Phrasal Verbs - B1 homework

• I heard a strange noise from my bike, but I kept on cycling
  

• After few km I couldn't shift gears because the shiftgear broke down 

• After A few kms I couldn't shift gears because the shift gear HAD brokeN down 

• Tomorrow I will take it to the mechanic, I hope to get it back soon

• I lost my notes, they turned up only after the exam.

• Mario is never on time, He make up some excuses every times.
• Mario is never on time, He makeS up some excuses every time.

1. The cash machine is broken down. Could lend me € 100? I'll pay you back tomorrow.
2. The cash machine HAS broken down. Could lend me € 100? I'll pay you back tomorrow.

1. Have you ever looked after a pet? Yes, I look after the neighbours cat when they are away
2. Have you ever looked after a pet? Yes, I looked after the neighbour’s cat when they are away

1. Why didn't you come to Barbara's birthday? My car broke down and I had to call the car mechanic and wait until 11 pm

1. If you ask for the bill in a restaurant and it is a bit pricey, how do you do? I call the waiter and I ask for explanations
2. If you asked for the bill in a restaurant and it WAS a bit pricey, WHAT WOULD you do? I’d call the waiter and I ask for AN explanation

5) How did you celebrate your degree? I took my parents and friends out for a dinner

New vocab from Conversation Class 21.4.2015

Words from the video:

cramped- crowded -overcrowded

escape

conflict

tackle

heartfelt- empathy

Words from the discussion:

citizenship

trafficking

easy-easier

vessel

too big

to give asylum

asylum seekers

Watch Out!

fall-fell

feel-felt

shoot-shot

Europe (no article)

The USA, The Netherlands, The UK

to risk + ING
risk dying,  risk losing, risk not seeing, risk feeling

Vocab from Conversation Class

QUIRKY

 

Do the shopping

Go shopping

Kinds of shop:

DIY store
a stationer's 
a newsagent's

a dry cleaner
a laundrette   

estate agent
a travel agent

mini-market

Newsagent

DIY

Stationery Shop

Mean / Tight

tight-fisted

adjective

informal

1. not willing to spend or give much money; miserly.

   synonyms:

   mean, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching,cheese-paring, penurious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous

Things to remember:

AT the weekend

Once a week --- or ------once every two months

Once IN a while

organic

the mark up

to buy FROM 

fruit 

buying in bulk

take it TO   ------ go TO

bad - worse - worst

further

likely