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
A worker who uses a lot of physical effort in their
job
A farm labourer
creative /kriˈeɪtɪv/
pressure /ˈpreʃər /
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
1 a large room in a hospital where people who need
medical treatment stay
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
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]
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
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete