Tuesday, February 26, 2013

ni2 26/2/13


Homework for next week: p. 62 and 63
Homework for next class: write a couple of sentences about your house using the vocabulary on page 64.

it's a wonder (that) = surprising
especially spoken used to say that something is very surprising:
It's a wonder no one got hurt.

You didn’t sleep at all.
No wonder Italy had such results in the elections.
 The latest gadgets
not a thing = nothing
 [singular, uncountable] used as part of a negative statement to mean 'anything'
I couldn't find a thing that I wanted to buy.
He took his glasses off and couldn't see a thing.
Don't worry about a thing.

couch potato [countable]
someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television

live wire [countable]
1 informal someone who is very active and has a lot of energy

PhD British English , Ph.D. American English [countable]
Doctor of Philosophy
a university degree of a very high level, which involves doing advanced

make a profit / loss.
Run up debts

side effect [countable]
1 an effect that a drug has on your body in addition to curing pain or illness
harmful/serious/adverse etc side effect
a natural remedy with no harmful side effects

basement /ˈbeɪsmənt/ UK  US  sustantivo
sótano

courtyard /ˈkɔːtjɑːd/ UK  US  sustantivo
patio

patio /ˈpætiəʊ/ UK  US  sustantivo
patio [parte pavimentada de un jardín]

A courtyard is pretty much enclosed on all sides while a patio is not enclosed but bordered by the building for which it serves as a patio.
Patio is an area (normally in a garden) with laid stone paving, and backyard is the US version of our British "garden" (jardín).

neat /niːt/ UK  US  adjetivo
1 ordenado -a
neat and clean limpio -a y ordenado -a
2 pulcro -a
3 neat handwriting buena letra
4 (eficaz) hábil
5 (referido a bebidas) solo -a
6  AmE genial, guay



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