ni2 26/2/13

Homework for next week: p. 62 and 63

Homework for next class: write a couple of sentences about your house using the vocabulary on page 64.

it's a wonder (that) = surprising

especially spoken used to say that something is very surprising:

It's a wonder no one got hurt.

You didn’t sleep at all.

No wonder Italy had such results in the elections.

 The latest gadgets

not a thing = nothing

 [singular, uncountable] used as part of a negative statement to mean 'anything'

I couldn't find a thing that I wanted to buy.

He took his glasses off and couldn't see a thing.

Don't worry about a thing.

couch potato [countable]

someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television

live wire [countable]

1 informal someone who is very active and has a lot of energy

PhD British English , Ph.D. American English [countable]

Doctor of Philosophy

a university degree of a very high level, which involves doing advanced

make a profit / loss.

Run up debts

side effect [countable]

1 an effect that a drug has on your body in addition to curing pain or illness

harmful/serious/adverse etc side effect

a natural remedy with no harmful side effects

basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/ UK  US  sustantivo

sótano

courtyard /ˈkɔːtjɑːd/ UK  US  sustantivo

patio

patio /ˈpætiəʊ/ UK  US  sustantivo

patio [parte pavimentada de un jardín]

A courtyard is pretty much enclosed on all sides while a patio is not enclosed but bordered by the building for which it serves as a patio.

Patio is an area (normally in a garden) with laid stone paving, and backyard is the US version of our British "garden" (jardín).

neat /niːt/ UK  US  adjetivo

1 ordenado -a

neat and clean limpio -a y ordenado -a

2 pulcro -a

3 neat handwriting buena letra

4 (eficaz) hábil

5 (referido a bebidas) solo -a

6  AmE genial, guay