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Homework:
reading activity p.26 (1, 2, 3, and 4)
fuss /fʌs/ noun
1 [ U , no plural ] when people become excited,
annoyed, or anxious about something, especially about something unimportant
What's all the fuss about?
They were making a big fuss
over nothing.
2 kick up/make a fuss
to complain about something
If they don't bring our food
soon, I'll have to kick up a fuss.
3 make a fuss of/over sb
to give someone a lot of attention and treat them well
My uncle always makes a big fuss
of the children.
do time
to spend a period of time in prison:
Paul was doing time for burglary.
make/find time (for something/to
do something) (=plan so that you have time
available for something)
Make time to talk to your children.
Book your ticket soon, as time is running out.
fraught with
problems/difficulties/danger etc
full of problems etc:
Their marriage has been fraught with difficulties.
ˌ second ˈ nature noun [ U ]
something that you can do easily because you have done
it many times before
After a few years, teaching
became second nature to me.
Do sth by the book-> do sth as the rules tell you.
cut corners
to save time, money, or energy by doing things quickly
and not as carefully as you should:
Don't try to cut corners when you're decorating.
short cut also short-cut [countable]
1 a quicker and more direct way of getting somewhere than the usual one:
Carlos decided to take a short-cut home.
We were late for the game, but found a short cut
through the fields.
2 a quicker way of doing something
short cut to
There aren't really any shortcuts to learning English.
fiasco
/fiˈæskəʊ/
noun [ C ]
a complete failure, especially one that embarrasses
people
My last dinner party was a
complete fiasco.
List. 1.10
Overwhelmed/ˌəʊvəˈwelm/
Get involved in sth other than…
Embark on a
career
An awful lot of you
That’s where clubs and societies come in (entran en
juego)
It all led on from there (una cosa llevó a la otra)
sweep it under the rug
develop a liking for sth
stage fright
close-knit /ˌkləʊsˈnɪt/ adjective
A close-knit group of people is one in which everyone
helps and supports each other.
a close-knit community
be like peas in a pod
helping /ˈhelpɪŋ/ noun [ C ]
[ FOOD ] an amount of food given to one person at one time
She gave me a very large helping
of pasta.
bankrupt 1 /ˈbæŋkrʌpt/ adjective
[ FINANCE ] unable to continue in business because you cannot pay
your debts
He went bankrupt after
only a year in business.
Newbie
ecstatic /ɪkˈstætɪk/ adjective
extremely happy
ecstatically adverb
make yourself at home
odds /ɒdz/ noun [ plural ]
odds and ends
informal a group of small objects of different types
which are not valuable or important
crate /kreɪt/ noun [ C ]
a large box used for carrying or storing things
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