Tuesday, April 24, 2018

NA2 24/4/18

p. 124

continues well into the night

bargain ●○○ verb [intransitive] 
to discuss the conditions of a sale, agreement etc, for example to try and get a lower price
bargain for
- workers bargaining for better pay
bargain over
- They bargained over the level of wages.
bargain with
- women bargaining with traders

Homework: p. 125, ex. 5 + video activity, p. 127


p. 129
in‧tu‧i‧tive /ɪnˈtjuːətɪv /
a basic grasp of mechanics
grasp ●○○ noun [singular] 
your ability to understand a complicated idea, situation, or subject SYN understanding
grasp of
- Her grasp of the issues was impressive.
a good/firm/thorough etc grasp of something
- Steve has a good grasp of the European legal system.

Find out
Pick up
Process
Gut feeling
gut reaction/feeling/instinctinformal 

a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying.

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