C1 2-3/11/15

2-3/11/15

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