[TOEFL/Vocabulary] Paraphrasing (3)

1. fall short of my expectations

= not meet my standard, be disappointing

 

2. there's no harm in -ing

= no negative consequences, it costs nothing to do

 

3. take absolutely no notice of

= completely ignored

 

4. there's little prospect that

= it's extremely unlikely that, there's scarce probability that

 

5. give us food for thought

= give something to think about, make us think about, considered

 

6. have a serious effect on

= seriously effected, have a negative effect on

 

7. can be relied on to

= can be trusted to

 

8. it never occurred to me to

= I never thought to, I never considered asking

 

9. be given a life sentence for

= must live in jail for his life because of, recieved the maximum prision punishment/sentence

 

10. taken priority over

= been more important than, been the focus rather than

 

11. be apt to connect

= often connect, have a tendancy to, habitually disconnect

 

12. be subject to change

= suffer a change, endure a change, be depended

 

13. command of German is extraordinary

= German is fluent, control/skill in