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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEVqBZ_rViE

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