Expressions III Flashcards
You have an appointment at 9:00, it’s 8:50, call your team and tell them you’ll be there at 9:10
- Run
- To be verb
- I’m running 10 minutes late
- I’m 10 minutes late
You can hear noise now, before it was quiet
It’s noisier than usual around here
Conjugate Catch
- Police and thief
- (You were looking at him) They ___ …
- (Third conditional) I never would ___ ….
- catch (kæʧ)
- caught (kɑt) (kɔːt)
- The police are working hard to catch the criminals and put them in jail.
- They caught me looking at him
- I never would have catch the cheese flavor
Conjugate (ˈkɑnʤəgɪt) Spend
- I’ve ___
- Yesterday she ___
- I’m going to ___
- A lot of time watching…
- The whole day playing…
- Preposition ___
- Spend (spɛnd)
- Spent (spɛnt)
- On
You went out 20 minutes ago but now you’re back at home, tell her that
I just got back from the supermarket
I was seing (ˈsiɪŋ) ___ ___ ___ at my neighbors (window)
out the window
A cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles (ˈvihɪkəlz)
- American way ___ ___
- British way ___ ___
- Parking lot (pɑrkɪŋ lɑt)
- Car park (kɑː pɑːk)
- Busy, active movements of many people, especially in and out of a place.
- There was a constant flow of people ___ ___ ___ throughout the day, including the church choir
Coming and going
I was playing pay day and cooking soy beans at the same time and my girlfriend told me:
- Hey, “It ___ ___ ____”
- Hey, “Something ___ ___ “
- It smells like burning
- Something smells burnt
I can’t cook peas in the pressure cooker because It ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
It creates a lot of foam
(ɪt kriˈeɪts ə lɑt ʌv foʊm)
She says “I don’t eat meat”, you can say:
- ___ ___ ___
- ___ ___ ___
- ___ ___
- Neither do I (ˈniðər du aɪ)
- I don’t either (aɪ doʊnt ˈiðər)
- Me neither (mi ˈniðər)
Located a short distance away; close at hand.
- He stopped at a ___ store for some groceries (ˈgroʊsəriz)
Nearby (ˈnɪrˈbaɪ)
You have many stuff, you don’t want to buy and accumulate (əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt ) more things
- I’m ___ ___ ___ ___ more stuff
I’m trying not to buy
- You’re going to ___ your chickpeas because you want to cook them tomorrow
- I will ___ the beans overnight next time
- A foot ___ involves immersing the feet in warm water
Soak
You have goals:
- ___-___ goals
- ___-___ goals
- Short-term goals (goʊlz)
- Long-term goals (goʊlz)
What’s your project’s goal
Automation (ɔtəˈmeɪʃən)
The ___ ___ is going to be ___
- Manual (ˈmænjuəl)
- Process (ˈprɑˌsɛs)
- Automated (ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪd)
You, suppose, negative, to have, favorite child
- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a favorite child
You are not supposed to have a favorite child
Having very little time (to do something or be somewhere)
You’re relaxed, you have time to study English
- I’m not ___ ___ ___
I’m not in a rush
Required by law or mandate; compulsory.
- Wearing helmets was made ___ for pedal cyclists
Mandatory
She is drinking a cup of coffee and you want to know the price of it, ask her
- ___ ___ ___ a cup of coffee ___ in that cateferia (ˌkæfəˈtɪriə) ?
- A coup of coffee ___ 4 dollars in that cafeteria (ˌkæfəˈtɪriə) !
- How much does a cup of coffee cost in that cafeteria?
- A coup of coffee costs 4 dollars in that cafeteria!
- I would think you’re getting stoned all day!
- ___ ___ ___ ___ when I don’t have anything to do
- I get stoned all day when I don’t have anything to do
(stoʊnd)
