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jeanlouis Sam 6 Sep - 17:06Unit 5 I gave away £16,000 !
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
Huge Rubbish Addict To Care Advice Disability Outlook Ward
Gap Year To Run Out To Be broke Fresher Laptop To Be Tight
If you ______________ about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it. Example: ...a company that _____________s about the environment.
If you _______________ for someone, you feel a lot of affection for them. Example:
He wanted me to know that he still _____________d for me. Also a noun. Example:
Most of the staff specialise in the ________________ of children. * neglect
Children who are in _______________ are looked after by the state because their parents are dead or unable to look after them properly. (BRIT) Examples: ...a home for children in _______________... She was taken into _____________ as a baby.If you say that you couldn't _________ less about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you are not interested in them or worried about them. In American English, you can also say that you could ____________ less, with the same meaning. Personally, I couldn't have ____________d less whether the ice-cream came from Italy or England If you take ____________ of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged. Example: There was no one else to take ____________ of their children.
Something or someone that is _______________ is extremely large in size. Example: ...a tiny little woman with ____________ black glasses... = gigantic * minute _____________ly
Example: She seemed to be enjoying herself ______________. = enormously
_____________ is a noun. If you give someone ______________, you tell them what you think they should do. Example: One woman went to a psychiatrist for ______________
____________ is an uncount noun. You do not talk about `advices' or `an advice'. However, you can talk about a piece of ________________ Example: . His final piece of ____________ was that the councils should not become too institutionalized.
____________se is a verb. If you __________se someone to do something, you say that you think they should do it. Example: He _________________d her to see her own doctor.
____________ consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty tins and bottles, and waste food. (mainly BRIT; in AM usually use garbage or trash) Example:
...unwanted household _______________...= refuse, waste If you think that something is of very poor quality you can say that it is ___________ (BRIT, INFORMAL) Example: He described her book as absolute _________________.
An ________________ is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
Example: He's only 24 years old and a drug _________________.If you say that someone is an ________________ you mean that they like a particular activity very much and spend as much time doing it as they can. Example: She is a TV________________and watches as much as she can.
A______________ is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. Example: A toddler was admitted to the emergency__________________with a wound in his chest.
A __________________ is a permanent injury, illness, or physical or mental condition that tends to restrict the way that someone can live their life. Example: Facilities for people with ____________________s are still insufficient. = handicap ____________________is the state of being disabled. Example: _______________ can make extra demands on financial resources because the disabled need extra care.
A _________________ or a _________________computer is a small portable computer.
Examples: She used to work at her ______________ until four in the morning. ...a ________________computer he called Magic Slate.
Your __________________ is your general attitude towards life. Examples: The illness had a profound effect on his _______________. I adopted a positive ______________ on life.
= perspective The _______________ for something is what people think will happen in relation to it. Example: The economic _______________ is one of rising unemployment.
= prospect
_____________s are students who have just started their first year at university or college. (INFORMAL) (BRIT; in AM use ____________men)
A ____________ ______________ is a period of time during which a student takes a break from studying after they have finished school and before they start college or university. (BRIT). Example: I went around the world in my _____________ _______________
.If you _____________ ___________of something, you have no more of it left. Examples:
They have ___________ ___________ of ideas. We're __________ing __________ of time.
If you are _________________, you have no money. (INFORMAL) What do you mean, I've got enough money? I'm as _____________ as you are.
If you say that someone is _____________, you disapprove of them because they are unwilling to spend their money. (INFORMAL) Example: What about getting new ones Are you so ______________ you won't even spend three roubles? A ___________contest is one where none of the competitors has a clear advantage or looks likely to win, so that it is difficult to say who the winner will be. Example: It was a very ____________ match.
If you are in a tight corner or in a tight spot, you are in a difficult situation. (INFORMAL). Example: That puts the president in a _______________ spot if the vote is not a resounding `yes'. You can say `sleep tight' to someone when they are going to bed as an affectionate way of saying that you hope they will sleep well. Good night, Davey. ___________ _________________.
Reporting orders, requests, advice, and intentions.Reporting requests made to the hearer
If someone orders, requests, or advises someone else to do something, this can be reported by using a `to'-infinitive clause after a reporting verb such as `tell'. The person being addressed, who is to perform the action, is mentioned as the object of the reporting verb.
Johnson told her to wake him up.
He commanded me to stay there.
He ordered me to fetch the books.
My doctor advised me to see a neurologist.
This is a type of phase structure (see paragraphs 3.203 and 3.207).
Here is a list of reporting verbs which can be used with a person as object followed by a `to'-infinitive clause:
advise, ask, beg, command, forbid, instruct, invite, order, persuade, remind, teach, tell, urge, warn
USAGE NOTE
A few verbs can be used with a `to'-infinitive clause to report requests when the hearer is mentioned in a prepositional phrase.
An officer shouted to us to stop all the noise.
I pleaded with him to tell me.
Here is a list of these verbs and the prepositions used with them:
appeal to, plead with, shout at, shout to, whisper to, yell at
In ordinary conversation, requests are often put in the form of a question. For example, you might say `Will you help me?' instead of `Help me'. Similarly, reported requests often look like reported questions.
People ask me if I can lend them fifty dollars.
When you report a request like this, you can mention both the person receiving it and the person making it.
He asked me whether I would help him.
Alternatively, you can just mention the person making it.
He asked if I would answer some questions.
You can report a request in which someone asks if they can do something by using a `to'-infinitive clause after `ask' or `demand'.
I asked to see the manager.
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD OR EXPRESSION TO MATCH THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS GIVEN BELOW
Huge Rubbish Addict To Care Advice Disability Outlook Ward
Gap Year To Run Out To Be broke Fresher Laptop To Be Tight
If you ______________ about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it. Example: ...a company that _____________s about the environment.
If you _______________ for someone, you feel a lot of affection for them. Example:
He wanted me to know that he still _____________d for me. Also a noun. Example:
Most of the staff specialise in the ________________ of children. * neglect
Children who are in _______________ are looked after by the state because their parents are dead or unable to look after them properly. (BRIT) Examples: ...a home for children in _______________... She was taken into _____________ as a baby.If you say that you couldn't _________ less about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you are not interested in them or worried about them. In American English, you can also say that you could ____________ less, with the same meaning. Personally, I couldn't have ____________d less whether the ice-cream came from Italy or England If you take ____________ of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged. Example: There was no one else to take ____________ of their children.
Something or someone that is _______________ is extremely large in size. Example: ...a tiny little woman with ____________ black glasses... = gigantic * minute _____________ly
Example: She seemed to be enjoying herself ______________. = enormously
_____________ is a noun. If you give someone ______________, you tell them what you think they should do. Example: One woman went to a psychiatrist for ______________
____________ is an uncount noun. You do not talk about `advices' or `an advice'. However, you can talk about a piece of ________________ Example: . His final piece of ____________ was that the councils should not become too institutionalized.
____________se is a verb. If you __________se someone to do something, you say that you think they should do it. Example: He _________________d her to see her own doctor.
____________ consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty tins and bottles, and waste food. (mainly BRIT; in AM usually use garbage or trash) Example:
...unwanted household _______________...= refuse, waste If you think that something is of very poor quality you can say that it is ___________ (BRIT, INFORMAL) Example: He described her book as absolute _________________.
An ________________ is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
Example: He's only 24 years old and a drug _________________.If you say that someone is an ________________ you mean that they like a particular activity very much and spend as much time doing it as they can. Example: She is a TV________________and watches as much as she can.
A______________ is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. Example: A toddler was admitted to the emergency__________________with a wound in his chest.
A __________________ is a permanent injury, illness, or physical or mental condition that tends to restrict the way that someone can live their life. Example: Facilities for people with ____________________s are still insufficient. = handicap ____________________is the state of being disabled. Example: _______________ can make extra demands on financial resources because the disabled need extra care.
A _________________ or a _________________computer is a small portable computer.
Examples: She used to work at her ______________ until four in the morning. ...a ________________computer he called Magic Slate.
Your __________________ is your general attitude towards life. Examples: The illness had a profound effect on his _______________. I adopted a positive ______________ on life.
= perspective The _______________ for something is what people think will happen in relation to it. Example: The economic _______________ is one of rising unemployment.
= prospect
_____________s are students who have just started their first year at university or college. (INFORMAL) (BRIT; in AM use ____________men)
A ____________ ______________ is a period of time during which a student takes a break from studying after they have finished school and before they start college or university. (BRIT). Example: I went around the world in my _____________ _______________
.If you _____________ ___________of something, you have no more of it left. Examples:
They have ___________ ___________ of ideas. We're __________ing __________ of time.
If you are _________________, you have no money. (INFORMAL) What do you mean, I've got enough money? I'm as _____________ as you are.
If you say that someone is _____________, you disapprove of them because they are unwilling to spend their money. (INFORMAL) Example: What about getting new ones Are you so ______________ you won't even spend three roubles? A ___________contest is one where none of the competitors has a clear advantage or looks likely to win, so that it is difficult to say who the winner will be. Example: It was a very ____________ match.
If you are in a tight corner or in a tight spot, you are in a difficult situation. (INFORMAL). Example: That puts the president in a _______________ spot if the vote is not a resounding `yes'. You can say `sleep tight' to someone when they are going to bed as an affectionate way of saying that you hope they will sleep well. Good night, Davey. ___________ _________________.
Reporting orders, requests, advice, and intentions.Reporting requests made to the hearer
If someone orders, requests, or advises someone else to do something, this can be reported by using a `to'-infinitive clause after a reporting verb such as `tell'. The person being addressed, who is to perform the action, is mentioned as the object of the reporting verb.
Johnson told her to wake him up.
He commanded me to stay there.
He ordered me to fetch the books.
My doctor advised me to see a neurologist.
This is a type of phase structure (see paragraphs 3.203 and 3.207).
Here is a list of reporting verbs which can be used with a person as object followed by a `to'-infinitive clause:
advise, ask, beg, command, forbid, instruct, invite, order, persuade, remind, teach, tell, urge, warn
USAGE NOTE
A few verbs can be used with a `to'-infinitive clause to report requests when the hearer is mentioned in a prepositional phrase.
An officer shouted to us to stop all the noise.
I pleaded with him to tell me.
Here is a list of these verbs and the prepositions used with them:
appeal to, plead with, shout at, shout to, whisper to, yell at
In ordinary conversation, requests are often put in the form of a question. For example, you might say `Will you help me?' instead of `Help me'. Similarly, reported requests often look like reported questions.
People ask me if I can lend them fifty dollars.
When you report a request like this, you can mention both the person receiving it and the person making it.
He asked me whether I would help him.
Alternatively, you can just mention the person making it.
He asked if I would answer some questions.
You can report a request in which someone asks if they can do something by using a `to'-infinitive clause after `ask' or `demand'.
I asked to see the manager.