Intermediate to Advanced English Vocabulary

• go off the rails: lose control of one's behavior
• give way (to sth/sb): yield to pressure from someone; allow oneself to be influenced by someone
• fraught (with): full of something, especially danger or emotion
• gone with the wind: very fast or moving quickly; extremely popular, successful, etc.
• gone with the wind: very fast or moving quickly; extremely popular, successful, etc.
• grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck: take someone firmly by the back of their collar or hair at the nape of the neck
• grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck: take someone firmly by the back of their collar or hair at the nape of the neck
• grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck: take someone firmly by the back of their collar or hair at the nape of the neck
• grind out: produce something with great effort or difficulty, especially when it is not enjoyable
• grind out: produce something with great effort or difficulty, especially when it is not enjoyable
• in the long run: over an extended period of time
• in the long run: over an extended period of time
• grovel: behave in an excessively submissive manner
• grovel: behave in an excessively submissive manner
• go out of business: stop trading because it is no longer profitable
• graveyard shift: the late-night shift on which people work
• grovel: behave in an unpleasant manner towards others because they are afraid of them
• grovel: behave in an unpleasant way that shows you are afraid of other people who have more power than you do
• gratuitous: done without any good reason or justification
• guilty conscience: feeling guilty about doing wrong things
• grasp at straws: try hard to find a solution when there is little hope of success
• go off on one's own: go somewhere alone without telling anyone else where they are going
• grasp (the nettle): face up to an unpleasant situation that needs to be dealt with
• grab (something) on the fly: get hold of something quickly without stopping
• hackneyed: old-fashioned and no longer interesting because they have been used too often
• lackadaisical: lacking energy or enthusiasm; lethargic
• grudge (v): feel resentment towards someone because they have done something unpleasant or unfair
• grudge (v): feel resentment towards someone because they have done something unpleasant or unfair
• lead from behind: allow others to make decisions while providing guidance and support
• hackneyed: lacking originality; unimaginative
• hackneyed: lacking originality; unimaginative
• gouge (someone): charge someone too much money for goods or services
• grossly exaggerate: greatly increase or make something seem larger than it really is
• grudge: hold a feeling of anger or resentment against someone, especially as a result of something that has happened between them
• guilty conscience: a sense of guilt about having done wrong
• grudge (v): feel resentment or anger against someone, especially as a result of being treated unfairly by them
• grudge (v): feel resentment or anger against someone, especially as a result of being treated unfairly by them
• guarantee: make sure that something happens or does not happen; promise that something will be true or will happen
• guarantee: make sure that something happens or does not happen; promise that something will be true or will happen
• guarantee: make sure that something will happen or be true