English in mind 4: Units 8 and 9 Vocabulary

Complete the words in the sentences. (Unit 8- Making an effort, Unit 9 - Language) 1 Sue always goes to great lengths to make sure everyone’s happy.2 Although it’s a lot of work, having a party is always worth the effort. 3 I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I just can’t be bothered to do anything.4 I’d say it’s a case of trial and error. You’ll just have to keep trying.5 I get angry with Phil because he makes no attemptto help himself.6 There’s no point starting this project if you feel so half-hearted about it. 7 I’d like you to come up with some ideas for an English project.8 It’s so easy to look up information on the internet. 9 How do you think you’ll get away with your plan? 10 I wonder why Esperanto never took off as an international language. Choose the correct word or phrase.I really didn’t understand ........... of what the teacher just said. a sentence a word a gist I’m always pleased when I can ......... a few words in German. pick off pick out pick at Could you ........ what the announcer said? I couldn’t hear a thing. make out get out take out I’m afraid you’ve ....... me. What on earth are you talking about? caught lost got You’ll be fine as long as you get the ...... of the article. You don’t need to understand every word. lot gist word Did you actually ..... anything? understand pick mean Complete the text with the following words. There are four words you won't need. I know that it’s important to have friends and be nice to them, but I don’t always find it easy. A few weeks ago, for example, I was really angry with a friend of mine and shouted at her. Normally I hate argumentsand I go to great lengths not to argue, but this time I just couldn't avoid it, especially because I felt that I hadn’t done anything wrong. I’d borrowed a DVD from this friend and after I’d given it back she said that I hadn’t looked after it properly because it was scratched. She said I must have left it lying around, which of course wasn’t true at all. I struggled to keep my temper, but I didn’t succeed and in the end we just shouted at each other. The next day she apologised, but very half-heartedly, so I didn’t really believe her. I guess I need to learn how to deal with people better. right found should honestly Correct the words written in capital letters. 1 I couldn’t TAKE out what Alex was saying because he spoke so quietly. MAKE2 The talk was so complex that the speaker CAUGHT me after a few minutes and I just couldn’t follow him. LOST2 I HAD most of what Sam said, but not everything. UNDERSTOOD3 Listen and see if you can GET out all the French words in this song. PICK4 Could you repeat the question? I didn’t quite LOSE what you said. UNDERSTAND5 I think I’ve TAKEN the gist of this text. GOT Match the words or expressions with their explanations. a slogan a short and easily remembered phrase to endeavour to try to sweat to work really hard an idiom a group a words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning jargon terminology that annoys you slang very informal language Geordie Newcastle dialect Cockney London EastEnd dialect RP standard BBC English Scouse Liverpool dialect Write the English translation of the following words. Be careful about false pairs. razuman sensible naposlijetku eventually emisija programme suosjećajan sympathetic stvaran actual vozilo hitne pomoći ambulance neznanje ignorance