VOCABULARY
She had the confidence that usually goes hand in hand with experience
What is the meaning of " hand in hand"?
You can´t have one thing without the other
Complete the sentence with a synonym
In my family we always talked about bathing suits, but my wife doesn’t say that. She says ____________ instead. She thinks it sounds a bit more modern.
swimsuit
Complete the sentence
I had to stop ____________ basketball when I broke both wrists.
PLAYING
Complete each sentence with an alternative passive construction.
People say that the director is working on a new movie The director ....
is said to be working on a new movie
Choose the correct option.
The great ________ of my career was not accepting the job in Cairo. It would have been great.
a. disappoint
b.disappointment
b.disappointment
We will never see eye to eye on this matter.
What is the meaning of " eye to eye"?
Agree
difference between
sing a song /hum a tune
if you hum a tune , you make a musical noise with your mouth closed
COMPLETE:
I told him ......(wait)for me outside the restaurant
to wait
Complete each sentence with an alternative passive construction.
For a long time, people thought that bad smells caused diseases.
For a long time, it ....
was thought that bad smells caused diseases
Complete the sentence with the correct nominalization
People should be warned about the .....
of using a phone while driving
dangers
He's chipped a bone in his wrist.
What is the meaning of " chip"?
to break a small piece off something by accident
meaning of :blow my own horn
to talk about one's achievements
Complete
I´m worried about ....(miss) the train
missing
My seven-year-old got new shoes in April, and he's already outgrown them
What does outgrow mean?
to grow bigger than or too big for something
Complete
I remember .....(watch) this cartoon
watching
One way of breaking the ____________ when a new group of people meet is to tell a joke.
Complete the sentence with the missing word from the expression with break.
ice