Monday, February 17, 2014

ni2 17-18/2/14

Homework: p.84, grammar (C), p.86, reading (A + B)

Charming /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/ adjective
Pleasant or attractive
A charming smile/place
Charmingly adverb

Gentle

Prince Charming is a stock character who appears in a number of fairy tales. He is the prince who comes to the rescue of the damsel in distress.

Not have a clue informal to be completely unable to guess, understand, or deal with something [+ question word] I haven't a clue what you're talking about.

sb's looks a person's appearance, especially how attractive they are.

Mischievous /ˈmɪstʃɪvəs/ adjective
Behaving in a way that is slightly bad but not serious
A mischievous grin
A mischievous five-year-old
mischievously adverb

Eventually /ɪˈventʃuəli/ adverb
in the end, especially after a long time
We all hope that an agreement can be reached eventually.


At the end
- (final part) [no plural] the final part of something such as a period of time, activity, or story
I'll pay you at the end of next month.
- The furthest part
She’s at the end of the class
In the end
Finally, after something has been thought about or discussed a lot
We thought we might go abroad for Christmas, but in the end we stayed at home.

Catechism
Fall out phrasal verb UK to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
Have you and Sam fallen out with each other again?

To ask sb out on a date (pedir salir)

To cut a long story short (resumiendo)

Have an argument with a friend

To be first to apologise

And we have been close friends ever since (since then).

have two left feet

informal to be very clumsy

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