Vocabulary
Grammar
Predicting future
Trends
100

a little bit sick

What does 'under the weather' mean?

100

be going to, will, future simple/continuous/perfect/perfect continuous, modals, be to, be due to

What are the future forms?

100

bound to happen, will (certainly) happen

What are the structures to talk about the 100% future predictions?

100

hot, fire

How do we call smth that is very popular?

200

past my best (too old now)

What does 'over the hill' mean? 

200

cause and effect

What is the phrase which means 'the reason and the consequence'?

200

I doubt it will happen

What do you say when you're not sure smth will certanly happen?

200

spread like viruses, spread like wildfire

How do we call it when smth gets popular among big amounts of people?

300

away from a scheduled path

What does 'off course' mean?

300

to give information that contrasts with the information in the main clause

Why do we use concession clauses?

300

no chance of happening

What do you say when smth will definitely not gonna happen?

300

a passing trend

How do we call a trend which is passable and not interesting?

400

didn't understand

What does the phrase 'I didn't catch what you said' mean?

400

although, however, even though, much as, while/whilst

How can we introduce the concession clause?

400

likely to happen

Which is the antonym to 'unlikely to happen'?

400
loses its appeal
What does the trend do when it becomes less and less popular?
500

legal

What does 'above board' mean?

500

whatever, whoever, wherever

What do we use to express the idea of 'no matter what/who/where'?

500

foresee, anticipate, forecast, envision

What are the synonyms to 'predict'?

500

capture the imagination

What do we say when a trend works with people's brains?

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