clum‧sy /ˈklʌmzi/ ●●○ adjective
(comparative clumsier, superlative clumsiest)
1 moving or doing things in a careless way, especially
so that you drop things, knock into things etc
- A clumsy waiter spilled wine all over her new skirt.
Harmful
self-disciplined
dare /deə $ der/ ●●○ S3
W3 verb, modal verb
1 [intransitive] to be brave enough to do something
that is risky or that you are afraid to do – used especially in questions or
negative sentences
He wanted to
ask her, but he didn’t dare.
‘I’ll tell
Dad.’ ‘You wouldn’t dare!’
dare (to) do something
I daren’t go
home.
Only a few
journalists dared to cover the story.
She hardly
dared hope that he was alive.
Dare we admit
this?
2 → how dare you
3 → don’t you dare!
stren‧u‧ous /ˈstrenjuəs/
track‧suit /ˈtræksuːt, -sjuːt $ -suːt/ noun
[countable]
British English loose clothes consisting of trousers
and a jacket, worn especially for sport.
Neoprene Wetsuits
Tourist attractions
ˈcycle lane noun [countable]
British English
a part of a wide road that only bicycles are allowed
to use
Homework: p. 54, review… and watch the video and
compare it to the text in p. 60: What’s in the text that’s not in the video and
vice versa
by the skin of your teeth
informal if you do something by the skin of your
teeth, you only just succeed in doing it, and very nearly failed to do it
Two others made
it by the skin of their teeth.
near miss
a) when a bomb, plane, car etc nearly hits something
but does not
- a near miss between two passenger aircraft over the
airport
narrow escape.
ON A CAR [countable] the thing in a vehicle that you
use to make a loud sound as a signal or warning
sound/toot/honk/blow your horn (=make a noise with your horn)
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