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Five New Idioms

Stop pestering me with all your advice. Nobody likes a backseat driver!

an annoying passenger who tells the driver how to drive; someone who tells others how to do things.

Okay, long story short: everything that goes up comes down, okay? to make a long story short

We decided to do a dry run (or dummy run) at the church the day before the wedding.

an occasion when you practise doing something to make sure there will be no problems when you really do it

Pardon my French, but this is a hell of a day.Excuse my use of swear words or taboo words.

Whenever I bake a cake, I start from scratch. I never use a cake mix in a box.

to start from the very beginning; to start from nothing

Reading: Unit 6A Weekend in Wales

Your room will be ready


To settle an accountTo pay off an account

To re-let the accommodationTo rent it out again

You will be liable for a cancellation chargeYou have to pay the money

AllowanceSum of money given to compensate for expenses

To insureTo provide or arrange insurance for

To ensureTo make sure

Reading TestInternational Postal Services

International Postal Services

It pays to get the postage rightTo have a good result (it is rewarding); money that you pay in order to send letters and parcels through the post

Surface mailpost that is sent by road, railway, or sea

A stamp booka set of stamps

To incorporateto include

Dispatchsending

International Postal Services

Courier serviceCompany whose job is to deliver documents or parcels (UPS, DHL...)

Economical (<-> economic)Cheap

Reading: Unit 7I saw an article about it

Get Ready to Read

Discuss the following questions in groups:

1. Do you read magazines in your native language? In English? What kinds?

2. Do you have a subscription to any magazine? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the sales of magazines have or in the past few years? Why?

risenincreasedgone up

droppedplummetedgone down

Call of the Wild

1. Travel magazine2. Tourists on safari. They are in a 4WD (four-wheel drive) or a

4x4 (four by four). The animal is a cheetah.

Leopards may sometimes be confused with two other large spotted cats, the cheetah, with which it may co-exist in Africa, and the jaguar, a neotropical species that it does not naturally co-exist with. However, the patterns of spots in each are different: the cheetah has simple black spots, evenly spread; while the leopard normally has rounder, smaller rosettes (A roselike marking or formation, such as one of the clusters of spots on a leopard's fur) than those of the jaguar. The cheetah has longer legs and a thinner build that makes it look more streamlined and taller but less powerfully built than the leopard. (source: Wikipedia)

Leopard Cheetah

The Big Five

Leopard Cape buffalo African elephant lion rhinoceros

Loanwords

Graffiti

Ghetto

Money

Umbrella

Italian

Loanwords

Easel

Cookie

Landscape

Coleslaw

Dutch

Loanwords

Camouflage

Expertise

Petty

Necessary

French

Loanwords

Kindergarten

Kitsch

Poodle

Rucksack

German

Interactive Language Map: The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2014/jan/15/interactive-european-language-map



Call of the Wild

Old handSomeone who is experienced, a veteran

InsiderOne who has special knowledge or access to confidential information

gameWild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport; The flesh of these animals, eaten as food

To congregateTo bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly.

waterholesa natural area of water where wild animals go to drink

foliagePlant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group.

rainsRainy season or wet season

Call of the Wild

dispersedScattered, separated

shrubA bush

to thunderTo produce sounds like thunder

top-endOf or relating to the best or most expensive products of their kind

crispclean or fresh

impeccableHaving no flaws; perfect

top-notchFirst-rate; excellent

Call of the Wild

to sampleTo taste, to try out

trailsA marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness

Off the beaten track away from populous or much-travelled regions

PerspectiveA view, viewpoint, outlook

DossierA collection of papers giving detailed information about a particular person or subject.

Call of the Wild

To tack onA tack =A short, light nail with a sharp point and a flat head.to tack = To fasten or attach with or as if with a tack

Dhow (rhymes with cow)

Call of the Wild

William Blake: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

English poet and painter

1757-1827 (Romantic poet)

Nature poetry and religious poetry

A hippy avant-la-lettre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAT-Ds6tYyE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAT-Ds6tYyE


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(Blake)

Art is the Tree of Life. Science is the Tree of Death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(Blake)


The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

To generalize is to be an idiot.

Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all Heaven in a rage.

Study for a Portrait, After the life mask of William Blake, 1955 (Francis Bacon)

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