VocabularyLIFE EVENTS
Unit 13 Outcomes Upper-Intermediate
Pass away
• A polite way to say die
Fed up with
• Not very happy with something or someone
Rough patch
• A difficult period
Fancied
• Liked a person a lot
A run
• A period of time when things go well or badly for you
Gossip
• Talk about other people or things that are not important
Flick through
to turn the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper etc very quickly looking at some of the pages for a very short time
A jerk
OFFENSIVE someone who does stupid, annoying or unkind things
Call it a day/a night
to decide that you have finished doing something
clean-cut
a man who looks clean and tidy looks
confrontation
Argue angrily
Suck up to
SHOWING DISAPPROVAL to be very nice to someone in authority so thatthey will treat you well
Lighten up
To become more relaxed and less worried
Lose face
to no longer impress people or be respected by them, especially byshowing that you are not in control of a situation
Lose face
to no longer impress people or be respected by
them,
especially by showing that you are not in control
of a situation
flashpoint
a situation in which serious problemsare likely to develop
Steer through
to influence the way that something happens
Falling-out
an occasion when you have a disagreement with someone
Set out to
to start doing or working on something in order
to achieve an aim
Rubbing someone up the wrong way
to do or say things that annoy someone
Coming of age
NOUN When you officially reach legal age (18 in Spain)
Naming ceremony
a non-religious ceremony for naming a child.
A religious ceremony for naming a child is a baptism or christening.
Joyous
causing happy feelings
Straightforward birth
Simple and not problematic birth
Went into labour
The moment the baby starts coming out
Rushed to the maternity ward
Taken quickly to the department in hospital for births
In labour
The period of giving birth
Maternity leave
Time off work after the birth
Expecting another baby
pregnant
scan
Non-invasive medical ultrasound to check what’s inside the body
It’s due
When the baby is expected