Wednesday, November 06, 2013

ni2 6-7/11/13

Homework: p.29, grammar (A, B, C) and p. 30-31, reading (C+D).

Stiff:
HURTING [HEALTH] If a part of your body is stiff, it hurts and is difficult to move.
I've got a stiff neck.

Pull a muscle [HEALTH]
To injure a muscle by stretching it too much

Beat

gymnast /ˈdʒɪmnæst/ noun [ C ]
[ SPORT ] someone who does gymnastics
an Olympic gymnast

Gymnastics /dʒɪmˈnæstɪks/ noun [ U ]
 [ SPORT ] a sport in which you do physical exercises on the floor and on different pieces of equipment, often in competitions

ˈ Sales ˌ rep (formal sales representative) noun [ C ]
Someone who travels to different places trying to persuade people to buy their company's products or services

Big-head‧ed
Informal- someone who is big-headed thinks they are very important, clever etc - used to show disapproval

Boast 1 /bəʊst/ verb
1 PRIDE [I, T] to talk with too much pride about what you have done or what you own
I wish she would stop boasting about her exam results.
[+ that ] Liam boasted that he owned two sports cars.

Bully 1 /ˈbʊli/ verb [ T ]
To intentionally frighten someone who is smaller or weaker than you
He was bullied at school by some older boys.
[ + into + doing sth ] She was bullied into leaving.
Bullying noun [ U ]
Bullying is a problem in many schools.

Big deal [singular] spoken
1 used to say that you do not think something is as important as someone else thinks it is:
It's just a game. If you lose, big deal.
What's the big deal? It's only a birthday, not the end of the world.
It's no big deal. Everybody forgets things sometimes.

Spar /spɑː r / verb [ I ] present participle sparring , past sparred
To fight or argue with someone in a friendly way

That’s no big deal.

Vowel /vaʊəl/ noun [ C ]
[ LANGUAGE ] a speech sound that you make with your lips and teeth open, shown in English by the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o' or 'u'

Bowel /baʊəl/ noun [ C ]
[ ANATOMY ] the long tube that carries solid waste from your stomach out of your body
[ usually plural ] He's got trouble with his bowels.

did you: [ˈdɪdʒə], didja; 
did you / do you: [ˈdʒə], d'ya;
don't you: [ˈdoʊntʃə]


butterfly stroke

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