NA2
Writing activity p. 41done as an interaction in class.
Tomorrow we’ll do a correction activity with the tests.
OUT OF:
Hands, blue, order, date, time, luck
out of the blue
informal if something happens out of the blue, it is
very unexpected → a bolt from/out of the blue at bolt1(3)
be out of order
a) if a machine or piece of equipment is out of order,
it is not working
- The phone is out of order again.
out-of-ˈdate ●○○ adjective
1 if information is
out-of-date, it is not recent and may no longer be correct SYN outdated
- The information in the
tourist guide is already out-of-date.
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old-fashioned
2 if something is
out-of-date, it is no longer considered useful or effective, because something
more modern exists SYN outdated
- Their manufacturing
methods are hopelessly out-of-date.
3 an official document that
is out-of-date cannot be used because the period of time for which it was
effective has finished → invalid
- an out-of-date passport
be out of luck
to be prevented from getting or doing something by bad
luck
- The team were out of luck again at Scarborough on
Saturday.
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