Homework:
reading activities on pages: 132-3 and 134-5
Abdominal spear
Thrust into the gloves
Somebody’s worthiness to take adult roles
Mitt
Writhe in angry desperation
Swarm
Endure the punishment
Excruciating pain
Hold a ritual
altar /ˈɔːltə $ ˈɒːltər/
Initiation into adulthood
thrust /θrʌst/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle
thrust)
1 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to push
something somewhere roughly
She thrust a letter into my hand.
He thrust me roughly towards the door.
Mitt /mɪt/ noun [countable]
Spear /spɪə $ spɪr/ noun [countable]
Writhe /raɪð/ verb [intransitive] to twist your body from side to side
violently, especially because you are suffering painwrithe in pain/agony etc
He lay writhing in pain.
Pack of wolves
School of fish
Swarm of bees
Flock of birds
A herd of cows
A litter of kitten
A bunch of flowers
p.129
Facial /ˈfeɪʃəl/
Be taken aback phrasal verb
To be very surprised about something
Emma was
somewhat taken aback by his directness.
Despondent /dɪˈspɒndənt $ dɪˈspɑːn-/ adjective
Extremely unhappy and without hope
Gill had been
out of work for a year and was getting very despondent.
Despondent about
He was becoming
increasingly despondent about the way things were going.
Sheer happiness
Livid
/ˈlɪvɪd/ adjective
1 extremely angry SYN furious
She was
absolutely livid that he had lied.
I oughtn’t to be doing it
Astonishing /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ $ əˈstɑː-adjective so surprising that
it is difficult to believe SYN amazing an astonishing
decision their astonishing success
Astounding /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/ adjective so surprising that
it is almost impossible to believe SYN astonishing The
concert was an astounding success.
Despondent /dɪˈspɒndənt $ dɪˈspɑːn-/ adjective extremely unhappy and
without hope
Gill had been out of work for a year and was getting
very despondent.
Despondent about
He was becoming increasingly despondent about the way
things were going.
Miserable /ˈmɪzərəbəl/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective 1 extremely unhappy,
for example because you feel lonely, cold, or
badly treated I’ve been so miserable since Pat left me. I spent
the weekend feeling miserable.
Cross
●●● S2 adjective [usually before noun] especially British English
Angry or annoyed
Get/be cross (with somebody)
She gets cross when he goes out drinking.
Sometimes I get very cross with the children.
Cross at/about
She was cross at being interrupted.
Ecstatic
/ɪkˈstætɪk, ek-/ ●○○ adjective 1 feeling extremely happy and excited an
ecstatic welcome from the thousands who lined the streets
Long face
A sad or disappointed expression on someone’s face
Why the long face?
p.130
Emotional Intelligence Quotient
Led to an increase in…
Shut up in their bedrooms
I’d rather your listeners got to one of our courses
instead of…
A glimpse
When deciding whether to trust…
Rapport
/ræˈpɔː $ -ɔːr/ noun [singular, uncountable] friendly agreement and
understanding between people → relationship
Rapport with/between
He had an excellent rapport with his patients.
Establish/build up/develop (a) rapport
He built up a good rapport with the children.
Follow your gut feeling or your brain
Feel on edge when talking in public
GRAMMAR: Patterns
with wish
• You wish that you could do
something:
I wish I could speak Spanish.
✗Don’t say: I wish I can speak Spanish.
• You wish that something would happen:
I wish it would stop raining.
I wish you wouldn’t do that.
• You wish that you had
done something:
I wish I had paid more attention in class.
She wished she hadn’t said that she was bored.
• You wish that you could
have done something:
I wish I could have seen his face!
• In everyday spoken English, you say I
wish I was:
I wish I was back home in Hong Kong.
• In more formal English, especially in American
English, you use I wish I were:
I wish I were back home in Hong Kong.
• I wish I were is often used when
talking about things that are impossible:
I wish I were you!
I wish I were younger.
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