burst into tears (=suddenly start crying)
She burst into tears and begged me to stay.
break down in tears (=suddenly start crying)
I broke down in tears when I read the letter.
be moved to tears (=be so upset that you cry)
Members of the audience were moved to tears by her
singing.
bring tears to somebody’s eyes (=make someone cry)
This unexpected kindness brings tears to my eyes.
I could see that Sam was close to tears.
Thorny question
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em‧pa‧thy /ˈempəθi/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] the ability to understand other people’s
feelings and problems → sympathy
empathy with/for
She had
great empathy with people.—empathetic /ˌempəˈθetɪk◂/ (also empathic
/emˈpəθɪk/)adjective
Sympathetic /ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk◂/ ●●○ adjective
1 caring and feeling sorry about someone’s problems
a sympathetic
friend
a sympathetic
attitude
sympathetic to/towards
I’m sympathetic to
parents who are worried about what their children see on television.
Reciprocal /rɪˈsɪprəkəl/ ●○○ adjective formal
A reciprocal arrangement or relationship is one in
which two people or groups do or give the same things to each other → mutual
He spoke of the
necessity for a reciprocal relationship that would be useful for all sides.
Such treaties
provide reciprocal rights and obligations.
Intimidating /ɪnˈtɪmədeɪtɪŋ/ adjective
Making you feel worried and not confident
Some people
find interview situations very intimidating.
Appreciation /əˌpriːʃiˈeɪʃən/ ●●○ AWL noun
1 [uncountable] pleasure you feel when you realize
something is good, useful, or well done
appreciation of
It helps children to develop an appreciation of poetry
and literature.
2 [uncountable] a feeling of being grateful for
something someone has done
Show/express
your appreciation
The chairman asked me to express our appreciation of
all your hard work.
He was presented with a watch in appreciation of his
long service.
3 [countable, uncountable] an understanding of the
importance or meaning of somethingappreciation of a realistic appreciation of
the situation
Meddle /ˈmedl/ verb [intransitive]
1 to deliberately try to influence or change a
situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand SYN
interfere
meddle in
I don’t like
other people meddling in the way I run this prison.
He accused the
US of meddling in China’s internal affairs.
meddle with
I’m not the
sort of newspaper owner who meddles with editorial policy.
2 British English to touch something which you should
not touch, especially in a careless way that might break it
meddle with
You have no
right to come in here meddling with my things.
—meddler noun [countable]
ˌself-ˈcentred
British English, self-centered American English adjective
Paying so much attention to yourself that you do not
notice what is happening to other people SYN
selfish
specialty /ˈspeʃəlti/ noun (plural specialties) [countable] American English
1 a type of food that a person, restaurant, or area is
well known for SYN speciality British
English
Our specialty
is clam chowder.
2 a subject or job that you know a lot about or have a
lot of experience of SYN speciality
British English
Johnson’s
specialty is medieval European history.
3 a particular product or business that has one
purpose or sells one type of thing
an area with clothes
retailers and specialty shops
Have you got time for a game of tennis?
Give in a sociology essay
Research on
Model society
Sleeping cars and restaurant carriages for trains
Fulfil needs
Being unmaterialistic
Communal living ideal
But as far as I can see it was basically...
Rigid class structure
tenement /ˈtenəmənt/ noun [countable] a large building divided into apartments,
especially in the poorer areas of a city
building/house/block
They weren’t allowed unions
I’d love a game of tennis sometime
I suppose
Sometime, some time /ˈsʌmtaɪm/ ●●● S2 adverb
at a time in the future or in the past, although you
do not know exactly when
Sometime around/in/during etc
We’ll take a vacation sometime in September.
Our house was built sometime around 1900.
It's a long story. I'll tell you about it sometime.
social
housing noun uncountable viviendas feminine plural subvencionadas, viviendas
feminine plural de protección oficial (en Esp).
con‧do‧min‧i‧um /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●●○ noun [countable] especially American
English
1 one apartment in a building with several apartments,
each of which is owned by the people living in it
2 a building containing several of these apartments →
apartment block
brew /bruː/ ●○○ verb
1 [transitive] to make beer
Every beer on the menu was brewed locally.
2 [intransitive] if a drink of tea or coffee is
brewing, the taste is getting into the hot water
He read the paper while the tea brewed.
3 [transitive] to make a drink of tea or coffee freshly
brewed coffee
Be careful!!!! Question tags and echo questions are different things (Check the docs at the Moodle Platform).
ECHO QUESTIONS (Short questions used in
replies)
We often reply to statements by making short
questions, containing just an
auxiliary verb and a personal pronoun.
- It was an awful
party.
- Was it?
- Yes, there was
nobody there I know, and …
These ‘reply questions’ do not ask for
information. They express interest,
concern, surprise, anger, or other reactions,
depending on the intonation.
Their most common use is just to show that we
are listening.
- We had a lovely
holiday.
- Did you?
- Yes, we went …
- I’ve got a
headache.
- Have you, dear? I’ll get
you an aspirin.
In reply questions, we use the same auxiliary
verb that was used in the
sentence we are answering. If there was no
auxiliary verb, we use ‘do’.
- He smokes too
much.
- Does he?
- Yes, he tried to
give it up but …
We use negative echo questions in reply to
negative statements.
- It wasn´t a very
good film.
- Wasn´t it? That’s a pity!
Check for the whole pdf at the moodle platform
stut‧ter1 /ˈstʌtə $ -ər/ verb
1 [intransitive, transitive] to speak with difficulty
because you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first consonant of some
words → stammer
‘I’m D-d-david,
’ he stuttered.
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ˌHoly
Comˈmunion noun [uncountable]
The Christian ceremony in which people eat bread and
drink wine as signs of Christ’s body and blood.
christening /ˈkrɪsənɪŋ/ noun [countable]
a Christian religious ceremony at which a child is
officially given a name and becomes a member of a Christian church → baptism
snorkel
ant hole/nest/colony
bait
/ˈsɪɡnəl/
Moan of the horns
An 11-hour ritual
As young as 12/ as from 12
Giant tropical bullet ants
ordeal /ɔːˈdiːl, ˈɔːdiːl $ ɔːrˈdiːl, ˈɔːrdiːl/ ●○○
noun [countable] a terrible or painful
experience that continues for a period of timeordeal of She then had to go
through the ordeal of giving evidence. She was forced to face the ordeal of
withdrawal symptoms. He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal.
As a general rule, adjectives are usually placed in
this order:
opinion > size > quality > age > shape
> colour > participle forms > origin > material type > purpose
The phrase a beautiful old Indian carpet follows
these guidelines:
1
|
4
|
8
|
||
quality
|
age
|
origin
|
noun
|
|
a
|
beautiful
|
old
|
Indian
|
carpet
|
You don't have to include an example of every type of
adjective, but the ones you do use should follow the order. So if you wanted to
add red and green to the phrase a beautiful old Indian
carpet, you would put it between old and Indian like
this:
1
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
||
opinion
|
age
|
colour
|
origin
|
noun
|
|
a
|
beautiful
|
old
|
red
and green
|
Indian
|
carpet
|
It sometimes helps to remember the order of adjective
if you consider that adjectives whose meaning is closely, or permanently,
connected to the noun are placed nearer to it in the sentence. So in this
phrase: a large comfortable wooden chair – wooden has
a very close connection with chair .
2
|
3
|
10
|
||
size
|
quality
|
material
type
|
noun
|
|
a
|
large
|
comfortable
|
wooden
|
chair
|
Here are some more examples:
3
|
7
|
||
quality
|
participle
|
noun
|
|
a
|
new
|
improved
|
recipe
|
1
|
3
|
10
|
||
opinion
|
quality
|
type
|
noun
|
|
an
|
old-fashioned
|
romantic
|
candle-lit
|
dinner
for two
|
Sometimes we can use but between
adjectives, especially if their meanings seem contradictory.
2
|
3
|
|||
size
|
quality
|
noun
|
||
a
|
small
|
but
|
tasty
|
meal
|
If we use 2 adjectives that are similar in meaning, we
usually put the shorter one first: a soft, comfortable cushion.
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