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Idioms and Phrasal verbs 9
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- 1Things you should or should not doDo’s and Don’t’s
- 2Don’t be embarrassed about speaking: the main thing is to speak in a way that others can understand youDon’t be embarrassed about speaking:the main thing is to make yourself understood
- 3Don’t be afraid to make mistakes: you learn through a way of solving a problem by trying several possibilities and learning from your mistakesDon’t be afraid to make mistakes: you learn from trial and error
- 4The classroom is the opportunity to practice speaking, so enjoy sthg or use sthg as much as you canThe classroom is the opportunity to practice speaking, so make the best of it.
- 5There are certain things, such as regular verbs, that you can learn sthg by reading or hearing it repeatedly until you remember it exactlyThere are certain things, such as regular verbs, that you can learn by heart.
Learn sthg ( off) by heart
Andy knows that it isn't easy for him to know anything off by heart. - 6Saying something so others can hear it can help you to practice the pronunciation and remember it.Saying something out loud can help you to practice the pronunciation and remember it.
say/ read sthg out loud - 7Don’t miss lessons or you will have a lot of things to do because you didn’t do them on time and find it difficult to reach the levels of others who are more advancedDon’t miss lessons or you will get behind with your work and find it difficult to catch up.
- 8Don’t stop trying to do sthg or accept that you can’t do sthg. Continue with sthg even though it is difficult and you’ll achieve sthg after a period of work and effortDon’t give up. Stick at it and you’ll get there in the end.
- 9I decided to improve my knowledge or skill in my Spanish, especially when you have not used it for a period of time before going to Spain.I decided to brush up on my Spanish before going to Spain.
Brush sthg up - 10At first I had to try very hard to remember anythingAt first I had to rack my brains to remember anything
- 11I couldn’t manage to understand the grammar.I couldn’t make sense of the grammar.
- 12So it was very hard to make progress at the same speed of the other studentsSo it was very hard to keep up with the other students
- 13But some of the new vocabulary wouldn’t be remembered or understood (of information or experiences).But some of the new vocabulary wouldn’t sink in.
- 14I just forget words very quickly .Words just went in one ear and out the other.
- 15When you work hard all day, it’s difficult to continue to concentrate on a difficult subject in the evening.When you work hard all day, it’s difficult to keep your mind on a difficult subject in the evening.
- 16But I stuck at it, and I began to learn things without making a big effort more quickly.But I stuck at it, and I began to pick things up more quickly.
- 17All I have to do now is to continue doing sthg as well as you are doing now!All I have to do now is to keep it up!
- 18Many times those names you are sure know them but you can’t remember them at the moment but you are unable to remember themMany times those names are on the tip of my tongue but they never come back to me.
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- advanced phrasal verbs and idioms
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- David Y · Aug 2019
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- Aug 1, 2019
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