{"id":6456,"date":"2025-09-29T15:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=6456"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:13:37","slug":"notes-from-lesson-2-29-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/task-for-lesson-one\/notes-from-lesson-2-29-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 2 (29\/9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 2- English for Seniors C1 <\/strong>Monday, 29th September<\/p>\n<p>(Answers to the homework follow the notes)<\/p>\n<p>an adder<\/p>\n<p>a slow worm<\/p>\n<p>He was absolutely <strong>legless<\/strong> and couldn\u2019t remember how he got home\u00a0 (slang &#8211; drunk)<\/p>\n<p>I want to become more fluent <strong>in<\/strong> English.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to <strong>lose<\/strong> my English skills.\u00a0 \u201clooz\u201d<\/p>\n<p>loose \u2013 tight<\/p>\n<p>I lost 10kg and my jeans were <strong>loose<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201clooss\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dog <strong>got loose<\/strong> and ran away.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher gives me a lot of homework<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">s<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>I retired two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been retired for two years. \u00a0\u00a0(= how long?)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been retired since 2023.\u00a0 (=Since when?)<\/p>\n<p>What do you do? I\u2019m retired.<\/p>\n<p>I am now retired since a few years,\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve now been retired for a few years.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been married for 25 years\/ since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has been the highlight of the past week?<\/li>\n<li>Have you read, heard, or watched anything interesting recently?<\/li>\n<li>What small thing has made you smile this week?<\/li>\n<li>What have you done outdoors to enjoy this weather?<\/li>\n<li>If you could relive one or two days from the past few months, which would they be and why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Uppror \u00a0&#8211; to revolt<\/p>\n<p>An uprising<\/p>\n<p>To rise up against the employers<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re demonstrating against the war.<\/p>\n<p>demonstrations<\/p>\n<p>a hedgehog<\/p>\n<p>a porcupine\u00a0 (USA)<\/p>\n<p>They just went on and on.\u00a0 (= neg)<\/p>\n<p>Fresh\/dried coriander\u00a0 (ci<u>lan<\/u>tro USA)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am watching a really good <strong>series<\/strong> on Apple TV at the moment called \u201cSlow Horses\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<u>see<\/u>-reez)<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be so <strong>serious<\/strong>. I was only joking!<\/p>\n<p>He just <strong>pulled down<\/strong> the blind(s).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prepositions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preposition + verb in \u201ding\u201d form<\/p>\n<p>He insisted on driving me home.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>She insisted<strong> on<\/strong> telling me there and then.<\/li>\n<li>We made short work of finishing the accounts. \u00a0The dog made short work <strong>of<\/strong> (finishing) its dinner.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t pay any attention <strong>to<\/strong> what you read in the media.<\/li>\n<li>I caught a glimpse <strong>of<\/strong> him disappearing around the building.<\/li>\n<li>Our little son is really excited about\/by\/<strong>at<\/strong> the thought<strong> of<\/strong> going to Disneyworld.<\/li>\n<li>The police have carried out a thorough investigation into the incident. The police said they would look into it.<\/li>\n<li>He was unable to cope <strong>with<\/strong> the job because of ill health.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t leave the building <strong>without<\/strong> setting the burglar alarm. Don\u2019t leave before calling your brother.<\/li>\n<li>The houses in the immediate <strong>vicinity of<\/strong> the blast were severely damaged.<\/li>\n<li>In the summer, the locals are vastly outnumber<strong>ed by <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Can you account for the missing money?<\/li>\n<li>He was exempted <strong>from <\/strong>service because of his disability.<\/li>\n<li>He congratulated us <strong>on<\/strong> our anniversary.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t disturb him now. He&#8217;s engrossed <strong>in<\/strong> his studies.<\/li>\n<li>That money has been earmarked <strong>for<\/strong> the foreign students\u2019 fund.<\/li>\n<li>He referred <strong>to<\/strong> the letter he had received that morning.<\/li>\n<li>I hope you didn\u2019t take offence <strong>by\/at<\/strong> what I said.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not really keen on going there to be honest with you.<\/li>\n<li>My grandmother was partial<strong> to<\/strong> a glass of sherry after dinner. (= she rather liked it and did it quite frequently)<\/li>\n<li>The news conference was brought<strong> to<\/strong> an abrupt halt by protestors. The traffic was brought to a standstill by the demonstrators.<\/li>\n<li>He was determined <strong>to<\/strong> pass the exam.<\/li>\n<li>He was intent <strong>on<\/strong> passing the exam.<\/li>\n<li>Although he sounded convincing, I was a little suspicious <strong>of <\/strong>his over-confident manner.<\/li>\n<li>The media are an intrusion <strong>into<\/strong> people\u2019s privacy.<\/li>\n<li>She is in no way to blame <strong>for<\/strong> the accident.<\/li>\n<li>It took the judges two hours to agree <strong>on<\/strong> which story should win the prize.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t agree <strong>with<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>She finally <strong>agreed to<\/strong> his proposal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 2- English for Seniors C1 Monday, 29th September (Answers to the homework follow the notes) an adder a slow worm He was absolutely legless and couldn\u2019t remember how he got home\u00a0 (slang &#8211; drunk) I want to become more fluent in English. I don\u2019t want to lose my English skills.\u00a0 \u201clooz\u201d loose \u2013 tight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/task-for-lesson-one\/notes-from-lesson-2-29-9\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notes from Lesson 2 (29\/9)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":6431,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6456","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6459,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6456\/revisions\/6459"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}