Homework: Reading
activity p. 14-15
p. 16
bouncer /ˈbaʊnsə $ -ər/ noun
[countable]
1 someone whose job is to
stand at the door of a club, bar etc and stop unwanted people coming in, or
make people leave if they are behaving badly
bump into somebody phrasal verbto meet someone
who you know, when you were not expecting to
SYN run into
god‧dam‧mit, God damn it /ɡɒˈdæmɪt $ ˌɡɑːdˈdæm-/
interjection
a word used to express annoyance, anger etc. Some
Christian people consider this word offensive.
good riddance (to somebody)
spoken a rude way of saying you are glad someone has
left
She was awful.
Good riddance to her, I say!
ˈswear word
●○○ noun [countable]
a word that is considered to be rude, offensive, and
shocking by most people
cross my heart (and hope to die)spoken informal used to say that you promise that you will do something,
or that what you are saying is true
for good
permanently
The injury may
keep him out of football for good.
be snowed under
a) informal to have
more work than you can deal with
be snowed under with
I found myself snowed under with work.
ask after somebody phrasal verb
British English
if you ask after someone, you want to know whether
they are well, what they are doing etc.
I spoke to
James today. He was asking after you.
Give her my regards
I knew there would be a last-minute rush to meet the
deadline.
Don’t worry,
there’s no rush. We don’t have to be at the station until 10.
do something in a rush (=do something quickly because
you need to hurry)
I had to do my
homework in a rush because I was late.
be in a rush
HURRY [singular, uncountable] a situation in which you
need to hurry
I’m sorry, I
can’t talk now – I’m in a rush.
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