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I’d always felt that physics and maths were too complicated for me, and
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have to have any knowledge of science to appreciate the exhibits, which is (10)_________
makes it (11)___________ thoroughly enjoyable. And if you want to learn a little
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highlight for me was ‘Man in Space’, (14)__________ traces the history of our
earliest space exploration. This was the time (15)__________ Russia and the USA
were locked in a race to be the first to enter space. The exhibition features
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a visit very worthwhile. Just make sure you go during the week as it gets
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</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The real-life <b>struggle</b> of
brilliant minds with <b>paranoid schizophrenia</b> and <b>Alzheimer's</b> disease may not sound like the ingredients of an (1)____________ (ENTERTAIN)
afternoon's (2)__________ (VIEW). But Russell Crowe's (3)_____________(STUN)<b> </b>(4)______________ (PERFORM) as (5)______________ (MATHS) genius John Nash
in <i>A Beautiful Mind</i> and Judi Dench's (6)_______________ (MOVE)
(7)_____________ (PORTRAY) of (8)___________ (PHILOSOPHY) and
(9)_____________ (NOVEL) Iris Murdoch in <i>Iris</i>, will have you
<b>rushing out</b> <b>to buy</b> the books on which these two (10)______________ (OSCAR) films are based.<br />
It is in their (11)________________ (THEME) content that the two films (12)____________ (RESEMBLANCE)<b> each other most</b>.
<b>Both focus on</b> the (13)_____________ (WITHDRAW) of the protagonists into their own (14)___________ (IN)<b> world </b>and
the <b>effect this has on</b> their <b>long-suffering but devoted marital
partners. Also common to both </b>films is the fact that we witness the two (15)_____________ (ACADEMY) in their youth and old age. <b>Hats off here</b> to Crowe's make up
team- he is (16)_______________ (REMARK) (17)______________ (CONVINCE)<b> </b>as the sixty-six-year-old Nash
receiving his Nobel Prize in 1994.<br />
<i>Iris</i> (18)__________________ (DIFFERENT)<b> from</b> <i>A Beautiful Mind</i> <b>in this respect</b>, (19)____________ (RELY)<b> instead on</b> other actors to play the (20)____________ (VIVACITY) young Iris - a very (21)_____________ (CREDIBILITY)<b> (</b> Kate
Winslet- and her (22)_____________ (STUTTER) (23)________________ (COMPANY) John Bayley. <b>In addition</b>, (24)_____________ (LIKE)<b> the more linear</b>
American film, (25)____________ (FLASH) <b>are used to good effect to switch</b> (26)_______________ (BACK) and forwards between the two (27)___________ (CONTRAST) stages
of Murdoch's life.<br />
The (28)____________ (STRONG)<b> of</b> <i>Iris</i> <b>lies in</b> its (29)___________ (POWER)<b> acting</b>
and <b>mundane</b> (30)____________ (REAL), with the novelist seen doing the (31)____________ (SHOP), or watching children's TV in her<b> </b>(32)__________ (CLUTTER) Oxford house. <b>However,
if, as I do</b>, <b>you </b>(33)____________ (FAVOURITE) something more (34)____________ (VISUAL)<b> </b>(35)______________ (APPEAL)<b>, but no
less </b>(36)___________ (PLAUSIBILITY), then <i>A Beautiful Mind </i>is a (37)___________ (DEFINITELY) (38)_______________ (SEE).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>KEY</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>1. entertaining</b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>2. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">viewing</span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>3. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>stunning</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>4. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>performance</b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>5. </b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">mathematical</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">6. </span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>moving </b></span> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">7. </span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>portrayal</b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">theatrical
representation of [sb]. Sp. representación, interpretación, actuación.
E.g. His portrayal of the great fighter won him an Oscar. Sp. Su
representación del gran luchador le hizo ganar un Oscar</span></span></span></span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>.</b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>8. </b></span></span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">philosopher</span> </b></span> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">9. </span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> novelist</span> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">10. </span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Oscar-winning</span> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">11. </span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">thematic</span> </span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">/θɪˈmætɪk/</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">connected with the theme or themes of something</span></span></span></span></span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x">the thematic structure of a text</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">12. </span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>resemble</b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>13. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>withdrawal</b></span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>14. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>inner</b></span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>15. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">academics</span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>16. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>remarkably</b></span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>17. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>convincing</b></span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>18. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>differs</b></span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>19. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>relying</b></span> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>20. </b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>vivacious</b></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>vivacious: </b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">/vɪˈveɪʃəs/ </span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span><span class="sensetop"><span class="dis-g"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="dtxt">especially of a woman</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span></span> <span class="def">having a lively, attractive personality. Sp. vivaz.<br /></span></span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x">He had three pretty, vivacious daughters.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x">She appeared to be her old, vivacious self again.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x">Olga has a vivacious personality and is full of energy <br /></span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>vivacity </b></span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">noun
/vɪˈvæsəti/ [uncountable] (approving) the quality of being
lively and attractive. E.g. He was charmed by her beauty and
vivacity. The photograph captures the vivacity of the children.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">21. </span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>credible</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>22. </b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>stuttering</b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>23. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">companion</span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>24. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>unlike</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>25. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">flashbacks</span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>26. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">backwards</span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>27. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> contrasting</span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>28. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <b>strength</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>29. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> <b>powerful</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>30. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">realism</span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">/ˈriːəlɪzəm/ </span></span></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">a
way of seeing, accepting and dealing with situations as they really are
without being influenced by your emotions or false hopes</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x">There was a new mood of realism among the leaders at the peace talks.</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>31. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> shopping</span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>32. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>cluttered</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>33. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>favour (prefer)</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>34. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>visually</b></span> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>35. </b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>appealing</b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span class="def">attractive or interesting</span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x">Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing.</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>36. </b></span></b></span></b></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>plausible</b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>plausible </b></span></b></span></b></span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">adjective
/ˈplɔːzəbl/ (of an excuse or explanation) reasonable and likely
to be true. Sp. creíble, verosímil. E.g. Her story sounded
perfectly plausible. The only plausible explanation is that he
forgot. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">OPP: implausible </span></span></span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><br /></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>plausibility </b></span></b></span></b></span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">noun
/ˌplɔːzəˈbɪləti/ [uncountable] the quality of being reasonable
and likely to be true. Sp. credibilidad, verosimilitud. E.g.
This new evidence lends plausibility to the theory that she was
murdered.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">37. </span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>definite</b></span> </span> </span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">38. </span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>must-see</b></span> </span><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>TEXT WITH EXPLANATIONS: </b></span> </b></span> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b> </b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">The real-life <b>struggle</b> (a hard fight in which people try to obtain or
achieve sth, especially sth that sb else does not want them to have. Sp. Lucha) of
brilliant minds with <b>schizophrenia</b> /ˌskɪtsəʊˈfriːniə/ and <b>Alzheimer's</b>
/ˈæltshaɪməz/ disease may not sound like the ingredients of <b>an entertaining
afternoon's viewing.</b><br />
Russell Crowe's <b>stunning performance</b> as mathematical genius John Nash
and Judi Dench's <b>moving portrayal</b> of novelist Iris Murdoch will have you
<b>rushing out</b> <b>to buy</b> the books on which these two films are based.<br />
It is in their thematic content that the two films <b>resemble each other most</b>.
<b>Both focus on</b> the <b>withdrawal</b> (the act of moving or taking sth
away or back. Sp. Retirada) of the protagonists into their own <b>inner world </b>and
the <b>effect this has on</b> their <b>long-suffering but devoted marital
partners. Also common to both </b>films is the fact that we witness the two
academics in their youth and old age. <b>Hats off here</b> to Crowe's make up
team- he is <b>remarkably convincing </b>as the sixty-six-year-old Nash
receiving his Nobel Prize.<br />
<i>Iris</i> <b>differs from</b> <i>A Beautiful Mind</i> <b>in this respect</b>,
<b>relying instead on</b> other actors to play the <b>vivacious</b> (having a
lively, attractive personality) young Iris - a <b>very credible</b> Kate
Winslet- and her <b>stuttering</b> (having difficulty speaking because he
cannot stop himself from repeating the first sound of some words several times;
stammering) companion. <b>In addition</b>, <b>unlike the more linear</b>
American film, flashbacks <b>are used to good effect to switch</b> (change from
one thing to another) backwards and forwards between the two contrasting stages
of Murdoch's life.<br />
The <b>strength of</b> <i>Iris</i> <b>lies in</b> its <b>powerful acting</b>
and <b>mundane</b> (ordinary) realism, with the novelist seen in her<b>
cluttered</b> (full of a lot of things and untidy) Oxford house. <b>However,
if, as I do</b>, <b>you favour</b> something <b>more visually appealing, but no
less plausible</b>, then <i>A Beautiful Mind </i>is <b>a definite must-see.</b></span></span>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-901958377261384612021-05-23T09:01:00.001+02:002022-04-25T14:01:53.595+02:00On Screen p 143. Ad Review: Sample Answer. Extra ClozeAn international film magazine wants readers around the world to contribute a review to a special edition entitled <i>The Art of Advertising: Selling Products through Film</i>. You decide to write a review of a particularly memorable advertisement. In your review, you should evaluate the visual impact of the advertisement, outline its other features, and assess how much influence such advertisements have on us.<br />
<b>Sample answer</b><br />
It is true that advertising has become an art form in its own 1_________. Nowadays, some of the very best film directors are employed to produce a visually impressive fifty or sixty seconds of footage 2________ we will remember and associate ever afterwards with the product being sold. My own favourite is a recent Guinness advert, which lives 3__________ to the high standards set by earlier adverts for this dark beer from Ireland.<br />
The product becomes part of a visual extravaganza, 4_________ somewhere in South America or the Caribbean. 5_________ the outset, you are unsure what you are witnessing. Tension is in the 6_________ and you realise that a race is about to start – incredibly, a snails’ race! Each snail lines 7__________ in its own lane, with a number on its 8_________, and bets are taken 9_________ which one will be the winner. Snails being what they are, the race gets 10__________ to a slow start, but then, one snail finds its way into an almost-empty glass of Guinness, takes 11_________ the necessary sustenance 12__________ streaks home, to the wild cheers of the crowd.<br />
One striking image follows another and special effects are judiciously 13_________ to accentuate the snail’s speed. The film is also shot from unusual angles – a snail’s eye 14_________, you might say, where human faces become slightly distorted and more unusual. At the end, we are almost participants in the vibrant celebration, which is fuelled 15_________ Guinness and exudes 16________ good humour and love of life.<br />
Characteristically of a Guinness advert, busy scenes alternates 17__________ stillness. There is no need for a voice-over, which would only labour the 18_________. The overwhelming 19___________ created is that you are watching something utterly unique, a message that you will then associate with the product itself.<br />
In general, I believe adverts have a huge effect on our lifestyle and aspirations. If they didn’t, far 20__________ money would be spent on them.<br />
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<b>1. </b><b>right </b><br />
<b>In your own right</b>: <span class="d">because of your personal qualifications or efforts, not because of your connection with somebody else. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="right_3__49">As a result of your own ability, achievements, qualifications etc and not because of anyone else.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="right_3__49"> E.g. She sings with a rock band, but she's also a jazz musician in her own right. Her father's a well-known author, but she's an excellent writer in her own right.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="right_3__49">2. </span></span>that/ which</b><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="right_3__49"></span><span class="x" id="right_3__49"><b>Footage</b>: /</span></span><span class="i">ˈfʊtɪdʒ/ </span><span class="d">part of a film showing a particular event. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="footage__1">Old film footage of the moon landing. </span></span>People see live footage of the war at home on their televisions.<br />
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<b>3. up </b><br />
<b>Live up to</b>: <span class="d">to do as well as or be as good as other people expect you to</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__107">. E.g. He failed to live up to his parents' expectations.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108"> The team called ‘The No-Hopers’ certainly lived up to its name.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108">4. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108">set </span></span></b><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108"><span class="n-g" id="set_1__47"><b><span class="cf" id="set_1__50">set something + adverb/preposition</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="set_1__51">to place the action of a play, novel or film/ movie in a particular place, time, etc. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="set_1__52">The novel is set in London in the 1960s.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108"><span class="n-g" id="set_1__47"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="set_1__52"> </span></span></span> </span></span><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108"><b>Extravaganza</b>: /</span></span><span class="i">ɪkˌstrævəˈɡænzə/</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__108"> </span></span><span class="d">a large, expensive and impressive entertainment.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="extravaganza__1"> Sp. Gran espectáculo. E.g. A musical extravaganza. </span></span>A five-day extravaganza of art, music and dance.<br />
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<b>5. At</b> <br />
<b>At/from the outset (of something)</b>: <span class="d">at/from the beginning of something. E.g. </span>I made it clear right from the outset that I disapproved.<br />
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<b>6. air</b><br />
<b>in the air</b><span class="d" id="air_1__94">: felt by a number of people to exist or to be happening</span><span class="ids-g" id="air_1__78"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="air_1__95">. E.g. There's romance in the air.</span></span></span> <br />
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<b>7. up</b><br />
<b>Line up</b>:<span class="z"></span><span class="d"> to stand in a line or row; to form a queue/line</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="line_2__13">. E.g. Line up, children! </span></span>Cars lined up waiting to board the ship.<br />
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<b>8. shell</b><br />
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<b>9. </b><b>on</b><br />
<b><span class="n-g" id="bet_2__13"><span class="z_n"></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="bet_2__14">bet: </span></span></b><span class="n-g" id="bet_2__13"><span class="d" id="bet_2__14">an arrangement to risk money, etc. on the result of a particular event; the money that you risk in this way. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bet_2__15">to <span class="cl">win/ lose a bet</span></span></span></span>. <span class="n-g" id="bet_2__13"><span class="x-g"><b><span class="cf" id="bet_2__17">Bet on something</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="x" id="bet_2__18">We've got a bet on who's going to arrive first. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bet_2__19">He had a bet on the horses.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bet_2__20"> They all put a bet on the race.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bet_2__21"> I hear you're <b>taking bets on</b> whether she'll marry him.</span></span></span><br />
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<b>10. off</b> <br />
<b>Get off to a slow start</b>: slow beginning.<br />
<b>be/get off to a good/bad/slow etc start</b> used for saying that something begins in a particular manner, especially a race or a competition. E.g. She got off to a slow start in her election campaign. The Games are off to a flying start with a new world record in the women's marathon<br />
<b>Get off to a flying start/<span class="z"> </span>get off to a flyer</b>:<span class="d"> to make a very good start; to begin something well.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="flying-start__4"> E.g. She's got off to a flying start in her new career.</span></span><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="flying-start__4"><b>Get off to a good start</b>: begin with success. E.g. I</span></span>n Math, it's important to get off to a good start. <span class="illustration">I tried to get off to a good start with my new job.</span><br />
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<b><span class="illustration">11. </span></b><span class="illustration"><b>in</b> </span><br />
<span class="illustration"><b>Take sth in</b>: </span><span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="d">to absorb something into the body, for example by breathing or swallowing. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250">Fish take in oxygen through their gills /ɡɪlz/ (Sp. branquias).</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250">12. </span></span></span></b><span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250"><b>and</b> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250"><b>Sustenance</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="i">ˈsʌstənəns</span><span class="z">/ </span><span class="n-g" id="sustenance__1"><span class="d">the food and drink that people, animals and plants need to live and stay healthy</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sustenance__2">. Sp. Sustento. E.g. There's not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.</span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250"><b>Streak</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="i">striːk/</span><span class="n-g" id="take_1__249"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="take_1__250"> </span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="d">to move very fast in a particular direction. E.g. </span></span><span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="streak_2__9">She streaked home in under 54 seconds.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="streak_2__9"><b>Home</b>: </span></span></span><span class="DEFINITION"><span class="SEP"> </span>a place on a sports field that a player must try to get to in order to score a point in some sports</span><span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="streak_2__9">. Sp. Meta. E.g. He was four fences from home.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="streak_2__9">13. </span></span></span>used</b><br />
<span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="streak_2__9"><b>Judiciously</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="i">dʒuˈdɪʃəsli</span><span class="z">/ </span></span><span class="d">carefully and sensibly; showing good judgement.</span><span class="n-g" id="streak_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="streak_2__9"> E.g. </span></span></span><span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="judicious__6">A judiciously worded letter.</span></span></span><br />
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<b>a bird's-eye view (of something)</b><span class="d" id="bird_1__60"> a view of something from a high position looking down</span><span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="judicious__6"><span class="ids-g" id="bird_1__42"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bird_1__61">. E.g. From the plane we had a bird's eye view of Manhattan.</span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="judicious__6">15. </span></span></span></b><span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="judicious__6"><b>by</b> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="judicious__6"><b>Fuel</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="i">ˈfjuːəl</span><span class="z">/</span><span class="dr-g" id="judicious__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="judicious__6"> </span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="fuel_2__6"><span class="z"></span><span class="d">to increase something; to make something stronger. E.g. </span></span><span class="n-g" id="fuel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fuel_2__8">To <span class="cl"><b>fuel speculation/rumours/fears. </b></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fuel_2__9">Higher salaries helped to fuel inflation.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="n-g" id="fuel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fuel_2__9">16. </span></span></span></b><span class="n-g" id="fuel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fuel_2__9"><b>only</b> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="n-g" id="fuel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fuel_2__9"><b>Exude</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="i">ɪɡˈzjuːd</span><span class="z">/</span><span class="n-g" id="fuel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fuel_2__9"> </span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="exude__1"><span class="d">if you <span class="dhb">exude</span> a particular feeling or quality, or it <span class="dhb">exudes</span> from you, people can easily see that you have it. Sp. Emanar, irradiar. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="exude__2">She exuded confidence.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="n-g" id="exude__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="exude__2"><b>Stillness</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="i">ˈstɪlnəs</span><span class="z">/</span><span class="d"> the quality of being quiet and not moving. Sp. Quietud, calma, tranquilidad. E.g.</span> The sound of footsteps on the path broke the stillness.<br />
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<b>18. point</b> <br />
<b>Labour the point</b>:<span class="d"> to continue to repeat or explain something that has already been said and understood. Sp. Insistir, machacar. E.g.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="labour_2__13"> I understand what you're saying—there's no need to labour the point.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="labour_2__13">19. </span></span></b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="labour_2__13"><b> impression</b> </span></span><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="labour_2__13"><b>Overwhelming</b>: </span></span><span class="d">very great or very strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react. E.g.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="overwhelming__1"> The evidence against him was overwhelming. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="overwhelming__2">The <span class="cl"><b>overwhelming majority</b></span> of those present were in favour of the plan.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="overwhelming__3"> An <span class="cl"><b>overwhelming sense of</b></span> loss</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="overwhelming__4">. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="overwhelming__5">You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first. </span></span>There was overwhelming support for our policies.<br />
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<b>20. less</b> Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-90851620688491399682021-04-30T21:45:00.001+02:002022-01-24T20:48:05.475+01:00On Screen p 120. The Weather and Climate Change. Extra Speaking<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-GB">1. MONOLOGUE. Prepare a talk of AT LEAST 5 minutes on the subject. You
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<b> "I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that."</b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> -Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman.-</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">How does climate change cause <b>extreme weather</b>? Are those who <b>downplay</b> climate change <b>clutching at straws</b> with no evidence to back their claim? Do people who <span style="font-family: inherit;">claim tha<span style="font-family: inherit;">t climate change is a<b> hoax</b> <b>have an axe to grind</b>?</span></span> To what exten<span style="font-family: inherit;">t</span> are <b>wind</b> <b>turbines</b> and <b>solar panels</b> the answer to climate change? Would you mind having an <b>offshore wind farm</b> near Mallorca? What other sources of <b>renewable energy</b> do you know? What else could be done</span> to <b>address the threat</b> of climate change? Should we <b>let nature take its course</b>? Do you think we are going to <b>weather the storm</b>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>You may make some notes for your talk to take into the exam. These should not exceed five lines. <br /> <br /> <br /> 2. INTERACTION <br /> <br />
In this part of the test, the examiner will ask you some questions
about issues related to the TOPIC. Remember that you are expected to
have a conversation as natural as possible and give full answers. This
part of the examination will last AT LEAST 5 minutes. You will not see
the questions below. <br /> <br /> ________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TEACHER'S QUESTIONS </b> </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="pv-gs" id="cutoff_pvgs_1"><span class="sn-gs" id="cut_sngs_35"><span class="sn-g" id="cut_sng_46"><span class="x-gs" id="cut_xgs_40"><span class="x-g" id="cut_xg_67"><span class="x" id="cutoff_x_17">1.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="soar_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="soar_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="soar_xg_2"><span class="x" id="soar_x_2">What could be done to <b>prevent air pollution from</b> <b>soaring above safety levels</b> and <b>in so doing </b>avoid the <b>depletion</b> of the <b>ozone layer?</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="lasting_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="lasting_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="lasting_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="lasting_xg_1"><span class="x" id="lasting_x_1"><span class="st"><span class="sn-gs" id="soar_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="soar_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="soar_xg_2"><span class="x" id="soar_x_2">2. Should <b>speed limits </b>be reduced <b>in order to</b> stop cars from <b>whizzing, whooshing and zooming</b> along the motorway? What would be the <b>benefits and drawbacks </b>of such a measure? Discuss </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st">how it could <b>minimize traffic-related fatalities</b>, why </span><span class="st"><b>higher speeds</b> <b>contribute to higher risk of serious injuries</b>, </span>whether <b>lower speed limits</b> on motorways reduce <b>fuel consumption</b> and <b>pollutant emissions</b> and therefore help to <span class="st"><b>curb greenhouse gas emissions</b>.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">3. What is the <b>environmental impact</b> <b>of </b></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span class="st"><b>planes hurtling overhead on</b> our island? </span></span></span><span class="st"> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Are <b>aircraft major contributors of carbon emissions to the atmosphere</b>?</span></span><br />
<span class="st"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4. </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">Nearly half of all <b>ocean pollution</b> comes from activities that take place on land. </span></span></span><b>Plastic pollution comes in</b> <b>all shapes and sizes</b>. Larger pieces of </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>plastic waste</b> <b>make
up</b> the <b>Eastern Garbage Patch</b>, a floating <b>whirlpool</b> of trash in the
Pacific ocean that’s about the size of Spain. If this were not enough, </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="runoff_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="runoff_xgs_2"><span class="x-g" id="runoff_xg_3"><span class="x" id="runoff_x_3"><b>agricultural run-off</b> containing <b>pesticides </b></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="runoff_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="runoff_xgs_2"><span class="x-g" id="runoff_xg_3"><span class="x" id="runoff_x_3"><b> and fertilizers, </b></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="runoff_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="runoff_xgs_2"><span class="x-g" id="runoff_xg_3"><span class="x" id="runoff_x_3"><b>sewage, </b></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="runoff_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="runoff_xgs_2"><span class="x-g" id="runoff_xg_3"><span class="x" id="runoff_x_3"><b>garbage
dumping, and chemical spills</b> are polluting our oceans and </span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="runoff_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="runoff_xgs_2"><span class="x-g" id="runoff_xg_3"><span class="x" id="runoff_x_3">creating huge <b>dead
zones</b> </span></span></span></span></span>—<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>oxygen-depleted </b>areas </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">like the Mar Menor, </span>where many marine species <b>struggle to
</b>survive.</span> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>And on top of all this oil spills</b> also </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">carry serious
consequences. What are the solutions you propose?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. There seems to be <b>almost</b> <b>no limit to </b>the damage people can cause to our planet. <span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">The signs and impacts of <b>global warming</b> are<b> speeding up</b>. </span></span></span>What <span class="st"><span class="st"><b>vital signs</b> of <b>climate change</b> and <b>global warming</b> have you already experienced <b>in your lifetime</b>?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st"><span class="st">6. Governments in some countries<b> are due to</b> present new measures to reduce <b>air pollution</b>. These include<b> financial support</b> to <b>insulate</b> people's homes and to buy electric cars. What other measure do you think could be effective? What could be the <b>next natural step</b>?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="st"><span class="st">7. A friend of yours is <b>keyed up </b>because he <b>is about to refurbish </b>his house. He is <b>considering </b></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="doubleglazing_sngs_1"><span class="sn-g" id="doubleglazing_sng_1"><span class="x-gs" id="doubleglazing_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="doubleglazing_xg_1"><span class="x" id="doubleglazing_x_1"><b>having double-glazing fitted </b>and he is also </span></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><b>exploring the option of having underfloor heating installed</b>. What advice would you give him? What else can he do to become more<b> environmentally friendly</b>?</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="st">8. If you had to write a notice to <b>raise awareness</b> about <b>environmental issues</b>, what message would you write</span></span><span class="pv-gs" id="stickout_pvgs_1"><span class="sn-gs" id="stick_sngs_17"><span class="sn-g" id="stick_sng_19"><span class="x-gs" id="stick_xgs_16"><span class="x-g" id="stick_xg_31"><span class="x" id="stickout_x_1"> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">in big red letters <b>so that</b> it would <b>stick out</b>?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="pv-gs" id="stickout_pvgs_1"><span class="sn-gs" id="stick_sngs_17"><span class="sn-g" id="stick_sng_19"><span class="x-gs" id="stick_xgs_16"><span class="x-g" id="stick_xg_31"><span class="x" id="stickout_x_1"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. In some cities people can see how the smoke of <b>carbon dioxide</b> is <b>drifting </b>towards their windows. What measures <b>aim to</b> reduce the impact of <b>fossil fuels</b> burning in our cities? What could be <b>better regulated</b> or <b>even banned</b>?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="pv-gs" id="stickout_pvgs_1"><span class="sn-gs" id="stick_sngs_17"><span class="sn-g" id="stick_sng_19"><span class="x-gs" id="stick_xgs_16"><span class="x-g" id="stick_xg_31"><span class="x" id="stickout_x_1"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. Will some political parties eventually <b>grudgingly agree </b>to exploit </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewable_sngs_1"><span class="x-gs" id="renewable_xgs_1"><span class="x-g" id="renewable_xg_1"><span class="x" id="renewable_x_1"><b>renewable sources of energy</b> such as wind and solar power? Are <b>offshore wind farms</b> a solution you would <b>go along with</b>? Would you install a <b>solar panel</b> or a <b>wind turbine</b> on your property?</span></span></span></span></span> <span class="st"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">11. What <b>precautions</b> /</span><span class="st"><span class="i">prɪˈkɔːʃn</span><span class="z">z/ </span>do you take when <b>gales</b> are expected in your area? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">12. What is your opinion about tourists who lie <b>basking in</b> the bright sunshine for a long time in the summer?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">13. </span><span class="st">Describe how the effects of a <b>storm surge</b> can impact the lives of the people living in your area and the economy of the community.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">14. Do you find the sound of <b>wind howling, thunder</b> <b>rumbling </b>and<b> lightning striking eerie</b>? Do you have an anecdote? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="st">15. Do you know anyone who goes swimming<b> in all weathers</b>? How do you think it feels? What do you do, <b>come</b> <b>rain or shine</b>?</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st">16. </span><span class="st">Have you ever been disappointed by<i> </i>a<b> fair-weather</b> friend?</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="heavy_1__78">Weather forecast: </span></span></b><span class="d">a description, for example on the radio or television, of what the weather will be like tomorrow or for the next few days.</span> E.g. There's a good weather forecast for tomorrow.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="heavy_1__78"><b>Forecaster </b></span></span><span class="d">/</span><span class="d"><span class="i">ˈfɔːkɑːstə(r)/ </span>a person who says what is expected to happen, especially somebody whose job is to forecast the weather. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="forecaster__1">a weather forecaster. </span></span>An economic forecaster.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Weatherman (pl. weathermen)</b>/ <b>weathergirl</b>: <span class="d">a person on radio or television whose job is describing the weather and telling people what it is going to be like.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><b>Weather map</b>: </span><span class="d"><span class="d" id="weather-map__5">a map showing the weather conditions over a large area at a particular time.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><b>The after-effects of the storm</b> could prove to be more serious than previously thought.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="flatten__23"><b><span class="cf" id="flatten__25">flatten something</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="flatten__26">to destroy or knock down a building, tree, etc. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="flatten__27">Most of the factory was flattened by the explosion.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="unleash__1"><b><span style="font-size: small;">A</span>ftermath</b> /</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="unleash__1"><span class="i">ˈɑːftəmæθ/</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="d"> the situation that exists as a result of an important (and usually unpleasant) event, especially a war, an accident, etc</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="aftermath__1">. Sp. tras, repercusiones. E.g. A lot of rebuilding took place <span class="cl"><b>in the aftermath of</b></span> the war. </span></span>The assassination of the Prime Minister and its immediate aftermath. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><b><span style="font-size: small;">C</span>lear-up</b> (<span class="d">the process of removing rubbish and tidying things.</span> E.g. a massive clear-up operation)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="d"><b><span style="font-size: small;">D</span>eath toll</b> the number of people killed in an accident, a war, a disaster, etc. E.g.</span> The death toll has now risen to 200</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><b><span style="font-size: small;">D</span>ebris</b> /</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i">ˈdeɪbriː/ /</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i">ˈdebriː/ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="d">pieces of wood, metal, brick, etc. that are left after something has been destroyed. Sp. escombros, restos. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__2">Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"> Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><b>Wreckage</b>: /</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="i" id="wreckage__5">ˈrekɪdʒ/ </span><span class="d" id="wreckage__9">the parts of a vehicle, building, etc. that remain after it has been badly damaged or destroyed. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="wreckage__10">A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="wreckage__11">Pieces of wreckage were found ten miles away from the scene of the explosion.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="z"><b>freak</b>: /</span><span class="z"><span class="i">friːk/ (adj) 1. </span>(</span><span class="dc">of an event or the weather</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">very unusual and unexpected</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="freak_2__1">. E.g. a <span class="cl"><b>freak accident/ storm/ occurrence. </b></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="freak_2__2">Freak weather conditions</span></span>. A freak storm (Sp. una tormenta inesperada).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="def" id="freak_1__20"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="def" id="freak_1__20"><b>freak</b> (n) 1. a person with a very strong interest in a particular subject</span><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__21"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__22">. E.g. <span class="x" id="freak_1__23">a <span class="cl"><b>health/fitness/jazz, etc. freak</b>. 2. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__21"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__22"><span class="x" id="freak_1__23"><span class="cl"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="def" id="freak_1__31">a person who is considered to be unusual because of the way they behave, look or think</span><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__32"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__33">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="freak_1__34"><span class="x" id="freak_1__35">She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__38"> <span class="rx-g" id="freak_1__39"><span class="x" id="freak_1__40">He's going out with a real freak.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__21"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__22"><span class="x" id="freak_1__23"><span class="cl"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__32"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__38"><span class="rx-g" id="freak_1__39"><span class="x" id="freak_1__40"><b>quirky</b>: (adj) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__21"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__22"><span class="x" id="freak_1__23"><span class="cl"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__32"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__38"><span class="rx-g" id="freak_1__39"><span class="x" id="freak_1__40"><span class="sn-gs" id="quirky__15"><span class="sn-g" id="quirky__16"><span class="dis-g" id="quirky__17"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="dtxt" id="quirky__18">of an aspect of somebody's personality or behaviour</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="quirky__19">a little strange. Peculiar. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__21"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__22"><span class="x" id="freak_1__23"><span class="cl"><span class="sn-gs" id="freak_1__16"><span class="x-gs" id="freak_1__32"><span class="x-g" id="freak_1__38"><span class="rx-g" id="freak_1__39"><span class="x" id="freak_1__40"><span class="sn-gs" id="quirky__15"><span class="sn-g" id="quirky__16"><span class="def" id="quirky__19"><span class="sn-gs" id="quirky__15"><span class="sn-g" id="quirky__16"><span class="x-gs" id="quirky__24"><span class="x-g" id="quirky__25"><span class="x" id="quirky__26">a quirky sense of humour.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><b>erratic: </b>/</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="i" id="erratic_1__8">ɪˈrætɪk/ </span><span class="d" id="erratic_1__12">not happening at regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely on. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="erratic_1__20">Irrigation measures will be necessary in areas of erratic rainfall. Erratic weather. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="erratic_1__16">The electricity supply here is quite erratic.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><span class="n-g" id="element__14"><b><span class="a">The elements</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">plural</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">the weather, especially bad weather</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="element__15">. E.g. Are we going to brave the elements and go for a walk? </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="element__16">To be exposed to the elements. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><span class="n-g" id="element__14"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="element__16"><span class="st">Rock climbers sometimes<b> have to battle the elements </b>in order to reach the summit</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="first-responder__2"><span class="gl"><span class="n-g" id="reel_2__6"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="reel_2__7"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__13"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="sweep_1__9"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sweep_1__12"><span class="i"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="debris__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="debris__3"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><span class="n-g" id="element__14"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="element__16"><b>make landfall</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="n-g" id="blizzard__1"><span class="d"><b>blizzard</b>: a <span class="ndv">snowstorm</span> with very strong winds. Sp. ventisca, tormenta de nieve. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="blizzard__2">blizzard conditions</span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span>
<span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="n-g" id="rage_2__5"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rage_2__7">The blizzard was still raging outside. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl">The storm is<b> unleashing blizzard </b>conditions in parts of the country.</span></span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="cf"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="cf"><b>unleash</b> /</span></span></span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="cf"><span class="i">ʌnˈliːʃ</span><span class="z"> / </span><b>something (on/upon somebody/something)</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to suddenly let a strong force, emotion, etc. be felt or have an effect</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="unleash__1">. Sp. soltar, desencadenar, desatar. E.g. The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Brass monkeys/ brass monkey weather</b><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_g">British English</span><span class="z">, </span><span class="z_r">slang</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="ud">if you say that it is <span class="dhb">brass monkeys</span> or <span class="dhb">brass monkey weather</span>, you mean that it is very cold weather. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ud"><b>Col</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>d snap</b>: </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ud"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d" id="cold-snap__9">a sudden short period of very cold weather.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><b>wrap up | wrap somebody up | wrap yourself up</b> to put warm clothes on somebody/yourself. E.g. She told them to wrap up warm/warmly. </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ud"><b>wellington</b>: (also<b> welly</b>) </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="wellington_1__28"><span class="sn-g" id="wellington_1__29"><span class="def" id="wellington_1__31">one of a pair of long rubber boots, usually reaching almost up to the knee, that you wear to stop your feet getting wet</span><span class="x-gs" id="wellington_1__32"><span class="x-g" id="wellington_1__33">. E.g. <span class="x" id="wellington_1__34">a pair of wellingtons/ wellies.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="unleash__1"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="unleash__1"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span class="n-g" id="briefing__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="briefing__6"><span class="cl"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="unleash__1"><span class="ud"><b>Drought:</b> </span><span class="d">/</span><span class="d"><span class="i">draʊt</span><span class="z">/ </span>a long period of time when there is little or no rain. E.g.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="drought__1"> two years of severe drought</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="drought__2">. One of the worst droughts on record</span></span>. The country's entire grain harvest has been hit by drought. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><b>Weather-beaten</b>: </span><span class="d"><span class="z">(</span><span class="dc">especially of a person or their skin</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">rough and damaged because the person spends a lot of time outside. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1">E.g. The weather-beaten face of an old sailor.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><b>Heatwave</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><span class="i">ˈhiːtweɪv/</span> </span></span></span><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><span class="d">a period of unusually hot weather</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather-beaten__1"><u><b>Part 1. Questions </b></u></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2">Tackle</span></span></b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="n-g" id="tackle_1__1"><b><span class="cf"> something</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="tackle_1__2">. E.g. The government is determined to tackle inflation. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="tackle_1__3">I think I'll tackle the repairs next weekend.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="tackle_1__4"> Firefighters tackled a blaze in a garage last night.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="d" id="weather-map__5"><b><span class="cf">Downplay something</span></b><span class="z">: </span><span class="d">to make people think that something is less important than it really is. </span></span></span><span class="d">Play down. E.g. <span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2">The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="vested-interest__3"><b>Clutch at straws</b>:</span></span><span class="d">
to try all possible means to find a solution or some hope in a
difficult or unpleasant situation, even though this seems very
unlikely.</span> Aferrarse desesperadamente a una esperanza. E.g. I know
I'm just clutching at straws here, but is it possible that the doctors
are wrong? They were really clutching at straws when they observed
animal and bird behaviour and linked it to the weather. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>hoax</b> <b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="pron-g" id="hoax_1__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>həʊks<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span><span class="oldsubentry" id="hoax_1__16"><span class="sn-gs" id="hoax_1__17"><span class="sn-g" id="hoax_1__18"><span class="def" id="hoax_1__19">an act intended to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant. Sp. engaño, fraude. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="hoax_1__20"><span class="x-g" id="hoax_1__21"> <span class="x" id="hoax_1__22">a bomb hoax.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="hoax_1__23"> <span class="x" id="hoax_1__24">Hoax calls.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="hoax_1__25"> <span class="rx-g" id="hoax_1__26"><span class="x" id="hoax_1__27">The emergency call turned out to be a hoax.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>have an axe to grind: </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>to have private reasons for being involved in something or for arguing for a particular cause. E.g. She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety. These criticisms are commonly voiced by those who have some political axe to grind.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2"> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2"><b>Wind turbine</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="i">ˈwɪnd tɜːbaɪn</span><span class="z">/ a </span><span class="d">type of modern <span class="ndv">windmill</span> used for producing electricity.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="d"><b>Solar panel</b>: a piece of equipment on a roof that uses light and heat energy from the sun to produce hot water and electricity.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="d"><b>Offshore</b>: </span></span><span class="d"><span class="d"><span class="n-g" id="offshore__1"><span class="d">happening or existing in the sea, not far from the land</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="offshore__2">. E.g. offshore drilling. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="offshore__3">An offshore island</span></span></span>. </span> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><b>Wind farm</b>: </span><span class="d">an area on which there are a lot of <span class="ndv">windmills</span> or <span class="ndv">wind turbines</span> for producing electricity.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><b>Renewable energy</b>: </span>is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat, which are renewable.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><b>Water power</b>: power produced by the movement of water, used to drive machinery or produce electricity</span>.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Tidal power</b>, also called <b>tidal energy</b>, is a form of power that converts the energy of tides into useful forms of power - mainly electricity.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wave power</b>: power extracted from the motion of sea waves at the coast. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Geothermal energy</b> is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Address</b>: <span class="n-g" id="address_2__18"><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to think about a problem or a situation and decide how you are going to deal with it. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><b><span class="cf">Address something</span></b><span class="z">. </span><span class="x" id="address_2__19">Your essay does not address the real issues.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="cf"> <b>Address yourself to something</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="x" id="address_2__20">We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Curb</b> <b><span class="cf">something</span></b>: <span class="cf">/</span><span class="cf"><span class="i">kɜːb/</span></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to control or limit something, especially something bad</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="curb_1__2">. E.g. </span></span>Curb air pollution. Curb water pollution.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="i"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Reduce</span> (the size of) your carbon footprint</span></span>: </span></b><span class="d">a measure of the amount of <span class="ndv">carbon dioxide</span> that is produced by the daily activities of a person or company. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="carbon-footprint__1">Flying is the biggest contribution to my carbon footprint.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="carbon-footprint__2"> An analysis of the carbon footprints of leading companies. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="carbon-footprint__3">Companies are measuring their carbon footprints.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Reduce greenhouse gas emissions /</b><span class="i">iˈmɪʃnz/</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Preserve natural resources</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Protect</span> endangered species</span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Prevent/ stop</span> soil erosion/ overfishing/ massive deforestation/ damage to ecosystems</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Raise</span> awareness of environmental issues</span></span> </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Use</span> recycled/ recyclable/ biodegradable material</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para">R</span><span class="para"><span class="eb">ecycle</span> bottles/ packaging/ paper/ plastic/ waste</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para">P</span><span class="para"><span class="eb">romote/ encourage</span> recycling/ sustainable development/ the use of renewable energy. </span><span class="para"><span class="eb"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Develop/ invest in/ promote</span> renewable energy</span><span class="para"><span class="eb">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="eb">Reduce</span> your dependence/ reliance on fossil fuels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para">G</span><span class="para"><span class="eb">et/ obtain/ generate/ produce</span> electricity from wind, solar and wave power/ renewable sources. </span><span class="para"><span class="eb">Build/ develop</span> a (50-megawatt</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"> /</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="i">ˈmeɡəwɒt/</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="i"> </span>/offshore) wind farm.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para"><span class="unbox" id="wind-farm__1" type="colloc"><span class="para">I</span><span class="para"><span class="eb">nstall</span> solar panels.</span></span> </span></span> </span></span></b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Run/take its course</b>:<span class="d"> to develop in the usual way and come to the usual end.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="course_1__77"> E:g. When her tears had run their course, she felt calmer and more in control. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="course_1__78">With minor ailments the best thing is often to let nature take its course.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><b><span class="cf">Weather something</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to come safely through a difficult period or experience</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__5">. E.g. The company just managed to weather the recession.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"> She refuses to resign, intending to <span class="cl"><b>weather the storm</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="gl">(= wait until the situation improves again)</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="def" id="depletion__20"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"> <b>depletion</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="def" id="depletion__20"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="pron-g" id="depletion__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>dɪˈpliːʃn<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>the reduction of something by a large amount so that there is not enough left. Sp. disminuc<span style="font-family: inherit;">ión, reducción.</span> E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__22"> <span class="x" id="depletion__23">ozone depletion. <span style="font-family: inherit;">T</span>he depletion of the ozone layer (Sp.la<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>destrucción de la capa de ozono).</span></span><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"> <span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span style="font-family: inherit;">T</span>he depletion of fish stocks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewable__16"><span class="dis-g" id="renewable__20"><span class="wrap"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewable__16"><span class="x-gs" id="renewable__23"><span class="x-g" id="renewable__24"><span class="x" id="renewable__25"><b>renewable</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>(</span><span class="dtxt" id="renewable__21">of energy and natural resources</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="renewable__22">that is replaced naturally or controlled carefully and can therefore be used without the risk of finishing it. E.g. all</span><span class="x-gs" id="renewable__23"><span class="x-g" id="renewable__24"> <span class="x" id="renewable__25">renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power</span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewables__15"><span class="sn-g" id="renewables__16"><span class="def" id="renewables__17"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewables__15"><span class="sn-g" id="renewables__16"><span class="x-gs" id="renewables__18"><span class="x-g" id="renewables__19"><span class="x" id="renewables__20"><b>renewables</b> (N) (plural) (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewables__15"><span class="sn-g" id="renewables__16"><span class="def" id="renewables__17"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewables__15"><span class="sn-g" id="renewables__16"><span class="x-gs" id="renewables__18"><span class="x-g" id="renewables__19"><span class="x" id="renewables__20"><span class="sn-gs" id="renewables__15"><span class="sn-g" id="renewables__16"><span class="un" id="renewables__23"><b><span class="eb" id="renewables__24">Renewables</span></b> are more commonly referred to as<b> <span class="eb" id="renewables__25">renewable energy (sources)</span></b>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>types of energy that can be replaced naturally such as energy produced from wind or water. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="renewables__18"><span class="x-g" id="renewables__19"> <span class="x" id="renewables__20">renewables such as hydro-electricity and solar energy.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="renewables__21"> <span class="x" id="renewables__22"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I</span>nvestment in renewables</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="non-renewable__9"><span class="dis-g" id="non-renewable__11"><span class="wrap"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="non-renewable__9"><span class="x-gs" id="non-renewable__14"><span class="x-g" id="non-renewable__19"><span class="rx-g" id="non-renewable__20"><span class="x" id="non-renewable__21"><b>non-renewable</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>(</span><span class="dtxt" id="non-renewable__12">of natural resources such as gas or oil</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="non-renewable__13">that cannot be replaced after use</span><span class="x-gs" id="non-renewable__14"><span class="x-g" id="non-renewable__15"> <span class="x" id="non-renewable__16">the need to protect. E.g. non-renewable resources.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="non-renewable__17"> <span class="x" id="non-renewable__18"><span style="font-family: inherit;">N</span>on-renewable energy sources.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="non-renewable__19"> <span class="rx-g" id="non-renewable__20"><span class="x" id="non-renewable__21">Fossil fuels are non-renewable and rapidly running out.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="sustainable__11"><span class="def" id="sustainable__13"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="sustainable__11"><span class="x-gs" id="sustainable__14"><span class="x-g" id="sustainable__17"><span class="x" id="sustainable__18"><b>sustainable</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment</span><span class="x-gs" id="sustainable__14"><span class="x-g" id="sustainable__15">. E.g. <span class="x" id="sustainable__16">sustainable forest management</span></span><span class="x-g" id="sustainable__17">. <span class="x" id="sustainable__18"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A</span>n environmentally sustainable society</span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="unsustainable__11"><span class="sn-g" id="unsustainable__12"><span class="def" id="unsustainable__13"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="unsustainable__11"><span class="sn-g" id="unsustainable__12"><span class="x-gs" id="unsustainable__14"><span class="x-g" id="unsustainable__15"><span class="x" id="unsustainable__16"><b>unsustainable</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>that cannot be continued at the same level, rate, etc.</span><span class="x-gs" id="unsustainable__14"><span class="x-g" id="unsustainable__15"> E.g. <span class="x" id="unsustainable__16">unsustainable growth</span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><b>infinite</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="pron-g" id="infinite_1__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈɪnfɪnət<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="oldsubentry" id="infinite_1__14"><span class="sn-gs" id="infinite_1__15"><span class="def" id="infinite_1__38">without limits; without end</span></span></span>. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="st"> infinite sources of energy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="st"><b>finite</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="depletion__18"><span class="sn-g" id="depletion__19"><span class="x-gs" id="depletion__21"><span class="x-g" id="depletion__24"><span class="x" id="depletion__25"><span class="st"><span class="pron-g" id="finite__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈfaɪnaɪt<span class="separator">/</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="finite__11"><span class="def" id="finite__13">having a definite limit or fixed size. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="finite__14"><span class="x-g" id="finite__15"> <span class="x" id="finite__16">a finite number of possibilities.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="finite__17"> <span class="rx-g" id="finite__18"><span class="x" id="finite__19">The world's resources are finite.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="n-g" id="weather_2__4"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_2__6"><b><u> Part 2</u></b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="downplay__2"><b>Gale</b>: </span></span></span><span class="d">an extremely strong wind.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="gale__1"> E.g. The gale blew down hundreds of trees. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="gale__2"><span class="cl"><b>Gale-force winds</b></span></span></span><span class="z">.</span><span class="z"> </span>It's <span class="cl"><b>blowing a gale</b></span> outside <span class="gl">(= a strong wind is blowing)</span>.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st"><b>Bask (in something): </b></span><span class="d">to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of something, especially the sun. Sp. disfrutar del sol. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__1">We sat basking in the warm sunshine. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2">A cat was basking on the windowsill.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="n-g" id="umbrella__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="umbrella__6"><span class="ifs-g"><span class="if-g"><span class="if">Sun </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="n-g" id="umbrella__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="umbrella__6"><span class="cf"><b> yourself</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to sit or lie in a place where the sun is shining on you. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="sun_2__1">We lay sunning ourselves on the deck.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="n-g" id="umbrella__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="umbrella__6">Sunbathe</span></span></span></b><span class="d"> to sit or lie in the sun, especially in order to go brown (get a <span class="ndv">suntan</span>). E.g. </span>We spent the day sunbathing and swimming.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><b>Storm surge</b>: </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2">a rising of the sea as a result of atmospheric pressure changes and wind associated with a storm. </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="liking__8"><span class="n-g" id="will_4__10"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="will_4__13"><span class="n-g" id="run_1__27"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="run_1__33"><b>Howl</b>: /</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="liking__8"><span class="n-g" id="will_4__10"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="will_4__13"><span class="n-g" id="run_1__27"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="run_1__33"><span class="i">haʊl</span><span class="z">/</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="liking__8"><span class="n-g" id="will_4__10"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="will_4__13"><span class="n-g" id="run_1__27"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="run_1__33"><span class="n-g" id="howling__1"><span class="z"><span class="n-g" id="howl_1__7"><span class="z">(</span><span class="dc">of the wind</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">to blow hard and make a long loud noise</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="howl_1__8">. Sp. aullar. E.g. The wind was howling around the house.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><b>Rumble</b> /</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i">ˈrʌmbl/ (V) </span></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="d">to make a long deep sound or series of sounds</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__2">. E.g. The machine rumbled as it started up.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"> Thunder rumbling in the distance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_2__13"><span class="cf" id="rumble_2__16"><b>rumble (of something)</b> (N)</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="rumble_2__17">a long deep sound or series of sounds. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_2__18">the rumble of thunder</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><b>Clap</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><span class="n-g" id="clap_2__18"><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="clap_2__20">a sudden loud noise</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="clap_2__21"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. E.g. a </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">c</span>lap of thunder<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><span class="n-g" id="bolt_1__21"><b><span class="cc" id="bolt_1__22">bolt/ flash of lightning</span></b><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="bolt_1__23">a sudden flash of <span class="ndv">lightning</span> in the sky, appearing as a line.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><span class="n-g" id="bolt_1__21"><span class="d" id="bolt_1__23"><b>Lightning strike</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><span class="n-g" id="bolt_1__21"><span class="d" id="bolt_1__23"><span class="n-g" id="lightning-strike__11"><span class="d" id="lightning-strike__12">an incident in which <span class="ndv">lightning</span> hits somebody/something.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="i"><span class="n-g" id="rumble_1__1"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rumble_1__3"><span class="n-g" id="crane_1__1"><span class="d"><b>Eerie</b> </span></span><span class="d">strange, mysterious and frightening. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="eerie__3">I found the silence underwater really eerie.</span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><b>In all weathers</b><span class="z">: (</span><span class="z_g">British English</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">in all kinds of weather, good and bad</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_1__16">. E.g. She goes out jogging in all weathers.</span></span> They work outdoors in all weathers.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Come rain, come shine<span class="z"> |</span>(come) rain or shine</b><span class="d"> whether there is rain or sun; whatever happens. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rain_1__19">He goes jogging every morning, rain or shine.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="d"><b>Fair-weather</b> behaving in a particular way or doing a particular activity only when it is pleasant for them. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="fair-weather__1"><span class="cl"><b>a fair-weather friend</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="gl">(= somebody who stops being a friend when you are in trouble)</span></span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><b>Under the weather</b>:<span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_r">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">if you are or feel <span class="dhb">under the weather</span>, you feel slightly ill/ sick and not as well as usual.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d">Other words and expressions</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="gmail-sn-gs" id="gmail-freak_2__11"><span class="gmail-sn-g" id="gmail-freak_2__12"><span class="gmail-dis-g" id="gmail-freak_2__15"><span class="gmail-wrap"><span class="gmail-sn-gs" id="gmail-freak_2__11"><span class="gmail-sn-g" id="gmail-freak_2__12"><span class="gmail-x-gs" id="gmail-freak_2__18"><span class="gmail-x-g" id="gmail-freak_2__19"><span class="gmail-x" id="gmail-freak_2__20"><span class="gmail-cl"><b>freak: (</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail-dtxt" id="gmail-freak_2__16">of an event or the weather</span><span class="gmail-wrap">)</span></span> <span class="gmail-def" id="gmail-freak_2__17">very unusual and unexpected. E.g.</span><span class="gmail-x-gs" id="gmail-freak_2__18"><span class="gmail-x-g" id="gmail-freak_2__19"> <span class="gmail-x" id="gmail-freak_2__20">a <span class="gmail-cl"><b>freak accident/storm/occurrence.</b></span></span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="gmail-freak_2__22"> <span class="gmail-x" id="gmail-freak_2__23">freak weather conditions.<br /><br /><b>ferocious</b>: </span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail-pron-g" id="gmail-ferocious__7"><span class="gmail-phon"><span class="gmail-separator">/</span>fə<span class="gmail-ptl" id="gmail-ferocious__9">ˈrəʊ</span>ʃəs<span class="gmail-separator">/</span></span> </span><span class="gmail-sn-gs" id="gmail-ferocious__13"><span class="gmail-sn-g" id="gmail-ferocious__14"><span class="gmail-def" id="gmail-ferocious__15">very aggressive or violent; very strong. E.g. </span></span></span><span class="gmail-sn-gs" id="gmail-ferocious__13"><span class="gmail-sn-g" id="gmail-ferocious__14"><span class="gmail-x-gs" id="gmail-ferocious__19"><span class="gmail-x-g" id="gmail-ferocious__20"> <span class="gmail-x" id="gmail-ferocious__21">a ferocious beast/attack/storm.</span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="gmail-ferocious__22"> <span class="gmail-x" id="gmail-ferocious__23">a man driven by ferocious determination.</span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="gmail-ferocious__24"> <span class="gmail-x" id="gmail-ferocious__25">ferocious opposition to the plan.<br /><br /><b>erratic</b>: </span></span></span></span></span><span class="gmail-pron-g" id="erratic_1__7"><span class="gmail-phon"><span class="gmail-separator">/</span>ɪˈrætɪk<span class="gmail-separator">/ </span></span></span><span class="gmail-sn-gs" id="erratic_1__15"><span class="gmail-sn-g" id="erratic_1__16"><span class="gmail-def" id="erratic_1__19">not happening at regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely. </span><span class="gmail-xr-gs" id="erratic_1__20"><span class="gmail-prefix"></span> <span class="gmail-xr-g" id="erratic_1__21"><span class="gmail-xh" id="erratic_1__22">unpredictable. E.g.</span></span></span><span class="gmail-x-gs" id="erratic_1__23"><span class="gmail-x-g" id="erratic_1__24"> <span class="gmail-rx-g" id="erratic_1__25"><span class="gmail-x" id="erratic_1__26">The electricity supply here is quite erratic.</span></span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="erratic_1__29"> <span class="gmail-rx-g" id="erratic_1__30"><span class="gmail-x" id="erratic_1__31">She had learnt to live with his sudden changes of mood and erratic behaviour.</span></span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="erratic_1__34"> <span class="gmail-rx-g" id="erratic_1__35"><span class="gmail-x" id="erratic_1__36">Mary is a gifted but erratic player <span class="gmail-gl" id="erratic_1__37"><span class="gmail-wrap">(</span><span class="gmail-prefix">=</span> she does not always play well<span class="gmail-wrap">)</span></span>.</span></span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="erratic_1__40"> <span class="gmail-rx-g" id="erratic_1__41"><span class="gmail-x" id="erratic_1__42">Irrigation measures will be necessary in areas of erratic rainfall.</span></span></span><span class="gmail-x-g" id="erratic_1__45"> <span class="gmail-x" id="erratic_1__46">their increasingly erratic policy decisions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="gmail-sn-gs" id="erratic_1__15"><span class="gmail-sn-g" id="erratic_1__16"><span class="gmail-x-gs" id="erratic_1__23"><span class="gmail-x-g" id="erratic_1__45"><span class="gmail-x" id="erratic_1__46"><span class="sn-gs" id="harness_2__47"><b><span class="cf" id="harness_2__73"><span class="exp" id="harness_2__74">harness</span> something</span></b> <span class="def" id="harness_2__75">to control and use the force or strength of something to produce power or to achieve something. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="harness_2__76"><span class="x-g" id="harness_2__77"> <span class="x" id="harness_2__78">attempts to harness the sun’s rays as a source of energy</span></span><span class="x-g" id="harness_2__79">. <span class="rx-g" id="harness_2__80"><span class="x" id="harness_2__81">We must harness the skill and creativity of our workforce.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="harness_2__84"> <span class="rx-g" id="harness_2__85"><span class="x" id="harness_2__86">How can this energy be harnessed effectively for the good of humankind?</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="harness_2__89"> <span class="rx-g" id="harness_2__90"><span class="x" id="harness_2__91">They are attempting to harness the power of the sun.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="idm-gs" id="batten_2__53"><span class="idm" id="batten_2__56"><b>batten down the hatches</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="idm-gs" id="batten_2__53"><span class="idm" id="batten_2__56"><span class="idm-gs" id="batten_2__53"><span class="sn-gs" id="batten_2__57"><span class="def" id="batten_2__59">to prepare yourself for a period of difficulty or trouble</span><span class="x-gs" id="batten_2__60"><span class="x-g" id="batten_2__61">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="batten_2__62"><span class="x" id="batten_2__63">A natural tendency in times of recession is to batten down the hatches and think about our own needs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="sn-gs" id="brace_2__47"><b><span class="cf" id="brace_2__49"><span class="exp" id="brace_2__50">brace</span> somebody/yourself (for something)</span> <span class="sep">|</span> <span class="cf" id="brace_2__51"><span class="exp" id="brace_2__52">brace</span> somebody/yourself (to do something)</span> </b><span class="def" id="brace_2__53">to prepare somebody/yourself for something difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="brace_2__54"><span class="x-g" id="brace_2__55"> <span class="rx-g" id="brace_2__56"><span class="x" id="brace_2__57">UN troops are braced for more violence.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="brace_2__60"> <span class="rx-g" id="brace_2__61"><span class="x" id="brace_2__62">They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><b>hunker down</b>: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="bask__2"><span class="d"><span class="pv-gs" id="hunker-down__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="hunker-down__10"><span class="def" id="hunker-down__25">to prepare yourself to stay somewhere, keep an opinion, etc. for a long time</span></span></span>. E.g. We were told to hunker down during the storm. </span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="drought__3"></span></span><span class="ud"> </span><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="forecaster__2"></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="weather_1__18"><span class="ids-g"></span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rainfall__2"></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="rain_1__19"> </span></span><span class="ids-g"></span>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-39074125617888425802021-04-30T12:28:00.001+02:002022-01-24T12:31:19.390+01:00On Screen. p 120. Greta Thunberg at TED Talks. Listening <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">1.Greta wonders why
people didn't change their behaviour if burning ____________ /_________ was
such a bad thing.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">2. Rich countries need
to start ____________/___________ by at least 15 percent every year.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">3. Greta complains that
the media and our leaders don’t mention the _____________/ ____________
already locked in the system.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">4. Up to 200 species are
____________/__________ every single day.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">5.S</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">ome
signs of the climate crisis are ________/________ and tens of thousands of dead
people.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">6. It
is said that Greta ought to become a climate scientist ___________ /
___________ she is able to solve the climate crisis.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">7. At
the end of a talk people are supposed to discuss wind power, hope, circular
economy or _________ /__________.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">8.
Greta suggests that _______/ ________ looking for hope, we should look for
action.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"></span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">KEY</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate_change/transcript?language=en#t-618636"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate_change/transcript?language=en#t-618636</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p><p>
<br />1. fossil fuels <br /><br /> </p><p> </p><p>2. reducing emissions<br /> </p><p> </p><p>3. greenhouse gases<br /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. going extinct <br /> </p><p> </p><p>5. flooded cities<br /> </p><p> </p><p>6. so that<br /> </p><p> </p><p>7. solar panels<br /> </p><p> </p><p>8. instead of</p><p> </p><p>TASK:</p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Create a Ted talk presentation speculating about the future of the
environment</span> <br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-4701192957583802392021-04-17T23:15:00.001+02:002021-11-21T23:17:44.712+01:00On Screen p 107. Report about your classes at the EOI. Writing <p> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.6667; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 9pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121ff; font-family: Lato; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Write a </span><a href="http://englishadvancedc1.blogspot.com/2019/09/empower-p-29-report-writing.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #006580ff; font-family: Lato; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">report</span></a></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121ff; font-family: Lato; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Task description </span></h3><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Your
company paid for your enrolment at the EOI this year. After a couple of
months at the EOI they want to know if their money was well invested
and if more needs to be done. Therefore, you have been asked to write a
report about your classes, your achievements, your goals, your
experience in general, your needs and any recommendations you have for
the continued success of the programme.<br />These are some of the points you need to include in the report:<br />- Evaluate the effectiveness of the education programme<br />- Reflect and recognise what you are learning<br />- What progress you have made toward learning goals<br />- Key learning objectives you have accomplished<br />- Key learning objectives you would like to accomplish<br />- What you should do to improve<br />- What you need to do to perform successfully<br />- What else you need from the programme</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Models:</span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="http://englishc2.blogspot.com/2019/12/close-up-p-120-report-william.html" target="_blank">On Screen p 107. Report: William Shakespeare Course. Cloze</a></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a href="https://englishc2.blogspot.com/2021/04/on-screen-p-107-raising-funds-for-our.html">On Screen p 107. Raising Funds For Our Local Animal Shelter. Report. Word Formation </a></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"> </h3><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-4751288964848240872021-04-17T23:11:00.001+02:002021-11-21T23:14:22.701+01:00On Screen p 107. Raising Funds For Our Local Animal Shelter. Report. Word Formation <p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Task description <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Over the last year your school has been
raising money in support of a local charity. You have been asked to
write a report for staff and students on the past year of fundraising
activities for the charity.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In your report you should briefly
describe the chosen charity and its aims, evaluate the overall success
of the fundraising and explain which activities were the most
successful.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Raising Funds For Our Local Animal Shelter.</u><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Introduction</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For the last year our college has been running its own charity events to raise funds for our local animal shelter. <b>This report will remind </b>students and staff <b>about</b> the aims of the charity chosen, <b>and explain how</b> successful the (1)______________ (PIONEER) initiative has been so far.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u>The charity</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The charity chosen by the college is the local animal shelter.<b> Its aims are not only </b>to give abandoned pets the best possible care at the shelter, <b>but also</b>
to find every pet a new home. They use donations for (2)_____________
(SUPPLY) and to employ staff to check that adopted pets are treated well
and are happy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Overall success</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>On the whole,</b>
the school's (3)______________ (FUND) efforts have been (4)___________
(EXTREME) successful. We raised $5000 in 12 months, which the charity
told us represents 20% of their (5)_____________ (OVER) donations this
year. They were (6)____________ (ELATION) and have sent us many pictures
of (7)___________ (JOY) pets that have been adopted thanks to our hard
work.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Most successful activities</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Coffee mornings and
the sports events were the activities which helped raise the majority of
the (8)____________ (SUBSTANCE) amount mentioned above. <b>In particular, </b>the
'man's best friend' 5km race, where students, teachers and many
(9)____________ (WILL) members of the public participated with their
dogs, succeeded in promoting the shelter. (10)______________ (INTEREST),
we are told that several adoptions took place the following week.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Conclusion</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>As can be seen in this report,</b> the (11)______________ (CHARITY) events organised by the schools have been (12)____________ (REMARKABLE) successful <b>on the whole. Moreover, </b>the
charity chosen is (13)______________ (IMMENSE) pleased to have the
school's (14)_____________ (VALUE) help and we are not at all
(15)_____________ (SATISFACTION) with how the funds raised are being
used. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">KEY</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">1. pioneering</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2. supplies</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>supplies</b>: (pl) provisions: food, equipment. T<span class="def">he things such as food, medicines, fuel, etc. that are needed by a group of people, for example an army or expedition. Sp.</span>
suministro. E.g. Our backpacks held all of our supplies for the 7-day
hike. Sp. Nuestras mochilas contenían todos nuestros suministros para la
excursión de siete días. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3. fundraising</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">4. extremely</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">5. overall</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>overall</b>: considering or including everything. Total. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">E.g.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The overall cost of the exhibition was £400,000. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The overall result is an increase in population. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">An overall winner and a runner-up were chosen. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We don’t want all the details now, just the overall picture.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">6. elated</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>elated</b>: extremely happy and excited, especially because of something that has happened or is going to happen. OPP depressed. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">E.g. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He felt elated.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">elated at/by She was elated <b>at</b> the prospect of a holiday. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">7. joyful</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">8. substantial</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">9. willing </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">10. Interestingly,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">11. charitable</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">12. remarkably</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">13. immensely </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">14.invaluable/ valuable</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: large;">15. dissatisfied / unsatisfied</span>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-70409384936861623392021-04-17T00:28:00.001+02:002021-11-22T20:37:33.425+01:00On Screen p 107. Report: William Shakespeare Course. Cloze<p> <u>Introduction</u></p><p>The (0) <u>aim</u> of this report is to describe and evaluate the four-week William Shakespeare course that I (1)___________ at the community college in April, as well as assess (2)___________ usefulness and give some recommendations.</p><p><u>Content</u></p><p>The course approached the works of Shakespeare in a way (3)__________ I found to be quite novel and thoroughly engaging. As a class, we did not look at a play in its entirety, but parts of different works (4)___________ connected themes such as love, ambition and conscience. This enabled us to trace the development of Shakespeare's views. In addition, the tutor drew wonderful parallels between Shakespeare and present-day situations. This brought Shakespeare to (5)______________ and made the works very accessible.</p><p><u>Organisation</u></p><p>The classes were very well-organised. The course objectives were clearly explained at the start and the class discussion was directed towards (6)_____________ achievements. Due to this, we were able to cover all of the material. Our tutor was also very firm in steering us along the way- while encouraging plenty of discussion, she ensured we never strayed far from the topic (7)____________ hand. Clearly, the tutor is a very experienced and competent teacher.</p><p><u>Atmosphere</u></p><p>The course was conducted in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. There was encouragement from the tutor, as well as a good rapport (8)___________ class members. The relaxed nature of this course put everyone (9)___________ ease and this promoted a risk-free atmosphere in which participants could express their views without fear or hesitation.</p><p><u>Conclusion</u></p><p>In conclusion, I believe anyone attending this course would find it stimulating. It is particularly useful to students of English literature who will gain new insight into Shakespeare, but equally of value to anyone who enjoys a lively discussion. In the (10)_____________ of this, I would suggest each session be slightly longer in order to accommodate further discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>KEY</p><p>1. attended</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. its </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. which</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. through</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5. life</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>6. their</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>7. at/in</p><p><b>at hand</b></p><p>needing to be dealt with now. Happening or present at this time. Sp. que nos ocupa. E.g.The space shuttle crew must stay completely focused on the task at hand. Peter turned his attention to the task at hand.</p><p><b>in hand</b>:</p><p>the job, question, etc. in hand is the one that you are dealing with.</p><p>E.g.<br />Please confine your comments to the topic in hand. </p><p>task in hand Sp. tarea en cuestión </p>matter in hand Sp. asunto en cuestión <p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8. between</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>9. at </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>10. light</p><p><b>in the light of sth/ in light of sth</b></p><p><span class="idm-g" id="light_idmg_8"><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">in view of, after considering something. </span></span></span>because of. E.g. <b>In light of </b>recent incidents, we are asking our customers to take particular care of their personal belongings. <span class="idm-g" id="light_idmg_8"><span class="x">He rewrote the book in the light of further research. </span></span><span class="aCOpRe"><span><i>In light</i> of recent developments, we're postponing our meeting. In the <i>light</i> of the weather forecast we've cancelled the picnic,</span></span> </p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-57816542189623150442021-04-10T08:33:00.001+02:002022-04-01T07:54:32.710+02:00On Screen p 100. Robert, the Tallest Man Ever. Extra Cloze<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Robert's story is a <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">poignant</span></b> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">1________</span>. He <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">was <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">2_________</span> of</span></b> photography<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> and </span>stamp <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">3__________</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">.</span> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">H</span>e<b> got on <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">4________</span></b> his family <b>like a <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">5________</span> on fire</b>. And although you <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>may not</b> </span>know his name, you <b>might </b>recognise him when you <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">lay <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">6_________</span> on</span></b> this photograph. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">I have seen<b> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">many <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">7___________</span></span></b> photograph of
Robert but this one <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>8___________</b></span><b> out <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">9____________</span> the rest</b>. It is a family <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>10_________</b></span><b> </b>. It was taken in
a garden, somewhere in midwest USA, shortly before 1940. In the picture, his mum,
his dad, his brother and his sisters are smiling as they <b>stand lined <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">11________</span></b> for the camera. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Robert stands behind them all. He's
got his left hand resting on his father's shoulder and his right hand resting
on his brother Eugene's. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">As I look at Robert and his <b>graceful
smile</b>, I try to imagine what his life <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">might have been</span></b> like and how he <b>must have</b> <b>suffered</b> as
he wished that he <b>could have joined</b> his family in the foreground of the picture like
any normal boy. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><b>I would</b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>n't be surprised if </b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">someone told me that he <b>might have felt</b> <b>somewhat ostracised</b>. It <b>must have been</b> hard for him not to feel <b>despondent</b>.</span></span></span></span></span> I also wonder how his disorder <b>may have <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">12__________</span> about.</b> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">It is a story <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">brimming</span> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">13__________</span> poignancy</b>. <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Being</span> still a young man, </span></span></span>Robert's size began to <b>take its <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">1<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">4</span>__________</span></b>. </span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Towards the end of his life he had to <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>1<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">5</span>_________</b></span><b> up to </b>the fact that he had difficulties to walk. He must have <b>mulled <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">1<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">6</span>__________</span></b> the <b>daunting prospect</b> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">1<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">7</span>__________ using a wheelchair<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">. He <b>may have grown</b> <b>rather dejected</b> thinking that</span></span> he<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> <b>might</b></span><b> </b>never be<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> able to </span>walk
again</span></span></span></span>. He finally</span> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>1<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">8</span>__________</b></span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> away</span></span></b> when he was just 22
years old and 2.72 meters tall. He is the tallest man in medical history. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><b>KEY </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Robert's story is a <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">poignant</span></b> one. He <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">was fond of</span></b> photography<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> and </span>stamp collecting<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">.</span> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">H</span>e<b> got on with</b> his family <b>like a house on fire</b>. And although you <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>may not</b> </span>know his name, you <b>might </b>recognise him when you <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">lay eyes on</span></b> this photograph. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">I have seen<b> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">many a</span></b> photograph of
Robert but this one <b>stands out above the rest</b>. It is a family <b>snapshot</b>. It was taken in
a garden, somewhere in midwest USA, shortly before 1940. In the picture, his mum,
his dad, his brother and his sisters are smiling as they <b>stand lined up</b> for the camera. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Robert stands behind them all. He's
got his left hand resting on his father's shoulder and his right hand resting
on his brother Eugene's. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><b>As I look at</b> Robert and his <b>graceful
smile</b>, I try to imagine what his life <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">might have been</span></b> like and how he <b>must have</b> <b>suffered</b> as
he wished that he <b>could have joined</b> his family in the foreground of the picture like
any normal boy. <b>I would</b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><b>n't be surprised if </b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">someone told me that he <b>might have felt</b> <b>somewhat ostracised</b>. It <b>must have been</b> hard for him not to feel <b>despondent</b>.<b> </b></span></span><b>I also wonder</b> how his disorder <b>may have come about.</b> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">It is a story <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">brimming</span> with poignancy</b>. <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Being</span> still a young man, Robert's size began to <b>take its toll</b>. </span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Towards the end of his life he had to <b>face up to </b>the fact that he had difficulties to walk. He <b>must have</b> <b>mulled over</b> the <b>daunting prospect</b> o<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">f using a wheelchair<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">. He <b>may have grown</b> <b>rather dejected</b> thinking that</span></span> he<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> <b>might</b></span><b> </b>never be<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> able to </span>walk
again. He finally</span> <b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">passe<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">d away</span></span></b> when he was just 22
years old and 2.72 meters tall. He is the tallest man in medical history. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>poignant: </b><span class="pron-g" id="poignant__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈpɔɪnjənt<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="def" id="poignant__13">having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you feel sad. Moving. Sp. conmovedor. E.g. </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="x-gs" id="poignant__17"><span class="x-g" id="poignant__18"><span class="x" id="poignant__19">a <span class="cl"><b>poignant image/moment/memory, etc.</b></span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="poignant__21"> <span class="rx-g" id="poignant__22"><span class="x" id="poignant__23">Her face was a <span class="cl"><b>poignant reminder</b></span> of the passing of time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="x-gs" id="poignant__17"><span class="x-g" id="poignant__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignant__22"><span class="x" id="poignant__23"><span class="sn-gs" id="fond__20"><b><span class="cf" id="fond__122"><span class="exp" id="fond__123"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="x-gs" id="poignant__17"><span class="x-g" id="poignant__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignant__22"><span class="x" id="poignant__23"><span class="sn-gs" id="fond__20"><b><span class="cf" id="fond__122"><span class="exp" id="fond__123">fond</span> of (doing) something</span></b> <span class="def" id="fond__124">finding something pleasant or enjoyable, especially something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="fond__125"><span class="x-g" id="fond__126"> <span class="x" id="fond__127">fond of music/cooking.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="fond__128"> <span class="rx-g" id="fond__129"><span class="x" id="fond__130">We had <span class="cl"><b>grown fond of</b></span> the house and didn't want to leave.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="x-gs" id="poignant__17"><span class="x-g" id="poignant__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignant__22"><span class="x" id="poignant__23"><span class="sn-gs" id="fond__20"><span class="x-gs" id="fond__125"><span class="x-g" id="fond__128"><span class="rx-g" id="fond__129"><span class="x" id="fond__130"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="x-gs" id="poignant__17"><span class="x-g" id="poignant__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignant__22"><span class="x" id="poignant__23"><span class="sn-gs" id="fond__20"><span class="x-gs" id="fond__125"><span class="x-g" id="fond__128"><span class="rx-g" id="fond__129"><span class="x" id="fond__130"><b>line up: </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="poignant__11"><span class="sn-g" id="poignant__12"><span class="x-gs" id="poignant__17"><span class="x-g" id="poignant__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignant__22"><span class="x" id="poignant__23"><span class="sn-gs" id="fond__20"><span class="x-gs" id="fond__125"><span class="x-g" id="fond__128"><span class="rx-g" id="fond__129"><span class="x" id="fond__130"><span class="pv-gs" id="line-up_2__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="line-up_2__10"><span class="sn-g" id="line-up_2__11"><span class="def" id="line-up_2__12">to stand in a line or row; to form a <span class="ndv" id="line-up_2__13">queue</span> / <span class="ndv" id="line-up_2__14">line</span></span><span class="x-gs" id="line-up_2__15"><span class="x-g" id="line-up_2__16">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="line-up_2__17"><span class="x" id="line-up_2__18">Line up, children!</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="line-up_2__21"> <span class="rx-g" id="line-up_2__22"><span class="x" id="line-up_2__23">Cars lined up waiting to board the ship.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>graceful: </b><span class="sn-gs" id="graceful__11"><span class="def" id="graceful__35">polite and kind in your behaviour, especially in a difficult situation.</span><span class="x-gs" id="graceful__36"><span class="x-g" id="graceful__37"> <span class="rx-g" id="graceful__38"><span class="x" id="graceful__39">His father had always taught him to be graceful in defeat.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="graceful__42"> <span class="rx-g" id="graceful__43"><span class="x" id="graceful__44">At the age of 70, she withdrew into graceful retirement.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="graceful__11"><span class="x-gs" id="graceful__36"><span class="x-g" id="graceful__42"><span class="rx-g" id="graceful__43"><span class="x" id="graceful__44">ostraci<span style="font-family: inherit;">s</span>ed: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><b><span class="cf" id="ostracize__67"><span class="exp" id="ostracize__68">ostracize</span> somebody</span></b> <span class="label-g" id="ostracize__69"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="reg" id="ostracize__70">formal</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="ostracize__71">to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody. E.g. </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__76"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__77"><span class="x" id="ostracize__78">He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"> <span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83">The regime risks being ostracized by the international community.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83">despondent: </span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><b><span class="cf" id="despondent__15"><span class="exp" id="despondent__16">despondent</span> (about something)</span></b> <span class="def" id="despondent__21">sad, without much hope. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__26"> <span class="rx-g" id="despondent__27"><span class="x" id="despondent__28">She was becoming increasingly despondent about the way things were going.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"> <span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33">There are times when it is hard not to feel despondent.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"><span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33"><b>brim</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"><span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33"><span class="sn-gs" id="brim_2__52"><span class="sn-g" id="brim_2__53"><span class="def" id="brim_2__56">to be full of something; to fill something</span><span class="x-gs" id="brim_2__57"><span class="x-g" id="brim_2__58">. <span class="rx-g" id="brim_2__59"><span class="x" id="brim_2__60">Tears brimmed in her eyes.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="brim_2__63"> <b><span class="cf" id="brim_2__64"><span class="exp" id="brim_2__65">Brim</span> with something</span></b> <span class="rx-g" id="brim_2__66"><span class="x" id="brim_2__67">Her eyes brimmed with tears.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="brim_2__70"> <span class="rx-g" id="brim_2__71"><span class="x" id="brim_2__72">The team were brimming with confidence before the game.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="brim_2__75"> <span class="x" id="brim_2__76">A young man brimming with confidence</span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"><span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignancy__15"><span class="sn-g" id="poignancy__16"><span class="def" id="poignancy__17"><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"><span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignancy__15"><span class="sn-g" id="poignancy__16"><span class="x-gs" id="poignancy__18"><span class="x-g" id="poignancy__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignancy__22"><span class="x" id="poignancy__23"> <b>poignancy</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"><span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignancy__15"><span class="sn-g" id="poignancy__16"><span class="def" id="poignancy__17"><span class="sn-gs" id="ostracize__65"><span class="sn-g" id="ostracize__66"><span class="x-gs" id="ostracize__75"><span class="x-g" id="ostracize__81"><span class="rx-g" id="ostracize__82"><span class="x" id="ostracize__83"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="def" id="despondent__21"><span class="sn-gs" id="despondent__13"><span class="sn-g" id="despondent__14"><span class="x-gs" id="despondent__25"><span class="x-g" id="despondent__31"><span class="rx-g" id="despondent__32"><span class="x" id="despondent__33"><span class="sn-gs" id="poignancy__15"><span class="sn-g" id="poignancy__16"><span class="x-gs" id="poignancy__18"><span class="x-g" id="poignancy__21"><span class="rx-g" id="poignancy__22"><span class="x" id="poignancy__23"><span class="pron-g" id="poignancy__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈpɔɪn<span class="ptl" id="poignancy__9">jənsi</span><span class="separator">/ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>the fact of having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you feel sad</span><span class="x-gs" id="poignancy__18"><span class="x-g" id="poignancy__19"> <span class="x" id="poignancy__20">the poignancy of parting and separation</span></span><span class="x-g" id="poignancy__21"> <span class="rx-g" id="poignancy__22"><span class="x" id="poignancy__23">Of particular poignancy was the photograph of their son with his sisters, taken the day before he died.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="graceful__11"><span class="x-gs" id="graceful__36"><span class="x-g" id="graceful__42"><span class="rx-g" id="graceful__43"><span class="x" id="graceful__44"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><b>Come about</b>: to happen. E.g. Can you
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="idm-l" id="toll_1__210"><span class="idm" id="toll_1__211">take a heavy toll (on somebody/something)</span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="idm" id="toll_1__212">take its toll (on somebody/something)</span></span></b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="def" id="toll_1__215">to have a bad effect on somebody/something; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc.</span><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__217"> <span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__218"><span class="x" id="toll_1__219">E.g. Illness had taken a heavy toll on her.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"> <span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224">The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span class="x1"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;">Face up to</span></b></span><span class="x1"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;">: </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">to accept and deal with something that is difficult or
unpleasant. E.g. she had to face up to the fact that she would never walk
again. You have to face up to your responsibilities.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><i><span class="pv-gs" id="mull-over__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="mull-over__10"><span class="sn-g" id="mull-over__11"><span class="def" id="mull-over__12"></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><b>mull something over</b>: to spend time thinking carefully about a plan or proposal. Consider. E.g. I need some time to mull it over before making a decision. <br /><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>prospect</b>: the possibility that something will happen. E.g. There is no immediate prospect of peace. There's a reasonable prospect that his debts will be paid.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>dejected</b>: </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="dejected__11"><span class="sn-g" id="dejected__12"><span class="def" id="dejected__13">unhappy and disappointed. E.g </span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="dejected__11"><span class="sn-g" id="dejected__12"><span class="x-gs" id="dejected__17"><span class="x-g" id="dejected__18"><span class="rx-g" id="dejected__19"><span class="x" id="dejected__20">She looked so dejected when she lost the game.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span class="pv-gs" id="mull-over__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="mull-over__10"><span class="sn-g" id="mull-over__11"><span class="def" id="mull-over__12"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span class="pv-gs" id="mull-over__6"><span class="sn-gs" id="mull-over__10"><span class="sn-g" id="mull-over__11"><span class="def" id="mull-over__12"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span class="pv-gs" id="mull-over__6"></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="sn-gs" id="toll_1__213"><span class="sn-g" id="toll_1__214"><span class="x-gs" id="toll_1__216"><span class="x-g" id="toll_1__222"><span class="rx-g" id="toll_1__223"><span class="x" id="toll_1__224"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
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Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-32552973279728196112021-04-05T20:40:00.003+02:002022-03-28T20:44:12.569+02:00On Screen p 95. How to Live a Long Healthy Life. Extra Listening<p> </p><p> </p><p> Fill in the gaps with one, two or three words.<br />
<br />
1. In order to study Okinawans’ longevity Scientists have focused on
whether there is a family history of longevity and the ______________ of
all the people in their family network.<br />
<br />
2. They have discovered that the Okinawans ___________ more slowly than almost anyone else on earth.<br />
<br />
3. 70% of Okinawans are still __________________ at 97 years old.<br />
<br />
4. ________ is a hormone. <br />
<br />
5. The source of the Okinawan miracle _____________ in the vegetables and fruits they eat.<br />
<br />
6. Bradley Wilcox qualifies the Okinawans’ diet as a ________ diet. <br />
<br />
<br />
7. For the last twenty years Bradley and Craig have been analyzing the ______________Okinawan ingredients. <br />
<br />
8. Okinawans have among the _____________ of breast and prostate cancer in the world.<br />
<br />
9. The Okinawans developed cultural habits over the years that appear to have ______________ properties.<br />
<br />
10. When you load up at the all you can eat restaurant and you walk away
with this bloated feeling you may have had your money’s worth but you
probably didn’t get your health’s worth because what you are doing is
_________into an early grave.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
KEY<br />
1. In order to study Okinawans’ longevity Scientists have focused on whether there is a family history of longevity and the <b>past medical history</b> of all the people in their family network.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2. They have discovered that the Okinawans <b>(actually) age</b> more slowly than almost anyone else on earth.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
3. 3. 70% of Okinawans are still <b>functioning independently</b> at 97 years old.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
4. <b>DHEA</b> is a hormone<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
5. The source of the Okinawan miracle <b>can be traced</b> in the vegetables and fruits they eat.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
6. Bradley Wilcox qualifies the Okinawans’ diet as a <b>Rainbow</b> diet.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
7. For the last twenty years Craig and Bradley have been analyzing the <b>life-enhancing</b> Okinawan ingredients.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
8. Okinawans have among the <b>lowest rates</b> of breast and prostate cancer in the world.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
9. The Okinawans developed cultural habits over the years that appear to have <b>health-protective </b>properties.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
10. When you load up at the all you can eat restaurant and you walk away
with this bloated feeling you may have had your money’s worth but you
probably didn’t get your health’s worth because what you are doing is <b>digging yourself</b> into an early grave.<br />
<br />
VOCABULARY <br />
<br />
<b>Lifespan</b>: the length of time for which a person, animal or thing exists. (período de vida)<br />
<br />
<b>Veggies</b>: vegetables. <br />
<br />
<b>Sweet potatoes</b>: batatas, boniatos <br />
<br />
<b>Tofu</b>: a soft pale food which has very little flavour but is high
in protein, and which is made from the seed of the Asian soya bean
plant. <br />
<br />
<b>Fad</b>: a style, activity or interest which is very popular for a
short period of time. A craze. Una moda. The latest / current fad. A fad
for physical fitness. Rap music proved to be more than just a passing
fad. <br />
<br />
<b>To enhance</b>: to improve the quality, amount or strength of something. Mejorar, aumentar.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>impending</b> adjective[only before noun] (usually of an unpleasant
event) that is going to happen very soon SYN imminent: his impending
retirement. warnings of impending danger / disaster <br />
<br />
<b>Stark</b>: very different to sth in a way that is easy to see<br />
SYN clear: stark differences. Social divisions in the city are stark.
The good weather was in stark contrast to the storms of previous weeks <br />
<br />
<b>bloated</b>: full of food and feeling uncomfortable
</p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-72985512962528675882021-03-23T12:03:00.004+01:002022-05-12T12:14:00.254+02:00On Screen p 83. Key Word Transformations<p> Do Ex 10</p><p><b><span class="sensetop"><span class="cf">man something</span></span> </b><span class="def">to work at a place or be in charge of a place or a machine. Ep. </span>encargarse de, hacer funcionar.</p><p>E.g.</p><p>Soldiers manned barricades around the city. </p><p>The telephones are manned 24 hours a day by volunteers.</p><p><span class="phrase example PHEG">the gun is manned by four soldiers</span> Sp. cuatro soldados manejan el cañón<br /><span class="phrase example PHEG">the telephone is manned all day</span> Sp. el teléfono está atendido todo el día</p><p>My friends and I manned the booth at the fair. Sp. Mis amigos y yo nos encargamos de la caseta en la feria </p><p><br /></p><p><b>fete</b> <span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">/feɪt/ </span></span>(also <b><span class="v-g" id="fete_vg_1"><span class="v" id="fete_v_1">fête</span></span></b>) <span class="sensetop">(also <b><span class="v-g"><span class="v">fair</span></span></b>) an outdoor entertainment at which people can play games to win prizes, buy food and drink, etc., usually arranged to make money for a special purpose.</span></p><p><span class="sensetop">E.g. </span></p><p><span class="sensetop">the school/village/church fete</span><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"></span></span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-15631106698030193532021-03-22T12:47:00.002+01:002022-01-12T12:52:13.888+01:00On Screen p 82. Impersonal passive <p> </p><p><span style="color: red;">Impersonal passive </span><br /><br />A) Noun + verb in passive form + infinitive/ perfect infinitive <br /><br />With
these verbs: agree, assume, believe, claim, consider, estimate, expect,
feel, find, guarantee, know, mean, presume, regard, report, say,
suppose, think, understand.<br /><br />E.g. <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tourism is expected to become a major part of the country’s economy. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tourism was expected to have become a major part of the country's economy<br /></span><br />B) It + verb in passive form + that clause <br /><br />With
these verbs: accept, agree, argue, assume, believe, calculate, claim,
consider, estimate, expect, feel, know, presume, report, say, suggest,
suppose, think, understand.</p><p>E.g. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">It is thought that the new railway will provide employment opportunities for local people.</span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-53315220455109783122021-03-21T13:08:00.000+01:002021-12-21T14:05:12.800+01:00On Screen p 81. Coincidence? Extra Cloze<b>1. Predict the story. The words below are part of the story</b><br />
<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">father</span></b></span> warehouse </span></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">haunted by the incident</span></b></span> </span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">two years son turned sour quit</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">trespassing killed got off scot-free</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">break-in E.R. touch and go </span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">shot pulled the trigger </span></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">police officer</span></b></span> </span></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<b><span class="sn-gs" id="haunt_1__52"><b><span class="cf" id="haunt_1__71"><span class="exp" id="haunt_1__72">haunt</span> somebody</span></b> </span></b><span class="sn-gs" id="haunt_1__52"><span class="def" id="haunt_1__73">if something unpleasant <span class="eb" id="haunt_1__74">haunts</span> you, it keeps coming to your mind so that you cannot forget it. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="haunt_1__75"><span class="x-g" id="haunt_1__76"> <span class="rx-g" id="haunt_1__77"><span class="x" id="haunt_1__78">The memory of that day still haunts me.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="haunt_1__81"> <span class="rx-g" id="haunt_1__82"><span class="x" id="haunt_1__83">For years she was haunted by guilt.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<b>go/ turn sour: </b><br />
<b><span class="idm-gs" id="sour_1__240"><span class="idm-g" id="sour_1__241"></span></span></b><span class="idm-gs" id="sour_1__240"><span class="idm-g" id="sour_1__241"><span class="sn-gs" id="sour_1__244"><span class="sn-g" id="sour_1__245"><span class="def" id="sour_1__246">to stop being pleasant or working properly</span><span class="x-gs" id="sour_1__247"><span class="x-g" id="sour_1__248">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="sour_1__249"><span class="x" id="sour_1__250">Their relationship soon went sour.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<b>get off (with something) | get somebody off (with something)</b>: to
receive no or almost no punishment; to help somebody do this. E.g. He
was lucky to get off with a small fine. A good lawyer might be able to
get you off.<br />
<br />
<span class="sn-gs" id="scot-free__13"><span class="sn-g" id="scot-free__14"><span class="def" id="scot-free__15"><span class="sn-gs" id="scot-free__13"><span class="sn-g" id="scot-free__14"><span class="x-gs" id="scot-free__16"><span class="x-g" id="scot-free__17"><span class="rx-g" id="scot-free__18"><span class="x" id="scot-free__19"><span class="cl"><b>scot-free: </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>without receiving the punishment you deserve</span><span class="x-gs" id="scot-free__16"><span class="x-g" id="scot-free__17">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="scot-free__18"><span class="x" id="scot-free__19">They <span class="cl"><b>got off scot-free</b></span> because of lack of evidence. The </span></span></span></span></span></span>perpetrators walked away scot-free<br />
<br />
<b>E.R.: emergency room</b>. (British English <b>A&E</b>: <b>accident and emergency</b>)<i> </i><span class="sn-gs" id="emergency-room__30"><span class="sn-g" id="emergency-room__31"><span class="def" id="emergency-room__32">the part of a hospital where people who need urgent treatment are taken.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="sn-gs" id="haunt_1__52"><b><span class="cf" id="haunt_1__71"><span class="exp" id="haunt_1__72"><br /></span></span></b></span> <br />
<br />
2. I'm going to show you a snapshot of the policeman, <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Patrick Carlucci. </b></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>What moment of the story does the picture depict?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>What is he doing?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>What is he carrying? </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Where is he?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>What is he about to do?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
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<b>flashlight</b> (also <b>torch</b>) <span class="sn-gs" id="flashlight__21"><span class="sn-g" id="flashlight__22"><span class="def" id="flashlight__23">a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="flashlight__24"><span class="x-g" id="flashlight__25"> <span class="rx-g" id="flashlight__26"><span class="x" id="flashlight__27">He shone a flashlight in the thief’s face.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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3. Fill in the gaps with one word:</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Coincidence?</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Back
in 1959, on a snowy December night, I found myself in New York and deciding that a hot drink wouldn’t
go 1_______, I went into a bar on 6<sup>th</sup>
Avenue and asked for a hot <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/toddy">toddy</a>.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">When
he served the whiskey, the barman said “
That’s an Irish Drink, so I guess you’re from Ireland?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
agreed I was.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
said “My name’s <b>Patrick Carlucci</b>, father was Italian and my mother was
Irish, Came from a place called Limerick”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“That’s
a coincidence”, I said. “I’m from Limerick myself”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
looked at me for a moment and then said, “You believe in coincidence, do you?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Well,
they do happen, don’t they?”, I replied.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
said nothing to that, just polished a couple of 2___________. </span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">And
then after a bit he said, “I used to be a policeman, one of New York’s finest. And five years ago I was out in the patrol
car one night when a call came from our <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dispatcher">dispatcher</a>
telling us to investigate a break-in at a small warehouse near Pier 15”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“There’s
another coincidence”, I interjected. “My
ship is 3___________ at Pier 15”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
ignored the interruption. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“When
we got to the warehouse we saw the door was <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bust_1#bust_1__4">busted</a>
open, so my partner decided to go up the alley at the side to investigate the
side entrance and I went for the front door.
It was dark inside and I couldn’t hear anything, so I pulled out my gun
and stepped in.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Bad
move! There’s a flash of light from
inside and a bullet hits me in the ribs and I go down, out cold. When I come 4____________, I’m on a trolley
and these medical guys are wheeling me into the E.R. at Mercy Hospital
. I’ve been shot, and it proves touch and 5__________ whether I
live. A week later when I’m cleared for
visitors my partner comes and tells me I’d killed the guy who shot me. Reflex action, I guess, made me pull the 6________
on my gun as I was falling.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“My
wife, Carla, wanted me to 7_______ the Force, said she didn’t want to be
getting another phone call, only this time saying I was dead. But I couldn’t do that. I felt I couldn’t be seen to be running
away even though I sweated 8______ every
time I had to go inside a building. I
guess it was what they used to call Shell-Shock. The Docs have got a new name
for it now – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I never asked for the name of the guy I shot and even though he had tried
to kill me, his death kind of weighed on my conscience.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Well,
with one thing and another I wasn’t the easiest guy to live with and Carla and
me started to drift 9______ and I couldn’t seem any more to deal with my two
kids in the easy way I used to. I was
drinking too much and as <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/touchy">touchy</a>
as hell.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Then
comes Christmas Eve and I’m out alone in the Patrol car because a lot of the
guys at the 83 <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/precinct">precinct</a>
are down 10______ the Flu, including my regular partner, Fat Ollie. I’m pulling the 8 to 6 shift and trying to find a toy store that’s open so
I can buy Christmas gifts for my two kids.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I’ve
just found one that’s open when I hear
the dispatcher coming over the car radio,
so I grab the first two ready-wrapped gift boxes on the counter throw
the money to the sales clerk and hightail 11_________ back to the car. I check-in with the dispatcher, and what do you 12________, I’m to investigate a
break-in at the <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/selfsame">selfsame</a>
warehouse where I got shot two years before.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Coincidence,
eh?. “</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“It
would appear so,” I say.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“”I’m
in two 13__________”, the barman continued, “about whether to figure a way out
of catching the call, but then I think ‘Hey, maybe lightning won't 14__________
twice in the same place. So I drive
round.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“When
I get there, I see the door is open like before, but this time I’m not rushing
in. I take the time to look it
over. I see there are just two sets of 15___________
in the snow. One leading in and another
leading out. The ones leading out are
deeper, like the guy who made them is carrying something. So I tell the dispatcher what I’m doing, park
the car and follow them.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“They
lead me to an old <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/brownstone">brownstone</a>
and when I get there I hear the voices of a woman and a kid shouting at each
other on the first floor. I ring the
bell and a woman answers and looks like she’s gonna faint when she sees the
blue uniform. She lets me in and I find
a boy of about 14 and a girl looks to be about three years old. I say, “Lady, I've got reason to believe your
boy here has done a break-in and I point to a bag in the corner from which a number
of items are falling out on the floor.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I
say I’m gonna have to cuff him and take him to the precinct and because he’s a
minor, you’ll have to come too. You’ll have to get someone to take care of the
little girl? Maybe your husband?</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“She
gives me a funny look and says “My husband?
He got shot by a cop two years ago whilst robbing a storehouse down the
street”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I
tell ya, I nearly passed out. I didn’t
need any more detail to know <i>which</i>
cop shot him. It was me. I look around the apartment and it’s clear
these people know from (know about) hunger.
There’s a <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/battered">battered</a>
old table and a couple of chairs which have seen 16__________ days and that’s
it.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Something
comes 17________ me, I don’t know what, and like I’m dreaming I say – Lady I’m
gonna cut your kid a 18_________. I’ll
take the goods back to the store and say the perp (<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/perpetrator">perpetrator</a>)
dropped ‘em and I couldn’t catch up
19_______ him. But I tell ya, if he doesn’t keep his nose 20________
in the future I’ll have him in Juvie Hall in the 21_______ of an eye”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“The
woman goes white and she looks like she’s trying to say twenty things at the
one time, so I pick up the bag and I leave.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“So”,
the barman says, “how about that for coincidence?</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
mutter something into my drink and he goes up the bar to serve another
customer. Then he comes back. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
says, “you haven’t heard it all. You remember those gifts I grabbed when the dispatcher
called? Yeah, well when I got ‘em home
they only turned out to be <i>EXACTLY</i>
what my kids had been dreamin’ about gettin’ for Christmas. They were so full of joy that even my wife
Carla thawed 22_______ a bit and we had the best Christmas day together for
years..”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Well,
anyway, I got to thinking maybe Carla was right, so I quit the Force and bought
this bar and I ain't 23_______ it one bit.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“So,
what’ya think? All coincidence, yeah?</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Before
I could think of an answer he went on.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Me,
I don’t think so. I did something good
for that kid and his mother and it was Christmas and me, I think if you do
someone good at Christmas you get something good back in return.Though maybe
not the way you expect ”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Wadda
ya think?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"> What could I say? Someone called from the other end of the bar
and he <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-to-do-sth">made
to</a> move away. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
swallowed the last of my drink and <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-to-do-sth">made
to</a> leave and as I left, I called out to him the only thing I felt I could
say,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Merry
Christmas”.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">-James Wallace- </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">KEY</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">1. amiss</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">not
come/go amiss</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">(British
English) to be useful or pleasant in a particular situation. E.g. A little luck
wouldn't go amiss right now!</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<br />
<b>toddy</b>: <span class="sn-gs" id="toddy__21"><span class="sn-g" id="toddy__22"><span class="def" id="toddy__24">a drink made with strong alcohol, sugar, hot water and sometimes spices.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">2. glasses</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">polish</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: </span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB">make
something smooth and shiny by rubbing it</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<br />
<b>dispatcher</b>: <span class="sn-gs" id="dispatcher__15"><span class="def" id="dispatcher__19">a person whose job is to send emergency vehicles to where they are needed. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="dispatcher__20"><span class="x-g" id="dispatcher__21"> <span class="x" id="dispatcher__22">an Emergency Medical Dispatcher</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><b><span lang="EN-GB">3. </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">docked</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>bust</b><br />
<span class="sn-gs" id="bust_1__68"><b><span class="cf" id="bust_1__70"><span class="exp" id="bust_1__71">1. bust</span> something</span></b> <span class="def" id="bust_1__72">to break something. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="bust_1__73"><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__74"> <span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__75"><span class="x" id="bust_1__76">I bust my camera.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__79"> <span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__80"><span class="x" id="bust_1__81">The lights are busted.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__84"> <span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__85"><span class="x" id="bust_1__86">Come out, or I'll bust the door down!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="sn-gs" id="bust_1__68"><span class="x-gs" id="bust_1__73"><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__84"><span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__85"><span class="x" id="bust_1__86">2. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="bust_1__68"><span class="x-gs" id="bust_1__73"><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__84"><span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__85"><span class="x" id="bust_1__86"><span class="sn-gs" id="bust_1__68"><b><span class="cf" id="bust_1__90"><span class="exp" id="bust_1__91">bust</span> somebody/something (for something)</span></b> <span class="dis-g" id="bust_1__92"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="dtxt" id="bust_1__93">of the police</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="bust_1__94">to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest somebody</span><span class="x-gs" id="bust_1__95"><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__96">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__97"><span class="x" id="bust_1__98">He's been busted for drugs.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__101"> <span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__102"><span class="x" id="bust_1__103">He was busted for drunk driving.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="bust_1__106"> <span class="rx-g" id="bust_1__107"><span class="x" id="bust_1__108">The cops busted the place frequently.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">4. to/ round/ around</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">come around/round/ to: </span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to become conscious again</span><span id="come_1__335">. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">Your
mother hasn't yet come round from the anaesthetic.</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">5. </span></span>go</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ud"><span lang="EN-GB">touch and
go: </span></span><span class="ud"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">used to say that the result
of a situation is uncertain and that there is a possibility that something bad
or unpleasant will happen</span><span id="touch-and-go__11">. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">She's fine now, but it was touch-and-go for a while <span id="touch-and-go__12"></span></span><span class="gl"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">(=
there was a possibility that she might die)</span></span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span><span id="touch-and-go__13"> It was touch-and-go whether they'd
allow him into the country or not.</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">6. </span></span>trigger</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7. quit</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. blood</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9. apart</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB">drift apart:
</span></span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to become less friendly or close
to somebody</span><span id="drift_2__64">. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">As children we were very close, but as we grew up we just drifted apart.</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="touchy__20"><b><span class="cf" id="touchy__24"><span class="exp" id="touchy__25">touchy</span> (about something)</span> </b><span class="dis-g" id="touchy__26"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="dtxt" id="touchy__27">of a person</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="touchy__28">easily upset or offended. </span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="touchy__20"><span class="def" id="touchy__28"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="touchy__20"><span class="def" id="touchy__28"><b>irascible</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="touchy__20"><span class="def" id="touchy__28"><span class="sn-gs" id="irascible__13"><span class="sn-g" id="irascible__14"><span class="def" id="irascible__15"><span class="pron-g" id="irascible__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ɪˈræsəbl<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span>becoming angry very easily. <b>Irritable</b></span></span></span>. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="touchy__20"><span class="def" id="touchy__28"><span class="sn-gs" id="irritable__11"><span class="sn-g" id="irritable__12"><span class="x-gs" id="irritable__17"><span class="x-g" id="irritable__18"><span class="x" id="irritable__19">to be tired and irascible/ irritable</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
</h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="precinct__14"><span class="x-gs" id="precinct__34"><span class="x-g" id="precinct__37"><span class="rx-g" id="precinct__38"><span class="x" id="precinct__39"><b>precinct</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="precinct__14"><span class="x-gs" id="precinct__34"><span class="x-g" id="precinct__37"><span class="rx-g" id="precinct__38"><span class="x" id="precinct__39"><span class="pron-g" id="precinct__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈpriːsɪŋkt<span class="separator">/</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="precinct__14"><span class="def" id="precinct__33"> a part of a city that has its own police station; the police station in this area. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="precinct__34"><span class="x-g" id="precinct__35"> <span class="x" id="precinct__36">Detective Hennessy of the 44th precinct.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="precinct__37"> <span class="rx-g" id="precinct__38"><span class="x" id="precinct__39">The murder occurred just a block from the precinct.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="precinct__14"><span class="x-gs" id="precinct__34"><span class="x-g" id="precinct__37"><span class="rx-g" id="precinct__38"><span class="x" id="precinct__39"> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">10. </span></span>with</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">be/go down with something </span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to have or catch an illness</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">11. </span></span>it</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">hightail it </span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">(</span></span><span class="zr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">informal</span></span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span><span class="zg"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">especially
North American English</span></span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">) <span id="hightail__18"></span></span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to
leave somewhere very quickly</span><span id="hightail__19">. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">They ran out of the gates and hightailed it up the
road.</span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">12. </span></span>know</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">What do you know: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">used to express surprise</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
</h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>selfsame</b>: exactly the same. E.g.‘he was standing in the selfsame spot you're filling now</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">13. </span>minds</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">14. strike</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">15. footprints</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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</h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="brownstone__18"><span class="sn-g" id="brownstone__19"><span class="x-gs" id="brownstone__23"><span class="x-g" id="brownstone__24"><span class="x" id="brownstone__25">brownstone: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="brownstone__18"><span class="sn-g" id="brownstone__19"><span class="def" id="brownstone__21">a house built of, or with a front made of, a type of reddish-brown stone, which is also called <span class="dh" id="brownstone__22">brownstone. E.g.</span></span><span class="x-gs" id="brownstone__23"><span class="x-g" id="brownstone__24"> <span class="x" id="brownstone__25">New York brownstones</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
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</h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="battered__13"><span class="x-gs" id="battered__16"><span class="x-g" id="battered__17"><span class="x" id="battered__18">battered</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="battered__13"><span class="def" id="battered__15">: old, used a lot, and not in very good condition. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="battered__16"><span class="x-g" id="battered__17"> <span class="x" id="battered__18">a battered old car.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">16. better</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">have seen/known better
days </span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">(</span></span><span class="zr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">humorous</span></span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">) <span id="day__152"></span></span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to be in poor condition</span><span id="day__153">.
E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">Our car has seen better
days!</span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">17. </span></span>over</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">come over: <span style="font-weight: normal;">suddenly feel sth</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">18. break</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">cut so a break</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">: give so a break</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="perpetrator__22"><span class="sn-g" id="perpetrator__23"><span class="def" id="perpetrator__24"> </span></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span class="sn-gs" id="perpetrator__22"><span class="sn-g" id="perpetrator__23"><span class="def" id="perpetrator__24">perpetrator</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">: (also <b>perp</b>) a person who commits a crime or does something that is wrong or evil. E.g. the perpetrators of the crime. We will do everything in our power to bring the perpetrators to justice.</span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">19. with</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB">catch up
(with sb) </span></span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to reach somebody who is
ahead by going faster</span><span id="catch_1__331">. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you.</span><span id="catch_1__332"> I'll catch you up.</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x">20. clean</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">keep your nose clean </span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">(</span></span><span class="zr"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">informal</span></span><span class="z"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">) <span id="nose_1__94"></span></span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">to avoid doing anything wrong or illegal</span><span id="nose_1__95">.
E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">Since leaving prison, he's
managed to keep his nose clean.</span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">21. </span></span>blink</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">in the blink of an eye </span><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">very quickly; in a short time</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="def" id="mutter_1__57"><b>mutter</b>: to speak or say something in a quiet voice that is difficult to hear, especially because you are annoyed about something. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="def" id="mutter_1__57"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="x-gs" id="mutter_1__58"><span class="x-g" id="mutter_1__59"><span class="rx-g" id="mutter_1__61"><span class="x" id="mutter_1__62">‘How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="def" id="mutter_1__57"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="x-gs" id="mutter_1__58"><span class="x-g" id="mutter_1__59"><span class="rx-g" id="mutter_1__61"><span class="x" id="mutter_1__62"><b>murmur</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="def" id="mutter_1__57"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="x-gs" id="mutter_1__58"><span class="x-g" id="mutter_1__59"><span class="rx-g" id="mutter_1__61"><span class="x" id="mutter_1__62"><span class="sn-gs" id="murmur_1__56"><span class="def" id="murmur_1__66">to say something in a soft quiet voice that is difficult to hear or understand</span><span class="x-gs" id="murmur_1__67"><span class="x-g" id="murmur_1__68">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="murmur_1__69"><span class="x" id="murmur_1__70">She murmured her agreement.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="murmur_1__73"> <span class="rx-g" id="murmur_1__74"><span class="x" id="murmur_1__75">He murmured something in his sleep.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="murmur_1__78"> <span class="rx-g" id="murmur_1__79"><span class="x" id="murmur_1__80">She was murmuring in his ear.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="def" id="mutter_1__57"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="x-gs" id="mutter_1__58"><span class="x-g" id="mutter_1__59"><span class="rx-g" id="mutter_1__61"><span class="x" id="mutter_1__62"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="def" id="mutter_1__57"><span class="sn-gs" id="mutter_1__52"><span class="x-gs" id="mutter_1__58"><span class="x-g" id="mutter_1__59"><span class="rx-g" id="mutter_1__61"><span class="x" id="mutter_1__62"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="d"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">22 </span></span>out </span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">thaw out </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">became more friendly</span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">23 </span>regretted<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>make to do something</b>: If you make to do something, you are just going to do it when something interrupts you. E.g.I made to leave but she called me back </span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Coincidence?</span></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Back
in 1959, on a snowy December night, I found myself in New York and deciding that a hot drink <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/amiss_2#amiss_2__9">wouldn’t
go amiss</a>, I went into a bar on 6<sup>th</sup>
Avenue and asked for a hot <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/toddy">toddy</a>.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">When
he served the whiskey, the barman said “
That’s an Irish Drink, so I guess you’re from Ireland?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
agreed I was.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
said “My name’s <b>Patrick Carlucci</b>, father was Italian and my mother was
Irish, Came from a place called Limerick”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“That’s
a coincidence”, I said. “I’m from Limerick myself”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
looked at me for a moment and then said, “You believe in coincidence, do you?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Well,
they do happen, don’t they?”, I replied.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
said nothing to that, just polished a couple of glasses. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">And
then after a bit he said, “I used to be a policeman, one of New York’s finest. And five years ago I was out in the patrol
car one night when a call came from our <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dispatcher">dispatcher</a>
telling us to investigate a <b>break-in at a small warehouse</b> near Pier 15”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“There’s
another coincidence”, I interjected. “My
ship is docked at Pier 15”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
ignored the interruption. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“When
we got to the warehouse we saw the door was <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bust_1#bust_1__4">busted</a>
open, so my partner decided to go up the alley at the side to investigate the
side entrance and I went for the front door.
It was dark inside and I couldn’t hear anything, so I pulled out my gun
and stepped in.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Bad
move! There’s a flash of light from
inside and a bullet hits me in the ribs and I go down, out cold (<span class="d">unconscious</span></span>). When I come to, I’m on a trolley and these
medical guys are wheeling me into the <b>E.R. </b>at Mercy Hospital
. I’ve been <b>shot</b>, and it proves<b> touch and go</b> whether I
live. A week later when I’m cleared for
visitors my partner comes and tells me I’d killed the guy who shot me. Reflex action, I guess, made me <b>pull the
trigger</b> on my gun as I was falling.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“My
wife, Carla, wanted me to quit the Force, said she didn’t want to be getting
another phone call, only this time saying I was dead. But I couldn’t do that. I felt I couldn’t be seen to be running
away even though I sweated blood every
time I had to go inside a building. I
guess it was what they used to call Shell-Shock. The Docs have got a new name
for it now – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I never asked for the name of the guy I shot and even though he had tried
to kill me, his death kind of <b>weighed on my conscience.</b>”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Well,
with one thing and another I wasn’t the easiest guy to live with and Carla and
me started to <b>drift apart</b> and I couldn’t seem any more to deal with my two kids
in the easy way I used to. I was
drinking too much and as <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/touchy">touchy</a>
as hell.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Then
comes Christmas Eve and I’m out alone in the Patrol car because a lot of the
guys at the 83 <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/precinct">precinct</a>
are down with the Flu, including my regular partner, Fat Ollie. I’m pulling the 8 to 6 shift and trying to find a toy store that’s open so
I can buy Christmas gifts for my two kids.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I’ve
just found one that’s open when I hear
the dispatcher coming over the car radio,
so I grab the first two ready-wrapped gift boxes on the counter throw
the money to the sales clerk and <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hightail">hightail
it</a> back to the car. I check-in with
the dispatcher, and what do you know
(used to express surprise), I’m to investigate a break-in at the <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/selfsame">selfsame</a>
warehouse where I got shot two years before.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Coincidence,
eh?. “</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“It
would appear so,” I say.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“”I’m
in two minds”, the barman continued, “about whether to figure a way out of
catching the call, but then I think ‘Hey, maybe lightning won't strike twice in
the same place. So I drive round.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“When
I get there, I see the door is open like before, but this time I’m not rushing
in. I take the time to look it
over. I see there are just two sets of
footprints in the snow. One leading in
and another leading out. The ones leading
out are deeper, like the guy who made them is carrying something. So I tell the dispatcher what I’m doing, park
the car and follow the footprints.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“They
lead me to an old <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/brownstone">brownstone</a>
and when I get there I hear the voices of a woman and a kid shouting at each
other on the first floor. I ring the
bell and a woman answers and looks like she’s gonna faint when she sees the
blue uniform. She lets me in and I find
a boy of about 14 and a girl looks to be about three years old. I say, “Lady, I've got reason to believe your
boy here has done a break-in and I point to a bag in the corner from which a number
of items are falling out on the floor.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I
say I’m gonna have to cuff him and take him to the precinct and because he’s a
minor, you’ll have to come too. You’ll have to get someone to take care of the
little girl? Maybe your husband?</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“She
gives me a funny look and says “My husband?
He got shot by a cop two years ago whilst robbing a storehouse down the
street”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“I
tell ya, I nearly passed out. I didn’t
need any more detail to know <i>which</i>
cop shot him. It was me. I look around the apartment and it’s clear
these people know from (know about) hunger.
There’s a <a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/battered">battered</a>
old table and a couple of chairs which have seen better days and that’s it.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Something
comes over me (I <span class="d">suddenly feel something</span></span>), I
don’t know what, and like I’m dreaming I say – Lady I’m gonna <a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut+a+break">cut your kid a break</a>. I’ll take the goods back to the store and say
the perp (<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/perpetrator">perpetrator</a>)
dropped ‘em and I couldn’t catch up with him.
But I tell ya, if he doesn’t keep his nose clean in the future I’ll have
him in Juvie Hall quicker than the blink of an eye”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“The
woman goes white and she looks like she’s trying to say twenty things at the
one time, so I pick up the bag and I leave.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“So”,
the barman says, “how about that for coincidence?</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
mutter something into my drink and he goes up the bar to serve another
customer. Then he comes back. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">He
says, “you haven’t heard it all. You remember those gifts I grabbed when the dispatcher
called? Yeah, well when I got ‘em home
they only turned out to be <i>EXACTLY</i>
what my kids had been dreamin’ about gettin’ for Christmas. They were so full of joy that even my wife
Carla thawed out (became more friendly) a bit and we had the best Christmas day
together for years..”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Well,
anyway, I got to thinking maybe Carla was right, so I quit the Force and bought
this bar and I ain't regretted it one bit.”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“So,
what’ya think? All coincidence, yeah?</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Before
I could think of an answer he went on.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Me,
I don’t think so. I did something good
for that kid and his mother and it was Christmas and me, I think if you do
someone good at Christmas you get something good back in return.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">Though
maybe not the way you expect ?”.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Wadda
ya think?”</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"> What could I say? Someone called from the other end of the bar
and he <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-to-do-sth">made
to</a> move away. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">I
swallowed the last of my drink and <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-to-do-sth">made
to</a> leave and as I left, I called out to him the only thing I felt I could
say,</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Merry
Christmas”.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB">-James Wallace- </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-53237422362924226852021-03-21T11:52:00.011+01:002022-05-12T11:57:00.991+02:00On Screen p 81. Word Formation<p> Do Ex 11</p><p><b>intern</b>: a student or new graduate who is getting practical experience in a job, sometimes without pay, for example during the summer holiday. Sp. alumno en prácticas.<br /></p><p>E.g.</p><p>a summer intern at a law firm<br /><br /><b>underpaid</b>: not paid enough for the work you doNurses complain of being overworked and underpaid.<br />The maintenance staff are grossly underpaid.</p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-49351404345453282812021-03-17T17:34:00.003+01:002022-03-17T17:42:34.793+01:00Exam Key and Vocabulary <p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">PART ONE. Multiple Choice Cloze.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">B</span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">4</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">8</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">12</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">D</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">5</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">B</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">9</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">13</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">D</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">D</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">6</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">D</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">10</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">C</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">14</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">B</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">C</span></b></p>
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</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">B</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">15</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">C</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">PART TWO. Open Cloze.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 23.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody><tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">0</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">why</span></i></b></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">8</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Should</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">white</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">9</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">examples</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">10</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">boom</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">condition
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">11</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">who</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">4</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">runway</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">12</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">banks</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">5</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">further</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">13</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">study</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">6</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">debts</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">14</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 147.6pt;" valign="top" width="197">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nor/
neither</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<tr style="height: 21.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 28.8pt;" valign="top" width="38">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">7</span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 144.0pt;" valign="top" width="192">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">price</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 25.2pt;" valign="top" width="34">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">15</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PART THREE. Word
Formation.</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">0</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">shortage</span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">likened</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">6</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dormancy</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Partnership</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">7</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unhealthy</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Highly</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">8</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">tempting</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">4</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Irrigation</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">9</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">opportunistic/opportunist</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">5</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Encourages</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">10</span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unscrupulous</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Part 4. KEY-WORD TRANSFORMATIONS. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For questions </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1-5</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, use the given word to complete
the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do
not change the word given. You must use between </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">three</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">eight</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> words, including the word given.
Write your answers clearly on the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ANSWER SHEET</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">An example </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(0)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> has been done for you at the
beginning.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">0.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The mistake in the accounts was not
noticed until the figures were re-checked. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">light</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The mistake in the accounts only ____<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> came
to light once/when/after</i></b> _____ the figures were re-checked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
audience was greatly impressed by the prodigious memory of the poet who <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>recited.</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0066ff; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Multiple Choice Cloze</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Taciturn</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">:
/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ (said about men) tending not to say very much, in a way that seems
unfriendly. E.g. a taciturn and serious young man.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">goodly</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">: </span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">physically attractive; of good quality</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Chivalrous</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈʃɪvəlrəs</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ (</span></span><span class="dc"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">of men</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">polite, kind and
behaving with honour, especially towards women. Gallant. E.g. a chivalrous man
is polite and kind and shows respect to women. I think you are the most
chivalrous man I have ever met.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Doting</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="i">/ˈdəʊtɪŋ</span><span class="z">/ </span><span class="d">(used
of both, men and women but it usually collocates with dad or father) showing a
lot of love for somebody, often ignoring their faults. E.g. </span><span class="x">a </span><span class="cl"><b>doting mother/father. </b>E.g.<b> </b></span>Doting
dad Seb is delighted with his beautiful new daughter. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1. brandishing: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">brandish something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to hold or wave
something, especially a weapon, in an aggressive, threatening or excited way.
E.g. </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a man leaped out brandishing a
knife.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Chuck in</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: quit. E.g. The simple truth is, if you <i>chuck in your job</i> and
decide to write full time, unless you're very lucky, you're going to run out of
cash pretty soon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Hang back</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">: show
reluctance to act or move. E.g. <i>I do not believe that our Government will
hang back from taking drastic measures.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Draw back</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">: choose not
to do something that one was expected to do: <i>the government hasn't <b>drawn
back from</b> attempting a new reform.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Walk out (on somebody)</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span class="z"> (</span><span class="zr">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">to suddenly leave somebody that you are having a relationship with and
that you have a responsibility for. E.g. </span><span class="x">How could she
walk out on her kids?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Scrounge</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> skraʊndʒ</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ (</span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">informal</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, </span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">disapproving</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to get something from somebody by asking them for it rather than by
paying for it. Sp. gorronear. E.g. </span></span><span class="cf"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">scrounge (something) (off/from somebody)</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He's always
scrounging free meals off us. Can I scrounge a cigarette from you? I don't want
to spend the rest of my life scrounging off other people. </span></span><span class="cf"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Scrounge (for something)</span></b></span><span class="z"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What is she scrounging for this time?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Seethe</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to be extremely angry about something but try not to show other people
how angry you are. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">She seethed silently in the corner.</span></span><span class="cf"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <b>Seethe with something</b></span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He marched off,
seething with frustration.</span></span><span class="cf"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <b>Seethe at something</b></span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Inwardly he was
seething at this challenge to his authority.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2. clip clopping</span><span class="definition"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="definition"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">clip-clop</span></b></span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: (N) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a sound like
the sound of a horse's </span></span><span class="ndv"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">hoofs</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> on a hard surface.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">clip-clop</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: (V)</span></span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> move with a clip-clop. E.g.</span></span><span class="examplegroup"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">the horses clip-clopped slowly
along the street</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="i"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Shady</span></b></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /ˈʃeɪdi</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">seeming to be
dishonest or illegal. Sp. sospechoso. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a shady businessman/deal. A shady character.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Uncharitable</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ʌnˈtʃærɪtəbl</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unkind and unfair in
the way that you judge people.</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Uncharitable thoughts. Sp. poco caritativo. E.g. </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I don't want to be uncharitable, but he isn't very intelligent, is he?<i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3. weary</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">weary</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈwɪəri</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ making you feel tired or bored. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a weary journey. Weary hours spent in negotiation.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Grimy</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ˈɡraɪmi</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> covered with dirt. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">grimy hands/windows. His clothes were grimy and bloodstained. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">tutted</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">tut</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: (also <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tut-tut</b>)
(V) to express disapproval by the exclamation of "tut-tut". E.g. I
see other people tutting and staring in the supermarket when he is throwing a
tantrum.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ud"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">tut</span></b></span><span class="ud"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: (also <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">tut-tut</b>) (N) used as the written or
spoken way of showing the sound that people make when they disapprove of
something. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tut-tut, I
expected better of you. Tut-tuts of disapproval.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">4. collared</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">collar <span class="cf">somebody</span></span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˈkɒlə(r)/</span><span class="cf"> </span><span class="d">to
stop somebody in order to talk to them. E.g. </span><span class="x">I was
collared in the street by a woman doing a survey.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Scrub</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">to clean something by rubbing it hard, perhaps with a
brush and usually with soap and water.</span><span class="x"> E.g. I found him in
the kitchen, scrubbing the floor. He stepped into the shower and scrubbed
himself all over.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Crunch something up</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">to crush something completely. Sp. triturar. E.g. </span><span class="x">He crunched up the empty pack and threw it out of the window.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">haunt</span></b></span><span class="cf"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/hɔːnt</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ 1. </span></span><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Haunt</span></b></span><span class="cf"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> something/somebody</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">if the </span></span><span class="ndv"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ghost</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> of a dead person </span></span><span class="dhb"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">haunts</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> a place,
people say that they have seen it there</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. E.g. A headless rider haunts the country lanes. I'll come back to
haunt you! 2. <b>Haunt</b></span></span><span class="cf"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> somebody</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to continue to cause
problems for somebody for a long time. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">That decision </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">came back to
haunt him</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. She has been
haunted by her past during her career. 3. </span></span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">haunt somebody</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">if something unpleasant </span></span><span class="dhb"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">haunts</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> you, it keeps
coming to your mind so that you cannot forget it. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The memory of that day still haunts me. For years she
was haunted by guilt.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">mug</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">mug </span></b><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a person who is
stupid and easy to trick. A gullible person. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">They made me look a complete mug. He's no mug.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">transpired</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">transpire</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: / <span class="i">trænˈspaɪə(r)/ </span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">transpire that…</b></span><span class="z"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span class="d">if </span><span class="dhb">it transpires that</span><span class="d"> something has happened or is
true, it is known or has been shown to be true. E.g. </span><span class="x">It
transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. This story, it
later transpired, was untrue.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">seasoned</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">seasoned</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: having a lot of experience of a particular activity. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">seasoned campaigner/performer/traveller, etc.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rant</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rant (on) (about something)</span></b></span><span class="z"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">| </span></b></span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rant at somebody</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to speak or complain
about something in a loud and/ or angry way. E.g. </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">she was still </span></i><b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ranting on</span></i></b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> about the unfairness of it all.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dilettante</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˌdɪləˈtænti</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ pl </span></span><span class="if"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dilettanti</span></b></span><span class="if"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˌdɪləˈtæntiː/ or </span></span><span class="if"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dilettante: </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a person who does or studies something but is not serious about it and
does not have much knowledge. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a dilettante artist (Sp. de poca monta)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">5. curmudgeonly</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">curmudgeonly</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /<span class="i">kɜːˈmʌdʒənli/
(adj) bad-tempered. E.g. </span>I don't know, it's hard to explain how I feel
without sounding curmudgeonly and bitter.<span class="i"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="i"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">curmudgeon</span></b></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /kɜːˈmʌdʒən/ (N) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a bad-tempered person, often an old one. E.g. </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Only the worst curmudgeon could dislike this site.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">destitute</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈdestɪtjuːt/</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> without money, food and the other things necessary for life. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When he died, his family was left completely destitute
(Sp. quedó en la indigencia).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unsightly</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ʌnˈsaɪtli</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">not pleasant to look at. Ugly. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">an unsightly scar. Unsightly factories.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rapt</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">so interested in one particular thing that you are not aware of anything
else. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sp. embelesado. E.g.
a rapt audience. She listened to the speaker with rapt attention. He watched
her with a rapt expression. </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jill stared at
them blankly, rapt in thought.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ravage</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈrævɪdʒ</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ </span></span><span class="cf"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ravage something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to damage something
badly. </span></span><span class="zxheb"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Devastate.
E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a country ravaged by
civil war. A recession that has ravaged the textile industry.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">wide-ranging</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">including or dealing with a large number of different
subjects or areas.</span><span class="x"> E.g. The commission has been given
wide-ranging powers. A wide-ranging discussion. </span>A wide-ranging review of
public spending.<span class="x"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">6. rasping</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rasp</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">rɑːsp</span><span class="d">/ to make a rough unpleasant sound. E.g. </span><span class="x">a rasping
</span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">cough/ voice</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tannoy</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tannoy</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˈtænɔɪ/ (TM) </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">a system
with loudspeakers used for giving information in a public place. E.g. to make
an announcement over the Tannoy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">officialdom</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">officialdom</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /<span class="i">əˈfɪʃldəm/
</span><span class="z">(</span><span class="zr">disapproving</span><span class="z">)
(uncountable) </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">people who are in positions of
authority in large organizations when they seem to be more interested in
following rules than in being helpful. E.g. The report is critical of attempts
by officialdom to deal with the problem of homelessness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Muzak</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Muzak</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˈmjuːzæk/ (TM) </span><span class="d">continuous recorded music that is played in shops, restaurants,
airports, etc. E.g. </span>And apart from faint background muzak, it is awfully
quiet, for the other diners don't say much to each other.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">mellow</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">mellow</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˈmeləʊ/ </span><span class="d">soft and pleasant. E.g. </span><span class="x">Mellow music and lighting
helped to create the right atmosphere.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">hangar</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a large building in which aircraft are kept.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">tip</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: an untidy
place. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Their flat is a tip!
(Sp. pocilga)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">7. hangout</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">hangout</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">a place where somebody lives or likes to go often. Haunt. E.g. T</span><span class="x">his cafe is a popular hang-out for tourists.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">stationery</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈsteɪʃənri</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">materials for writing and for using in an office, for example paper,
pens and envelopes. Sp. Artículos de papelería.</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">cheery</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">cheery</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span class="d"> happy and
cheerful. E.g. </span><span class="x">a </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">cheery remark/smile/wave</span></b><span class="x">He
left with a cheery ‘See you again soon’. </span>Soft music would now be heard
on the background, and happy and cheery voices as well. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">8. garish</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">garish</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /<span class="i">ˈɡeərɪʃ/ </span><span class="d">very brightly coloured in an unpleasant way. Gaudy. E.g. </span><span class="x">garish clothes/colours. It's a little too garish for my taste.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">convoluted</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">extremely complicated and difficult to follow. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">convoluted argument/ explanation</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. A book with a convoluted plot</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">conceal</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">kənˈsiːl</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> to hide somebody/something. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of
plaster. Tim could barely conceal his disappointment. For a long time his death
was concealed from her.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">intricate</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈɪntrɪkət/</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">having a lot of different parts and small details that
fit together. Sp. complejo. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">intricate patterns</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. An intricate
network of loyalties and relationships.<span class="x"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">riot</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">riot of something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (</span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">formal</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a collection of a lot of different types of the same thing. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The garden was a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">riot of colour</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. The market was a riot of unfamiliar sounds and smells. A riot of
emotions raged through her.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">9. joints</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">joint</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a place where people meet to eat, drink, dance, etc, especially one that
is cheap. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a fast-food
joint. The joint was jumping </span></span><span class="gl"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(= full of people and activity)</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gl"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fuddy-duddy</span></b></span><span class="gl"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈfʌdi dʌdi</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> a person who has old-fashioned ideas or habits. Sp. Carca.
E.g.</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> You're such an old
fuddy-duddy!</span></span><span class="zd"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (</span></span><span class="pos"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Adjective) </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fuddy-duddy ideas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">swirl</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> swɜːl/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">the movement of something that twists and turns in
different directions and at different speeds</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. Sp. Remolino E.g. The dancers left the stage in a swirl of skirts. <b>Swirly
</b>(adj) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">somersault</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈsʌməsɔːlt/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a movement in which somebody turns over completely,
with their feet over their head, on the ground or in the air. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">do/ turn a somersault. </span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He turned back somersaults.</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (</span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">figurative</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Her heart did a complete somersault when she saw him.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">scrumptious</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">scrumptious</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˈskrʌmpʃəs/
</span><span class="d">tasting very good. E.g. </span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">a scrumptious chocolate tart. </span></i>You can never
go wrong by serving chocolate chip cookies - they work as well in a scrumptious
dessert with ice cream as a school lunchbox.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Bliss</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">bliss</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="d">extreme happiness.
E.g. </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">married/wedded/domestic
bliss. </span></b><span class="x">My idea of bliss is a month in the
Bahamas. Swimming on a hot day is </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">sheer
bliss</span></b><span class="x">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">route march</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">route march</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">a long march for soldiers over a
particular route, especially to improve their physical condition. E.g. </span>About
1,000 feet below us there was a squad of soldiers on a mountain route march.<span class="x"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">10. neck of the woods</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">neck of the woods<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></b><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(</span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">informal</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a particular place or area. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He's from your neck of the woods </span></span><span class="gl"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(= the area where you live)</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. What are you doing in this neck of the woods?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fathom</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> ˈfæðəm</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to understand or find an explanation for something. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a
child. He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">11. schlepping</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">schlep</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">to go somewhere, especially if it is a slow, difficult journey, or you
do not want to go. E.g. </span><span class="x">The restaurant's supposed to be
great but I don't feel like schlepping all the way out there.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">tuck in<span class="z">/ </span>tuck
into something<span class="z"> </span></span></b><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(</span></span><span class="zg"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">British English</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, </span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">informal</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">): </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to eat a lot of food, especially when it is done
quickly and with enthusiasm</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. E.g. Come on, tuck in everyone! He was tucking into a huge plateful of
pasta.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">latch onto</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <b>sb/ sth</b>: </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to become attached to somebody/something. Sp. Agarrarse. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">antibodies that latch onto germs.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">sustenance</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">sustenance</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˈsʌstənəns/
t</span><span class="d">he food and drink that people, animals and plants need to
live and stay healthy. E.g. </span><span class="x">There's not much sustenance in
a bowl of soup.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">St Bernard</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">St Bernard</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /<span class="i">ˌsnt
ˈbɜːnəd</span>/ <span class="d">a large strong dog, originally from Switzerland,
where it was trained to help find people who were lost in the snow. It was </span><span class="definition">originally kept to rescue travellers by the monks of the
Hospice on the Great St Bernard. E.g. </span><span class="d">St Bernards were
used as</span> rescue dogs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">in store</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">in store (for somebody)</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="d">waiting to happen to somebody. E.g. </span><span class="x">We don't know
what life </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">holds
in store</span></b><span class="x"> for us. If she had known what </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">lay in store</span></b><span class="x"> for her, she would never have agreed to go. They think it'll be easy
but they have a </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">surprise
in store</span></b><span class="x">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">horde</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> a large crowd of people. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">E.g. There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer.</span></span><span class="example"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Football fans turned up </span></span><span class="cl"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">in hordes</span></b></span><span class="example"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">flukey</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (also <b>fluky</b>) /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈfluːki</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a lucky or unusual thing that happens by accident, not
because of planning or skill. Sp. Chiripa. </span></span><span face="""sans-serif"","serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">E.g. </span><span class="example"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a fluky goal.</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="example"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">puff:</span></b></span><span class="example"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a small amount of air, smoke, etc. that is blown from somewhere. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a puff of wind</span></span><span class="example"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">12. whiff</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">whiff</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span>/<span class="i">wɪf/ </span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">whiff
(of something)</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">a slight amount,
sign or feeling of something. E.g. </span><span class="x">a whiff of danger.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">onslaught </span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈɒnslɔːt</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ </span></span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">an overwhelmingly large number of people or things.
E.g. </span></span><span class="example"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">in some parks the
onslaught of cars and people far exceeds capacity.</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">turnstile</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈtɜːnstaɪl/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a gate at the entrance to a public building, </span></span><span class="ndv"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">stadium</span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, etc. that turns in a circle when pushed, allowing one person to go
through at a time</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">glint</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: </span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a sudden flash of
light or colour shining from a bright surface</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. Sp. Destello. E.g. the glint of the sun on the water. Golden glints in
her red hair. She saw a glint of silver in the grass.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">13. garnish</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">garnish:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /<span class="i">ˈɡɑːnɪʃ/ </span><span class="d">a small amount of food that is used to decorate a larger dish of food.
E.g. </span><span class="x">a garnish of tomato. Keep some olives to one side for
garnish.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dismal</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dismal</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">not skilful or successful; of very low quality. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The singer gave a dismal performance of some old
songs. Their recent attempt to increase sales has been a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dismal failure</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">lap something up</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span class="zn"> </span><span class="z">(</span><span class="zr">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">to accept or receive something with great
enjoyment, without thinking about whether it is good, true or sincere</span><span class="x">. E.g. acoger con entusiasmo. E.g. It's a terrible movie but audiences
everywhere are lapping it up.</span> She simply lapped up all the compliments.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">14. hiked
up</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">hike something (up)</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to increase prices,
taxes, etc. suddenly by large amounts. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The government hiked up the price of milk by over 40%.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="cf"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">freshen something
(up)</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to make something cleaner, cooler, newer or more
pleasant. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The walls need
freshening up with white paint. The rain had freshened the air. Using a
mouthwash freshens the breath.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">conjure sth up</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈkʌndʒə/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to make
something appear as a picture in your mind. Evoke. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">That smell always conjures up memories of holidays in
France. He strained to conjure up her face and voice, but they had vanished.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">grim</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">grim</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unpleasant and depressing. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">grim news. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Naughty Chair<span class="x"></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Naughty Chair</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> in this technique
the child goes on a chair for a certain amount of time actually based on their
age. Later, the child apologizes and is hugged by the parent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">swagger </span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈswæɡə/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a way of
walking or behaving that seems too confident</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. E.g. She walked to the front of the class with a swagger.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">babble</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /<span class="i">ˈbæbl</span><span class="z">/ </span><span class="d">the
sound of many people speaking at the same time</span><span class="x">. Sp.
Murmullo. E.g. a babble of voices.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">15. fare </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fare</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">food that is offered as a meal. E.g. </span><span class="x">The
restaurant provides good traditional fare.</span><span class="z"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">splurge</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: /</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">splɜːdʒ</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">an act of spending a lot of money on something that
you do not really need. Sp. Derroche. E.g. </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">the annual pre-Christmas splurge.</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> That was a first-night splurge with friends, but most of the food we'll
eat will be simple and as authentic as possible and that usually means
inexpensive.<span class="z"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">gulp-worthy</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">gulp</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">an act of breathing in or of swallowing something. E.g. </span><span class="x">‘Can you start on Monday?’ Amy gave a gulp. ‘Of course,’ she said. He
drank the glass of whisky </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">in
one gulp</span></b><span class="x">. </span><span class="st">The prices are </span><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">gulp-worthy</span></b></i><span class="st">, but it appears that you might just get what you pay for.</span><span class="x"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">eaterie</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">eaterie</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (also <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">eatery</b>) /<span class="i">ˈiːtəri/</span><span class="definition"> a
restaurant or cafe. E.g. </span>The resort has a vast selection of restaurants
and eateries, serving French, Italian, American and Indian cuisine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0066ff; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Open Cloze</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">mint</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">in mint condition: </span></b><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">new or as good
as new; in perfect condition<b><span style="color: red; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">boasts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">boast:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(</span></span><span class="u"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">not used in the progressive tenses</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) </span></span><span class="cf"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">boast something</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">to have something that is impressive and that you can be proud of. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf
course. Rhodes boasts 300 days of sunshine a year.</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">white elephants</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">white elephant</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a
possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to
maintain or difficult to dispose of (get rid of). E.g. </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">a huge white elephant of a house
that needed ten thousand spent on it.</span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">is</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span style="color: red;">up for</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">up for something</span></b><span class="zn"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">on offer for something. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The house is up for sale.</span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">steal</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">be a steal</span></b><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">to
be for sale at an unexpectedly low price. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This
suit is a steal at $80.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">catch</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">catch</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="definition">a hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal
situation</span><span class="d">. E.g. </span><span class="x">All that money for
two hours' work—what's the catch? </span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There’s a catch in it somewhere.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></i></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">outstanding</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">outstanding</span></b><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: not yet paid, done, solved,
etc. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She has outstanding debts of over £500. A lot of work
is still outstanding. The negotiations failed to solve outstanding issues.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">further</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">further</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">more;
additional. E.g. </span><span class="x">Cook for a further 2 minutes. Have you
any further questions? For further details call this number. We have decided to
take no further action. The museum is closed </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">until further notice</span></b><span class="gl">(= until we say that it is open again)</span><span class="x">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">payoffs</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">payoffs</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span><span class="d">a
payment of money to somebody </span><span class="definition">especially as a
bribe or on leaving a job</span><span class="d">. E.g. </span><span class="examplegroup"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">he left the company with an £800,000 pay-off</span></i><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></i><span class="x">The company is
offering large pay-offs to anyone accepting voluntary redundancy.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">meet</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">meet</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">something</b>:</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">to pay something. E.g. </span><span class="x">The </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">cost will be met</span></b><span class="x"> by the company.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">reserve
price</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">reserve price</span></b><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (also <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">reserve</b>) </span></span><span class="zgrbr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">[</span></span><span class="zgr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">countable</span></span><span class="zgrbr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">]</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (</span></span><span class="zg"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">British English</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">the lowest price that somebody will accept for something, especially
something that is sold at an </span></span><span class="ndv"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">auction. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The painting failed to reach to its reserve and was withdrawn from the
sale.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">egregious</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">egregious</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> /</span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ɪˈɡriːdʒiəs/ </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">extremely bad. E.g. </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">egregious behaviour. An egregious error</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">boom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">boom</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">:<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a
period of wealth and success. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war boom. </span></span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Boom in something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a boom in car sales.
A </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">boom year</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (for trade, exports, etc.). A </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">property/housing boom. </span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A chaotic period of </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">boom and bust.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">vainglory</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">vainglory</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: /</span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːri/ </span></span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">inordinate (excessive) pride in oneself or one’s achievements; excessive
vanity. E.g. </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">his vainglory put the Republic at
risk</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">barons</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">baron</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">an important or powerful person in a specified business or industry.
E.g.</span></span><span class="examplegroup"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">a press baron.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">plundered</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">plunder</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to steal things from a place, especially using force during a time of
war. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The troops crossed
the country, plundering and looting as they went. The abbey had been plundered
of its valuables. Only a small amount of the money that he plundered from his
companies has been recovered.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">feasibility</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">feasibility</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">the state or degree of being easily or conveniently
done. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">feasibility study</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> on the proposed new airport. I doubt the feasibility of the plan.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">proponents</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">proponent (of something):</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (</span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">formal</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a person who supports an idea or course of action. Advocate. E.g. </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">a strong proponent of the
free market and liberal trade policies.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">filed for</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="z"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">file</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: (</span></span><span class="zs"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">law</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to present something
so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with. E.g. </span></span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">file for something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to file for divorce. </span></span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">File something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">file a claim/ complaint/ petition/ lawsuit. </span></b><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">File to do something</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He filed to divorce
his wife.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0066ff; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Word formation</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dormant: </span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span class="i">ˈdɔːmənt/ </span><span class="d">not
active or growing now but able to become active or to grow in the future.
Inactive. E.g. </span><span class="x">a dormant volcano. During the winter the
seeds </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">lie dormant</span></b><span class="x"> in the soil.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dormancy:</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈdɔːmənsi/ </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">is a period in an
organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical
activity are temporarily stopped. <span class="i">E.g. </span>The holly bush is
said to be considered a symbol of the continuation of life because it remains
green during winter dormancy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">breed</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">a type of person.
E.g. </span><span class="x">He represents a new breed of politician. Players as
skilful as this are </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">a
rare breed</span></b><span class="x">.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">make off with something</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">to steal something and hurry away with it. E.g. </span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">burglars made off with all their wedding presents.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">make, etc. a dent in something</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">: </span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to reduce the amount of something, especially money</span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">. E.g. </span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">opportunistic </span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˌɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪk/</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> OR<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">opportunist </b>/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ɒpəˈtjuːnɪst/</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">making use
of an opportunity, especially to get an advantage for yourself; not done in a
planned way. E.g. an opportunistic crime. Smith marked his debut match with an
opportunist goal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">spate</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> /<span class="i">speɪt/ </span><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">spate of something</b></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d">a large number of things, which are usually
unpleasant, that happen suddenly within a short period of time. E.g. </span><span class="x">The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks. A recent </span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">spate of killings/thefts.</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">shipment:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="d">the process of
sending goods from one place to another. E.g. </span><span class="x">The goods
are ready for shipment. The illegal shipment of arms. Shipment costs.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">scruple: </span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ˈskruːpl/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a feeling that prevents you from doing something that
you think may be morally wrong. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I overcame my moral scruples. He </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">had no scruples about</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> spying on her. She is totally </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">without scruple</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unscrupulous:
</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/</span></span><span class="i"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ʌnˈskruːpjələs/ </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">without moral principles; not honest or fair. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">unscrupulous methods.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0066ff; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Gapped sentences</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">kiss
something goodbye/ kiss goodbye to something: </span></b><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(</span></span><span class="zr"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">informal</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">) </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to accept that you will lose something or be unable to
do something. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">kiss
something better</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="z">(</span><span class="zr">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d">to take away the
pain of an injury by kissing it. E.g. </span><span class="x">Come here and let me
kiss it better.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Kiss
up to</span></b></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: to
try to please a powerful person, because you want them to do something for you.
E.g. </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">He's being kissed up
to in public, but the knives are out for him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fan
the flames (of something):</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="d">to make a feeling such as anger, hatred, etc. worse.</span> E.g. <span class="x">His writings fanned the flames of racism.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">fan mail</span></b><span class="gl"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: letters from fans to the person they admire.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">nip
something in the bud</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">to stop something when it has just begun because you can see that
problems will come from it. E.g. We need to nip this bad behaviour in the bud.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="d"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">nip</span></b></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: to harm or damage something.
E.g. </span></span><span class="cf"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">nip
(at something)</span></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The
icy wind nipped at our faces. </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The
vegetable garden, nipped now by frost</span></i><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. </span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It
was so cold that the frost nipped at your nose while wrapped in a scarf. What
has happened to Sheila's tree every year is that it has been nipped by a late
frost.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">nip</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">: <span class="d">to go somewhere quickly and/or for
only a short time. E.g. </span><span class="x">He's just nipped out to the bank.
A car nipped in </span><span class="gl">(= got in quickly)</span><span class="x">
ahead of me. </span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I’m just nipping down to the Post
Office.</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">stroke</span></b></i><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">: </span></i><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a mark made by moving a pen,
brush, etc. once across a surface. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to paint with fine brush strokes. </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At the stroke of a pen</span></b><span class="gl"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(= by signing something)</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> they removed thousands of people from the welfare
system.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span class="cf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">stroke (of something)</span></b></span><span class="z"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a single successful action or event. E.g. </span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Your idea was a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">stroke of genius</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">. It was a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">stroke of luck</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> that I found you here. It was a </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">bold stroke</span></b><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> to reveal the identity of the murderer on the first
page. She </span></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">never
does a stroke (of work)</span></b><span class="gl"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(= never does any work)</span></span><span class="x"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.</span></span></p>
<span class="x"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">fence-mending:</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span class="d"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">an attempt to improve relations between two
people or groups and to try to find a solution to a disagreement between them. </span></span><span class="definition"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the action of making peace with a person or
group. E.g.</span></span><span class="examplegroup"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the two countries have some fence-mending to do.</span></i><span class="examplegroup"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></i></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">He hopes that a fence-mending trip will bring the
hostilities to an end.</span></i>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-64936647310315709502021-03-12T11:07:00.000+01:002022-05-12T11:08:37.170+02:00On Screen p 72. Key Word Transformations<p>Do Ex 1A</p><p><b>far be it from me to do something (but…)</b> (informal) used when you are just about to disagree with somebody or to criticize them and you would like them to think that you do not really want to do this. Sp. Dios me libre/ no me corresponde a mí.</p><p>E.g.</p><p>Far be it from me to interfere in your affairs but I would like to give you just one piece of advice.</p><p> </p><p>Do Ex 2A</p><p><br /></p><p><b>have/hold in store (for one)</b> To have something awaiting one. </p><p>E.g.</p><p>No one knows what the future holds in store. But we can try to prepare accordingly. </p><p>Nobody knows what tomorrow has in store. Sp. Nadie sabe qué tiene guardado el mañana.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-33577093462335170872021-03-11T13:19:00.000+01:002021-12-12T20:27:30.198+01:00On Screen p 71. Writing: Christmas Scrapbook.<br />
I am so happy you've decided to learn how to make a scrapbook! I know you must be thinking, "Where do I start?" Trust me, most of us have been there at one point or another.<br />
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<span style="color: #3333ff;"><b>What is a scrapbook?</b></span><br />
An album where you can stick pictures, newspaper articles, memorabilia, journaling...<br />
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<span style="color: #3333ff;"><b>Step One</b></span><br />
Organize your photos, maps, theatre tickets, lottery tickets, cards, shopping lists, ...<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3333ff;">"Ingredients"</span></b><br />
Descriptions, narratives, lists, poems, quotes, songs, letters...<br />
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<b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Tips</span></b><br />
1. Treat your journaling as you would write a letter to somebody. Write down what you would say to somebody if they asked you what was happening in your photos.<br />
2. Write page titles<br />
3. Capture special holiday memories: cutting down the tree, trimming the tree, cooking, family dinners, parties with friends, trips...<br />
4. Traditions: we all have our own Christmas traditions such as baking cookies, going caroling, or hosting the neighborhood party. Make sure to capture these special traditions with photos. Keep in mind that journaling is especially important when it comes to traditions. For example, include your family’s favourite recipe, some of the words from a favourite Christmas carol and write something personal.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="gD" name="Jamie Keddie">More models and tips <a href="https://tinycamperbigadventure.com/make-your-own-travel-journal-scrapbook/" target="_blank">here</a> </span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="gD" name="Jamie Keddie">Another sample scrapbook page: </span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="gD" name="Jamie Keddie">Jamie Keddie's contribution (adapted):</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><i>On this scrapbook page, I would like to <b>let you in on </b>a little secret...</i> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Any predictions?</span> </span></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>let sb in on a secret</b>: to allow someone to know something that you have not told anyone else. E.g. Can I let you in on a little secret? </span></span></span></span></span></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>First and foremost</b>, I made a very special Christmas card for you. I hope you like it because I <b>went the extra mile</b> to make it. </span></span></span></span></i></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>go the extra mile (for somebody/something)</b>: to make a special effort to achieve something, help somebody, etc.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>bend/lean over backwards (to do something)</b> to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair. E.g. I've bent over backwards to help him. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">go to great, extraordinary, etc. lengths (to do something) </span></b><span style="color: blue;"><span class="idm-gs" id="length__262"><span class="idm-g" id="length__292"><span class="sn-gs" id="length__295"><span class="sn-g" id="length__296"><span class="def" id="length__297">to put a lot of effort into doing something, especially when this seems extreme. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="length__298"><span class="x-g" id="length__299"> <span class="rx-g" id="length__300"><span class="x" id="length__301">She goes to extraordinary lengths to keep her private life private.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886">I wonder if it <b>will be given pride of place on your mantelpiece.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><b>pride of place</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="def" id="place_1__882">the position in which something is most easily seen, that is given to the most important thing in a particular group. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"> <span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886">The photo was given pride of place on the mantelpiece.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><span class="sn-gs" id="mantelpiece__24"><span class="sn-g" id="mantelpiece__25"><span class="def" id="mantelpiece__26"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><b>mantelpiece</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>a shelf above a <span class="ndv" id="mantelpiece__27">fireplace. E.g.</span></span><span class="x-gs" id="mantelpiece__28"><span class="x-g" id="mantelpiece__29"> <span class="rx-g" id="mantelpiece__30"><span class="x" id="mantelpiece__31">There was a clock on the mantelpiece.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886">Where do you put your <span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas cards? Do you write <span style="font-family: inherit;">any</span>?</span> Do you do the drawings yourself?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="idm-gs" id="place_1__575"><span class="idm-g" id="place_1__877"><span class="sn-gs" id="place_1__880"><span class="sn-g" id="place_1__881"><span class="x-gs" id="place_1__883"><span class="x-g" id="place_1__884"><span class="rx-g" id="place_1__885"><span class="x" id="place_1__886">What do you think I drew on my Christmas card<span style="font-family: inherit;"> for you?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do you think it is</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">true? or<span style="font-family: inherit;"> do you think this is a</span></span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> hoa<span style="font-family: inherit;">x</span></span></b></span>?</span></b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>hoax</b>: </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="pron-g" id="hoax_1__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>həʊks<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="pron-g" id="hoax_1__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="hoax_1__16"><span class="sn-gs" id="hoax_1__17"><span class="sn-g" id="hoax_1__18"><span class="def" id="hoax_1__19">an act intended to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant. Sp. engaño. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="hoax_1__20"><span class="x-g" id="hoax_1__21"> <span class="x" id="hoax_1__22">a bomb hoax.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="hoax_1__23"> <span class="x" id="hoax_1__24">Hoax calls.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="hoax_1__25"> <span class="rx-g" id="hoax_1__26"><span class="x" id="hoax_1__27">The emergency call turned out to be a hoax.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">OK, that was a <b>fib</b>. </span></b></span></span></i></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>fib</b>: </span></b></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="fib_1__16"><span class="sn-gs" id="fib_1__17"><span class="sn-g" id="fib_1__18"><span class="def" id="fib_1__21">a statement that is not true; a lie about something that is not important</span><span class="x-gs" id="fib_1__22"><span class="x-g" id="fib_1__23">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="fib_1__24"><span class="x" id="fib_1__25">Stop <span class="cl"><b>telling fibs</b></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></b></span></span></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I didn't make the card. It was Jamie Keddy
who actually made it in 1981. It was his <b>entry</b> for the annual school
Christmas card <b>contest</b>.</span></b></span></span>
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At his primary school, this was <b>a big deal</b>. There were no age categories –
it was <b>every child for him/herself regardless of </b>what year he/she was
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>every man for himself</b>: (saying) people must take care of themselves and not give or expect any help. E.g. In business, it's every man for himself. </span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Competition was incredibly fierce</b> and everyone got involved, <b>driven
by the prestige of </b>winning and, of course, the <b>stupendous</b> prizes.</span></b></span></span></i></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>fierce:</b> (especially of actions or emotions) showing strong feelings or a lot of activity, often in a way that is violent. E.g. fierce loyalty. The scene of fierce fighting. He launched a fierce attack on the Democrats. Competition from abroad became fiercer in the 1990s. His wife is his fiercest critic. The bill was passed despite fierce opposition.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>stupendous</b>: <span class="pron-g" id="stupendous__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span><span class="ptl" id="stupendous__9">stjuː</span>ˈpendəs<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="stupendous__15"><span class="sn-g" id="stupendous__16"><span class="def" id="stupendous__17">extremely large or impressive, especially greater or better than you expect. </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="stupendous__15"><span class="sn-g" id="stupendous__16"><span class="x-gs" id="stupendous__21"><span class="x-g" id="stupendous__22"><span class="x" id="stupendous__23">E.g. stupendous achievements</span></span><span class="x-g" id="stupendous__24">. <span class="x" id="stupendous__25">Stupendous costs</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">What do you think the pri</span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">zes were?</span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></b></span></span></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> And the prizes were:
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<li><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First prize: The winner would receive 150 <b>prints</b> of his/her winning Christmas card</span></span></i></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What do <span style="font-family: inherit;">you think the secon<span style="font-family: inherit;">d prize was?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Second prize: 100 prints</span></span></i></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What do you think the third prize was?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<li><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Third prize: 50 prints</span></span></i></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you think th<span style="font-family: inherit;">ese were <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">tip-top</span></b> prizes?</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Would children nowadays be <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>thrilled to bits</b> with these prizes? With <span style="font-family: inherit;">w</span>hat <span style="font-family: inherit;">prizes <span style="font-family: inherit;">would children <b>be over the moon</b></span><b> </b>nowadays?</span></span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></i>
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">tip-top:</span></span></b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></i><span class="sn-gs" id="tip-top__13"><span class="sn-g" id="tip-top__14"><span class="def" id="tip-top__15">excellent. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="tip-top__16"><span class="x-g" id="tip-top__17"> <span class="rx-g" id="tip-top__18"><span class="x" id="tip-top__19">The house is <span class="cl"><b>in tip-top condition</b></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>thrilled to bits</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="thrilled__11"><span class="sn-g" id="thrilled__12"><span class="x-gs" id="thrilled__33"><span class="x-g" id="thrilled__34"><span class="rx-g" id="thrilled__35"><span class="x" id="thrilled__36"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="thrilled__11"><span class="sn-g" id="thrilled__12"><span class="x-gs" id="thrilled__33"><span class="x-g" id="thrilled__34"><span class="rx-g" id="thrilled__35"><span class="x" id="thrilled__36"><span class="gl" id="thrilled__38"><span class="wrap"></span><span class="prefix"></span>extremely pleased<span class="wrap"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>She was <span class="cl">thrilled to bits</span> that he'd been offered the job.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="thrilled__11"><span class="sn-g" id="thrilled__12"><span class="x-gs" id="thrilled__33"><span class="x-g" id="thrilled__34"><span class="rx-g" id="thrilled__35"><span class="x" id="thrilled__36"><span class="idm-gs" id="moon_1__124"><span class="idm-g" id="moon_1__161"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="thrilled__11"><span class="sn-g" id="thrilled__12"><span class="x-gs" id="thrilled__33"><span class="x-g" id="thrilled__34"><span class="rx-g" id="thrilled__35"><span class="x" id="thrilled__36"><span class="idm-gs" id="moon_1__124"><span class="idm-g" id="moon_1__161"><span class="sn-gs" id="moon_1__164"><span class="sn-g" id="moon_1__165"><span class="def" id="moon_1__169"><b>Over the moon:</b> extremely happy and excited. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="moon_1__170"><span class="x-g" id="moon_1__171"> <span class="rx-g" id="moon_1__172"><span class="x" id="moon_1__173">They’re over the moon about their trip to Japan.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="moon_1__164"><span class="sn-g" id="moon_1__165"> </span></span></span></span></span><i> </i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Prints were special <b>back in those days</b> – <b>much more memorable</b> than modern
photocopies. <b>Fresh off </b>the press, they were warm and had a sweet
chemical smell that will <b>bring back nostalgic childhood memories to</b> many
of us. <b>Rather than</b> black and white, everything was dark purple or light
pink. I've just spent <b>a wee while</b> researching this and apparently, they
were produced by a process called spirit duplication. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>wee</b>: small. E.g. Have a wee drink. You may have to wait a wee while (=a short time). A wee child.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">L</span>et's <b>recap</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>recap</b>: </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="recapitulate__52"><span class="sn-g" id="recapitulate__53"><span class="def" id="recapitulate__68">to repeat or give a summary of what has already been said, decided, etc.</span></span></span> E.g. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="recap_1__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="recap_1__53"><span class="sn-g" id="recap_1__54"><span class="x-gs" id="recap_1__74"><span class="x-g" id="recap_1__75"><span class="rx-g" id="recap_1__76"><span class="x" id="recap_1__77">Let me just recap on what we've decided so far.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>imagine that –
150 warm and smelly spirit duplicates to take home and enjoy <b>in the
comfort of </b>your own home!</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
<i>So, perhaps you are wondering if he won. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What<span style="font-family: inherit;">'s your guess</span>? </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I am <b>elated</b> to report
that he did. The "Santa's Here" illustration that you see above <b>beat over
250 other entries</b>. It <b>featured</b> <b>in</b> the school magazine and for a whole
week before Christmas, he was the <b>golden boy</b> of the school.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="feature_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="feature_2__53"><b><span class="cf" id="feature_2__81"><span class="exp" id="feature_2__82">feature</span> (in something)</span> </b><span class="def" id="feature_2__83">to have an important part in something. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="feature_2__84"><span class="x-g" id="feature_2__85"> <span class="rx-g" id="feature_2__86"><span class="x" id="feature_2__87">Olive oil and garlic feature prominently in his recipes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="feature_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="feature_2__53"><span class="x-gs" id="feature_2__84"><span class="x-g" id="feature_2__85"><span class="rx-g" id="feature_2__86"><span class="x" id="feature_2__87"><b>golden</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="oldsubentry" id="feature_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="feature_2__53"><span class="x-gs" id="feature_2__84"><span class="x-g" id="feature_2__85"><span class="rx-g" id="feature_2__86"><span class="x" id="feature_2__87"><span class="sn-gs" id="golden__11"><span class="def" id="golden__33">special; wonderful. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="golden__34"><span class="x-g" id="golden__35"> <span class="x" id="golden__36">golden memories.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="golden__37"> <span class="rx-g" id="golden__38"><span class="x" id="golden__39">Businesses have a <span class="cl"><b>golden opportunity</b></span> to expand into new markets.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="golden__43"> <span class="x" id="golden__44">Hollywood’s <span class="cl"><b>golden boy</b></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
<i>He told me that he remembers the <b>praise</b> from his teacher and <b>wowing</b> his architect father:
"Wow! Such a simple design. But <b>what an incredible technicality</b> for a
9-year-old boy. <b>What an eye for form</b>. Perhaps he too will <b>grow up to be
</b>an architect one day."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>pr<span style="font-family: inherit;">aise: (N) </span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_1__18"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_1__19"><span class="def" id="praise_1__28">words that show approval of or admiration for somebody/something</span><span class="x-gs" id="praise_1__29"><span class="x-g" id="praise_1__30">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="praise_1__31"><span class="x" id="praise_1__32">His teachers are <b><span class="cl">full of praise for</span></b> the progress he's making.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_1__18"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_1__19"><span class="x-gs" id="praise_1__29"><span class="x-g" id="praise_1__30"><span class="rx-g" id="praise_1__31"><span class="x" id="praise_1__32"><b>praise</b>: (V) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_1__18"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_1__19"><span class="x-gs" id="praise_1__29"><span class="x-g" id="praise_1__30"><span class="rx-g" id="praise_1__31"><span class="x" id="praise_1__32"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_2__53"><span class="def" id="praise_2__55">to express your approval or admiration for somebody/something. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_1__18"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_1__19"><span class="x-gs" id="praise_1__29"><span class="x-g" id="praise_1__30"><span class="rx-g" id="praise_1__31"><span class="x" id="praise_1__32"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_2__53"><span class="def" id="praise_2__55"><span class="oldsubentry" id="praise_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="praise_2__53"><span class="x-gs" id="praise_2__59"><span class="x-g" id="praise_2__67"><span class="rx-g" id="praise_2__70"><span class="x" id="praise_2__71">He praised his team for their performance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>wow </b><span class="oldsubentry" id="wow_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="wow_2__53"><span class="sn-g" id="wow_2__54"><span class="cf" id="wow_2__55"><b>somebody (with something)</b>: </span></span></span></span>(v)<span class="oldsubentry" id="wow_2__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="wow_2__53"><span class="sn-g" id="wow_2__54"><span class="cf" id="wow_2__55"><span class="exp" id="wow_2__56"></span></span><span class="label-g" id="wow_2__57"><span class="wrap"></span><span class="reg" id="wow_2__58"></span><span class="wrap"></span></span> <span class="def" id="wow_2__59">to impress somebody very much, especially with a performance. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="wow_2__60"><span class="x-g" id="wow_2__61"> <span class="rx-g" id="wow_2__62"><span class="x" id="wow_2__63">He wowed audiences around the country with his new show.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What do teachers say to praise th<span style="font-family: inherit;">eir students?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br /> </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He <b>took the praise</b> and he <b>enjoyed his moment of glory</b>. He <b>genuinely felt</b> that he had earned it.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br />I wonder if you can see where this is going...</i> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Any predictions?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jamie: Well, it's time to <b>come clean about a dirty secret </b>that I have lived
with for the last 35 years. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What can it be? </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jamie: "It involves my favourite children's
Christmas book – a picture book called <u>Father Christmas</u><img alt="" border="0" class="CToWUd" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjoZq5zfBpa1fiiUEBhoJzI6e_RkbYXL5jjxd3c6b8zMo2NkAcX9PKdgVC13M4R464oR9ZG3RDISL9dA2kl0VGHakzPipZ2rmwm2wZt-w61RCv9yLzKnrjIhfQA4XAEOBuU6GH508BEcVrssuVrQSO9ggmSL0oTs2-pFvdY7YEjx6R1Mr5r3JtCuBGI06xP=s0-d-e1-ft&l=as2&o=2&a=0723277974" style="border: medium none ! important; height: auto ! important; margin: 0px ! important; outline: medium none; text-decoration: none;" width="1" /> by Raymond Briggs who is probably <b>best known for</b> <u>The Snowman</u>.</span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
I loved Raymond Briggs's <u>Father Christmas</u>. <b>Rather than</b> being a <b>jolly</b>
Christmas lover, he is a <b>reclusive</b> and <b>overworked, grumpy </b>old man who
hates everything about <b>the festive season</b>, except perhaps the brandy.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>jolly</b>: <span class="oldsubentry" id="jolly_1__23"><span class="sn-gs" id="jolly_1__24"><span class="def" id="jolly_1__26">happy and cheerful</span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>reclusive</b>: <span class="sn-gs" id="reclusive__11"><span class="sn-g" id="reclusive__12"><span class="def" id="reclusive__13">living alone and avoiding other people. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="reclusive__14"><span class="x-g" id="reclusive__15"> <span class="x" id="reclusive__16">a reclusive millionaire</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>grumpy</b>: <span class="sn-gs" id="grumpy__22"><span class="sn-g" id="grumpy__23"><span class="def" id="grumpy__24">bad-tempered. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="grumpy__25"><span class="x-g" id="grumpy__26"> <span class="rx-g" id="grumpy__27"><span class="x" id="grumpy__28">Pay no attention to his moods—he’s just a grumpy old man.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />So, what do you think Jamie did?</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And here is the Christmas confession: Raymond Briggs's book was <b>the
inspiration for</b> my winning Christmas card. </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you look very carefully at
the following image, you <b>might</b> just see the similarity.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="lift_1__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="lift_1__201"><span class="x-gs" id="lift_1__212"><span class="x-g" id="lift_1__213"><span class="rx-g" id="lift_1__214"><span class="x" id="lift_1__215"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So what do you <b>reckon</b>? C<span style="font-family: inherit;">an you see any similarities or differences?</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can see that I <b>struggled</b> with the face. I seem to have given my Father Christmas an
<b>overgrown</b> black beard <b>in order to conceal my lack of artistry</b> here.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="sn-gs" id="overgrown__11"><span class="def" id="overgrown__39"><b>overgrown: </b></span></span></b><span class="sn-gs" id="overgrown__11"><span class="def" id="overgrown__39">that has grown too large. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="overgrown__40"><span class="x-g" id="overgrown__41"> <span class="x" id="overgrown__42">an overgrown village</span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>conceal</b>: hide sth. E.g. <span class="sn-gs" id="conceal__54"><span class="sn-g" id="conceal__55"><span class="x-gs" id="conceal__57"><span class="x-g" id="conceal__65"><span class="rx-g" id="conceal__66"><span class="x" id="conceal__67">Tim could barely conceal his disappointment.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="conceal__54"><span class="sn-g" id="conceal__55"><span class="x-gs" id="conceal__57"><span class="x-g" id="conceal__65"><span class="rx-g" id="conceal__66"><span class="x" id="conceal__67"><b>artistry</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="pron-g" id="artistry__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span><span class="ptl" id="artistry__9">ˈɑːt</span>ɪstri<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="def" id="artistry__17">the skill of an artist. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__19"> <span class="rx-g" id="artistry__20"><span class="x" id="artistry__21">He played the piece with effortless artistry.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"> <span class="x" id="artistry__25">An appreciation of the beauty and artistry of the painting.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"><span class="x" id="artistry__25"><span style="color: black;">I was not <b>a dab hand at</b> drawing but you can't say I was <b>cack-handed</b> either. I hope you don't think I <b>did a botched job </b>or that I <b>made a real dog's breakfast of it </b>anyway. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"><span class="x" id="artistry__25"><b>dab hand</b>: </span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"><span class="x" id="artistry__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="dab-hand__15"><span class="sn-g" id="dab-hand__16"><span class="def" id="dab-hand__17">a person who is very good at doing something or using something. E.g.</span><span class="x-gs" id="dab-hand__18"><span class="x-g" id="dab-hand__19"> <span class="rx-g" id="dab-hand__20"><span class="x" id="dab-hand__21">He's a dab hand at cooking spaghetti.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="dab-hand__24"> <span class="rx-g" id="dab-hand__25"><span class="x" id="dab-hand__26">She's a dab hand with a paintbrush.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"><span class="x" id="artistry__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="dab-hand__15"><span class="sn-g" id="dab-hand__16"><span class="x-gs" id="dab-hand__18"><span class="x-g" id="dab-hand__24"><span class="rx-g" id="dab-hand__25"><span class="x" id="dab-hand__26"><span class="sn-gs" id="cack-handed__15"><span class="sn-g" id="cack-handed__16"><span class="def" id="cack-handed__17"><b>a <span class="eb" id="cack-handed__18">cack-handed</span> person</b> often drops or breaks things or does things badly. E.g. That's a cack-handed way of going about it!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"><span class="x" id="artistry__25"><span class="sn-gs" id="dab-hand__15"><span class="sn-g" id="dab-hand__16"><span class="x-gs" id="dab-hand__18"><span class="x-g" id="dab-hand__24"><span class="rx-g" id="dab-hand__25"><span class="x" id="dab-hand__26"><span class="sn-gs" id="cack-handed__15"><span class="sn-g" id="cack-handed__16"><span class="def" id="cack-handed__17"><span class="oldsubentry" id="botch_1__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="botch_1__53"><span class="sn-g" id="botch_1__54"><b><span class="cf" id="botch_1__55"><span class="exp" id="botch_1__56">botch</span> something (up)</span></b> <span class="label-g" id="botch_1__57"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="reg" id="botch_1__58">informal</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="botch_1__59">to spoil something by doing it badly</span><span class="x-gs" id="botch_1__60"><span class="x-g" id="botch_1__61">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="botch_1__62"><span class="x" id="botch_1__63">He completely botched up the interview.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="botch_1__66"> <span class="rx-g" id="botch_1__67"><span class="x" id="botch_1__68">The work they did on the house was a <span class="cl"><b>botched job</b></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="artistry__15"><span class="sn-g" id="artistry__16"><span class="x-gs" id="artistry__18"><span class="x-g" id="artistry__24"><span class="x" id="artistry__25"><span style="color: black;"><span class="sn-gs" id="dab-hand__15"><span class="sn-g" id="dab-hand__16"><span class="x-gs" id="dab-hand__18"><span class="x-g" id="dab-hand__24"><span class="rx-g" id="dab-hand__25"><span class="x" id="dab-hand__26"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="cack-handed__15"><span class="sn-g" id="cack-handed__16"><span class="def" id="cack-handed__17"><b>a dog’s breakfast/dinner </b>a thing that has been done badly. Mess. E.g. He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts. </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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What is your opinion? Do you think Jamie <b>excelled at </b>it? Was he <b>hopeless at </b>it? Or just <b>middling</b>? Is this drawing <b>a curate's egg</b>?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>middling</b>: <span class="sn-gs" id="middling__16"><span class="def" id="middling__18">of average size, quality, status, etc. </span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="middling__16"><span class="def" id="middling__18"><span class="sn-gs" id="middling__16"><span class="x-gs" id="middling__24"><span class="x-g" id="middling__27"><span class="rx-g" id="middling__28"><span class="x" id="middling__29">Medium or average; neither very good nor very bad. </span></span></span></span></span>E.g. </span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="middling__16"><span class="x-gs" id="middling__24"><span class="x-g" id="middling__25"><span class="x" id="middling__26">a golfer of middling talent</span></span><span class="x-g" id="middling__27"> <span class="rx-g" id="middling__28"><span class="x" id="middling__29">‘Do you like your coffee weak or strong?’ ‘Oh, middling, please.’<b> </b>A man of about middling height. A middling performance. He was middling at school, and put his energies elsewhere. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="st"><span style="color: blue;">He was middling at studying, but a voracious reader who devoured whatever books he came across. He was middling in all the games he played.</span></span><br />
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<span class="st"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="ind"><b>a curate's egg: </b>a thing that is partly good and partly bad<i>. </i>E.g.</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"> this book is a bit of a curate's egg. Origin: early 20th century: from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek (= </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="meek__20"><span class="def" id="meek__22">quiet, gentle, and always ready to do what other people want)</span></span> curate who, given a stale (= </span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="stale__16"><span class="def" id="stale__20">no longer fresh and therefore unpleasant to eat)</span></span> egg at the bishop's table, assures his host that ‘parts of it are excellent’.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are two ways to look at this. <b>As a matter of fact</b>, I <b>am in a quandary</b>. I really can't decide which is
the correct way. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="pron-g" id="quandary__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"><b>quandary</b>: /</span><span class="ptl" id="quandary__12">ˈkwɒn</span>dəri<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="pron-g" id="quandary__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"><span class="sn-gs" id="quandary__22"><span class="sn-g" id="quandary__23"><span class="def" id="quandary__24">the state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation. Dilemma. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="quandary__22"><span class="sn-g" id="quandary__23"><span class="x-gs" id="quandary__28"><span class="x-g" id="quandary__29"> <span class="rx-g" id="quandary__30"><span class="x" id="quandary__31">George was <span class="cl"><b>in a quandary</b></span>—should he go or shouldn't he?</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="quandary__35"> <span class="rx-g" id="quandary__36"><span class="x" id="quandary__37">This placed the government in something of a quandary.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First of all, was this dishonest? Was he a <b>rogue</b>? </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>rogue</b>: </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="rogue_1__16"><span class="sn-gs" id="rogue_1__17"><span class="def" id="rogue_1__34"><span class="pron-g" id="rogue_1__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>rəʊɡ<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span>a man who is dishonest.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Would you say Ja<span style="font-family: inherit;">mie</span></span> <b>lifted the drawing from</b> Raymond Briggs's book? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="lift_1__52"><span class="sn-gs" id="lift_1__201"><b><span class="cf" id="lift_1__206"><span class="exp" id="lift_1__207">lift</span> something (from something)</span></b> <span class="def" id="lift_1__208">to use somebody’s ideas or words without asking permission or without saying where they come from. <b>Plagiarize</b>.</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">E.g.</span><span class="xr-gs" id="lift_1__209"><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/plagiarize" title="plagiarize definition"><span class="xr-g" id="lift_1__210"><span class="xh" id="lift_1__211"></span></span></a></span><span class="x-gs" id="lift_1__212"><span class="x-g" id="lift_1__213"> <span class="rx-g" id="lift_1__214"><span class="x" id="lift_1__215">She lifted most of the ideas from a book she had been reading.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I am really not sure. I'm in a predicament.
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<span style="color: blue;"><span class="pron-g" id="predicament__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"><span class="sn-gs" id="predicament__14"><span class="sn-g" id="predicament__15"><span class="x-gs" id="predicament__20"><span class="x-g" id="predicament__21"><span class="x" id="predicament__22"><b>predicament</b> </span></span></span></span></span>/</span>prɪˈdɪkəmənt<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="predicament__14"><span class="sn-g" id="predicament__15"><span class="def" id="predicament__16">a difficult or an unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do. Quandary. E.g. </span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="predicament__14"><span class="sn-g" id="predicament__15"><span class="x-gs" id="predicament__20"><span class="x-g" id="predicament__21"><span class="x" id="predicament__22">the club’s financial predicament.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="predicament__23"> <span class="rx-g" id="predicament__24"><span class="x" id="predicament__25">I'm in a terrible predicament.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>On the one hand</b>, he remembers having no feelings of guilt <b>whatsoever.</b> <b> </b></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>whatsoever</b>: not at all. Not of any kind. E.g. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="whatever_2__15"><span class="sn-gs" id="whatever_2__16"><span class="x-gs" id="whatever_2__33"><span class="x-g" id="whatever_2__39"><span class="rx-g" id="whatever_2__40"><span class="x" id="whatever_2__41">‘Is there any doubt about it?’ ‘None whatsoever.’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="oldsubentry" id="whatever_2__15"><span class="sn-gs" id="whatever_2__16"><span class="x-gs" id="whatever_2__33"><span class="x-g" id="whatever_2__39"><span class="rx-g" id="whatever_2__40"><span class="x" id="whatever_2__41"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>But
on the other hand</b>, he remembers that he didn't <b>divulge the secret</b> about
copying the image </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to anyone</span></span>. He took the praise <b>in full knowledge that</b> the truth
would probably have <b>invalidated </b>it.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="pron-g" id="divulge__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"><b>divulge</b>: /</span>daɪˈvʌldʒ<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="pron-g" id="divulge__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"><span class="sn-gs" id="divulge__52"><span class="sn-g" id="divulge__53"><span class="def" id="divulge__60">to give somebody information that is supposed to be secret. E.g. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="divulge__52"><span class="sn-g" id="divulge__53"><span class="x-gs" id="divulge__64"><span class="x-g" id="divulge__70"><span class="rx-g" id="divulge__71"><span class="x" id="divulge__72">She refused to divulge the information.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="divulge__75"> <span class="rx-g" id="divulge__76"><span class="x" id="divulge__77">The plans must not be divulged to anyone.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i>But I also think that copy<span style="font-family: inherit;">,</span> <b>remix</b> <span style="font-family: inherit;">and</span> <b>mashup</b> are essential for any individual to
develop drawing skills or indeed, to <b>develop any creative process</b>. So
perhaps there was something honest, or at least <b>necessary</b> and natural
going here.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>remix</b>: </span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span class="sn-gs" id="remix_1__14"><span class="sn-g" id="remix_1__15"><span class="def" id="remix_1__16">a
new version of a recorded piece of music made by using a machine to
arrange the separate parts of the recording in a different way, add new
parts, etc.</span><span class="x-gs" id="remix_1__17"><span class="x-g" id="remix_1__18"> <span class="x" id="remix_1__19">E.g. a remix of their first single.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="remix_1__20"> <span class="x" id="remix_1__21">An Elton John remix.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mashup__11"><span class="sn-g" id="mashup__12"><span class="def" id="mashup__13"><b>mashup</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="sn-gs" id="mashup__11"><span class="sn-g" id="mashup__12"><span class="def" id="mashup__13"><span class="pron-g" id="mashup__7"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈmæʃʌp<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span>a combination of elements from different sources used to create a new song, video, computer file, program, etc.</span><span class="x-gs" id="mashup__14"><span class="x-g" id="mashup__15"> <span class="x" id="mashup__16"><span style="font-family: inherit;">E.g. a</span> video mashup.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="mashup__17"> <span class="rx-g" id="mashup__18"><span class="x" id="mashup__19">Most mashups are simple remixes that DJs have been doing for decades.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="mashup__22"> <span class="rx-g" id="mashup__23"><span class="x" id="mashup__24">It’s a new web service that allows people to create mashups of movies, combining scenes from various films.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>necessary</b>: </span></span><span class="pron-g" id="necessary__10"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈnesə<span class="ptl" id="necessary__12">səri</span><span class="separator">/</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="pron-g" id="necessary__13"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span>ˈnesə<span class="ptl" id="necessary__15">seri</span><span class="separator">/</span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you consider </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>rem</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ixes</b> and <b>mashups</b></span></span></span> </span> acts of stealing<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>of <b>unoriginal thought</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, of p</span>lagiarism<span style="font-family: inherit;">, of l</span>aziness,...<span style="font-family: inherit;">?</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or, <span style="font-family: inherit;">d</span>o you consider <span style="font-family: inherit;">them creative and original <b>cultural acts</b>? Do you think <span style="font-family: inherit;">most things are <b>mashups</b>? Can you think of examples where multiple ideas, products,
music, literature, you name it, were <b>mashed-up, remixed and
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Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-76952644144233254292021-03-08T23:33:00.002+01:002021-10-21T23:55:44.851+02:00On Screen p 68. Essay about the impact of social media on human relationships. Written mediation task. Word Formation<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Read the instructions for the task. With the information given, produce a text using your own words. (approximately 200 words)</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> <br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span><b>Task description</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span>You have had a class discussion on the impacts of </span></span></span><span><span><span>social media.</span></span><span><span><span> Now your teacher has asked you to write</span></span> <b>an essay</b></span><span></span><span> for your class based on some opinions expressed in the discussion and to analyse the </span><span><span>positive and negative impacts of </span></span></span><span><span><span>social media</span></span></span><span><span>. You should say which impacts of social media </span></span><span><span><span><span><span>on human relationships are more significant, giving reasons in support of your answer.</span></span></span> Include </span><span><span>your own opinions on this subject.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>Write your <b>essay</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>Opinions expressed in the discussion:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"It's easy to keep in touch now that we've left school."</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"I've discovered a completely new hobby." </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"It's good to know there are people who share my views." </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"I feel everybody is having more fun than I am. This makes me feel increasingly despondent."</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"It seems everybody else has lots of friends. I feel so left out." <br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"My Instagram friends constantly publish selfies of their beautiful faces and bodies. I wish I were so good-looking" </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"Very often I see groups of friends looking at their phones and not speaking to one another" </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><b><span><span>"There are social media users who seem to enjoy taking the mickey out of other more sensitive users" </span></span> <br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #800180;">Sample answer</span></b><br /><br /> <b>The impacts of social media on human relationships</b><br /><br />Social
media has had a (1)_________ (REMARK) effect on human relationships in
the last few years. I will focus on the merits and (2)_________ (MERIT) I
think are particularly important. On one hand, how social media helps
people stay in touch with loved ones and facilitates finding people with
shared interests. And on the other hand, how it can damage self-esteem
and body image and may even be (3)_______________ (DETRIMENT) to
face-to-face communication.<br /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To begin
with, the main impact of social media is improving our ability to
communicate with one another. For example, in the past, when someone
left school or university, it was easy to lose touch with their friends.
Nowadays, however, not only can people (4)____________ (SUCCESS)
communicate with one another on social media platforms, but also keep up
to date (5)__________ (SIMPLE) by checking their posts, without needing
to directly talk to them. What is more, you can do this with people
anywhere in the world, because your geographical location is
(6)____________ (RELEVANCE) on social media.<br /><br />Furthermore, social
media platforms are ideal for putting (7)______________ (MIND) people
together. There are social media groups or communities for all interests
where you can share knowledge and ideas and even form (8)____________
(FRIEND). Say you are fan of a popular TV show and want to discuss it
with other fans, you will have no problem finding a forum to discuss it
on, no matter where you are in the world.<br /><br />On the other side of
the coin, teenagers on social media spend much of their time observing
the lives and images of their peers. This leads to constant comparisons,
which can harm their confidence and their self-image, (9)_____________
(EXACERBATION) depression and anxiety among adolescents. This is made
even worse by cyberbullying, which remains rampant on social media.
Unfortunately, it has been on the rise amongst adolescents due, in part,
to increased access to electronic devices, the Internet, and at times
lack of (10)_______________ (SUPERVISE) of online activity. It can be
argued that cyberbullying is a more (11)___________ (THREATEN) form of
aggression than traditional bullying, as cyberbullies can remain
(12)____________ (ANONYMITY), causing bullying to occur around the
clock. What is also an issue is that the act of a cyberbully can be
viewed (13)____________ (REPEAT) and shared with others without limit,
making it difficult for support networks to shield victims from
cyberbullying. (14)____________ (LIKE) traditional bullying,
cyberbullying can be (15)____________ (GO), even after the youth has
left school grounds, making a teen feel (16)___________ (HELP) and
without haven.<br /><br />In addition, cell phones connect us to people far
away – but distance us from the ones right in front of us. No one would
dispute the fact that smartphones have changed the world. As a matter of
fact, a quick glance around any street or (17)___________ (COMMUNE)
space shows how (18)______________ (DOMINATION) our favourite digital
devices have become. We are familiar with the sight of groups of
teenagers not talking, but (19)___________ (EAGER) composing messages
and posts on their screens. Or seeing couples dining (20)______________
(SILENT) in restaurants, ignoring the romantic (21)____________
(FLICKER) candle in favour of the (22)___________ (COMFORT) blue light
of their phones. But why do these devices that are meant to connect us
when we are far apart seem to cause so much division when we are close
together? There can be no doubt that even in a (23)________ (RAPID)
(24)____________ (DIGIT) world, face-to-face interactions remain the
most (25)____________ (INTIMACY) ones.<br /><br />In conclusion, there are
many positive aspects of social media for human relationships.
Personally speaking, I think the most (26)___________ (SIGNIFICANCE) of
these is how it enhances our ability to stay in touch, something that is
becoming (27)_____________ (INCREASE) difficult to do in real life due
to the changes our society is going through. Nevertheless, we need to be
aware of the (28)______________ (DESIRE) effects social media can
exert, not (29)__________ (LESS) on young minds and as a society take
the necessary measures to avoid any (30)___________ (HARM) consequences.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">KEY</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">1. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">remarkable </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">demerits</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">detrimental</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. successfully </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">simply</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">irrelevant</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">like-minded</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">friendships</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">exacerbating</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">supervision</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">threatening </span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">12. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">anonymous</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">13. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">repeatedly</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">14. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unlike</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">15. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">ongoing</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">16. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">helpless</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">17. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">communal</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">18. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">dominant</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">19. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">eagerly</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">20. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">silently</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">21. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">flickering</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">22. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">comforting</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">23. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">rapidly</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">24. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">digitised </span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">25. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">intimate</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">26. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">significant</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">27. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">increasingly</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">28. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">undesirable</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">29. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">least</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">30. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">harmful</span> </span> </span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-76200285334718957652021-03-07T22:39:00.002+01:002021-11-01T16:23:22.086+01:00On Screen p 67. Phubbing. Speaking Interaction. Cloze<br /><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span>7. What comes to mind when you see this picture? Remember that the pictures are there to give you ideas to talk about. You are not supposed to simply describe them. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_QiWDotfYXWPS4b8ez3GT96HuBjDBFbeKzDZKaNiMizWpuEp5_wJUN8peXO26Ryre2IJuUYt4ZddbXlJG_aeZg9e0Ld7xRDV54w1Q9dbFKWkxN2J4GYY4ZFS1PaKWVDsXsSahIAg/s2048/phubbing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_QiWDotfYXWPS4b8ez3GT96HuBjDBFbeKzDZKaNiMizWpuEp5_wJUN8peXO26Ryre2IJuUYt4ZddbXlJG_aeZg9e0Ld7xRDV54w1Q9dbFKWkxN2J4GYY4ZFS1PaKWVDsXsSahIAg/w400-h266/phubbing.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>A: Look at that couple over there. They are <b>unarguably phubbing</b> each other. <b>What I (1)_________ by this is that</b> they're staring at their smartphones and they're <b>altogether ignoring</b> each other. <b>If you (2)_________ me</b>, I think it was better before all these devices were invented. <b>How do you (3)____________ about it?</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>B: <b>I see what you (4)____________. It is evident that they are both too engrossed (5)___________ their phones (6)______________ pay attention to </b>each other. However, we must also <b>take into (7)____________</b> all the benefits that mobile technology has <b>brought (8)_____________</b>. <b>For (9)___________,</b> nowadays with our smartphones we can access the internet, take care of the finances or contact the office, <b>to name (10)__________ a few. Admittedly,</b> there is no way we (11)__________ have done that in the past.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>A: <b>You may have a (12)__________ there. But to my (13)_________, nothing (14)___________ good old-fashioned face-to-face conversations</b>. Nowadays, everyone is <b>glued (15)___________ </b>their devices, (16)_________ when they're with other people. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>B: <b>My thoughts (17)___________, yet</b> the world is changing <b>and (18)__________ is </b>the way that we communicate with each other. <b>Evidently,</b> new technologies <b>are (19)_________ to stay.</b><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>A: <b>Well, frankly I still think that</b> technology can have <b>a detrimental effect (20)_________ </b> human relationships.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>B: <b>Maybe </b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><b><span class="idm-g" id="same_idmg_2"><span class="x">there's some (21)____________ in what you say</span></span>. All the (22)_________, I think</b> all this new technology is really amazing!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>A:<b> I guess so, but actually to be honest, it's not my (23)_________ of tea!</b><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> 1. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>mean</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>2. </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>ask</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>3. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>feel </b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>4. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>mean</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>5. in/with </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>6. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>to</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>7. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>consideration/account</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>8. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>about</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>9. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>instance/example</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>10. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>but</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>11. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span>could</span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>12. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>point</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>13. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>mind</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>14. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>beats</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>15. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>to</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>16. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span>even</span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>17. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>exactly</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>18. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b> so</b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>19. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span>here</span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>20. on</b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>21. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b><span class="idm-g" id="same_idmg_2"><span class="x">truth</span></span></b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>22. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>same</b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span><b>All the same: in spite of something that you have just mentioned. Sp. de todas formas, aun así. I’m not likely to run out of money but, all the same, I’m careful. </b></span></span> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b> </b></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>23. </b></span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span><span><b><span><span><b>cup</b></span></span> </b></span></span></span> </b></span></span></span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-14539766404134365362021-03-03T13:28:00.003+01:002022-05-11T13:46:03.901+02:00On Screen p 63. Word Formation<p> Do Ex 9</p><p><b>cherry-picking</b>: the act of choosing the best people or things from a group and leaving those that are not so good.</p><p>E.g.</p><p>There can be no cherry-picking of statistics that happen to support your case.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>markedly</b> /ˈmɑːkɪdli / in a way that is very easy to notice. Sp. notablemente<br /></p><p>E.g.</p><p>Johnson and Rivera have markedly different leadership styles. </p><p>Trade has increased markedly</p><p><br /></p><p><b>remarkably</b>: /rɪˈmɑːkəbli/ in a way that is unusual or surprising and causes people to take notice. Synonym: astonishingly. Sp. notablemente, extraordinariamente, sorprendentemente. </p><p>E.g.</p><p>The car is in remarkably good condition for its age. </p><p>Remarkably, nobody was killed. </p><p>The two reports are remarkably similar.</p><p><span>Service quality to the local community had </span>remarkably deteriorated, <span>working conditions were poor and local council costs were rising.</span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-83280261619339328592021-02-28T13:22:00.005+01:002022-04-07T13:46:49.617+02:00On Screen p 59. A Great Catch. Narratives. Word Formation
Does anyone know what a DJI Phantom is? Can you guess?<p> </p><p> </p><p>KEY</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AsPQidzNzd1wK6k-koNVE0xgmMTnpiIfOCbEWpMtsFpXmdUX7K8KO4WwdmCvNev6O9xz1_lAocDzmrTKbz7-G2SOiM8ej6YFJbJuTQIvfXCW0UkPeXbsVnwhgEeirf-2KMcUh-IsYKjugKezrTQ0Rga-nUpzTwlplyrUbW54bPip90CfflI5e0cy/s665/phantom-241665483f93b3565a8d2c7b71c991db.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="665" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AsPQidzNzd1wK6k-koNVE0xgmMTnpiIfOCbEWpMtsFpXmdUX7K8KO4WwdmCvNev6O9xz1_lAocDzmrTKbz7-G2SOiM8ej6YFJbJuTQIvfXCW0UkPeXbsVnwhgEeirf-2KMcUh-IsYKjugKezrTQ0Rga-nUpzTwlplyrUbW54bPip90CfflI5e0cy/s320/phantom-241665483f93b3565a8d2c7b71c991db.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p><br />
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<b>Predict the story with these phrases:</b><br />
<br />
An aerial video<br />
A safety feature<br />
An automatic landing<br />
A GPS (Global Positioning System)<br />
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<b>Answer these questions:</b><br />
1. Is this a hobby that anyone here is interested in – making drone
aerial videos
?<br />
2.Can you guess how much a drone like this would cost? <br />
3. There’s something important that isn’t included in the price. Can you guess what it is?<br />
4. Imagine this: you are flying a drone and the battery dies. What do you think would
happen?<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Answers:</b><br />
2. (Answer: between 500
€
and 1500
€
)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
3. (Answer: the video camera. Other guesses may include: the remote control; the battery.)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
4. (Answer: the DJI Phantom has a
safety feature
. The drone will make
an
automatic landing
just before the battery dies. A
GPS
inside the drone will guide it back
to the same spot where it took off from.) <br />
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<b>Story text </b><br />
<b>Part one</b><br />
Drone <b>aerial videos</b>
are becoming more and more popular these days. Perhaps you’ve seen
some on YouTube –
bird’s-eye views
of urban landscapes and city landmarks for example.<br />
For
amateur enthusiasts
, the
DJI Phantom
is a popular model. A drone from the
DJI
Phantom
series can cost anything from between 500
€
and 1500
€
. That’s quite an expensive
piece of equipment and it doesn’t include the video camera.<br />
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the battery died while the drone was in
flight? Well, the DJI Phantom has
<b>a safety feature</b>
. Just before this happens, the drone will
make <b>an automatic landing</b>. <b>A
GPS
</b>(Global Positioning System) inside the machine will
guide it back to the same spot where it took off from.
Clever, no? What could go possibly
wrong?<br />
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<br />
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<b>YOUR TASK: </b><u><b> </b></u></p><p><u><b>Constructing a narrative</b></u><br />
<b> </b></p><p><b>Tell a story</b> which involves <b>a drone</b>. It takes place in the Netherlands
and it involves the following:<br />
- A <b>cold day </b>in December<br />
- An amateur <b>drone aerial video enthusiast</b><br />
- A <b>ditch</b> filled with ice-cold water<br />
<b>- Fully clothed</b><br />
<b>- Over 4 million views</b></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Using these prompts construct a narrative!</b></span> </p><p>Now I want you to work together to
guess what you think happens in the story. It doesn’t matter if you are right or if you
are wrong. This is a speaking activity. I want you to share ideas and <b>construct a
narrative</b>. Consider all of the details!</p><p>_____________________________________________________________<br /></p><p><b>TIP: </b><br /></p><p>The use of adjectives, adverbials, collocations, idioms,... will make your stories more colourful:</p><p>
</p><p><b>Examples of adverbials </b><br /><br />relatively, easily, suddenly, extremely, gratefully, desperately, dangerously, continuously, possibly, urgently, immediately, <br /> <br /> <b>Attitude adverbials </b><br /><br />amazingly,
apparently, astonishingly, unbelievably, clearly, conveniently,
curiously, disappointingly, disturbingly, evidently, (un)fortunately,
funnily, happily, indisputably, inevitably, interestingly, ironically,
laughably, luckily, miraculously, naturally, obviously, personally,
predictably, presumably, reassuringly, regrettably, rightly, sadly,
sensibly, strangely, (not) surprisingly, understandably, undoubtedly,
unexpectedly, unmistakably, (un)wisely, worryingly.</p><p>_______________________________________________________________________</p><p> </p><p><b>Vocabulary: </b><br /><b>a ditch</b>
: a long hole beside a road or a field that water goes into. Sp. zanja, cuneta, acequia. Note that in the
Netherlands, ditches can be very wide and deep!<br />
Google maps:<br />
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<b>an enthusiast</b>
: someone who is passionate about something (a hobby, for
example)<br />
<b>fully clothed</b>
: If someone is fully clothed, they have all of their clothes on. Fully dressed.</p><b>fully dressed</b>. adjective wearing clothes, including things such as shoes. E.g. She collapsed fully dressed on the bed<br />
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<b><b>Story text </b> </b><br />
<b>Part two </b><br /><b>Sample answer</b><br />
<b><b>Story text </b> </b><br />
<b>Part two </b><br /><p><b>A Great Catch </b><br /></p><p>It’s a cold day in December. A<b> </b>(1)_____________ (RELATE)<b> young</b> Dutch man called Zwier goes out with a group of friends to test his <b>brand new </b>DJI Phantom drone. <b>He begins by</b> placing it in the middle of a (2)___________ (FAIR)<b> quiet</b> road. <b>As if by </b>(3)___________ (MAGICALLY)<b>, </b>it takes off (4)_______________ (VERTICAL)<b> </b>and Zwier flies it (5)______________ (SMOOTHNESS) above the <b>local </b>(6)______________ (SUBURBS)<b> houses</b>, the (7)______________ (LEAVE)<b> trees</b>, the <b>almost </b>(8)______________ (DESERT)<b> roads</b> and <b>Holland’s </b>(9)________________ (UBIQUITY)<b> canals.</b><br /><br />After about 15 minutes, <b>however,</b> Zwier has a (10)_______________ (WHAT)<b> </b>(11)__________________ (EXPECTATIONS)<b> problem</b>: the battery seems to start to die and the (12)____________________ (STATE)<b> drone </b>begins to make an (13)__________________ (AUTOMATE)<b> </b>(14)_______________ (LAND)<b>.</b> <b>But to everybody’s surprise</b>, <b>instead of</b> landing on the<b> </b>(15)___________________ (PRACTICE)<b> empty road</b>, the drone <b>slowly </b>starts to come down above a <b>water-filled ditch.</b> The<b> minor problem</b> is that Zwier didn’t set the GPS (16)_______________ (CORRECTNESS)!<br /><br />The ditch is (17)_______________ (WIDTH)<b> and </b>(18)____________ (DEPTH) and the drone is going to land right in the middle of it. Zwier has (19)____________________ (ABSOLUTE)<b> no choice but to quickly </b>run to the ditch and <b>without </b>(20)____________________ (HESITANTLY) jump in, <b>fully clothed at that</b>. <b>(21)___________________ (OBVIOUSNESS), </b>the <b>ice-cold water </b>(22)_______________ (GRADUAL) comes up to his waist.<br /><br />Zwier (23)______________(ARDUOUS)<b> wades to</b> the centre of the ditch <b>as quickly as</b> he can, desperate to catch the <b>rather </b>(24)_____________ (COST)<b> drone</b> before it lands in the water. The water gets <b>deeper and deeper </b>as he goes: <b>first</b>, up to his chest, then up to his neck<b> and next </b>up to his chin.<br /><br />The drone is just centimetres from the surface. <b>However, just in the nick of time</b>, and <b>with all his effort</b>, Zwier reaches out his arms and makes a (25)____________ (HERO)<b> one-handed catch. </b>He spits out a (26)_____________________ (MOUTH)<b> of water</b> and (27)____________ (HAPPINESS)<b> smiles</b>. (28)__________________ (SURPRISE)<b>,</b> his friends cheer and applaud him<b> </b>(29)____________________ (ENTHUSIASM).<b> </b>(30)_____________
(CURIOSITY), Zwier’s (31)____________________ (COURAGE) catch was
caught on camera, which was attached to the drone that he saved! He then
decides to publish the video on YouTube and (32)_____________ (WITH)
weeks, it goes (33)_____________ (VIRULENT) and it is viewed over 4
million times.</p><p><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>KEY</b></span></p><p>1. <b>relatively</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>2. </b><b><b>fairly</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>3. </b><b><b>magic</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>4. </b><b><b>vertically</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>5. </b><b><b>smoothly</b></b></p><p><b><b><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"><span class="x">smoothness: </span></span></span></b></b><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"><span class="x"></span>the quality a surface has when it is completely flat and even, without any rough areas or holes.</span></span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span class="x">the smoothness of her skin</span></li></ul><p><b><b> </b> </b> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>6.</b> <b>suburban</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>7. </b><b><b>leafy</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>8. </b><b><b>deserted</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>9. </b><b><b>ubiquitous</b></b></p><p><b><b>ubiquity</b></b>
noun /juːˈbɪkwəti/ [uncountable] (formal or humorous) the fact
that something seems to be everywhere or in several places at the same
time; the fact that something is very common. E.g. the ubiquity
of the mass media.</p><p><b><b>ubiquitous </b></b>adjective
/juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/ [usually before noun] (formal or humorous) seeming
to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common.
E.g. the ubiquitous bicycles of university towns. The ubiquitous
movie star, Tom Hanks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>10. <b>somewhat</b></p><p><b>somewhat</b>
adverb /ˈsʌmwɒt/ (rather formal) to some degree, rather. E.g.
somewhat different/similar. I was somewhat surprised to
see him. The situation has changed somewhat since we last met.
What happened to them remains somewhat of a mystery. My
options are somewhat limited. <b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>11. unexpected</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>12. </b><b><b>state-of-the-art</b> </b></p><p><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">/ˌsteɪt əv ði ˈɑːt/</span></span> </p><p><a class="open oup_icons" title="Add to My Word Lists"><span aria-hidden="true" class="star-btn"></span></a><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">using the most modern or advanced techniques or methods; as good as it can be at the present time</span></span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span class="x">The system was state of the art.</span></li><li><span class="x">a state-of-the-art system</span></li><li><span class="x">The Physics Department has state of the art facilities.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>13. <b>automatic </b><br />/ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/</p><p><b>automate </b>verb
/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/ [usually passive] to use machines and computers
instead of people to do a job or task. Be automated. The entire
manufacturing process has been automated. The factory is now
fully automated. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>14. <b>landing</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>15. </b><b><b>practically</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>16. </b><b><b>correctly</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>17. </b><b><b>wide</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>18. </b><b><b>deep</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>19. </b><b><b>absolutely</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>20. </b><b><b>hesitation</b></b></p><p><b><b>hesitantly </b></b>adverb /ˈhezɪtəntli/ in a way that is slow because you feel uncertain, embarrassed or unwilling. <span> </span>E.g. He smiled hesitantly</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>21. <b>Obviously</b></p><p><b>obviousness </b>noun
/ˈɒbviəsnəs/ [uncountable] the fact of being easy to see or
understand. E.g. the obviousness of his injuries.<b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>22. </b><b><b>gradually</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>23. </b><b><b>arduously</b></b></p><p><b><b>arduously </b></b>adverb
/ˈɑːdʒuəsli/ in a way that involves a lot of effort and
energy, especially over a period of time. E.g. They searched
arduously for clues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>24. <b>costly</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>25. </b><b><b>heroic</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>26. </b><b><b>mouthful</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>27. </b><b><b>happily</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>28. </b><b><b>Unsurprisingly</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>29. </b><b><b>enthusiastically</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>30. </b><b><b>Curiously</b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>31. </b><b>courageous </b></p><br /><br />/kəˈreɪdʒəs/ showing courage. brave.<ul class="examples"><li><span class="x">a very courageous decision</span></li><li><span class="x">I hope people will be courageous enough to speak out against this injustice.</span></li></ul><p><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">32. </span></span></b><b><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">within </span></span> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>33. </b><b>viral</b></p><p><b>virulent</b> adjective /ˈvɪrələnt/ </p><p>1.
(of a disease or poison) extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to
have an effect. E.g. a virulent form of influenza. A
particularly virulent flu germ. </p><p>2. <span class="def">showing strong negative and bitter feelings</span></p><ul class="examples"><li><span class="x">virulent criticism</span></li><li><span class="x">virulent nationalism</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><b>Entire text:</b></p>It’s a cold day in December. A<b> relatively young</b> Dutch man called Zwier goes out with a group of friends to test his <b>brand new </b>DJI Phantom drone. <b>He begins by</b> placing it in the middle of a <b>fairly quiet</b> road. <b>As if by magic, </b>it takes off <b>vertically </b>and Zwier flies it <b>smoothly</b> above the <b>local suburban houses</b>, the <b>leafy trees</b>, the <b>almost deserted roads</b> and <b>Holland’s ubiquitous canals.</b><br /><br />After about 15 minutes, <b>however,</b> Zwier has a <b>somewhat unexpected problem</b>: the battery seems to start to die and the <b>state-of-the-art drone </b>begins to make an <b>automatic landing.</b> <b>But to everybody’s surprise</b>, <b>instead of</b> landing on the<b> practically empty road</b>, the drone <b>slowly </b>starts to come down above a <b>water-filled ditch.</b> The<b> minor problem</b> is that Zwier didn’t set the GPS <b>correctly</b>!<br /><br />The ditch is <b>wide and deep</b> and the drone is going to land right in the middle of it. Zwier has <b>absolutely no choice but to quickly </b>run to the ditch and <b>without hesitation</b> jump in, <b>fully clothed at that</b>. <b>Obviously, </b>the <b>ice-cold water gradually</b> comes up to his waist.<br /><br />Zwier <b>arduously wades to</b> the centre of the ditch <b>as quickly as</b> he can, desperate to catch the <b>rather costly drone</b> before it lands in the water. The water gets <b>deeper and deeper </b>as he goes: <b>first</b>, up to his chest, then up to his neck<b> and next </b>up to his chin.<br /><br />The drone is just centimetres from the surface. <b>However, just in the nick of time</b>, and <b>with all his effort</b>, Zwier reaches out his arms and makes a <b>heroic one-handed catch. </b>He spits out a <b>mouthful of water</b> and <b>happily smiles</b>. <b>Unsurprisingly,</b> his friends cheer and applaud him<b> enthusiastically</b>.<b> Curiously</b>,
Zwier’s <b>courageous</b> catch was caught on camera – the camera attached to the
drone that he saved! He then decides to publish the video on YouTube and
within weeks, it goes <b>viral</b> and it is viewed over 4 million times.
<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLVRYknQq5kYsKdXHxN-7FQ8QERZbfSvAP" width="500"></iframe></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-19058294548147617652021-02-28T12:32:00.008+01:002022-04-04T11:39:48.206+02:00On Screen p 59. How 'The War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast Created a National Panic. Extra Word Formation Cloze <p>Look at this photo and predict the story:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-r4ecv_FM6Kska6ZL_fPK1uP8FLdY850NINgGoTi2jbJqmI-o5FluiTFQG1YVuDXmlWHZol6pE-M1hWazzdAnTDM75quZOybJ_ifUB2guUDsbXo3TVnd6kNMWy2Mhyb3hRRSmjMmbymXDB7jHT28HGvwj4diY071_T9gxQZE1DIriMxHD2YlzJKJ/s580/Orson%20Welles%20War%20of%20the%20Worlds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="580" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-r4ecv_FM6Kska6ZL_fPK1uP8FLdY850NINgGoTi2jbJqmI-o5FluiTFQG1YVuDXmlWHZol6pE-M1hWazzdAnTDM75quZOybJ_ifUB2guUDsbXo3TVnd6kNMWy2Mhyb3hRRSmjMmbymXDB7jHT28HGvwj4diY071_T9gxQZE1DIriMxHD2YlzJKJ/w400-h173/Orson%20Welles%20War%20of%20the%20Worlds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Orson Welles' radio drama is the most famous broadcast in radio history. </p><p>As the clock struck 8 p.m. in New York City on the Halloween night of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles stood on a podium inside a Madison Avenue radio studio. The 23-year-old (1)______________ (THEATRE) star prepared to direct 10 actors and a 27-piece orchestra for the Columbia Broadcasting System’s (2)_____________ (WEEK) “Mercury Theatre on the Air” programme.
Millions of Americans, as they were every night, huddled around their radios, but (3)___________ (RELATIVE) few of them were listening to CBS when it was announced that Welles and his fellow cast members were presenting an original (4)_____________ (DRAMA) of the 1898 H.G. Wells science-fiction novel “The War of the Worlds.” Instead, most of the country was tuned in to NBC’s popular “Chase and Sanborn Hour,” which featured ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy.
Channel (5)____________ (SURF), however, was not a modern-day (6)___________ (INVENT), and (7)____________ (ORIENTATION) listeners who stumbled onto the “Mercury Theatre on the Air” without having heard the (8)____________ (CLAIM) at the top of the radio play were thrust into the middle of an hour-long drama that left some believing that the country was under attack.
The CBS programme opened (9)___________ (SERENE) with dulcet dance music played live by an orchestra.” Then, an actor (10)____________ (PORTRAY) an (11)_____________ (ANNOUNCE) broke in with a fake news report that several explosions of incandescent gas had occurred on Mars. In quick (12)____________ (SUCCESSIVE) came a series of (13)______________ (INCREASE) (14)____________ (ALARM), suspense-building newsflashes that culminated with Martian spacecrafts crashing into a farm in Grovers Mill, New Jersey.
For the rest of the hour, terror crackled over the airwaves. (15)_____________ (BREATH) reporters detailed an (16)_____________ (TERRESTRIAL) army of squid-like figures that killed thousands of (17)___________ (EARTH) with heat rays and black clouds of poison gas as they penetrated into New York City. Welles and the rest of the cast (18)___________ (PERSON) (19)_____________ (ASTRONOMY), state militia officials and even the Secretary of the Interior, who sounded like President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the end of the hour the director wrapped up the radio drama by telling his audience, “This is Orson Welles, ladies and gentlemen, out of character to assure you that ‘The War of the Worlds’ has no (20)__________ (FAR) (21)______________ (SIGNIFY) than as the holiday offering it was intended to be. The Mercury Theatre’s own radio version of dressing up in a sheet and jumping out of a bush and saying ‘boo!’” </p><p>KEY</p><p> </p><p>1. theatrical</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. weekly</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. relatively</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. dramatization</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5. surfing</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>6. invention</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>7. disoriented</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>8. disclaimer</p><p>disclaimer: a statement in which somebody says that they are not connected with or responsible for something, or that they do not have any knowledge of it. Sp. <span class="Wordclass"><span class="Sense" id="disclaimer__1"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">declaración de limitación de responsabilidad.</span></span></span></span></p><p>E.g.</p><p>They protect themselves by issuing various disclaimers. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9. serenely</p><p>serenely: <span class="phonetics"><span class="phon">/səˈriːnli/</span></span> in a calm and peaceful way.</p><p>E.g.<br /></p>a serenely beautiful scene<br />She smiled serenely.<p><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span></p><p><br /><br />dulcet /ˈdʌlsɪt/ sounding sweet and pleasant.</p><p>E.g.<br />I thought I recognized your dulcet tones (= the sound of your voice).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>10. portraying</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>11. announcer</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>12. succession</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>13. increasingly</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>14. alarming</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>15. Breathless</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>16. extraterrestrial</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>17. earthlings</p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">earthling: (in <span class="ndv">science fiction</span> stories) a word used by creatures from other planets to refer to a person living on the earth.</span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">18. </span></span><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">impersonated </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">19. </span></span><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">astronomers</span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">20. </span></span><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">further</span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">21. </span></span><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">significance </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def"> </span></span></p><p><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">Related Video:</span></span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZgTPgmJAWc" target="_blank"><span class="sensetop"><span class="def">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZgTPgmJAWc </span></span></a> </p><p><span class="phonetics"><span class="phon"> </span></span> </p><p>The National Panic That Followed The War of the Worlds </p><p>The fright that Welles put into America, however, was much greater than he thought. Although the program included a reminder at intermission that it was a dramatization, thousands of anxious and confused listeners believed it to be real. They besieged police departments, newspapers and CBS with phone calls. In New Jersey, ground zero for the fictitious invasion, national guardsmen wanted to know where they should report for duty, and the Trenton police department fielded 2,000 calls in under two hours. In Providence, Rhode Island, hysterical callers begged the electric company to cut power to the city to keep it safe from the extraterrestrial invaders.
Fear and anxiety had become a way of life in the 1930s, and it took little to rattle jittery Americans. The Depression had emptied their wallets, the gathering crisis in Europe threatened to ignite into war and just weeks earlier the Hurricane of 1938 had roared ashore. Plus, the Hindenburg disaster, which had been broadcast over the airwaves just the year before, was still fresh in the country’s collective psyche.
The newspaper industry also felt unease from the increasing popularity of radio as an informational and advertising medium, and seeing a chance to strike back at its growing rival, it gleefully collected the sporadic reports of individual confusion generated by “The War of the Worlds” and weaved them into a narrative of “mass hysteria.” Newspapers reported suicide attempts, heart attacks and exoduses from major metropolitan areas.
The New York Daily News printed the feverish headline “Fake Radio ‘War’ Stirs Terror Through U.S.” along with the photograph of a “war victim,” a woman in a sling who had heard the reports of black gas clouds in Times Square and ran out from her midtown apartment into the street where she fell and broke her arm. Similar stories of woe were printed from coast to coast and unleashed a media frenzy.
Orson Welles' Response
With threats of lawsuits swirling in the press, CBS went into damage control. At a hastily called press conference, a doe-eyed Welles displayed his theatrical acumen and expressed his remorse and shock at the public reaction. “I can’t imagine an invasion from Mars would find ready acceptance,” he said when asked if he pranked the country. Decades later, however, Welles admitted, “The kind of response was merrily anticipated by us all. The size of it, of course, was flabbergasting.”
The Federal Communications Commission did not sanction CBS or Welles, and the radio dramatist quickly spun his Halloween trick into a treat. Thanks to what became known as the “panic broadcast,” the radio program signed Campbell’s Soup as a sponsor, and soon after, Welles inked a deal to direct “Citizen Kane,” named by the American Film Institute as the greatest movie of all time.
</p><p> Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” radio play is broadcast</p><p> </p><p>
“The War of the Worlds”—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938.
Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’s 19th-century science fiction novel The War of the Worlds for national radio. Despite his age, Welles had been in radio for several years, most notably as the voice of “The Shadow” in the hit mystery program of the same name. “War of the Worlds” was not planned as a radio hoax, and Welles had little idea of how legendary it would eventually become.
The show began on Sunday, October 30, at 8 p.m. A voice announced: “The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the air in ‘War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells.”
Sunday evening in 1938 was prime-time in the golden age of radio, and millions of Americans had their radios turned on. But most of these Americans were listening to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy “Charlie McCarthy” on NBC and only turned to CBS at 8:12 p.m. after the comedy sketch ended and a little-known singer went on. By then, the story of the Martian invasion was well underway.
Welles introduced his radio play with a spoken introduction, followed by an announcer reading a weather report. Then, seemingly abandoning the storyline, the announcer took listeners to “the Meridian Room in the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown New York, where you will be entertained by the music of Ramon Raquello and his orchestra.” Putrid dance music played for some time, and then the scare began. An announcer broke in to report that “Professor Farrell of the Mount Jenning Observatory” had detected explosions on the planet Mars. Then the dance music came back on, followed by another interruption in which listeners were informed that a large meteor had crashed into a farmer’s field in Grovers Mills, New Jersey.
Soon, an announcer was at the crash site describing a Martian emerging from a large metallic cylinder. “Good heavens,” he declared, “something’s wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now here’s another and another one and another one. They look like tentacles to me … I can see the thing’s body now. It’s large, large as a bear. It glistens like wet leather. But that face, it… it … ladies and gentlemen, it’s indescribable. I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it’s so awful. The eyes are black and gleam like a serpent. The mouth is kind of V-shaped with saliva dripping from its rimless lips that seem to quiver and pulsate.”
The Martians mounted walking war machines and fired “heat-ray” weapons at the puny humans gathered around the crash site. They annihilated a force of 7,000 National Guardsman, and after being attacked by artillery and bombers the Martians released a poisonous gas into the air. Soon “Martian cylinders” landed in Chicago and St. Louis. The radio play was extremely realistic, with Welles employing sophisticated sound effects and his actors doing an excellent job portraying terrified announcers and other characters. An announcer reported that widespread panic had broken out in the vicinity of the landing sites, with thousands desperately trying to flee.
The Federal Communications Commission investigated the unorthodox program but found no law was broken. Networks did agree to be more cautious in their programming in the future. The broadcast helped Orson Welles land a contract with a Hollywood studio, and in 1941 he directed, wrote, produced, and starred in Citizen Kane—a movie that many have called the greatest American film ever made.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-War-of-the-Worlds-novel-by-Wells" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-War-of-the-Worlds-novel-by-Wells </a><br /></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-6640072585274433592021-02-28T11:51:00.010+01:002022-05-04T12:54:07.958+02:00On Screen p 58. University Life. Listening<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 115.059px; top: 592.973px; transform: scaleX(1.15156);">Progress Check 3</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 262.804px; top: 592.973px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 266.984px; top: 594.848px; transform: scaleX(1.0699);">– Exercise 3 (p. 58)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.057px; top: 621.435px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 200.012px; top: 621.435px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 204.778px; top: 621.298px; transform: scaleX(0.981756);">Welcome to Scholastic Spotlight. Today we’re</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.057px; top: 640.798px; transform: scaleX(1.03626);"> talking to Jessica Harper, a second year media student.</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 660.298px; transform: scaleX(0.961877);"> Good to have you in the studio, Jessica.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 679.935px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 172.741px; top: 679.935px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 176.923px; top: 679.798px; transform: scaleX(0.964105);">Hey, happy to be here.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 699.435px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 200.012px; top: 699.435px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 206.718px; top: 699.298px; transform: scaleX(1.02956);">So, Jessica, how’s it going so far this year?</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 718.798px; transform: scaleX(0.969446);"> You <b>settling back in</b> OK?</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 738.435px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 172.741px; top: 738.435px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 178.937px; top: 738.298px; transform: scaleX(1.01955);">Yeah, fine. It’s a lot easier second time round to</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 757.798px; transform: scaleX(0.959065);"> <b>find your sea legs</b> so to speak.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 777.435px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 200.012px; top: 777.435px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 204.412px; top: 777.298px; transform: scaleX(0.97299);">So, what’s the major difference you’ve noticed</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 796.798px; transform: scaleX(0.960664);"> between this time last year and now?</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 816.435px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 172.741px; top: 816.435px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 177.264px; top: 816.298px; transform: scaleX(0.969074);">Well, navigating <b>the ins and outs of</b> life on campus</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 835.798px; transform: scaleX(1.06021);"> is much easier when you know <b>the lay of the land</b>. I no</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.055px; top: 855.298px; transform: scaleX(0.993592);"> longer feel like <b>a fish out of water</b> and my <b>workload</b> is a bit</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 874.798px; transform: scaleX(1.01554);"> more <b>manageable</b>, now that I know what to expect, but <b>a</b></span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 894.298px; transform: scaleX(1.00516);"><b> striking difference</b> that I maybe wouldn’t have expected is</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 913.798px; transform: scaleX(0.978825);"> how much more I miss home this time round. I guess I was</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 933.298px; transform: scaleX(1.0409);"> so <b>caught up in </b>the <b>newness</b> of everything and trying to</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.055px; top: 952.798px; transform: scaleX(1.05053);"> meet new people and make new friends last year that I</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.055px; top: 972.298px; transform: scaleX(0.965035);"> didn’t have time to miss anyone.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.055px; top: 991.935px; transform: scaleX(1.08611);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 199.084px; top: 991.935px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 202.917px; top: 991.799px; transform: scaleX(0.947399);">How can you not have the time to miss people?</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 115.024px; top: 1011.44px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 172.709px; top: 1011.44px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 178.056px; top: 1011.3px; transform: scaleX(1.00352);">OK, it wasn’t so much that I didn’t have the time,</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.016px; top: 1030.8px; transform: scaleX(0.96032);"> more that my mind was occupied with so many other things.</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.016px; top: 1050.3px; transform: scaleX(1.03162);"> Last year was <b>a huge undertaking</b>, the first time I’d lived</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.015px; top: 1069.8px; transform: scaleX(1.07527);"> away from home and I was concentrating so much on</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.021px; top: 1089.3px; transform: scaleX(1.09317);"> making it work and putting all my energy into it, that I</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.013px; top: 1108.8px; transform: scaleX(1.02472);"> suppose my priorities were shifted. But after <b>catching up</b></span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.019px; top: 1128.3px; transform: scaleX(1.0135);"><b> with</b> all my friends and family over the summer, I realised</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.019px; top: 1147.8px; transform: scaleX(0.982972);"> how much I missed them. So this year I’m going to <b>make a</b></span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.022px; top: 1167.3px; transform: scaleX(1.0216);"><b> concerted effort to keep up-to-date with</b> everything that’s</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.025px; top: 1186.8px; transform: scaleX(1.07602);"> happening with them. I mean it’s important not to <b>lose</b></span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.03px; top: 1206.3px; transform: scaleX(0.970411);"><b> contact with </b>where you come from because that constitutes</span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.025px; top: 1225.8px; transform: scaleX(0.959353);"> a major factor in who you are.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 115.025px; top: 1225.8px; transform: scaleX(0.959353);"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.672px; top: 185.353px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 634.627px; top: 185.353px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 640.468px; top: 185.216px; transform: scaleX(1.01668);"><b>Too true</b>, and there are lots of ways to catch</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.672px; top: 204.717px; transform: scaleX(0.96633);"> up with loved ones.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.672px; top: 224.353px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 607.357px; top: 224.353px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 614.613px; top: 224.217px; transform: scaleX(1.03377);"><b>Absolutely,</b> but not every method is suitable for</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.672px; top: 243.716px; transform: scaleX(0.94189);"> everyone.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.672px; top: 263.353px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 634.627px; top: 263.353px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.809px; top: 263.217px; transform: scaleX(0.956125);">What do you mean?</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.672px; top: 282.853px; transform: scaleX(1.16764);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 606.186px; top: 282.853px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 610.822px; top: 282.716px; transform: scaleX(0.9539);">Well, I use social media to message my friends. It’s</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.67px; top: 302.216px; transform: scaleX(0.987171);"> great for catching up with someone wherever they are and</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.669px; top: 321.716px; transform: scaleX(0.954135);"> you can <b>stay in constant contact,</b> continuously updating your</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.667px; top: 341.216px; transform: scaleX(1.03002);"> information. It’s perfect for the younger generation. But I</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.666px; top: 360.716px; transform: scaleX(0.929129);"> would never use it to talk to my parents or my grandparents. It</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.664px; top: 380.216px; transform: scaleX(0.973226);"> just doesn’t seem right, <b>and, quite frankly, </b>my grandparents</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.663px; top: 399.716px; transform: scaleX(0.997885);"> wouldn’t know their way around it, they aren’t exactly <b>tech</b></span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.662px; top: 419.216px; transform: scaleX(0.952182);"><b> savvy</b> although I did manage to get my grandad to download</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.661px; top: 438.716px; transform: scaleX(0.935738);"> an instant messaging app on his phone before I left.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.66px; top: 458.353px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 634.615px; top: 458.353px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.797px; top: 458.216px; transform: scaleX(0.97487);">And how’s that going?</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.66px; top: 477.853px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 607.344px; top: 477.853px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 617.863px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.97631);">He’s</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 648.503px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 659.022px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.971354);">struggled</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 722.257px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 732.776px; top: 477.716px;">a</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 740.853px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 751.372px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(1.01677);">bit</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 768.369px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 778.887px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.989063);">with</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 806.729px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 817.248px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.995315);">it.</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 829.507px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 840.026px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.96112);">I’ve</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 863.702px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 874.22px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.960616);">had</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 899.581px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 910.099px; top: 477.716px;">a</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 918.177px; top: 477.716px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 928.695px; top: 477.716px; transform: scaleX(0.9715);">few</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.66px; top: 497.216px; transform: scaleX(1.034);"> conversations with him over the phone trying to <b>talk him</b></span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.659px; top: 516.716px; transform: scaleX(1.03848);"><b> through</b> all the functions, but he loves the fact that I can</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.659px; top: 536.216px; transform: scaleX(0.97938);"> send him pictures and videos of what I’m doing. It’s a great</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.658px; top: 555.716px; transform: scaleX(1.04576);"> way to include him in my new life. Another great way to</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.658px; top: 575.216px; transform: scaleX(0.964266);"> include everyone is with <b>video calling</b> on the computer. With</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.658px; top: 594.716px; transform: scaleX(0.960206);"> that we can have a <b>face-to-face</b> conversation with the whole</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.658px; top: 614.216px; transform: scaleX(1.04036);"> family, my parents, my grandparents, my brother, who’s</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.657px; top: 633.716px; transform: scaleX(1.00453);"> studying in France, and me. The only problem with that is</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.657px; top: 653.216px; transform: scaleX(0.952494);"> arranging when we’re all free.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.657px; top: 672.853px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 634.612px; top: 672.853px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.385px; top: 672.716px; transform: scaleX(0.954021);">Yeah, <b>group chats</b> can be fun, but you can also</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.657px; top: 692.216px; transform: scaleX(0.959328);"> miss a lot if people are talking at the same time.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.657px; top: 711.853px; transform: scaleX(1.19183);">Jessica:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 607.341px; top: 711.853px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 612.871px; top: 711.716px; transform: scaleX(1.01621);">Mmm, they do <b>take a bit of getting used to</b>, but I</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.656px; top: 731.216px; transform: scaleX(1.01329);"> think the <b>novelty</b> of seeing everyone is worth it. <b>Plus, </b>you</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.657px; top: 750.716px; transform: scaleX(0.993468);"> can use it to make telephone calls. I didn’t <b>see the point in</b></span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.656px; top: 770.216px; transform: scaleX(0.995678);"><b> </b>getting a landline while I was studying but my parents and</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.656px; top: 789.716px; transform: scaleX(0.972488);"> grandparents still have theirs and I use the computer to call</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.655px; top: 809.216px; transform: scaleX(1.05296);"> them. My grandma is very happy about that. She loves</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.654px; top: 828.716px; transform: scaleX(0.959766);"> having long conversations on the phone.</span><br role="presentation" /><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 549.654px; top: 848.353px; transform: scaleX(1.09809);">Interviewer:</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 634.609px; top: 848.353px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.791px; top: 848.216px; transform: scaleX(0.963451);">She sounds like most people’s grandmas.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 115.025px; top: 1225.8px; transform: scaleX(0.959353);"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.791px; top: 848.216px; transform: scaleX(0.963451);"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 115.025px; top: 1225.8px; transform: scaleX(0.959353);"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.791px; top: 848.216px; transform: scaleX(0.963451);">Vocabulary</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 115.025px; top: 1225.8px; transform: scaleX(0.959353);"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.791px; top: 848.216px; transform: scaleX(0.963451);"> </span></span><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="font-size: small; left: 115.025px; top: 1225.8px; transform: scaleX(0.959353);"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="left: 638.791px; top: 848.216px; transform: scaleX(0.963451);"><span dir="ltr" face="sans-serif" role="presentation" style="left: 115.056px; top: 718.798px; transform: scaleX(0.969446);"><b>settling back in: </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> to have returned to where you used to live, and to get accustomed once again to life as it used to be, with your old habits.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />E.g.<br /><br />When the war was over I settled back into my routine" = Terminado la guerra regresé confortablemente a mi rutina. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>sea legs</b>: a person's ability to keep their balance while walking on a moving ship and to not be ill.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">E.g.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>find/get your sea legs</b> I felt awful yesterday. But, thankfully, I’ve found my sea legs now </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">It won't take you long to find your sea legs.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x"><b>the ins and outs of something</b> all the facts and details of something. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">E.g.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">The book guides you through the ins and outs of choosing and growing garden flowers. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">the ins and outs of the problem </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">He quickly learned the ins and outs of the job</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x"><b>the lie of the land</b> (British English) (North American English <b>the lay of the land</b>) </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">1. the way the land in an area is formed and what physical characteristics it has </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">E.g.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">The castle was hidden by the lie of the land. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">2. the way a situation is now and how it is likely to develop.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">E.g.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x">Check out the lie of the land before you make a decision.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /><b><br />be/get caught up in something</b> to become involved in something, especially when you do not want to be. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">E.g.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Innocent passers-by got caught up in the riots.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>undertaking:</b> an important job, piece of work, or activity that you are responsible for. Sp. proyecto, tarea.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">E.g.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Starting a new business can be a risky undertaking.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A concerted effort </b>or<b> attempt</b> is determined and serious. Sp. <span class="Wordclass"><span class="Sense" id="concerted__1"><span class="Lexubox" id="concerted__2"><span class="Sense" id="concerted__3"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">hacer un gran esfuerzo.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">E.g.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There has been a concerted campaign against the proposals. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">He's making a concerted effort to improve his appearance.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>(all/only) too true</b> used to say that you know something is true, when you do not like it. Used for saying that something is true when you wish that it was not. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">E.g.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">‘It’s not as easy as it looks.’ ‘Too true!’ </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is only too true that people are judged by their accents.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sadly the rumour is all too true.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><b><span class="PHRVPATT">talk somebody through something</span></b><span class="Translation"> <span class="TRAN">to explain to somebody how something works so that they can do it or understand it. Sp. explicarle algo a alguien paso por paso</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">E.g.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">Can you talk me through the various investment options?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><b>see the point in (doing)</b> (something) To understand or appreciate the meaning, reason, or importance of (doing) something. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">E.g.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">I just don't see the point in another year in high school when I know I can go find work now! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Head"><span class="Phrvsense" id="talk-through__2"><span class="Translation"><span class="TRAN">I hope you see the point in all the things your mother and I do for you! </span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="x"></span></p>Tomeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12612507778890792004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419603078670743750.post-89511532131936752522021-02-24T22:31:00.000+01:002021-11-08T13:13:49.931+01:00On Screen p 54. 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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><b>1. MONOLOGUE. Prepare a talk of AT LEAST 5 minutes on the subject.
You may use the pictures above and the contents below if you wish:</b></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="head_1__270">"The sum of human wisdom is not contained in
any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all
forms and degrees of human comprehension." </span></span></b></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="head_1__270"><b>Ezra Pound</b> (</span></span>Ezra
Weston Loomis Pound) (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an
expatriate American poet and critic who was a major figure of the early
modernist movement.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN">Do you think the majority of languages around the
world will eventually <b>die out</b>?</span></span><span lang="EN"> Do you think that governments should have programmes
to protect <b>minority languages</b>, or should we accept that they will die out? Can you think of any <b>dead languages</b>? Do you think that their speakers would have predicted that their languages would eventually die out? </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is <b>social media</b> saving dying languages? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN">What would be the advantages and disadvantages of
having a <b>global language</b>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">You may make some notes for your talk to take into the exam. These should not exceed five lines. </span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> 2. INTERACTION </span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
In this part of the test, the examiner will ask you some questions
about issues related to the TOPIC. Remember that you are expected to
have a conversation as natural as possible and give full answers. This
part of the examination will last AT LEAST 5 minutes. You will not see
the questions below. </span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> ________________________________________ </span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> <span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /> TEACHER'S QUESTIONS </span></span><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></h4>
1.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: black;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"></b></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: black;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you <b>appreciate it</b> when English speakers<b> make an effort </b>to <b>enunciate </b>each word slowly and carefully so that you understand them? or do you find it <b>patronising</b>?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Are they being <b>thoughtful and considerate</b>? or do you feel <b>belittled</b>? Does it <b>bolster your confidence</b>? or do you get the impression they are<b> demeaning</b> you?<br />
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</span><span lang="EN">2. Do you like the way your <b>mother tongue</b> is changing? </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN">What do you think the future of your mother tongue is?</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN">3. Can you think of any advantages and disadvantages of using English as a <b>lingua franca</b>?</span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN">4. Do you like to <b>adopt</b> new words and expressions?</span><br />
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN">5. </span>Can you think of any instances in which people<span class="n-g" id="command_1__56"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="command_1__61"> are expected to have a <b>good command of</b> English?</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN">6. In what situations should you </span><b>mind your language</b>?<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span lang="EN">7. Can you tell us about the last time you faced a <b>language barrier</b>?</span><br />
<span lang="EN">8. When was the last time you couldn't </span><b>get a word in edgeways?</b><br />
9. Do you prefer to listen to someone who <b>beats about the bush</b> or who <b>gets</b> <b>to the point</b>? <br />
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10. When was the last time you witnessed two people <b>talking at cross purposes</b>?<br />
11. Have you ever had to <b>give</b> anybody <b>a good talking-to</b>?<br />
12. Do you have any friends who always<b> talk shop</b>? How do you feel about it?<br />
13. Do you find it irritating when they ask you to<b> run everything by again</b>? <br />
14. Have you ever been in a situation in which you <b>couldn't</b><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="head_1__270"><b> make head nor tail of</b> what was being said?</span></span><br />
<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="head_1__270">15. When was the last time you </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="head_1__270"><b>got the wrong end of the stick</b>? </span></span><br />
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<b>Useful language</b> <br />
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<b><u>Monologue questions: sample answer</u> </b><br />
Some languages are <b>in a very poor state</b> nowadays, <b>particularly given today’s climate of mass culture </b>and so on.<br />
For instance, I have often heard stories of punishment that my parents received for speaking their own language at school. They are able to laugh about it now, but at the time <b>it was considered deeply shaming</b>. It made them feel as <b>the country bumpkin</b>, someone to be <b>despised</b>.<br />
On the one hand these punishments were effective <b>in the sense that</b> they lowered the status of a language. On the other hand they also <b>caused resentment</b> and made people more <b>defiant towards</b> the authorities. You know, it can be a bit <b>like pruning a tree</b>- if you <b>cut it back</b>, it grows much stronger.<br />
However, globalisation and tourism are much more powerful forces which represent a much bigger <b>threat to</b> the survival of a minority language<br />
Although tourism can give a language status by attracting outside interest in it, it can also have a negative effect on local cultures. You know, here in Mallorca, the natives <b>moan about</b> the <b>influx of </b>outsiders and how they <b>buy up </b>land <b>at giveaway prices</b> to build holiday cottages, and how it’s destroying their culture, and so on. But then the very same people are selling up their farms so they can run hotels or open souvenir shops. Understandable, perhaps, but they’re encouraging the very thing they’re complaining about.<br />
If no positive action is taken, some languages will simply die out. The problem is that some people are indifferent, and even hostile to their own language. They think it’s of no use in the modern world, which they so desperately want to be part of. Fortunately, though, there are enough people around who realize that to lose your mother tongue is like losing a part of yourself. Your language makes you who you are. And if you spoke a different language, maybe you would be a different person.<br />
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People on their own can’t do much.<b> It is really up to</b> the authorities to legislate to ensure the survival of minority languages.<br />
I think there are several things you can do. Firstly, of course, the authorities would have to bring in some language experts to analyse the present situation. Secondly, these experts…<br />
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Many languages in the world are slowly dying from <b>increased
globalisation</b> and <b>wider dissemination</b> of more dominant or popular
languages. Many countries have one main language of use and several
other dialects that are being forgotten or abandoned.<br />
In South America, where there used to be huge linguistic diversity,
many of these native languages have <b>become extinct</b> or are <b>in danger of
extinction</b>, with the huge promotion of Spanish and Portuguese as the <b><i>lingua franca</i></b>. However, with the<b> advent of </b>new technology, some of these dying languages can now also <b>reach to wider audiences</b>.<br />
In Southern Chile, youth that speak a language called <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huilliche_people" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Huilliche people">Huilliche</a>
produce rap videos and post them on the internet in their native
tongue. In the Philippines, youth send text messages to each other in
their native tongues. It seems that although technology helps bring
ideas, and thus language assimilation, to the most remote parts of the world, it also gives these languages a chance to <b>reach out</b> and <b>fight off extinction</b>.<br />
Linguists have noted that youth are more keen to use their native
language through modern technology when their peers use it, especially
through texting, because <b>it is deemed as</b> “cool.” There has been a direct
correlation between teenagers’ access to technology and more interest in
learning and retaining their native languages and dialects.<br />
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Some believe that a global language would be beneficial because the idea that one
country is better than another just because they speak one language
would be forgotten. Everyone could get along and maybe even the wars
would <b>fade away</b>, eventually. Also, communication would no longer be a
problem. Business, travel, and trade would be much easier because we could
all talk to each other easily.<br />
On the other hand even though one global language would be nice to have, humans come from
diverse ethnic backgrounds and many cultures. A single global language would
lead to <b>homogeneity</b> /<span class="i" id="homogeneity__5">ˌhɒmədʒəˈniːəti/ </span>as opposed to <b>differentiation</b>. Verbal understanding
would be better, but the <b>diversification</b> /<span class="dr-g" id="diversify__36"><span class="i" id="diversify__42">daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ </span></span>of ideas would cease. Darwin's
theory of evolution preaches diverse species survive whereas ones that
can't adapt fail. Humans need diverse languages in order to move forward
with our society in a positive way. <br />
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<u><b>Vocabulary </b></u><br />
<span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><b><span class="cf" id="enunciate__57"><span class="exp" id="enunciate__58">enunciate</span> (something)</span></b> <span class="def" id="enunciate__60">to say or pronounce words clearly. E.g. He doesn't enunciate (his words) very clearly.</span><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"> <span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64">She enunciated each word slowly and carefully.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="patronize__66"><b><span class="cf" id="patronize__71"><span class="exp" id="patronize__72">patronise</span> (somebody)</span></b> (also -ize)<span class="label-g" id="patronize__73"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="reg" id="patronize__74">disapproving</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="patronize__75">to
treat somebody in a way that seems friendly, but which shows that you
think that they are not very intelligent, experienced, etc.</span><span class="x-gs" id="patronize__76"><span class="x-g" id="patronize__77"> E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="patronize__78"><span class="x" id="patronize__79">Some television programmes tend to patronize children.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><b><span class="cf" id="belittle__54"><span class="exp" id="belittle__55">belittle</span> somebody/something</span></b> <span class="def" id="belittle__56">to make somebody or the things that somebody does seem unimportant</span><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__58">. E.g. <span class="rx-g" id="belittle__59"><span class="x" id="belittle__60">She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"> <span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65">By saying this, I do not mean to belittle the importance of his role. He spoke to me in a </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65">belittling tone. A person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65"><b>bolster</b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65"><span class="pron-g" id="bolster_1__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator">/</span><span class="ptl" id="bolster_1__14">ˈbəʊl</span>stə(r)<span class="separator">/ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65"><span class="pron-g" id="bolster_1__12"><span class="phon"><span class="separator"><span class="oldsubentry" id="bolster_1__56"><span class="sn-gs" id="bolster_1__57"><span class="sn-g" id="bolster_1__58"><span class="def" id="bolster_1__59">to improve something or make it stronger</span><span class="x-gs" id="bolster_1__60"><span class="x-g" id="bolster_1__61">. E.g. <span class="x" id="bolster_1__64">to <span class="cl"><strong>bolster somebody’s confidence/courage/morale</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. More money is needed to bolster the industry.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65">She tried to bolster my confidence/morale (= encourage me and make me feel stronger) by telling me that I had a special talent. They need to do something to bolster their image.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="sn-gs" id="enunciate__52"><span class="x-gs" id="enunciate__61"><span class="x-g" id="enunciate__62"><span class="rx-g" id="enunciate__63"><span class="x" id="enunciate__64"><span class="sn-gs" id="belittle__52"><span class="sn-g" id="belittle__53"><span class="x-gs" id="belittle__57"><span class="x-g" id="belittle__63"><span class="rx-g" id="belittle__64"><span class="x" id="belittle__65"><span class="sn-gs" id="demean__52"><b><span class="cf" id="demean__64"><span class="exp" id="demean__65">demean</span> somebody/something</span></b> <span class="def" id="demean__66">to make people have less respect for somebody/something.</span> <span class="xr-gs" id="demean__67"><span class="prefix"></span> <span class="xr-g" id="demean__68"><span class="xh" id="demean__69">Degrade. E.g.</span></span></span><span class="x-gs" id="demean__70"><span class="x-g" id="demean__71"> <span class="rx-g" id="demean__72"><span class="x" id="demean__73">Such images demean women.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="demean__76"> <span class="rx-g" id="demean__77"><span class="x" id="demean__78">Behaviour like this demeans politics.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b>lingua franca</b>: /<span class="i" id="lingua-franca__8">ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ </span>a medium of communication used between people who speak different languages. E.g. <span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="lingua-franca__14">English has become a lingua franca in many parts of the world.</span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="lingua-franca__14"><b>global language</b>: a language used all around the world. E.g. English has become a global language. </span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="lingua-franca__14"><b>command of a language</b>: /<span class="i" id="command_1__10">kəˈmɑːnd/ </span>ability to use a language. E.g. <span class="n-g" id="command_1__56"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="command_1__61">Applicants will be expected to have (a) good command of English.</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="lingua-franca__14"><b>mind/ watch your language</b>: pay attention to the words that you use (for example, in order not to appear rude). E.g. <span class="ids-g" id="language__83"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="language__87">Watch your language, young man!</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="lingua-franca__14"><b>language barrier</b>: a breakdown in communication as a result of
people not having a common language in which to communicate. The
difficulties faced when people who have no language in common attempt to
communicate with each other. E.g. <span class="st"> Investigators faced a language barrier because the husband and wife only spoke Cantonese. </span>The couple then went to a local French hospital, but the language barrier proved a slight problem. </span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="lingua-franca__14"><b>(not) get a word in edgeways</b><span class="z"></span><span class="vs-g" id="word_1__137"><span class="z"></span></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="word_1__140">(not) to be able to say anything because somebody else is speaking too much. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="word_1__141">When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<b>beat about the bush</b><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_g">British English</span><span class="z">)</span><span class="vs-g" id="beat_1__155"><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_g">North American English</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="v"><b>beat around the bush</b></span><span class="z">)</span></span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="beat_1__158">to talk about something for a long time without coming to the main point. E.g. </span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="beat_1__159">Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.</span></span><br />
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<span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="beat_1__159"><b>to the point</b><span class="d" id="point_1__311"><b> </b>expressed in a simple, clear way without any extra information or feelings. Pertinent. Relevant. E.g. </span><span class="ids-g" id="point_1__264"><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="point_1__315">The letter was short and to the point. </span></span></span><span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example">His evidence was brief and to the point. </span></span><span class="illustration">Please get to the point of all this.</span> <span class="illustration">Will you kindly get to the point? (</span>get to the important part).</span></span><br />
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<span class="d" id="cross-purposes__9"><span class="d" id="cross-purposes__9"><span class="dhb" id="cross-purposes__10"><b>cross purposes</b>: /</span></span></span><span class="pron">ˌkrɒs ˈpɜːpəsɪz/ </span><span class="d" id="cross-purposes__9"><span class="d" id="cross-purposes__9"><span class="dhb" id="cross-purposes__10"></span></span></span><span class="d" id="cross-purposes__9"><span class="d" id="cross-purposes__9"><span class="dhb" id="cross-purposes__10"></span></span>if two people are <span class="dhb" id="cross-purposes__10">at cross purposes</span>, they do not understand each other because they are talking about or aiming at different things, without realizing it. E.g. </span>I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all. <span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example_nbr">I think we're/they're at cross-purposes<span class="trg"><span class="tr"> (Sp. creo que estamos/están hablando de cosas distintas).</span></span></span></span> <span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example">We seem to be talking at cross-purposes<span class="trg"><span class="tr"> (Sp. esto parece un diálogo de sordos).</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example"><span class="trg"><span class="tr"><span class="st"><b>talking-to: </b></span><span class="d" id="talking-to__13">a serious talk with somebody who has done something wrong</span>. E.g. to give somebody a good talking-to. <span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example">They <b>gave</b> Peter <b>a talking-to</b> about solving problems with words, not fists. </span></span>The boss gave us a real talking-to at half time and we came out with more aggression for the second half.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example"><span class="trg"><span class="tr"><b><span class="hw">run <span class="idir">something</span> by <span class="idir">(someone)</span> <span class="idir">(again)</span></span></b> to explain something to someone again; to say something to someone again. E.g. <span class="illustration">I didn't hear you. Please run that by me again. Please run it by so we can all hear it.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example"><span class="trg"><span class="tr"><span class="illustration"><b>get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick</b><span class="z"><b> </b>(</span><span class="z_g">British English</span><span class="z">, </span><span class="z_r">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d" id="wrong_1__110">to understand something in the wrong way. To misunderstand something. E.g. </span>The game was probably the most sensitive treatment and realistic
treatment of battle displayed in a video game at that point, so
obviously, the media got the wrong end of the stick. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b>reach out to someone</b> to ask someone for help. E.g. She urged him to reach out to his family.<br />
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<b>fight somebody/something off</b><span class="d" id="fight_1__178"><b> </b>to resist somebody/something by fighting against them/it</span>. E.g. The jeweller was stabbed as he tried to fight the robbers off.<br />
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<b>deem</b>: <span class="d" id="deem__18">to have a particular opinion about something. Consider.</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="deem__22"> E.g. The evening was deemed a great success. </span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="deem__23">I deem it an honour to be invited.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="deem__24"> She <span class="cl"><b>deemed it</b></span> prudent not to say anything.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="deem__26"> They would take any action <span class="cl"><b>deemed necessary</b></span>.</span></span><span class="exampleGroup exGrBreak"><span class="example"><span class="trg"><span class="tr"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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