ADVANCED 1

Idioms with clothes words

1. Feel as comfortable as an old shoe: Very familiar or comfortable, especially in an

agreeably unpretentious or unrestrained manner.
2. Has got something up her sleeve: To have a secret plans or ideas.
3. Pull her socks up: To make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not
good enough.
4. Such a stuffed shirt: Someone who behaves in a very formal and old-fashioned way and
thinks that they are very important.
5. Take my hat off: If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you mean that you
admire them for an achievement.

Idioms related to computers

1. Spread like wildfire: If disease or news spreads like wildfire, it quickly affects or becomes
known by more and more people.
2. Dotcom phenomenon: A company that does most of its business on the internet.
3. Silver surfer: An older person who spends a lot of time using the internet.
4. Booted up: Turn on something.
5. Cog in the machine: A member of a large organization whose job, although necessary,
makes them fell as if they are not important.

Idioms about travelling / with travel words

1. Have got itchy feet: To start to want to travel or do something different. To feel the urge
to stray from one’s routine, often by traveling. Primarily heard in UK, Australia.
2. Sail through: To succeed very easily in something, especially a test.
3. Be in the same boat: To be in the same unpleasant situation as other people.
4. A mile a minute: Very quickly.
5. Hit the road: To leave a place or begin a journey.

Idioms to do with animals

1. Look a gift horse in the mouth: Said to advise someone not to refuse something good that
is being offered.
2. A wolf in sheep’s clothing: A person with a pleasant and friendly appearance that hides
the fact that they are evil.
3. Be like a fish out of water: To feel awkward because you are in a situation that you have
no experienced before or because you are very different from the people around you.
4. Have a whale of a time: To enjoy yourself very much.
5. Take the bull by the horns: To do something difficult in a brave and determined way.

Adverbs of degree
In front of comparative adjectives:

1. A bit 4. A little 7. Rather

2. A good deal 5. A lot 8. Slightly
3. A great deal 6. Much

In front of superlative adjectives:

1. By far 3. Much
2. Easily 4. Quite

Obligation, necessity and permission

Must
Present/Future strong obligation imposed by the speaker
Have to / have got to
Present/Future strong obligation not imposed by the speaker
(If you have a doubt whether use must or have to, use have to)

There’s no choice. It’s forbidden. It’s not necessary.

It’s necessary. It’s allowed. It’s a good idea.

As and like

AS is used to refer to a person’s profession

LIKE is only used for comparison or similarity
LIKE and SUCH AS can be used to mean FOR EXAMPLE
Some verbs can be followed by AS
As is normally followed by a subject and verb, while LIKE is followed by a noun or pronoun

Clothes: Suit, sweatshirt. Headgear: Hood, helmet, cap.

Footwear: Boots, sandals, sneakers. Materials: Woollen, leather, cotton.
Jewellery: Bracelet, earrings, ring, necklace. Appearance: casual, smart, elegant, sport.

Phrases

Add to: Set addition over something.

Cut down: Reduce.
Dress up: Wear smarter clothes than usual.
Fit in with: Adapt to place.
Go out: Go somewhere for entertainment.
Keep up with: Understand something that is changing fast.
Pull on: Put something on quickly.
Put together: Create something by joining or combining different things.
Save up: Keep money for something in the future.
Slip on: Put something quickly.
Stand out: Be easy to see or notice.
Take back: Return something.

Go ahead: Continue.
Go back: Return.
Go for: Select.
Go in: Enter somewhere.
Go on: Accept to do something.
Go over: Revise.
Go up: Increase.

KNOCK-OFF: Imitation

Check in: To register at your accommodation.

Get away: To go on holiday.
Get in: To arrive at the destination.
Set off: To begin a journey.
Stop over: To stay somewhere for a short time when you are going somewhere else.
Booked: To arrange for someone to stay in a hotel.
Check out: To pay and leave accommodation.
Take off: To leave the ground

Preposition of location:

Across: From one side to the other side.

At: Position at a point.
In: Place seen in three dimensions.
Into: Entering something.
Off: Away from something.
On: Touches a surface.

Endangered

In danger Habitat destruction Polluted

Cutting down Rising sea levels Facing extinction
Suffer Global warming

Compound adjectives
Left-handed Sharp-tongued
Cross-eyed Narrow-minded (opposite of open-minded or
Bad-tempered broad-minded)

A 50-kilometre road A 35-thousand pound

A 12-year-old girl A 10-second pause
A 75-minute film

Expressions with “TIME”

Kill time: To spend time doing something while one is waiting.

Have a good time: Enjoy oneself, to find a pleasure in a particular situation or activity.
Tell the time: To read the time from the clock.
Spend time: To dedicate time to an activity.
Pass the time: To spend time doing something, to consume or use spare time by doing something.
Take time off: A period of time when you don’t work because of illness or holidays.
Waste time: Causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or doesn’t
produce any benefit.
Ten times three: 10 x 3
One at the time: To do or deal with one thing before starting to do or deal with another.
From time to time: Sometimes, but not regularly.
A time when: -----
Time for breakfast: Time to take a breakfast.
In time: Not late, punctual.
At times: Sometimes.
(four) times as much: Example – He says he never puts on weight, but he eats three times as much
as I do.

ADVANCED 2

Idioms describing feelings or mood

KEEP her CHIN UP: An expression of encouragement to someone who has to bear some emotional
burdens.

Has/have been ON CLOUD NINE: In a state of extreme, euphoric, happiness.

Looks a bit UNDER THE WEATHER: If someone is or feels ill.

IN TWO MINDS ABOUT: To be unable to decide about something.

Have been IN A DARK MOOD: When someone fells angry, upset, unhappy or discontented.
Idioms related to performing arts

It TAKES TWO TO TANGO: Said when you want to emphasize that both people involved in a
difficult situation must accept the blame.

BREAK A LEG: A phrase used due to the superstition that wishing one “good luck” will result in the
opposite.

This ISN’T OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS: Used for saying that it is still possible for a situation
to change.

The SHOW MUST GO ON: Said to encourage someone to continue with what they are doing, even
if they are experiencing difficulties.

Being IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Literally to be positioned in a beam of light, typically while performing
on stage.

Idioms with sports words

You SET THE BALL ROLLING: To do something that starts an activity.

THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT: One has the responsibility for further action, especially after
someone else previously held responsibility.

COME OUT OF LEFT FIELD: To be completely unexpected and often unusual.

You need to PLAY THE GAME: Behave according to accepted customs, obey the rules.

You keep MOVING THE GOALPOSTS: To change the rules while someone is trying to do something
in order to make it more difficult for them.

Idioms related to work

GIVING (something) A BLANK CHEQUE: To give someone freedom or permission to act as one
wishes or thinks necessary.

BUSINESS IS BUSINESS: A phrase that emphasizes business decisions as completely separate from
emotions or personal issue.

TO WORK OUR FINGERS TO THE BONE: To work excessively hard. Likened to literally wearing the
skin off of one’s hands from too much manual labour.

To ROLL OUR SLEEVES UP: To do or get ready to do something difficulty, intense, or demanding.
To LEARN THE ROPES: To learn or understand the basic details of how to do or perform a job, task,
or activity.

Mixed Emotions

Anxious Delighted = Very happy

Happy = Content Pleased = Satisfied

Scared Frightened = Terrified

Uneasy = Tense = Worried = Preoccupied Thrilled = Very excited

Petrified I’m scared/worried/bored + stiff =

Completely scared/worried/bored
Different Tenses

BURST (EXPLODE) BURST BURST

BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT

CREEP CREPT CREPT

DRIVE DROVE DRIVEN

GET GOT GOT/GOTTEN

HEAR HEARD HEARD

HOLD HELD HELD

KEEP KEPT KEPT

KNOW KNEW KNOWN

RUN RAN RUN

SEE SAW SEEN

SHAKE SHOOK SHAKEN

SINK SANK SUNK

SPEND SPENT SPENT

TAKE TOOK TAKEN

THINK THOUGHT THOUGHT

WEEP (CRY) WEPT WEPT

Phrasal verbs

KEEP

Keep on: Continue doing something.

Keep away: Not go somewhere or near something.

Keep down: Stop the number, level or size of something from increasing.

Keep in: Make someone stay in hospital.

Keep to: Stay with something such as a plan, subject, path.

Keep up with: Understand something that is changing very fast.

GET

Get away: To leave or escape from a person or place, often when it’s difficult to do this.

Get down: To start to direct your efforts and attention towards something.

Get out: Avoid.

Get over: To start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened to you.

Get into: Enter, be accepted.

Conditionals

Zero (always true, scientific fact) – when

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT SIMPLE

Example: If I heat water 100 degrees, it boils.

First (possibilities, present or future) – when

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, SIMPLE FUTURE (will/won’t + V base form)

Example: If I wake up late, I will miss the bus.

Second (imaginary situation, present or future) – unreal, imaginary, hypothetical / if, suppose,
supposing, imagine, what if, unless, only if, as long as

IF + PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT CONDITIONAL (would/wouldn’t + V base form)

Example: If I won a million dollars, I would buy a new car.

Third (imaginary situation, past) – unreal, imaginary, hypothetical

IF + PAST PERFECT, PERFECT CONDITIONAL (would/wouldn’t + have + V3)

Example: If I had got a gold medal, I would have been happy.

Mixed 1 (present result of a past condition)

IF + PAST PERFECT, PRESENT CONDITIONAL (would/wouldn’t + V base form)

Example: If you had done what I said, you would be rich now.

Mixed 2 (pas result of a present or continuing condition)

IF + PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT CONDITIONAL (would/wouldn’t + have + V3)

Example: If I were a good cook, I would have invited them to dinner.

Vocabulary:

Nouns: Attempt, Experiment, Trial and Try.

Verbs: Accepted, Gathered, Received and Welcomed.

Preposition: By, In, On and To.

Adjectives: Delicate, Gentle, Light and Tiny.

Preposition

Doubtful about Believe in

Proud of Good at

Successful at Looking forward to

Trouble for

Sport vocabulary

Ice skates / ice skating Table tennis bat and ball

Swimming goggles and hat / swimming Baseball bat / baseball

Shuttlecock / badminton Tennis racket and ball / tennis

Basket / basketball Volley ball / volley

Squash rackets and ball / squash Oars / rowing

Rugby ball / rugby Snowboard / snowboarding

Football / football Golf clubs and ball / golf

Ski poles and skis / skiing

Aerobics DO GYM

Martial arts DO STUDIO

Swimming GO POOL

Athletics DO STADIUM/TRACK

Basketball PLAY COURT

Snowboarding GO PISTE

Golf PLAY COURSE

Running GO TRACK

Football PLAY PITCH (BR/EN) – FIELD (AM)/STADIUM

Gymnastics DO GYM

USED TO and WOULD

Used to

As we studied in Advanced Lesson 2 "used to" can be used to express past habit.

 I used to walk to school.

NOTE:

In the negative form the word "didn't" indicates that the sentence is negative so "used to" changes
to its basic form "use to". Similarly, in the question form the word "Did" indicates that it is a
question.

 I didn't use to walk to school.

 Did you use to walk to school?

Be used to

We use the verb "to be" together with "used to" to express that we are accustomed to something.

 I am used to exercising every day.

Get used to

We use the verb "get" together with "used to" to express that we are becoming accustomed to
something.

 I am getting used to waking up early.

NOTE:

"be used to" and "get used to" are used with the gerund (the -ing form of the verb) while "used
to" is used with the infinitive (the basic form of the verb).

 I used to walk.
 I am used to walking.
 I get used to walking.

ADVANCED 3

Idioms related to advertising and money

Sell like hot cakes: To be bought quickly and in large number

Have the Midas touch: To be always successful

Break the bank: To be very expensive

Being in the red: To have financial problems

Back on her feet: To recover from problems

Idioms with the space words

Space cadet: Someone who behaves in a strange way

In a blue moon: Not usually

The sky is the limit: To have no limits

It’s not rocket science: Very easy

Be on another planet: To be distracted

Idioms to describe people and personality

A pain in the neck: Someone who is really annoying and most people can’t stand

Quick tempered: Someone who gets angry easily

As good as gold: Someone who behaves in a way that others approve

A layabout: Someone who is lazy and avoid responsibility

A know it all: Someone seems to know everything and annoys other people

As hard as nails: Someone who is distant and unfriendly, showing no sympathy, kindness or fear

Idioms related to technology

Reinvent the wheel: To invest time/money in something that already exists

Get/have wires crossed: To have a different understandings of the same situation

Be on the same wavelength: To think in a similar way

Find my feet: To become familiar and confident with a new situation

Light years ahead: Clearly better than the rest

Speculation and deduction

Well, it could be advertising…

Or perhaps it might be for...

I think it must be a…

It can’t be for… because…

Could, might, may: used to speculate for something

Must: used to indicate certainty

Can’t/couldn’t: used to indicate certainty in relation to impossible ideas

Couldn’t/ could not: also used in questions, sometimes with possibly, to speculate about
something

Could have, might have, may have: are used to express uncertainty about something in the past

Couldn’t have/can’t have: used to express certainty that something in the past was impossible or
didn’t happen

Must have: used to express near-certainty about something in the past

Voice-over: Narration spoken by an unseen narrator

Jingle: Little publicity

Celebrity: Famous person

Verdict: Final decision

Brand: Products – Make: Cars/gadgets

Cunning: Smart

Collocations

Huge: Variety, budget, market, picture

High: Budget, voice

Low: Budget, voice

Deep: Message, character, voice

Shallow: Message, idea, character

Narrow: Idea, picture, view

Wide: Variety, market, picture

Word formation

Use: re-usable Appropriate: inappropriate

Settle: settlement Willing: willingness

Commerce: commercial Afford: affordable

Achieve: achievement Science: scientific

End: endlessly Impress: impressive

Stare at = gaze at humble (modest)

wonderful vast = huge

brilliant so many

unimportant an enormous number of

Vocabulary
Aggressive Lazy

Noun: Aggressiveness Noun: Laziness

Adverb: Aggressively Adverb: Lazily

Bad-tempered Loyal

Noun: Noun: Loyalty

Adverb: Adverb: Loyally

Bossy Optimistic

Noun: Bossiness Noun: Optimism

Adverb: Bossily Adverb: Optimistically

Cheerful Stubborn

Noun: Cheerfulness Noun: Stubbornness

Adverb: Cheerfully Adverb: Stubbornly

Competitive Unpopular

Noun: Competitiveness Noun: Unpopularity

Adverb: Competitively Adverb:

Impatient Unreliable

Noun: Impatience Noun: Unreliability

Adverb: Impatiently Adverb: Unreliably

Jealous Witty

Noun: Jealousy Noun: Wittiness

Adverb: Jealously Adverb: Wittily

Phrasal verbs with take

Take account of: To think about, consider.

Take after: To resemble one, as in appearance, behavior, attitude, etc.

Take out: To remove something or someone from something or some place.

Take charge of: To accept the responsibility for something and have control over it

Take something for granted: To never think about something because you believe it will always be
available or stay exactly the same

Take off: when something leave the ground

Take turns: To alternate doing something

Take (s.o. / s.g.) seriously: To think that someone/something is important and should be given
careful attention

Get on: To board something

Keep on: To make or help someone

Look on: To watch some action or activity as a spectator

Switch on: To activate, connect or start the function of something

Break off: To physically separate from something

Make off: leave very quickly, usually in order to escape

Put off: to decide to arrange to delay an event or activity until the later time or day

Take off: when something leave the ground and begins to fly

Work off: when someone get rid (to cause someone to be free from something) of it by doing
something energetic

Vocabulary

Celebrating Various

Failed Strong

Hot Destroying

Fresh Industrial

ADVANCED 4

Idioms related to education

With flying colours: you do something very successfully

Teacher’s pet: a student in a class who is liked best by the teacher and therefore treated better
than the other students
Hit the books: to study

As easy as ABC: extremely easy

Go back to basics: returning to the simple and most important things

Idioms related to the workplace

Break his back: to work extremely hard

Back to the salt mines: it means you have to return back to the workplace*

Talk shop: to talk about your job with those you work with when not at work

Doing the donkey work: To do difficult and tedious work

Nothing ventured, nothing gained: You have to take a risk in order to get something good

Idioms with plant words

Beating around the bush: to avoid talking about what is important

Coming up roses: If something is coming up roses, it is happening successfully

Barking up the wrong tree: to be wrong about the reason for something or the way to achieve
something

As fresh as a daisy: to be full of energy and enthusiasm

Shaking like a leaf: To tremble violently with fear or nervousness

Idioms with food word

The apple of (someone’s) eye: the person who someone loves most and is very proud of

Spill the beans: to tell people secret information

As cool as a cucumber: very calm or very calmly, especially when this is surprising

Bring home the bacon: to earn money for a family to live on

It’s no use crying over spilt milk: said to emphasize that it is not useful feeling sorry about
something that has already happened

Reporting

Accuse + of + Ving Apologise + for + Ving

Admit + to + Ving / Admit + that Argue + for + Ving / Argue + that

Claim + that Refuse to + Infinitive

Deny + that / Deny + Ving Say that / (in passive) is said + to + infinitive

Explain + that Suggest that / Suggest + Ving

Insist + on + Ving / Insist + that Urge to + infinitive

Promise that / promise to + Infinitive Warn that / Warn to + infinitive

Countable / Uncountable

Uncountable Countable Both

Information Recommendation Travel
Spaghetti Job Hair
Money Vehicle Land
Lightning Seat Work
Weather Mountain Temperature
English Note Country
Luggage Meal
Advice Journey
Traffic Coin
Furniture Storm
Scenery Verb
Hairstyle
Suitcase

All and the whole

All: is used with plural nouns and cannot be used on its own with singular noun

The whole: is not used with plural

Examples:

I had it all (everything)

I don’t miss it at all (nothing)

All along (from the very beginning)

The best thing of all (everything)

All of a sudden (suddenly)

For all the stress (despite)

All in all (to conclude / all things considered of)

Above all (refers to something mentioned before)

Countable plural

Many – several – a few – very few – a number of – a large/small number of – quite few

No countable

Much – a little – very little – a great/good deal of – a large/small amount of

Countable plural / No countable

Some – any – no – most – all – hardly any – a lot of – lots of – plenty of – enough

Extra

Few and little (not enough) / a few and a little (not many but enough)

Backshifts & Time phrases

Simple present – simple past

Present continuous – past continuous

Present perfect – past perfect

Is am are – was were

Past continuous – past perfect continuous

Past perfect – past perfect

Simple past – past perfect

Can must will may – could (had to) would might

Should would might could – the same

Some, any and no

Some

Some and its compounds – somebody, someone, something, somewhere etc. are normally used in
affirmative sentences:

There is some wine in the cellar.

We have some chocolate cake left from last night.

There is someone at the door.

Some and its compounds are also used in interrogatives (questions) which are used to make an
offer or a request:

Would you like some tea?

Do you want something to eat?

Can you ask someone to come and repair the TV?

Any

Any and its compounds – anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere etc. are used in interrogative
sentences:

Has anyone seen my mobile?

Do we have anything in the fridge?

Not any is used in negative sentences and any and its compounds can be used with words like
without, never, rarely.

I have never met anyone as rude as you.

I did not have any time to speak to Marc.

When any and its compounds are used in affirmative sentences there is a different meaning.

We can go anywhere you like. = It doesn’t matter where we go.

Anyone could have told you that. = I’m surprised you don’t know this.

No

No and its compounds can be used instead of not any in negative sentences:

He didn’t do anything. He did nothing.

With some, any and no we use singular verbs.

Vocabulary

A / AN Shower of Rain
Slice Cake
Item Clothing
Glass Water
Clap Thunder
Pane Glass
Ball String
Flash Lightning
 Crowd People
Bar Chocolate

Article

A/an = non-specific

The = specific

ADVANCED 5

Idioms related to hobbies

Be an avid sports fan: enthusiastic.

(History) buff: interested in (history).

Social butterfly: really sociable (people person).

Party animal: someone who spends a lot of time partying.

Be a homebody: a person who prefers pleasures and activities that centre on the home stay at
home.

Idioms with the word “book”

Open book: it’s easy to know what a person is feeling or thinking.

By the book: to do something exactly as the rules tell you.

Has his nose in a book: to be reading.

Can’t judge the book by its cover: you shouldn’t speculate about someone’s character just by
looking at them.

Be in mum’s good books: that someone is pleased with you.

Idioms with parts of the body

On the tip of my tongue: you know someone but you don’t remember it.

To give someone a piece of my mind: tell someone what you think about him/her.

To burn a hair: don’t show any emotions/feelings (negative situations).

To have my heart in my mouth: feel scared/nervous/anxious.

To pull my leg: someone annoys/bothers you.

Idioms about crime

Crime doesn’t pay: criminals are always punished for their crimes.

Behind bars: to be in prison.

Be a cat burglar: a skilful thief who breaks into places easily.

Do a runner: to leave a place (such as a restaurant) without paying.

Vocabulary

Sea shells Jewellery

Badge Hubcap

Phrasal verbs with LOOK

Look for: search. Look at: check/examine.

Be on the lookout: search. Look into: investigate.

The look of: physical appearance. Look out!: be careful.

Now look there!: OK!. Look up to: respect.

Look after: take care. Look forward to: waiting for or anticipate
something pleasant.
Relative clauses

What – where – which – etc.

Defining and non-defining clauses

Relative pronouns

Who or whom

PREPOSITION + WHOM -> formal

Whose

Advice / recommendation

You should (ought to) …

If I were you, I’d …

I suggest / recommend + Ving + that you …

I advise (urge) you to …

It’s advisable that you …

It’s a good idea if you … would be …

Why don’t you … ?

How / What about go … ?

You had better -> formal

You’d better -> informal

You better -> colloquial

“It’s time” phrases

IT’S TIME Subject PAST SIMPLE

It’s time you Went to see another doctor
It’s about time Took antibiotics
It’s high time Didn’t eat ice-creams

Causative

Subject + have/has + noun + past participle (passive voice)

Ex:

a) I cut my hair every month.

b) I have my hair cut every month.

Word formation

Emphasising attractiveness

Delightful – delight

Elegant – elegance

Emphasising extend

Massive – mass

Substantial – substance

Emphasising rarity
Exceptional – exception

Remarkable – remark

Vocabulary

Amount Painting

Challenge Scale

Memory Woman

Phrasal verbs with come and go

Verb Preposition Meaning

Come Across Find sg/so by accident/unexpectedly
Out Book/novel/cd it is published
Up with Think
Go Ahead Continue
By Pass (time)
Off Stop linking sg/so
Through Experience (negative)
Up Increase (prices/inflation/temperature/sales/taxes)

Books

Science fiction Short stories

Crime novel Historical novel

Biography Play

Non-fiction

Grammar

Enough

adjective/adverb + enough

enough + noun

Too

… + adjective + quantifiers + to + VERB

… + adverb + quantifiers + to + VERB

Very
So

… + adjective + quantifiers + THAT

… + adverb + quantifiers + THAT

Such

… + (a/an/-) + adjective + noun + THAT

Vocabulary

Action Chaos Incident Reputation

Adventure Determination Loyalty Sympathy

Ambition Enthusiasm Manner Temper

Attitude Impact Mood Theme

Phrasal Verbs

Get over: solve, find a solution. Check in: register in accommodation.

Get out of: avoid. Go by: pass (time).

Take off: become airborne. Come across: find so/sg by accident or

unexpectedly.
Come up with: think.
Cut down: reduce.
Set off: start a journey.
Go up: increase.

Phrases with “ON”

On offer: available.

On purpose: intentionally.

On duty: engaged in one’s regular work.

On average: is generally true.

On condition that: with the stipulation that.

On behalf of: done for another person’s benefit or support.

On balance: with all thing considered.

Word formation

Belief Verb: effect.

Adjective: believable, unbelievable. Adverb: effectively, ineffectively.

Verb: believe, disbelieve. Variation

Adverb: unbelievably. Adjective: variable, varied.

Special Verb: vary.

Adjective: special, specialized. Adverb: variously, invariably.

Verb: specialize. Sense

Adverb: specially. Adjective: sensible, senseless,

sensitive.
Treat, treatment
Verb: sense, sensitize.
Adjective: treated.
Adverb: sensibly, sensitively.
Verb: treat.
Success
Adverb: treatably.
Adjective: successful, successive.
Medicine
Verb: succeed.
Adjective: medical.
Adverb: successfully.
Verb:
Operation
Adverb: medically.
Adjective: operational.
Effect
Verb: operate.
Adjective: effective, ineffective,
ineffectual. Adverb: operationally.

Topic set – health

Bruise = moreton. Surgery = cirugia.

Bug = insect. Sweat.

Examination. Symptom.

Scar = cicatriz. Ward = pabellón.

Phrases related to crime

To cover your tracks: to hide or destroy objects or substances that are involved in the
something that show where/what you have crime.
been doing.
Genetic code.
The suspect.
Evidence.
The proof.
To take someone to court: to sue or initiate
Guilty. legal proceeding against someone or an
organization.
A forensic: related to scientific methods of
solving crimes, involving examining the

Gerunds and infinitives

+ infinitive with TO + -ing form

Remember For things you plan or want to Have a memory of an earlier
do / RESPONSIBILITY action (event or feeling)
Forget Not do something that is one’s Not have a memory of an
responsibility event of feeling
Try Make an effort or attempt to Experiment to see if
do something which is difficult something will work
(experiment with an activity)
Stop Stop one action in order to do Finish an action or activity
another (something else)
Go on For a change of activity (do Continue an action
something else after finish
something else)
Regret For apologize some result of Telling about the past
an attempt
Mean Intent to do something Signify

ADVANCED 6

Idioms about crime

Crime doesn’t pay: criminals are always punished for their crime.

Life behind bars: to be in prison.

Being a cat burglar: A skilful thief who breaks into places easily.

Do a runner: to leave a place (such as a restaurant) without paying.

Idioms with names of cities or towns

Met her/his Waterloo: be defeated

Carrying coals to Newcastle: to do something unnecessary.

Rome wasn’t built in a day: said to emphasize that you cannot expect to do important things in a
short period of time.

All roads lead to Rome anyway: there are many different ways to get/achieve the same goal.

A Himalayan blunder: a big mistake.

Idioms with music words

As fit as a fiddle: be very healthy.

Changed his tune: change your attitude about s.g. or s.o.

Music to my ears: s.g. pleasant.

Face the music: face/confront the consequences of your actions.

Ring a bell: seems/be familiar.

Idioms with weather words

Way the wind blows: If a person tries to discover which way the wind blows/is blowing, they try to
discover information about a situation, especially other people's opinions, before they take action.

Every cloud has a silver lining: said to emphasize that every difficult or unpleasant situation has
some advantage.

In the eye of the storm: in the middle of a difficult situation

Chasing rainbows: To constantly pursue things that are unrealistic or unlikely to happen

Have a face like thunder: to look extremely angry

Funny idioms

Drink like a fish: drink a lot of alcohol.

Put a sock in it: shut up! Bite your tongue!

Have Van Gogh’s ear for music: you sing off key / be tone-deaf.

When pigs fly: s.g. is unlikely to happen.

The lights are on but nobody’s home: (polite) s.o. is stupid.

Collocations

Buildings Services

High-rise blocks Rubbish collection

Property value Road maintenance

Construction work Street lighting

Leisure facilities Transport

Art gallery Traffic jam

Shopping mall Congestion charge

Community centre Residents parking

Uprooted – made to leave Upkeep – maintenance Upside – advantage

Uphold – support Upmarket – expensive

In the absence of

Without

Given a lack of

Word formation

Build Generate Pay Write

Consider Open Possess

Vocabulary (music)
Perform Performers Performance
Play Musician Concert
Take apart in Orchestra Gig (small concert)
Participate in Cellist Festival
Join in Conductor Rehearsal (to rehearse)
Sing a solo choir Show

Violin – violinist

Piano – pianist

Drums – drummer

Saxophone – saxophonist

Trumpet – trumpeter

Flute – flautist

Concessive clauses (contrast linkers)

Despite losing money on that occasion, the festival has gone from strength to strength ever since.

Even though they are not big-name acts, this makes it an extremely attractive alternative to
Glastonbury.

I love listening to the 12-string guitar, although I can’t play one myself.

My brother and I listen to each other’s albums, even if the bands are sometimes very different.

While not at a professional level, I enjoy singing in a local choir.

Phrasal verbs

Go off: exploding (bomb, gun, ballon), fire. Set off: began the journey

Take off: remove.

Tell off: speak angrily. Send off: put in the post.

Let off: not punished. Break off: ended.

Show off: to try to people admire your

abilities, achievements or possessions
Call off: cancelled. Wear off: disappear.

Cut off: isolated. Log off: break the connection with.

Confusion words

At the end OF
In the end
Invaluable
Priceless
Nowadays Currently
Actually In fact
Raise (raised, raised) Something increase WITH an external force
Rise (rose, risen) Something increase WITHOUT an external force
Lie (lay, lain) To rest or recline / not tell the truth
Lay (laid, laid) To put something down (ON something)
Tell
Say
Cook Person who is involved in preparing meals
Cooker Equipment for cooking food
Stolen To take something that belongs to someone else
Robbed To steal money or property from a person, bank
Damaged Applied for something
Injured Applied for someone
Sympathetic
Friendly
Sensible Brain
Sensitive heart

Wishes

Present

(I wish/if only) + PAST SIMPLE

Past

(I wish/if only) + PAST PERFECT  past regrets

Future

(I wish/if only) + WOULD  it’s in annoying situations  NOT use “I” or “WE”

Hope and wish

I hope the rain stop soon.

I hope you can come to my party.

I wish Peter would finish writing hid book.

I wish I had remembered to bring the sleeping bags.

As if / as though + PAST SIMPLE  hypothetical situation

It wasn’t like a smoke cloud; it was AS IF it were alive. – It wasn’t alive.

AS IF  formal

LIKE  informal

Would rather

I would rather + PRONOUN + PAST SIMPLE

Vocabulary

Untie Unwrap Unfasten

Unbutton Uncover Unlock

Undo Unearth Unwind

Weather words

Tornadoes Poured

Tropical storm Hurricanes

Boiling hot Drought

Weather forecast Damp

Freezing cold Humid

LAUGH

Laugh AT
Idiom: to laugh your head(s) off.

LOL: to laugh out loud.

Vocabulary

Shooed away Tossed: throw

Gasps Settled: pay

Writhing around Ordeal

Crate: box Penthouse

All the trimmings: food accompanying the Scruffy: untidy

main meal
Bewildered: confusing or surprising
Retained: keep something
Flee: to leave somewhere very quickly
Loomed: appear
Wad:

Phrasal verbs

Looking forward to

Tucking into: eat

Shooed away

Turned out: happen, occur

Snack down: put down

Keyed in: enter information in the computer

Came up: appear

Put up: start

Made up for: compensate

Put out: extinguish fire

Bring in: bring something

Call up: telephone/call someone on the phone

End up: finish

Miss out on: lose an opportunity

Put off: to discourage

Take aback/be taken aback: surprised

Take on: hire/contract people

Work out: calculate/understand