ni2 13-14/11/13

Homework: p.34, grammar, present perfect questions and answers, -ing/-ed adjectives, p. 35, developing conversations, collocations, forming words, language patterns and vocabulary (for Monday) AND p. 120 and 121, writing (For Wednesday).

Lose track:

To not know what is happening to someone or something any more.

I've lost track of how much we've spent.

As well: also

Are you going to invite Steve as well?

Also, extra, and in addition

As well as sth

In addition to something

They have lived in the United States as well as Britain.

- As well as something/somebody

In addition to something or someone else:

They own a house in France as well as a villa in Spain.

- As well as doing something

The organization gives help and support to people in need, as well as raising money for local charities.

technique /t ekˈniːk/

injury /ˈɪn dʒəri/

period /ˈpɪəriəd/

Since, for, during, over

Use since to say that something started at a point in time in the past, and is still continuing

• He has been living in Leeds since 1998.

• We've known about it since May.

Since is usually followed by a time expression ('last year', 'this morning', '4 o'clock' etc) or by the simple past tense. Use the present perfect or the past perfect in the other clause

• I have loved movies since I first went to the cinema.

• He had been seriously ill since Christmas.

!!Speakers of British English usually say it is a long time/two weeks etc since..., and speakers of American English it has been a long time/two weeks etc since..., but both uses are correct

• It's weeks (BrE)/It's been weeks (AmE) since I saw Grandma.

Use for when you state the length of time that something has been happening

• We have known each other for ten years (NOT since ten years).

• I had been waiting for hours (NOT since hours).

• I haven't seen him for ages (NOT since ages).

During  and over are used when you state the period of time in which something happens or changes

• During her first year at college, she had several boyfriends.

• Over the last six months, crime has doubled.

Indistintamente  adv     

(por igual)                    equally adv

unclear                         indistinctly adv

     

 Compound Forms:

usar indistintamente           use interchangeably

Labourer UK ( US laborer ) /ˈleɪb ə rə r / noun [C]

A worker who uses a lot of physical effort in their job

A farm labourer

creative /kriˈeɪtɪv/

pressure /ˈpreʃər /

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varied / ˈveərɪd/

lack of sth

not having something, or not having enough of something

a lack of food/money

a lack of facilities for young people

Scarce /skeəs/ adjective

rare or not available in large amounts

scarce resources 

Ever since: always since that time.

We met at school and have been friends ever since.

Gardeni ng /ˈgɑːdənɪŋ/

civil /ˈsɪvəl/

plumber /ˈplʌmər /

engineer /ˌendʒɪˈnɪər /

surgeon /ˈsɜː dʒən/

labourer UK (laborern, at labourer n US laborer) /ˈleɪbərər /

Estate agent [countable]

British English someone whose business is to buy and sell houses or land for people [= real estate agent, realtor American English]

lawyer /ˈlɔɪ ər /

security /sɪˈk jʊərəti/

guard /gɑːd/

Make sb's day: to make someone very happy

Go on, ask him to dance - it'll make his day!

Ward [countable]

1 a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay

maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition)

on/in the ward

a young nurse in her first day on the wards

the other patients in the ward