NI2 25/1/18

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craft /krɑːft/ UK  US  

 (plural crafts) manualidad(es)

craft /krɑːft $ kræft/ ●●○ W3 noun 

1 (plural crafts) [countable] a job or activity in which you make things with your hands, and that you usually need skill to do → handicraft

- traditional rural crafts

- arts and crafts

DIY /ˌdiː aɪ ˈwaɪ/ noun [uncountable] British English 

(do-it-yourself) the activity of making or repairing things yourself instead of buying them or paying someone else to do it

DIY

• This, I fear, does involve specialist attention, and cannot normally be attempted by the average DIY man.

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ex. 8

Why are you so late?

How come you are so late?

• How come he's asked us to spend all this money and not them?

• How come I can't make her happy, how come she can't make me happy?

• How come Mrs Wall-Eye know my name?

• How come the sky is blue?

• How come the vast majority of the population appears to want to play make-believe?

• How come Tyler's still here?

• How come you got back so early?

• How come you never asked me what happened?

• Joey, how come you never sweet-talk me in person?

Santa Claus is make-believe

Ex. 11

Hanging around, go through, check in, set off, pour down, work out, got back, calm down.

Ex. 12

Set off, checked in, hang around, get back, calm down, went through, work out,

Take your umbrella, it’s pouring down.

Last night it poured down so the floor is wet and slippery.

soaked /səʊkt/ UK  US  adjetivo

empapado -a

soaking /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/, también soaking wet UK  US  adjetivo

empapado -a, calado -a hasta los huesos

I met my friends in a restaurant and we set off together.

Last night I got back home very late because my car had broken down.