{"id":7579,"date":"2026-09-17T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=7579"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:39:36","slug":"notes-from-lesson-4-15-9-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/english-conversation-b2-c1-start-25th-august\/notes-from-lesson-4-15-9-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 4 (15\/9\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 4-<\/strong> Tuesday 15th Septembe<strong>r \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I prefer films with subtitles rather than films <strong>dubbed<\/strong> <strong>into<\/strong> German<\/p>\n<p><u>Idioms of the week<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>get out of hand = <\/strong>a situation that becomes difficult to control<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The argument quickly got out of hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>to back someone up <\/strong>= support someone<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll back you up if they question your decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>word of mouth <\/strong>= information passed from person to person<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>The restaurant became popular through word of mouth<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you ever discovered a great restaurant or similar business through word of mouth?<\/li>\n<li>What kinds of products or services become popular through word of mouth?<\/li>\n<li>Is word of mouth more powerful than advertising?<\/li>\n<li>Would you be more likely to try a restaurant recommended by a friend or one with thousands of online reviews?<\/li>\n<li>What kinds of situations or discussions can easily get out of hand?<\/li>\n<li>Can social media arguments get out of hand more easily than face-to-face arguments? Why?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Restaurant recommendations:<\/p>\n<p>Muskot<\/p>\n<p>I buy takeaway food every now and then.\u00a0 every so often.<\/p>\n<p>Urban Deli \u2013 beef tartare\u00a0 (r\u00e5biff)<\/p>\n<p>I gave in to peer pressure<\/p>\n<p>Acaza \u2013 Portuguese restaurant<\/p>\n<p>Tbilisi \u2013 a Georgian restaurant<\/p>\n<p>Jansson\u2019s temptation<\/p>\n<p>Meatballs for the people<\/p>\n<p>Brisket and friends<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Interview with Rowan Atkinson<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you watched any of the series\/films he talks about?<\/li>\n<li>Are you generally a fan of his comedy or other British comedy?<\/li>\n<li>Is there anything from the interview that surprises you or makes you think?<\/li>\n<li>Talk about a well-known and popular comedy from your country and that you enjoy (or don\u2019t!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fawlty Towers<\/p>\n<p>Basil Fawlty always makes me cringe<\/p>\n<p>It was really cringeworthy<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so cringe.<\/p>\n<p>Inspector Clouseau<\/p>\n<p>slapstick comedy<\/p>\n<p>Buster Keaton &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The Show that Goes Wrong<\/p>\n<p>a storeroom<\/p>\n<p>a shed<\/p>\n<p>an attic \u2013 a loft<\/p>\n<p>a basement \u2013 a cellar<\/p>\n<p>a sieve is used to sieve flour<\/p>\n<p>a colander<\/p>\n<p>cutlery (BrE)\u00a0 &#8211; silverware (US)<\/p>\n<p>crockery<\/p>\n<p>a porcelain vase<\/p>\n<p>a (cheese) grater \u2013 to grate cheese<\/p>\n<p>a plug and socket<\/p>\n<p>tweezers \u2013 to pull out ticks and splinters<\/p>\n<p>to pluck eyebrows<\/p>\n<p>a dustpan and brush<\/p>\n<p>Sthm heats most of its homes using an advanced district heating network that recycles waste energy and uses renewable sources.<\/p>\n<p>This underground pipe network supplies warmth and hot water to about 80% of the city\u2019s buildings<\/p>\n<p>Individual electric heat pumps that draw thermal energy from the air or bedrock<\/p>\n<p>a tile stove<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 4- Tuesday 15th September \u00a0\u00a0 I prefer films with subtitles rather than films dubbed into German Idioms of the week get out of hand = a situation that becomes difficult to control The argument quickly got out of hand. to back someone up = support someone Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll back you up if they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/english-conversation-b2-c1-start-25th-august\/notes-from-lesson-4-15-9-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notes from Lesson 4 (15\/9\/26)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":7391,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579","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=7579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7583,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579\/revisions\/7583"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}