Dare to Speak English 30/3
The Baltic Sea is surprisingly shallow. (not deep)
an Arctic fox, a wolverine, lynxes, a wild boar (“bore”)
tusks
Cleaning the bathroom is such a mundane/dull job.
Someone who doesn’t drink = a teetotaller. She is teetotal.
to postpone a meeting = Let’s put it off until next month.
to cancel a meeting/a sports match = The search was finally called off when it got too dark. The match was called off because of rain.
The opposite of an active lifestyle = sedentary
Talk about:
- Something in English you have done
- something healthy you have done
- the weather
- something you have done to relax
- a person whose company you have enjoyed
- something that needs to be done this coming weekend
We celebrate an occasion, but not a person. We celebrated our wedding anniversary.
It was a hectic day
gloomy weather
Read Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
I feel quite motivated to go to the gym
to lose motivation/weight/friends/time/a match/a sports game
The opposite of lose is find (“looz”).
I lost my gloves, but I found them again
I lost weight in the autumn, but I put it back on after Christmas.
loose (adjective, not a verb)
After I lost weight, my jeans became loose. (opposite = tight)
The dog got loose and ran away.
a palace/ a castle
Think of your home and garden. What kind of things do you need to do to maintain it? What kind of things do you need to repair over time? Who does the repairs?
a lawnmower
to mow the lawn/to cut the grass
to tidy up/ to clear up
to clean up
to repaint the house
to build scaffolding
to prune trees
to shovel snow (use a shovel)
a pair of secateurs
to use a pair of garden shears
to do the laundry/to do the washing
to use a washing machine
a tumble dryer
to hang the washing on the line
to do the dishes/to do the washing up
to load the dishwasher
a vegetable patch
a flower bed
a rake – to rake leaves in the autumn
a vacuum cleaner – to vacuum the floor / to do the vacuuming
to hoover (BrE)
to go to the laundry room
stale/stuffy