Monday, February 9, 2009

COUNTDOWN TO FCE - UNIT 5 - LIFESTYLES

- an Inuit child.


- ammunition






- Very busy mom juggling house duties.


- a budgie's cage; (FORMAL budgerigar)



- selotape

- army


- air force


- navy

- Dugong feeding at the seabed.

- referee = umpire

- nil: noun [U]nothing: She claims that the operating risks are virtually nil. UK The challengers lost the game seven-nil (= zero).
- thoughtful: adjective 1 carefully considering things: He has a thoughtful approach to his work. 2 quiet because you are thinking about something:You look thoughtful. 3 kind and always thinking about how you can help other people:Thank you for phoning when I was ill - it was very thoughtful of you. She's a very thoughtful person.

PHRASAL VERBS

- back sb up (SUPPORT) phrasal verb: [M]1 to support or help someone: My family backed me up throughout the court case. 2 to say that someone is telling the truth: Honestly, that's exactly what happened - Claire will back me up.
- come across sth (FIND) phrasal verb: to find something by chance: He came across some of his old love letters in his wife's drawer.
- turn up (somewhere) (APPEAR) phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in way that was not planned: Do you think many people will turn up? She turned up at my house late one night.

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