BOOKS:
New First Certificate Masterclass, Haines, Stewart - Esercise book i salso (it's our task to do it)
Use of English - V. Evans - the best thing is to have one on our own, but if not, we have to take the copies from downstairs)
TESTS
After units
When we can't go to the test, come earlier and tell about it
VOCABULARY
Mug
Padlock - we use it to lock the door - kłódka
Regurigator - swallows things and then bring it back
Divining rod - rod which is used to search water
Water diviners - people who search water with divining rods - różdżkarz wodny
Hang on to - keep sth - trzymać się czegoś (kurczowo)
Daring strategy - brave plan - śmiały plan
Resume - continue - I resume my studies - kontynuować, podjąć się na nowo
Extract - wydobywać
Blush - zarumienić się
Go red
Turn pale
Sweat, overeat
I tend to - I do sth regularly - I tend to go by bus.
I used to do = I would do (I'd do), boh refer to the past, and mean that I did sth, but now I don't. BUT:
I used to do |
I would do |
Refers to actions or STATES |
Only actions |
I am used to doing sth - I have a custom, I regularly do sth - jestem przyzwyczajona do…
I will get used to doing sth - it's a process - przyzwyczajam się do… (ten process trwa)
VOCABULARY
Make a guess - zgadywać
Pocket money - kieszonkowe
On my own
Goldfish bowl
Cut the bubble off
Light bulb
You can hear a pin drop
Performing off-stage
Routine
Piles of money
Selectibely
Eforehand
Extract sth from the pile
Summary of life to date
Brief notes
Drop out of the party at last minute
Suitable replacement
Trek
Trainee nurse
Easily offended
Keep a cool head in emergencies
Passage
Put on make-up
Lie around before going to work
Face the day ahead
Unsympathetic
Lack self-confidence
Damp basement flat
Complexion
Rush off to work
Heavyweight boxer
Pull the blankets over sb's head
Comforting dreams
Shut everything out
Oversleep
Be given the sack
Largish town
Residential area
Suburbs
Outskirts
Airport lounge
Office block
Filthy - extremely dirty
Ramshackle - on the point of collapsing
Concrete - building
Festoon - chain (of flowers) hanging somewhere
Grease - melted fat
Inappropriate - not right
Cobweb - spiders made them
Store
Chop
Clang - ringing sound
Pot
Pan - with long handle
Flame - fire
Roar - sound
Peel - take the skin off (the vegetable)
Sizzle - sound if you roast sth
Sniff - wąchać
Chalet - wooden
Lounge - room
Reheat
Country lane - narrow street or pas ruchu
Hilly area
Immediate neighbourhood
Housing
Facilities
Communities
bustle - move fast, excitedely
Refined - pure, more cultural, sophisticated
Stall
Pier - molo
Proximity - earth close
Seafront
Holiday resort
Seaside town
Chip café
On the seafront
Bright amusement arcades
Jutting out into the sea - not in straight
Tasteful apartament blocks
Overlook
Undeveloped beach
Gentle stroll
Along the seafront
Get through - consume
Go on
Grow up
Pick up (flu)
Settle down
Turn into
Full-scale argument
Headquarter
Shopkeeper
Work in Quimper
Ive
Spoilt by tourists
Chilly - cool
Shower - rain
Downpour - heavy rain
Get stuck - can't move
Inpredictable - you can't forsee it
Current - now
Aks for a lift
Non-scientific
All being well - if there are no problems
Get the phone - answer it
Hang on - wait a moment
Take great care - be very cautious
Red sky at night shepherds delight
At night/at noon, everything else with “in”
Set off
Drop to below freezing point
Stain - plama
Put on the CD
Mix with the rich and famous
Be on fire
Scorching - hottest weather
Strike by lightning
Clear day
Drizzle (light)
A breeze (gentle, light)
Feel under the weather - depressed
Go like the wind - very fast
Come rain or shine - no matter what
Save some for a rainy day - save in case when it's needed
A storm in a teacup
Be still in a complete fog - confused, can't understand
There's a cloud on the horizon - something bad
Hostile zone
Arctic Circle
Severe climate
Overcome by exhaustion
Coldest spells in the…
Soak through- be wet
Falling in - zapadnięcie
Hazardous
Fairly quickly
Get cut off - zostać rozłączonym
Ice floe
There have been instances off
Perspiration
Most at risk
Frostbite
Layers of socks
Put up a tent
Open a flask
Vulnerable to - not protected
Rapidly
Spare set
Cross for the ice
Warm-blooded
Constant readiness
Unlock the secret
Be dying to know
Confidently
Ageing
Average life expectancy
Look after
Cut down on
Killer diseases
Eradicated
Curable
Death rate
Circulatory system
Come to sb's senses
Life span
Eternal life
Track down
Carry out
Equivalent
Retirement age
Convenience foods
Before the age of
At an older age
To the age of
Die from
Over the age of
You're only as old as you feel
Old as the hills
An old head on young shoulders
Teach an old dog new tricks
Real chip off the old block
Young for her age
Break up
Come into pieces
Come to an end
Separate
Finish school for the holidays
Put up
Lift
Raise
Increase
Provide accommodation for
Display
Build
Tolerate (+with)
Be really fed up
Garages
Mountain railway
To put it bluntly
Photos get blown up
Electronically encoded visual images
Portable units
Incorporated
Camcorder
Make a recovery
Be in charge of
Resolving problems
Envious
Efficient
Pile
Interval
Chuck - throw
Crush - press
Starve
Creak - sound (door)
Rumble
Fringe
Shift
Trap
Dustman
Terms
Occupation
Bomb scare
Mining accident
Coal dust
SPRAWNOŚCI ZINTEGROWANE - 6 October 2011