Vocabulary
what vocabulary word means 'worried and feeling concern about something'?
concerned
what phrasal verb means 'to become very weak or ill/sick and die'?
fade away
Give an example of a postpositive adjective.
c:
Rewrite the sentence as an 'It' cleft sentence:
Communication is at the heart of the problem.
It is communication that is at the heart of the problem.
What vocabulary word means 'very pleasant or attractive'?
charming
What phrasal verb means 'to explain or understand something exactly'?
pin down
What does 'force majeure' mean?
an unexpected event which is beyond our powers
Rewrite the sentence as a 'What' cleft sentence:
Getting our priorities straight is important.
What is important is getting our priorities straight.
What vocabulary word means 'difficulties and feelings of anxiety that are caused by the need to achieve or to behave in a particular way'?
pressure
what phrasal verb means 'to absorb something into your senses, your body or your mind'?
soak up
What does 'time immemorial' mean?
in the very distant past, in ancient times
The drought made many people suffer in this area.
It was the drought that made many people suffer in this area.
What vocabulary word means 'having or showing an understanding of people's needs, a situation, etc. that is not based on old-fashioned attitudes and prejudice'?
enlightened
Fill in the gap with the correct phrasal verb:
Police are trying to _____ the last hours of her life.
piece together
What's the difference in meaning?
a. the responsible parent
b. the parent responsible
a. the parent is responsible
b. the parent is being blamed for something
Add emphasis to the underlined word:
The firefighter saved many lives that day.
What the firefighter did that day was save many lives.
Unscramble the sentence:
The/ debt/ has/ manageable/ a/ level./ reduced/ more/ to/ been
The debt has been reduced to a more manageable level.
Unscramble the sentence:
who/ stores/ it's/ make /the/ loses/ profits,/ big/ customer/ the/ out./ While
While big stores make the profits, it's the customer who loses out.
When do you usually use postpositive adjectives?
for loanwords, compound nouns, and poetic/stylized language
Correct the mistake in the sentence:
It is where is you're from that matters.
It is where you're from that matters.