Tuesday, May 29, 2018

NA2 29/5/18

Exam practise

Facebook controversy

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43869911

Facebook explored unpicking pers


onalities to target ads


alleged /əˈledʒd/ adjective [only before noun] formal 
an alleged crime, fact etc is one that someone says has happened or is true, although it has not been proved
alleged offence/crime/incident etc

on the contrary/quite the contrary
used to add to a negative statement, to disagree with a negative statement by someone else, or to answer no to a question
 It wasn’t a good thing; on the contrary it was a huge mistake.
 ‘I suppose your wife doesn’t understand you.’ ‘On the contrary, she understands me very well.’
 ‘Are they happy?’ ‘No, no, quite the contrary.’

unlike /ʌnˈlaɪk/ ●●● W3 preposition 
1 completely different from a particular person or thing
 Tammy was unlike any other woman I have ever known.
2 not typical of someone at all
 It’s unlike Greg to be late.
3 used when saying how one person or thing is different from another
- Unlike most people in the office, I don’t come to work by car.

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