to add insult to injury
to make a bad situation worse for someone who has
already been treated badly
-She not only deceived him but, to add insult to
injury, allowed him to pay for her meal.
Homework: p.26,
reading activity
p.28
I left the keys behind
leave somebody/something ↔ behind phrasal verb
to not take someone or something with you when you
leave a place
I think I might have left my wallet behind.
He departed for Washington, leaving the children
behind with their mother.
coun‧ter /ˈkaʊntə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
1 the place where you pay or are served in a shop,
bank, restaurant etc
He wondered if
the girl behind the counter recognised him.
2 American English a long flat surface on top of a
piece of furniture, especially in a kitchen SYN
worktop British
English
ac‧count /əˈkaʊnt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable]
1 DESCRIPTION a written or spoken description that
says what happens in an event or process
account of
He was too
shocked to give an account of what had happened.
strand‧ed /ˈstrændɪd/ adjective
a person or vehicle that is stranded is unable to move
from the place where they are SYN stuck
Air travellers
were left stranded because of icy conditions.
stranded in/on/at
There I was,
stranded in Rome with no money.
tow /təʊ $ toʊ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another
vehicle, using a rope or chain
-The ship had to be towed into the harbor.
tow something away
Our car had
been towed away.
hom‧age /ˈhɒmɪdʒ $ ˈhɑː-/ noun [singular]
formal something you do to show respect for someone or
something you think is important
The film pays
homage to Martin Scorsese’s ‘Mean Streets’.
sto‧rey British English,
story American English /ˈstɔːri/ ●○○ noun [countable]
a floor or level of a building
a staircase
leads to the upper storey
two-storey/five-storey etc (=having two etc storeys)
slap /slæp/ ●●○ verb (slapped,
slapping)
1 [transitive] to hit someone with the flat part of
your hand → punch
Sarah slapped
Aaron across the face.
time’s up (=used to say that it is the end of the time
allowed for something such as a competition or examination)
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