{"id":7379,"date":"2026-05-06T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7379"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:48:30","slug":"notes-and-vocabulary-from-lesson-3-050526","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/conversation-continuation-course-notes\/notes-and-vocabulary-from-lesson-3-050526\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes and vocabulary from Lesson 4 (050526)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Lesson Four<\/u>\u00a0Tuesday 5th<\/sup> May<\/p>\n

in a town\/city\/county\/country<\/p>\n

on an island<\/p>\n

a marching brass band\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a cheerleading troupe\u00a0 –\u00a0 cheerleaders<\/p>\n

textile industry<\/p>\n

I studied genealogy<\/p>\n

to weave\u00a0 –\u00a0 the weaving industry\u00a0 –\u00a0 a weaving loom<\/p>\n

the nominating committee<\/p>\n

to live together in a commune<\/p>\n

a gated community<\/p>\n

\u201cShow me love\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweden has affordable childcare.<\/p>\n

Fees in the UK are extortionate.<\/p>\n

plumbing\u00a0 –\u00a0 to fix the water pipes<\/p>\n

The Chinese Wall\u00a0 \/\u00a0 The Great Wall of China<\/p>\n

he was convicted of embezzlement\u00a0 – to embezzle company funds<\/p>\n

workshops\u00a0 – an old<\/p>\n

the homeless<\/p>\n

\u201cLugnet\u201d is a misnomer!\u00a0\u00a0 (misnamed)<\/p>\n

Good Friday \u2013 misnomer, an irony<\/p>\n

bicycle\u00a0 –\u00a0 I bike everywhere.<\/p>\n

the Stockholm slums<\/p>\n

the headline<\/p>\n

the title of the article<\/p>\n

I ate a dodgy prawn and got food poisoning<\/p>\n

a dodgy person\u00a0 (=skumtyp!)<\/p>\n

I was brought up\/raised to eat\/try everything on the table<\/p>\n

I raised my children to work hard.<\/p>\n

I grew up in Hatfield.\u00a0 I was brought up in Hatfield.<\/p>\n

coriander<\/p>\n

I take things more easy now<\/p>\n

I only do one thing at a time<\/p>\n

to multi-task<\/p>\n

Are younger generations better at multitasking?<\/p>\n

Women were traditionally the homemakers.<\/p>\n

I change the tyres on the car<\/p>\n

In our home, the roles are reversed.<\/p>\n

the sandwich generation<\/p>\n

woodland walks\u00a0 \u201cwoodlund<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \/ woodland trails<\/p>\n

anxiety is reduced<\/p>\n

It prompts people to slow down.\u00a0\u00a0 He arrived promptly at 8.<\/p>\n

shade \u2013 shadow \u2013 shades \u2013 shadows\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n