NA2 21/3/18

flat‧ter‧ing /ˈflætərɪŋ/ adjective 

clothes, pictures etc that are flattering make someone look as attractive as they can or make something as good as possible, even if it is not really very good

- That colour is very flattering.

flat‧ter /ˈflætə $ -ər/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 

1 to praise someone in order to please them or get something from them, even though you do not mean it

- Perry would always flatter Mrs. Mitchell by praising her cooking.

► see thesaurus at praise

2 to make someone look as attractive as they can SYN suit

- That dress really flatters your figure.

3 to make something look or seem more important or better than it is

- Lewis’s novel doesn’t flatter Midwestern attitudes and morals.

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Ex. 1

... she had never been photographed before / he was a stranger.

... nobody knew the person.

... time and hardship had erased her youth.

... she’s had a hard life.

Ex. 7

She complemented me on my amazing photos /taking /having taken some amazing photos.

She encouraged me to do this professionally.

She accused him /me of being far too modest.

She suggested I went on a propper phtography course /going on a propper...

She promised to introduce to her friend.

She apologised for not having introduced me to her sooner.

She urged me to enter...

She offered to lend me her camera...

urge /ɜːdʒ $ ɜːrdʒ/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitive] 

1 to strongly suggest that someone does something

urge somebody to do something

- I got a note from Moira urging me to get in touch.

urge that

 -He urged that a referendum should be held by December.

urge something on/upon somebody

- I have urged upon him the need for extreme secrecy.

- The charity urged quick action.

GRAMMAR: Choosing the right tense

• You use the simple present tense with unless:Unless the government changes its policy, the economic situation will get worse.

• Don’t use ‘will’ in the clause after unless. 

✗Don’t say:Unless the government will change its policy ...

• You can also use the present perfect tense with unless:

I won’t change anything unless someone has asked me to.

✗Don’t say: unless someone will have asked me to |unless someone will ask me to

• To talk about the past, use the simple past with unless:

Unless the company got a loan, it would go bankrupt.

They threatened to kill him unless he gave them the money.

✗Don’t say: Unless the company would get a loan ...

USAGE: Unless, in case, or else•You use unless when saying that if something does not happen, something else will happen:

Unless I hear from you (=if I don’t hear from you), I’ll assume everything’s OK.

•You use in case when saying that you do something in order to be prepared if something happens:Take a sweater in case you get cold.

•You use or else when saying that something bad will happen if you do not do something:

You’d better go now, or else you’ll miss the train.