Ingram Lessons

'call it a day'
(idiom, informal)
* to stop what you are doing because you do not want to do any more or think you have done enough.

'hat trick'
(noun)
uk /ˈhæt ˌtrɪk/ us /ˈhæt ˌtrɪk/
* an occasion when a player scores three times in the same game, especially in football, or when someone is successful at achieving something three times.

'rush'
(verb)
uk /rʌʃ/ us /rʌʃ/
* the act of suddenly moving somewhere quickly.

'surge'
(noun)
uk /sɜːdʒ/ us /sɝːdʒ/
* a sudden and great increase:
"In a surge of enthusiasm, I signed up for a marathon."

'gaiety'
(noun, old-fashioned)
uk /ˈɡeɪ.ə.ti/ us /ˈɡeɪ.ə.t̬i/
* happiness and excitement:
"There is an air of gaiety in the streets."

'hilarious'
(adjective)
uk /hɪˈleə.ri.əs/ us /hɪˈler.i.əs/
* extremely funny and causing a lot of laughter:
"He didn't like the film at all - I thought it was hilarious."

'sarcastic'
(adjective)
uk /sɑːˈkæs.tɪk/ us /sɑːrˈkæs.tɪk/
(UK informal sarky)
- C2 -
* using remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what you say, in order to hurt someone's feelings or to humorously criticize something.

'cryptic'
(adjective)
uk /ˈkrɪp.tɪk/ us /ˈkrɪp.tɪk/
*mysterious and difficult to understand.

'commute'
(verb)
uk /kəˈmjuːt/ us /kəˈmjuːt/
(commute verb = TRAVEL)

*to make the same journey regularly between work and home:
"It's exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day."

'in the blink of an eye'
(idiom)
* extremely quickly:
"In the blink of an eye, he was gone."