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Homework: grammar bank 6A p.137 and vocabulary: confusing verbs p. 149 ex 2.

young ¹ /jʌŋ/

journey ¹ / ˈdʒɜːrni / || / ˈdʒɜːni/

bored /bɔːrd / || /bɔːd/

…and they lived happily ever after (fueron felices…)

Partridge / ˈpɑːrtrɪdʒ / || / ˈpɑːtrɪdʒ/ (perdiz)

Know: (saber quien es esa persona)

Be familiar with somebody/something [transitive not in progressive] to be familiar with a person, place etc:

I've known her for twenty years.

 Are you really thinking of leaving Kevin for a guy you barely know?

 Do you know the nightclub on the corner of Maine Street?

 I don't know him very well.

 We're still getting to know each other really.

Meet: (conocerla la primera vez que os veis)

See somebody for the first time

 [intransitive, transitive not in passive] to see and talk to someone for the first time, or be introduced to them:

We met in Florence.

I met my husband at university.

Jane, come and meet my brother.

Bor‧row [intransitive and transitive]

1 to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later [↪ lend, loan]:

Can I borrow your pen for a minute?

Borrow something from somebody

You are allowed to borrow six books from the library at a time.

They borrowed heavily (=borrowed a lot of money) from the bank to start their new business.

! Do not confuse borrow (tomar prestado) and lend (dejar) (=give someone permission to use something of yours): I borrowed his bike/He lent me his bike. | Can you lend me your pen/can I borrow your pen?

Queue ¹ /kjuː/ cola

Surprisingly /səˈpraɪzɪŋli/

Captain ¹ / ˈkæptən / || / ˈkæptɪn/

Aeroplane / ˈerəpleɪn / || / ˈeərəpleɪn/

Engineer ¹ / ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/

Reputation / ˈrepjʊˈteɪʃən/

directly /daɪˈrektli/

towards [tə'wɔ:dz, tɔ:dz]

Crash

1

Car/plane etc

 [Intransitive and transitive] to have an accident in a car, plane etc by violently hitting something else [↪ collide]:

The jet crashed after take-off.

Crash into/onto etc

The plane crashed into a mountain.

Crash a car/bus/plane etc

He was drunk when he crashed the car.

Spill past tense and past participle spiltespecially British English or spilled especially American English

1 [intransitive and transitive] if you spill a liquid, or if it spills, it accidentally flows over the edge of a container [↪ pour]:

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