Wednesday, January 23, 2019

B2.2 23/1/19

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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