• A tenant-owner co-operative
• The committee
• He caused a lot of damage to the building
• A woodpecker
• To peck at a tree
• Permission to shoot the woodpecker
• Four days in a row
• Two observers
• The house is well-insulated.  To put in insulation.
• It’s a protected species
• a manor house
• It takes me about 40 minutes to commute to work every day
• Extreme fatigue
• She felt nauseous
• Heart palpitations – an irregular heartbeat
• She can go for walks
• The Flood
• Sweden – period
• A drought “owt”
• A draught “draft”
• A hosepipe ban
• The ships are sounding their foghorns
• I love Danish pastries  (pastry)
• Dough  (“doh”)
• It’s freezing cold
• Humid
• High levels of humidity
• It’s muggy (humid)
• a heatwave
• All the fans were sold out.
• a breeze
• A breezy walk on the beach

“funny” – pronunciation:

• Hurricane “hurrikun”
• London “Lun-dun”
• Onion “uh-ni-yun”
• Delicate  “delikut”

We saw that it would rain that week. I see from the weather app that it will rain next week

Do you prefer to watch a weather forecast or check the weather on an app?

I’ll have something to eat when I’m there.

I’ll take a picnic with me

To capsize

1½ weeks

2½ years

 

freeze – froze – frozen

The lakes have frozen over.

Carrier bags  (= from the supermarket)

• I shopped for some groceries
• I’ll do some food shopping on the way home
• I’ll buy/get some milk and eggs.

to blast away rock

The sound of blasting