LEXICAL POTLUCK

Hey there, is exam season coming up?

Stressed due to all of the amounts of homework and no time to study?

Want some quick and easy new vocab?

Well this article might just be the right thing for you!!

We’ve got some English pills that you might not know, so check out these new words!

Heads up, reading this article could be quite a hefty work, but let’s go with order:

hefty   /ˈhɛfti/  [affannoso]

Something hefty either requires a large amount of work or is very heavy, difficult 

Ex. “Writing this article has been pretty hefty”

You surely know how frustrating it is to have somebody meddle in your business

while they have nothing to do with it, but what do you call these people?

The answer is:

interloper    /ɪntəˈləʊpə/   [ficcanaso]

By definition, an interloper is an individual who is involved in situations where they are either unwanted or don’t belong, an intruder

Ex.  “They tried to hide it from interlopers glances”

Have you ever been tricked by someone? Or to put it in other words, bamboozled?

bamboozle   /bamˈbuːz(ə)l/   [imbrogliare]

To bamboozle somebody, or be bamboozled, means to fool, cheat or deceive using flattery

Ex.  “Watch out, people  will attempt to bamboozle you”

Sometimes I have very strong opinions, and I’m willing to die on those hills;

Have you also ever thought about 

dying on a hill

Dying on a hill, or to die on a hill means being so devoted to something that you’d die

defending it

Ex.   “Titanic is the best film ever, and that's a hill I’m willing to die on.”

All my friends are leaving me because I’m going through some hard times.

I guess you could call them

fair weather friends

Like the name implies these friends only stick around during good times

and distance themselves once things start to get tough 

Ex. .  “I haven’t heard a word from Mark ever since I became sick, he’s been acting like a fair weather friend.”

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