Objectives
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Learn 6 Phrasal verbs & idioms
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What is your New Year’s resolution?
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Read & listen to people talk about changes in their lives
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To be able to write 3 sentences using ‘used to’.
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To do a ‘dictogloss’ collaborative writing with a partner.
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prepositions of place: at, on, in, under, over, next to, besides, in front of, opposite, behind
prepositions of time: at, on, in, for, during, since
look up – find a word in a dictionary
Today’s words:
idiom noun
UK US /ˈɪd.i.əm/
B2 [C] a group of words in a fixed order that have a particularmeaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own:To “have bitten off more than you can chew” is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you.› [C or U] formal the style of expression in writing, speech, or music that is typical of a particular period, person, or group:Both operas are very much in the modern idiom.
over the moon
In a state of great happiness.
She is very happy.
a typewriter:
a doll:
leisure noun [U]
UK /ˈleʒ.ər/ US /ˈliː.ʒɚ/
B1 the time when you are not working or doing other duties:leisure activitiesMost people only have a limited amountof leisure time.The town lacks leisure facilities such as a swimming pool or squash courts.
› someone who uses the internet to harm or frighten another person, especially by sending them unpleasant messages
“phrasal verb” noun [C]
UK /ˌfreɪ.zəl ˈvɜːb/ US /-ˈvɝːb/
B1 a phrase that consists of a verb with a preposition or adverb or both, the meaning of which is different from the meaning of its separate parts:“Pay for”, “work out”, and “make up for” are all phrasal verbs.
A1 [I or T] to give money to someone for something you want to buy or for services provided:How much did you pay for the tickets?I pay my taxes.
pay verb (WORK)
B1 [I or T] to give money to someone for work that they have done:The company pays its interns $4,000 a month.We pay €200 a day for this kind of work.Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well.Most of these women are very poorlypaid and work in terrible conditions.
rise verb (MOVE UP)
B1 [I] to move upwards:The balloon rose gently (up) into the air.At 6 a.m. we watched the sun rise (= appear and move upwards in the sky).
rise noun (INCREASE)
pay rise noun [C]
UK US UK (US pay raise)
B1 in grammar, a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or apronoun, connecting it to another word:In the sentences “We jumped in the lake“, and “She drove slowly down the track“, “in” and “down” are prepositions.
opportunity noun
UK /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nə.ti/ US /ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
B1 [C or U] an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something:Everyone will have an opportunity to comment.I was never given the opportunity of going to college.
career noun [C]
UK /kəˈrɪər/ US /-ˈrɪr/
B1 the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn more money:He’s hoping for a career in the policeforce/as a police officer.
rhetorical question noun [C]
UK US
› a question, asked in order to make a statement, that does not expect an answer:“Why do these things always happen to me?” is a rhetorical question.
idiom noun
UK US /ˈɪd.i.əm/
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