Tuesday 22nd December 2015

Idioms:
previous: beyond a shadow of a doubt
today: be jumping up and DOWN - рвать и метать от злости
next: catch sb with their pants/trousers down

Tongue-twister: Lesser leather never weathered wetter-weather better.

Homophones:
previous: climb vs clime
today: close vs cloze (test) - 1) близько; 2) закривати vs текст-завдання про пропущеними словами
next: coal vs kohl

STUDENTS
Mirra (2)
"Зник" підручник Голіцинського. :(
British Council
Giving personal information
tion /шн/
preparation /преперейшн/ - підготовка
do - робити
this - цю
before - перед
circle /секл/ - обвести
think - думати
library - бібліотека
need - потребувати
give - давати
someone - хтось, комусь
card - картка
first - перший
surname /сернейм/ - прізвище
favourite - улюблений
song - пісня
age /ейдж/ - вік
librarian /лайбрерієн/ - бібліотекар
ask - запитувати
Lucy - Люсі
spell /спел/ - читати слово по буквам
Here you are - Ось, будь ласка.
Here is = Here's - Ось
У тебе є фото? = Маєш ти фото?
"Знайшовся" підручник Голіцинського! :)
Gol. № 164 (8-16) НЕ НАПИСАНО. :(
HW: Gol. № 164 (8-22); Gol. № 165 ПИСЬМОВО

Dima (2)
Боронь, Боже! - God forbid!
Gol. № 399 revision
It goes without saying. - собою зрозуміло.
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
prefer - надавати перевагу
boat - 1) човен; 2) кататись на човні
OMG - Oh my god
stuffy - задушливий
16 Iron is found by digging in the earth.
find-found-found
is found - є знайшов = є знайденим = знаходять
beet - буряк
sugarcane - цукрова тростина
кого, чого - of
c + i, e, y [s] - city, cent, cycling
19. was in the habit - була у звичці = мала звичку
Gol. № 399 (19-25); Gol. № 400; Gol. № 401

Alexey (1)

native speaker – носій мови

causative ‘Grammarway’

Her skirt is being cleaned in the moment. – She is having her skirt cleaned in the moment.

My hair is trimmed once a month. – I have my hair trimmed once a month.

Central heating is going to be installed in our house next month. – We are going to have central heating installed (in our house) next month.

A new jumper has been knitted for me. I have had a new jumper knitted.

A new pair of glasses is going to be made for him. – He is going to have a new pair of glasses made for him.

The hairdresser was styling Mrs Brown’s hair. – Mrs Brown was having her hair styled be the hairdresser.

Their windows need to be cleaned. – They need to have their windows cleaned. or They will have their windows cleaned.

She told her son to carry the shopping to the house. – She had the shopping carried to the house by her son. or She told her son to have the shopping carried to the house.

Dad is going to arrange for someone to cut the grass. - Dad is going to have the grass cut.

The boss asked his assistant to type the letter. – The boss had the letter typed by his assistant.

Have you told the secretary to make some photocopies? – Have you had some photocopies made by your secretary?

The chef was cooking Tom lunch. – Tom was having his lunch cooked by the chef.

Adam’s POLITE English

euphemism – замінник нецензурного слова

passed away/ didn’t make it = died

for a while – якийсь час = впродовж якогось часу