INTERNET AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

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PHRASAL VERBS

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PHRASAL VERBS

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PHRASAL VERBS

EXAMS

Here you have some vocabulary related to exams.

Exams
take an exam / sit an exam = do an exam
pass an exam = get a good enough mark to succeed
fail an exam = not pass :((

Studying
take extra lessons / have private tuition / private coaching = pay for a personal teacher to help you with the subject

Before the exam
revise = go over everything you've studied
swot up = an informal synonym for "revise"
cram = try and force as much information into your head as possible
learn by heart / memorise = try to remember facts etc, without necessarily understanding them
test yourself = try to test your knowledge of something so that you really know it, rather than just learning it by heart


During the exam
cheat / copy / use a crib sheet = use dishonest methods to try and pass the exam, such as copying someone else, or hiding notes so you can read them during the exam
get a good / high mark = do well in the exam
get a bad / low mark = do badly in the exam
pass with flying colours = pass with high marks
scrape a pass = only just pass

What sort of student are you?
stellar = a star performer
hard-working = someone who tries
straight A = a student who always gets top marks
plodder = someone who works consistently, but isn't particularly brilliant
mediocre = not bad, average
abysmal = terrible

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PREPOSITIONS

PHRASAL VERBS

3000 MOST IMPORTANT WORDS

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DON'T GET ME WRONG!

She's got everything; brains, beauty, money,... and oh, yes, a wonderful personality; she's a real catch.


Do you understand what a real catch means?


It's what we call in Catalan "un bon partit"

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

Do you know what a ball is?

I'm sure you do. Do you know what on the ball stands for?

Can you guess it from this example?

- Make sure the kids are ready to leave by half-past seven.

- They will be. The alarms are set, the bags are packed, and they're going 

to bed especially early.

- Good to see you're on the ball

On the ball means "to be alert", did you guess it?

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

Last week we learnt the phrase "MAKE MY DAY" that expresses joy, today we are going to learn another phrase referred to joy:

OVER THE MOON

- How do you feel about being named coordinator for the Social Sciences Department?
- I'm over the moon, especially considering how inexperienced I am compared to some other people here.

It means very happy or delighted.. We can translate it as "en el séptimo cielo".

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

Today I'm starting this section on vocabulary. I'm going to teach you phrases that English native speakers use and we sometimes misunderstand or don't know how to use them. This section attempts to approach you to a more natural English, to phrases that are quite useful and more accurate to what we really want to say, for example, when we do not undertand something, we normally ask What did you say? instead of using a more idiomatic phrase such as What was that again.

MAKE MY DAY

This English phrase has two different meanings:
- Someone has done or said something that made you very happy, and it made the day more special for you.
- Carry on with what you are doing - it will give me an excuse to behave badly.

The translation into Catalan is "Dóna'm una alegria" or "A veure si em donaràs el dia":

- I'm afraid I've got some news for you.
- Go on,make my day

VOCABULARY

Facebook is a global social networking website. This kind of websites are quite common nowadays, not only among teenagers but among adults too. But the odd thing is that people tend to use nouns as verbs, especially, with all this new vocabulary that internet has developed. Facebook is an example, but there are some more: google, email, text,….
Today it is pretty usual to hear people saying:
“I’ve just facebooked the photos from my holiday” [meaning "uploaded them to my facebook page"].
“I facebooked that girl we met at Tom’s party” [meaning "looked her up in Facebook"] or “I googled her” ["looked her up in Google"]
“Did you facebook Maria about the party? [meaning "contact Maria through her Facebook page"].

UNIT 3 - MORE PRACTICE

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LEARNING VOCABULARY

Food for thought means anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. So, if you are given "food for thought", you are given something to think about.

LEARNING VOCABULARY

Facebook is a global social networking website. This kind of websites are quite common nowadays, not only among teenagers but among adults too. But the odd thing is that people tend to use nouns as verbs, especially, with all this new vocabulary that internet has developed. Facebook is an example, but there are some more: google, email, text,….
Today it is pretty usual to hear people saying:
“I’ve just facebooked the photos from my holiday” [meaning "uploaded them to my facebook page"].
“I facebooked that girl we met at Tom’s party” [meaning "looked her up in Facebook"] or “I googled her” ["looked her up in Google"]
“Did you facebook Maria about the party? [meaning "contact Maria through her Facebook page"].