{"id":7368,"date":"2026-05-06T10:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7368"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:00:12","slug":"notes-from-lesson-13-06-05-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a2-fortsattning-distans-live\/notes-from-lesson-13-06-05-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 13 (06\/05\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Lesson Thirteen<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the date today?\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s Wednesday \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><em>the\u201d<\/em><strong> \u00a06<sup>th<\/sup> \u201c<\/strong><em>of\u201d<\/em><strong> \u00a0\u00a0May<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What we did in class today <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review<\/li>\n<li>Words with similar meanings<\/li>\n<li>Interview questions<\/li>\n<li>Reflections on the course and plans for future study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The weather was hot and humid, making everyone<strong> uncomfortable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The air conditioning made the room cool and <strong>comfortable<\/strong> on a hot day.<\/p>\n<p>The late check-out option is very <strong>convenient<\/strong> for guests with evening flights.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel provides memory foam pillows for extra <strong>comfort\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> <em>kumfuht<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He handed in his <strong>notice<\/strong> and went travelling for a year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (= he resigned from work)<\/p>\n<p>There are only two buses a day, so you can\u2019t be <strong>spontaneous<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<em>spon-<u>tay<\/u>-nee-yuss<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>pans\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 a frying pan \u2013 a kettle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Put a lid on the saucepan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>red (bell) peppers &#8211; paprika<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>whole almonds\u00a0 &#8211; flaked almonds &#8211;\u00a0 blanched almonds\/vegetables (to boil quickly)<\/p>\n<p>a <strong>snail\u00a0<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>slugs<\/strong> destroy the vegetable patch<\/p>\n<p>We have a downstairs and an upstairs toilet.<\/p>\n<p>We have a rooftop swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>It was my grandparents\u2019 50<sup>th<\/sup> wedding <strong>anniversary<\/strong> last week.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>fif-tee-yuth<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was my sister\u2019s 40<sup>th<\/sup> <strong>birthday<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m afraid we are out of salmon today.\u00a0 (none left)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0 We\u2019ve run out of salmon.<\/p>\n<p>Hurry up!\u00a0 We\u2019re running out of time\u00a0\u00a0 (not much left)<\/p>\n<p>Oops!\u00a0 We\u2019re out of time!<\/p>\n<p>Wear your <strong>shades<\/strong> to protect your eyes from the sun.\u00a0 (US)<\/p>\n<p><strong>alone \/ lonely<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>alone<\/strong>: being by yourself; no one else is around (not used before a noun)<\/li>\n<li><strong>lonely<\/strong>: feeling sad because you are alone, negative feeling\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a lonely cat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>I like to be <strong>alone<\/strong> sometimes, but not for too long, otherwise I get <strong>lonely<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He was sitting <strong>alone<\/strong> at the table, reading a book.<\/li>\n<li>She was a <strong>lonely<\/strong> person who needed someone to talk to.<\/li>\n<li>She lives <strong>alone<\/strong> in a small house by the sea.<\/li>\n<li>After moving to a new city, he felt very <strong>lonely<\/strong> and wanted to meet new people.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>high \/ tall<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>tall<\/strong>: used for people, trees, buildings, and things that are higher than they are wide<\/li>\n<li><strong>high<\/strong>: used for most other things (e.g. mountains, fences, walls)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Ben Nevis is <strong>the highest<\/strong> mountain in Britain.<\/li>\n<li>How <strong>tall<\/strong> are you? a long snake, a long road\u00a0\u00a0 people\u2019s height<\/li>\n<li>There was a tall tree blocking the view.<\/li>\n<li>The cat sat on the high fence.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019d like something cool to drink in a <strong>tall<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The gate was too <strong>high<\/strong> for me to climb.<\/li>\n<li>The shelf was too <strong>high<\/strong> for me to reach.<\/li>\n<li>He is very <strong>tall<\/strong> for his age.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t reach the top of the bookcase because it was too <strong>tall\/high.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>( a tall bookcase, a high shelf)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronunciation\u00a0 (past simple)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>waved served curved moved\u00a0 proved\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201c<em>survd<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>craved\u00a0 \u201ckrayvd\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She <strong>craved<\/strong> a cigarette, even though she\u2019d given up 6 months before.\u00a0\u00a0 crave = strong desire to smoke, eat chocolate<\/p>\n<p>waved\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cwayvd\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201ct\u201d\u00a0 raced placed\u00a0 faced spaced\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8220;<em>rayst&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>report it\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u201c<em>repor\u00a0 tit<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are three things you can do in English now that you couldn\u2019t do before the course?<\/li>\n<li>In which situations do you feel most confident now? (e.g., greeting guests, taking orders, handling complaints)<\/li>\n<li>What is still challenging for you?<\/li>\n<li>What activity or lesson helped you learn the most\u2014and why?<\/li>\n<li>How has your confidence changed since the start of the course?<\/li>\n<li>How will you keep your English up over the summer?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (= maintain the same level)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a <strong>rewarding<\/strong> job<\/p>\n<p>a helpful course, a useful course, a practical course<\/p>\n<p>l\u00e4rorik course\u00a0 = a very <strong>informative<\/strong> course, this course has taught me a lot<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson Thirteen What\u2019s the date today?\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s Wednesday \u00a0\u00a0the\u201d \u00a06th \u201cof\u201d \u00a0\u00a0May What we did in class today Review Words with similar meanings Interview questions Reflections on the course and plans for future study &nbsp; The weather was hot and humid, making everyone uncomfortable The air conditioning made the room cool and comfortable on a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a2-fortsattning-distans-live\/notes-from-lesson-13-06-05-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notes from Lesson 13 (06\/05\/26)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":7135,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7368","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7368","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=7368"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7372,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7368\/revisions\/7372"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}