Definition
the type of experience, training, education, etc. that a person has
background
Collocations: have a ___________in, ethnic/cultural/religious_______, a privileged/wealthy_________
Francisco lives near the university in the ______part of New Orleans connected with a city
urban
"All undergraduate students have to read this book"
The professor said that ...
The professor said that all undergraduate students had to read this book
to use influence (with someone to get something done).
pull some strings
change according to the situation
adapt
Collocations: to________smth for smth, to _____from (the book), to _________to V
Diego tried to think of an ______for not responding to Artie's email sooner.
excuse
"Who will be at fault then?"
She wondered ...
She wondered who would be at fault then (at that moment)
very rarely
Once in a blue moon
someone who lives in a place
resident
The _____of the city from Tony's bedroom window always made him happy
landscape
"If you are clumsy you will often drop things"
Eddy stated that
Eddy stated that if I was clumsy I would often drop things
To be precisely correct or accurate
hit the nail on the head
water that you get from a tap running water
running water
The company has achieved complete ______in the marketplace.
dominance
"you have been a good communicator so far"
My new collegue made a remark that ...
My new collegue made a remark that I had been a good communicator so far
To respond to one in an extremely angry and forceful manner that is often sudden or unprovoked.
bite someone's head off
something that you own
possession
His words cheered Lucy up ______that she started to laugh to such an extent
to such an extent
"How did the presentation go yesterday?"
"It went down like a lead balloon"
My friend asked me
My friend asked me how my presentation had gone the day befor
I answered that it had gone down like a lead baloon
To overwork or exhaust oneself by doing too many things, especially both late at night and early in the morning.
To burn the candle at both ends