Lesson Four Tuesday 5^th May

in a town/city/county/country

on an island

a marching brass band    –    a cheerleading troupe  –  cheerleaders

textile industry

I studied genealogy

to weave  –  the weaving industry  –  a weaving loom

the nominating committee

to live together in a commune

a gated community

“Show me love”

Sweden has affordable childcare.

Fees in the UK are extortionate.

plumbing  –  to fix the water pipes

The Chinese Wall  /  The Great Wall of China

he was convicted of embezzlement  – to embezzle company funds

workshops  – an old

the homeless

“Lugnet” is a misnomer!   (misnamed)

Good Friday – misnomer, an irony

bicycle  –  I bike everywhere.

the Stockholm slums

the headline

the title of the article

I ate a dodgy prawn and got food poisoning

a dodgy person  (=skumtyp!)

I was brought up/raised to eat/try everything on the table

I raised my children to work hard.

I grew up in Hatfield.  I was brought up in Hatfield.

coriander

I take things more easy now

I only do one thing at a time

to multi-task

Are younger generations better at multitasking?

Women were traditionally the homemakers.

I change the tyres on the car

In our home, the roles are reversed.

the sandwich generation

woodland walks  “woodlund”   / woodland trails

anxiety is reduced

It prompts people to slow down.   He arrived promptly at 8.

shade – shadow – shades – shadows 

• shade: protection from the sun
• shadow: a dark shape made when something blocks the light

Long shadows in the late afternoon

She is sitting in the shade to get out of the sun.

Different shades of red. I like the poppy red shade.

1. The children were playing, jumping on each other’s _________.
2. The sun was too hot, so we sat in the _________.
3. The temperature is 30 degrees in the _________.
4. In the evening, your _________ is longer than you are.
5. The trees provided some much-needed _________.
6. I enjoy sunbathing, but I usually move to somewhere in the _________ during the hottest hours of the day.
7. We rested in the cool _________ under the umbrella.
8. It was too sunny, so we sat in the _________ under the tree.
9. The statue’s _________ looked much longer in the early morning light.
10. The dog suddenly stopped when it saw its own _________ on the ground.
11. The beach had very little _________ so we brought a large umbrella.
12. She bought lipstick in three slightly different _________ of red.

 

alone / lonely

• alone: being by yourself; no one else is around (not used before a noun)
• lonely: feeling sad because you are alone, negative feeling

1. I like to be ____________ sometimes, but not for too long, otherwise I get ____________.
2. He was sitting ____________ at the table, reading a book.
3. She was a ____________ person who needed someone to talk to.
4. She lives ____________ in a small house by the sea.
5. After moving to a new city, he felt very ____________ and wanted to meet new people.

 

fun or funny?

funny = makes you laugh  (adjective)

fun = enjoyable

Do you mean funny strange or do you mean funny ha-ha?

I had a really fun time this evening, thank you very much.

 

1. We had a lot of fun exploring the old town.
2. There’s a funny smell coming from the fridge. I think the fish has gone off.
3. I’m having so much fun on this trip.
4. This overnight excursion looks like great fun. “eks-skör-sjun”
5. The children had great fun playing in the hotel pool.
6. The elevator is making a funny noise again. I think we should report it to maintenance.
7. It’s always fun to meet travellers from different countries.
8. There’s a funny taste to this milk, has it gone beyond its “best before” date?
9. The email looks funny – I think it might be a scam.
10. The staff training session was actually quite fun.

 

I was scammed out of 500 kr.