Tuesday, February 23, 2010
excuse me...I'm sorry to intrude, but can you tell me when the last train went by
excuse me...I'm sorry to intrude, but can you tell me when the last train went by
Monday, February 22, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
I have a feeling we look a bit out of place here
I have a feeling we look a bit out of place here (fashion)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Describe people characteristic
You don't seem to be much of a mechanic
You don't seem to be much of a doctor
You don't seem to be much of an IT
...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
shortcoming - Describing people/objects - character
[N]
| shortcoming - a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" disadvantage - the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position |
learn to laugh about our shortcoming
compredend - Speaking
To Understand, usually ask in a question, which is finished with Comprende.
Comprend? : You Understand?
competent - Describing people/objects - character
Properly or sufficiently qualified; capable: a competent typist.
2. Adequate for the purpose: a competent performance.
~incompetent
a competent typist
a competent performance
compete - Business
compete (with / against sb) (for sth) to try to be more successful or better than sb else who is trying to do the same as you:
all we can do is to try to improve ourselves a little bit each day so as to compete with the world
Several companies are competing for the contract. Ç We can't compete with them on price
commitment - Agreeing, Accepting, Argueing, Decline, Object
[C, U] commitment (to sb/sth) | commitment to do sth a promise to do sth or to behave in a particular way; a promise to support sb/sth;
global commitment
goverment's commitment
Friday, February 5, 2010
come up with - idea
come up with
To bring forth, discover, or produce: came up with a cure for the disease.
came up with a cure for the disease.
At last a company has come up with a sensible solution to its packaging
colony - countries, nationalities and languages
6.A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.
1.
a. A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.
b. A territory thus settled.
2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.
cab, scooter , motor scooter - vehicle
cab: a taxi
scooter
bicycle
motor scooter
shuttle bus
truck
van
minivan
car = automobile
ferry
yacht
ark
bike
boat
sailboat
bystander - politics and public institutions
A person who is present at an event without participating in it.
innocent bystander
burst - movement and speed
1. A sudden outbreak or outburst; an explosion.
v. b. To explode.
report road flooding and burst water mains
aviation
rules of aviation
1. The operation of aircraft.
2. The design, development, and production of aircraft.
3. Military aircraft.
avert - Action
A disaster was narrowly averted. Ç He did his best to avert suspicion.
Avert climate change.
These targets, though, fly in the face of calls from scientists for countries to slash their emissions by 25% to 40% to avert catastrophic climate change.
to prevent sth bad or dangerous from happening:
assessment - Bank economic
1[C] an opinion or a judgement about sb/sth that has been thought about very carefully
SYN evaluation:
a detailed assessment of the risks involved Ç his assessment of the situation
A test or an examination (or "exam") is an assessment, often administered on paper or on the computer
assault - Action
A violent physical or verbal attack.
apprehensive - Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
adj
apprehensive (about / of sth) | apprehensive (that … ) worried or frightened that sth unpleasant may happen:
note at afraid
--------I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
You have no reason to be apprehensive of the future.
She was deeply apprehensive that something might go wrong. Ç an apprehensive face / glance / look
anticipation - Pleasant and unpleasant feelings
a feeling of excitement about sth (usually sth good) that is going to happen:
The courtroom was filled with anticipation.
Categories
| Grammar | |
| Countries, nationalities and languages | |
| The weather | |
| Describing people/objects - appearance | |
| Describing people/objects - character | |
| Relationships | |
| At home | |
| Everyday problems | |
| Global problems | |
| Education | |
| Work | |
| Sport | |
| The arts | |
| Food | |
| The environment | |
| Towns | |
| The natuaral world | |
| Clothes | |
| Health and medicine | |
| Travel | |
| Holidays | |
| The press and media | |
| Numbers and shapes | |
| Science and technology | |
| Politics and public institutions | |
| Crime | |
| Money - buying, selling and paying | |
| Number, quantity, degree and intensity | |
| Time | |
| Distances and dimensions | |
| Obligation, need, possibilit and probability | |
| Sound and light | |
| Possession, giving and lending | |
| Movement and speed | |
| Texture, brightness, weight and density | |
| Success, failure and difficulty | |
| Containers and contents(e.g. box of matches, jar o | |
| Belief and opinion | |
| Like, dislike and desire | |
| Speaking | |
| The six senses | |
| What your body does | |
| What animals do | |
| your body | |
| Business | |
| Action | |
| Agreeing, Accepting, Argueing, Decline, Object | |
| Bank - Economic | |
| Pleasant and unpleasant feelings | 49 |
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
rebate, refund, discount,
rebate
n rebate [ˈriːbeit]
a part of a payment, tax etc which is given back to the person paying it.
refund - money returned to a payer
rent-rebate - a rebate on rent given by a local government authority
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