants to join the army when he turns 18, but I hope he'll grow out of the idea.
To be the point
idiom. : more importantly. If you drive while drunk, you could lose your license, but even more to the point, you could kill someone.
It figures
is reasonable, normal
idiom. US, informal. : it is reasonable, normal or expected : it is not surprising. It figures that he would be late today. "He's late." "Well, it figures."