Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

PHRASES AND COLLOCATIONS
1. smb’s word against another’s
8. to get a square deal 
(it’s your word against mine)
(a fair deal)
2. in private and in public
9. (to be) halfway (through,
3. stark naked (stark raving mad)
down, up, between)
4. the (one’s) remaining time
10. in itself
(money, etc.) (
formal
) 
11. no better (worse, etc.)
5. (at) one time or another 
than ...
6. in part (
formal
)
12. to be reluctant to do
7. under the circumstances 
smth
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY
smart
 a
1) intelligent, clever, quick-witted, as a smart man (boy, 
lad, writer, student, lawyer, businessman, talker); a smart idea (retort, 
saying, device, invention, etc.): 
He’s too smart for me. I can’t prove his 
guilt. You are smarter than I am, I suppose. You know more about the 
world than I do. You’ve made a smart job of it.
Ant. stupid
2) trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way, 
as
a smart answer 
(reply, etc.): 
Don’t get smart with me, young man, or I’ll slap your face
.
3) neat, clean, tidy, attractive, bright in appearance, 
as
a smart 
dress (hat, shoes), a smart house (car, garden, ship, etc.): 
They’ve 
painted their cottage yellow and it looks so smart
.
4) fashionable, 
as
a smart restaurant, society: 
I say, you do look smart
.
5) controlled by computers, as smart machines, weapons;
6) quick in movement, brisk, as a smart walk, a smart blow on the 
head
smart alec(k), 
n
. 
(inf.
) 
someone who always says clever things in 
a way that is annoying: 
He’s a smart alec(k).
Syn. smarty-pants

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