Unit 1
"TIME REALLY DRAGS"
"TIME AND AGAIN"
Example:
"Time really drags when I attend a boring class"
"I talked to her time and again about it, but it doesn't seem to help"
"Remarkably"
"Utterly"
"Highly"
Examples:
"The sound whales make is remarkably loud"
"This is utterly outrageous!"
"This was highly recommeded that people do like so"
"Willing to get their hands dirty"
x
"Sit on the fence"
Example:
"She is so proactive. She is always willing to get her hands dirty"
"He never makes up his mind about anything. Always sitting on the fence"
"Had better"
"To be Supposed to"
Examples:
"You had better leave while you still have time"
"She was supposed to meet me here at 9!"
"The way in which"
"The reason why"
Example:
"I could see it just by the way in which she looked at me that day"
"The reason why she left is because she didn't feel at ease"
"slightly"
"a great deal"
"the more... the less"
Example:
"The prices vary slightly from one store to the other"
"A great deal of people prefer living there"
"The more I work, the less I seem to enjoy it"
Present Perfect x Past Perfect
Example:
"I've travelled to Canada"
"I'd gone to Canada when my friend arrived in São Carlos to visit me"
"Please, sit down", "They say the truth!", "I loved her!"
"Please, DO sit down"
"They DO say the truth!"
"I DID love her!"
"Couldn't care less"
"Careless"
"Oh yeah? She said that? I couldn't care less!"
"She broke my TV for being so careless"
"Neither"
"Dozens of"
"She asked me which I had liked and I said
"Neither!""
"Dozens of children have read this book"
Something you have been doing for quite a while.
Example:
"I have been reading this book. It seems to never end!"
Listen and Take Notes
LISSSSSSSTEEEEEEEEEEEEN! (KNOWLES, Beyoncé)
"In two minds"
"At times"
"At random"
Example:
"She haven't decided yet. She is two minds"
"At times, I get overwhelmed"
"It was chosen at random"
Examples:
"A handyman has been hired to fix it"
"It was brought here by her"
"The cake will be made by my brother"
Say 3 Compound Adjectives
"Man-eating dinosaur"
"Bolsonaristas are narrow-minded"
"This jacket is so old-fashioned"
Talk about one minute about "The evolution of Technology"
Giddy up!
1) "How long have you been here for?"
x
2) "How long are you here?"
1) Similar to "How long have you lived here for?"
2) People wanted to know if you waited long
NO ARTICLE - Something general, usually plural.
Explain CONNOTATION
"This place is DULL" (negative)
"This place is PEACEFUL" (positive)
Inversion and Cleft Sentence
Example:
"Never have I heard such a thing!"
"The thing I most concerned about is the way she is treated"