Homework: p. 144 ((don’t) have to, can + allowed
to/supposed to) + reading act. P. 40 ( a, b, c, d, e, and f)
Long
weekend is a term used in Western countries to denote a
weekend that is at least three days long (so, a "three-day weekend"),
due to a holiday falling on either the Friday or Monday.
bank holiday [countable]
British English an official holiday when banks and most businesses are closed [= public
holiday American English]
Next Monday is a
bank holiday.
Four-day weekend
So to
say/speak
if one may use such an expression; in a way; it could
be said: The dog is, so to speak, a member of this family.
have two left feet
informal to
be very clumsy
compulsory /kəmˈpʌlsəri/ UK US adjetivo
obligatorio -a
vet 1 /vet/
optician /ɒpˈtɪʆən/ UK US sustantivo
óptico
-a (optometrista)
firefighter /ˈfaɪəfaɪtə/
UK US sustantivo
bombero
-a
guard 1 /ɡɑːrd
/ || /ɡɑːd/
ˌfirst
ˈaid
UK US sustantivo
primeros
auxilios
clue /kluː/ UK US sustantivo
1
(para
esclarecer un misterio, etc.) pista
There are no clues to the killer's identity.
No
hay pistas sobre la identidad del asesino.
3
not to have a clue
(informal)
no tener (ni) idea, no tener (ni) la menor idea
in
the wild
impractical /ɪmˈpræktɪkəl/ UK US adjetivo
poco práctico -a
reprimand /ˈreprɪmɑːnd/ UK US verbo & sustantivo
• verbo [transitivo]
reprender
•
sustantivo
reprimenda
sick leave [uncountable]
time that you are allowed to spend away from work
because you are sick
on sick leave
He has been on
sick leave for more than three months.
at short notice
British English, on short notice American English if you do something at short notice, you do not have very much time to
prepare for it:
The trip was
planned on short notice.Thanks for
agreeing to see me at such short notice.a cancellation
at very short notice
trade union also trades union [countable] British English
an organization, usually in a particular trade or
profession, that represents workers, especially in meetings with employers [= labor
union American English]
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