9/07/2009

U11 Varities of English L01- American or British?



Dear Adv. students as you know it's very important to increasae your vocabulary, so from now on you have to give the meaning plus an example for each new word in each lesson, be careful, because first you have to get the meaning from the context where you find it (your student's book or workbook) then you can look it up in a dictionary or surf the internet, it's up to you.
You can also write a story and include all the new words in it; the best you do, the highest grade you get. Don't write your classmate's examples. It isn't worth.

COMPOUNDS
These compound nouns are formed from phrasal verbs, be careful:
Run-up Sell-by Getaway Clean-up
Lead-up Takeover Lookout Turnaround
Round-up Standby Putdown Turnover

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Anónimo dijo...

STUDENT: Diego Baraybar

Run-up

In some sports, a run-up is a period or distance of running that you do in order to be going fast enough to perform a particular action.

EJ: The longer and faster your run-up is, the higher you can jump.
Mainly UK the final period of time before an important event

EJ: Everyone is very busy during the run-up to publication.

Getaway
When someone leaves a place quickly, usually after committing a crime.
EJ: The two masked men made their getaway in a stolen van.

Clean-up
When you make a place clean and tidy.

EJ: It's time you gave your bedroom a good clean-up.

Takeover
When a company gets control of another company by buying most of its shares ( the equal parts into which the ownership of the company is divided)

EJ: They were involved in a takeover last year.

Lookout
A person who watches for danger.
A high place where a person can look at what is happening in the area around them, especially in order to watch for any danger.

EJ: Keep a lookout for small objects that a baby might swallow.

Turnaround
The amount of time taken for something to happen after a vehicle, an instruction or an order for goods arrives at a place

EJ: We'll have to improve the turnaround - 3 days is too long.

Round-up
A bringing together of people, animals, things, etc.

EJ: The President ordered the round-up and imprisonment of all opposition politicians.

Standby
Something which is always ready for use, especially if a regular one fails

EJ: Board games are a good standby to keep the children amused if the weather is bad.

Put-down
An unkind remark that makes someone seems silly.

EJ: One of the big put-downs of the American presidential election campaign was the comment that he was 'no Jack Kennedy'.

Turnover
The amount of business that a company does in a period of time Large supermarkets has high turnovers (= their goods sell very quickly).

EJ: The business has an annual turnover of £50 000.

Lead–up
Something that leads up to or prepares the way for something else.

EJ: I want to lead up with this.

Sell-by date

If someone is past their sell-by date, they are not wanted or useful anymore because they are too old.

EJ: There's plenty of time to have a baby, I'm not past my sell-by date yet.

MILAcciones dijo...

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