to be prone to sth definition | English dictionary for learners | Reverso
to
be
taken into care
n.
[child]
to
be
sent
to
a care organization run by the social services, or
to
be
looked after by foster parents
go missing
v.
to
be
lost
he went missing
my dog went missing for three days
visible
adj.
able
to
be
seen
[US] Ex.: the car in front of us was visible because we had the lights on
gutsy
adj.
to
be
gutsy means
to
have guts
to be gutsy: avoir du cran
incommiscible
adj.
not able
to
be
mixed or combined
TBH
abbr. acron.
Short for “
to
be
honest”.
[Fam.]
what’s the catch
id.
when
sth
sounds too good
to
be
true and not as good as it seems
to
be
and you suspect that there is a hidden problem
be
a wuss
exp.
not
to
be
able
to
act like a man,
be
a pussy
slang
burst at the seams
v.
to
be
filled beyond regular capacity; a garment like trousers you’re wearing and bursting at the seams (whether because they shrank in the wash or you gained weight) would
be
a perfect literal example of this idiom and figuratively, it means:
to
be
beyond full.
[Fig.] The initially intimate celebration Forrest had organised was soon flooded with unexpected guests; his small house burst at the seams and ended up getting wildly trashed
Wirk
v.
A culture of internet only jobs has coined the phrase Wirk. Wirk simply means Internet Work. Internet work is defined by job opportunities that did not exist before the rise of the internet and furthermore the work is likely
to
be
carried out over the internet and payment received for work undertaken via the internet. Wirk describes both full time and part time internet work. Because of the nature of Wirk and the ability for anyone that has internet connection
to
earn money from Wirk, it is currently more likely
to
be
a part time occupation than full time. Paid Online Questionnaires, Content Writing, Search Marketing are all examples of Wirk.
This is a term rising in popularity
up for it
exp.
“
to
be
up for it” means
to
be
willing
to
participate
she’s really up for it: elle est partante
