(test) Word of the day: alarm clock

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alarm clock

bed: EC101 / Dicios / WR: alarm; clock /

• I go to bed every night at 9 o’clock PM.

• The woman is resting in the bed.

• king-sized bed

• rest in a bed

noun /naʊn/

noun:
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
ORIGIN: 14c., Anglo-French noun "name, noun," from Old French nom, non, from Latin nomen "name, noun."

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Hello

1. Hello, hello.
2. Good-bye, good-by.

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I’m John.

1. I’m John.
2. I’m Mary.
3. I ’m Peter.
4. I’m José.
5. I’m John Smith.

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Hello,  I’m John. What’s your name?

1. Hello, I’m John.

2. Hello, I’m Mary.

3. What’s your name?
4. Hello, I’m Peter.

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Man or woman? woman!

1. Man or woman?
• woman!
2. Old or young?
•  old.
3. Old or youg?
• young.

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I’m John and I’m tired.

1. I’m John and I’m tired.
2. I’m Mary and I’m hungry.
3. I’m José and I’m thirsty.

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John, are you tired? Yes, I’m tired.

1. John, are you tired?
• Yes, I’m tired.
2. Mary, are you hungry?
• Yes, I’m hungry.
3. John, are you thirsty?
• Yes, I’m thirsty.
4. John, are you happy?
• Yes, I’m happy.
5. Mary, are you unhappy?
• Yes, I’m unhappy.

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I’m tired. I’m tired too.

1. I’m tired.
• I’m tired too.
2. I’m hungry.
• I’m hungry too.
3. I’m thirsty.
• I’m thirsty, too.
4. I’m happy.
• I’m happy too.
5. I’m unhappy.
• I’m unhappy too.

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How are you? I’m tired.

1. How are you?
• I’m tired.
2. How are you?
• I’m thirsty.
3. How are you?
• I’m hungry.

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Hello, John! Hello! How are you?

1. Hello, John! Hello! How are you?
2. Hello, Mary! Hello! How are you?
3. Hello, Peter! Hello! How are you?

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How are you, John? I’m very well, thak you!

1. How are you, John?
• I’m very well, thank you!
2. How are you, Mary?
• I’m very well, thank you!
3. How are you, Peter?
• I’m very well, thank you!

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I’m hungry. I’ll get you something to eat.

1. I’m hungry.
• I’ll get you something to eat.
2. I’m thirsty.
• I’ll get you something to drink.
3. I’m bored.
• I’ll get you something to read. 

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I’m John. What? Oh, you’re John!

1. I’m John.
• What? Oh, you’re John!
2. I’m Mary.
• What? Oh, you’re Mary!
3. I’m Peter.
• What? Oh, you’re Peter!

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He’s tired

1. He’s tired.
2. She’s tired.
3. She’s thirsty.
4. He’s thirsty.

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He’s young. Oh, is he young?

1. He’s young.
• Oh, is he young?
2. She’stired.
• Oh, is she tired?
3. He’s thirsty.
• Oh, is she thirsty?
4. He’s old.
• Oh, is he old?

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Are you young? No, I’m old.

1. Are you young?
• No, I’m old.
2. Are you thirsty?
• No, I’m tired.
3. Are you hungry?
• No, I’m thirsty.

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Is he American or Germany? He’s American.

1. Is he American or Germany?
• He’s American.
2. Is she English or Egyptian?
• She’s English.
3. Is he Spanish or English?
• He’s Spanish.
4. Is he hyngry or thirsty?
• He’s hungry.
5. Is he young or old?
• He’s young.

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It’s one o’clock

1. It’s one o’clock.

2. It’s two o’clock.

3. It’s three o’clock.
4. It’s four o’clock.

5. It’s five o’clock.
6, It’s six o’clock.

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What time is it?

1. What time is it?

2. It’s two o’clock.

3. It’s three o’clock.
4. It’s four o’clock.

5. It’s five o’clock.
6, It’s six o’clock.

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It’s four o’clock. I’m sorry I’m late.

1. It’s four o’clok.

• I’m sorry I’m late.

2. It’s three o’clock.
•  I’m sorry I’m late.
3. It’s four o’clock.
•  I’m sorry I’m late.

4. It’s five o’clock.
• I’m sorry I’m late. 
5.  It’s six o’clock.
•  I’m sorry I’m late.

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La frase semplice

1. Our neighbours are respectable people.
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La frase complessa

1. Our neighbours are respectable people although they are not very firendly.

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La frase formata con un verbo

1. Tom arrived hom.

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Frasi nominali senza verbo

1. An apple, please.

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La frase come proposizione principale

1. The Rabbit noticed Alice.

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La frase come insieme di proposizioni coordinate

1. A particle is either a preposition or an adverb.

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La frase con proposizioni subordinate

1. The Rabbit come to the door, and tried to open it.

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Strutturazione della frase:

Soggetto Verbo Predicato Complementi: oggetto, termine, altri.

1. Susan is happy.
2. Susan is a healty girl.
3. They have arrived.
4. John saw the accident.
5. Alice heard a loud voice outside the house.
6.  The old woman disliked any decoration in the rooms.
7. Father gave a bicycle to Janet for the birthday.

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Collocations: a definition

1. A collocation is a combination of two or more words wich frequently occur together.
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3. You can find the meaning of any new words in your dictionary.
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Strong, fixed and weak collocations

A garden

1. A strong collocation is one in wich the words are very closely associated with each other.
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6. Cover: She always felt overshadowed by her older, more successful, sister.
7. Cross: He overstepped the mark when he said that.
8. Will you be staying overnight?
9. Under- may indicate less than the desidered amount (a), or something below another thing (b), or some kind of negative behaviour (c).
10. Less: Don’t underestimate the time it will take.

A door

11. Less: The company is seriously understaffed.
12. Below: It’s quiet wet underfoot? Did it rain last night?
13. Below: The underlying question is a very difficult one.
14. Negative: I wish you would not undermine everything I do.
15. Negative: He did it a very in a very underhand way.
16. Up- can suggest a change of some kind, often positive.
17. The airline upgraded me to businnes class.
18. There has been an upturn in the economy.
19. Cross- (from across) usually indicates a link between two separated things.
20. Cross-border cooperation has led to a number of arrests of drug smugglers.
21. Cross-cultural misunderstanding often happen.

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Grammatical categories of collocation

A drink

1. Verb + noun:
1.1 draw up: a list, a contract.
1.2 Our lawer drew up a contract for use to sign: prepare something, usually official, in writing.

2.You can create phrasal verbs by adding different particles to a basic verbs.

3. In some phrasal verbs the particle has a clear basic meaning.
4. Jack invited me out: let’s go out together.
5. Rosie invited me in: Please come in!
6. Jil invited me over: Come to our place.
7. Paul invited me round: Come to my house for dinner or a drink.
8. Mark invited me up: come upstairs to my flat.
9. Susie invited me along: come with us!
10. Bill invited me back: come back home with me.

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Collocation: a definition.

1. A collocation is a pair or group of words that are often used together.
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Intensying adverbs

A garden

1. In English there are lots of other ways of saying very or very much.
2.
3. give: I gave my essay in yesterday.
4. Her parents finally gave in and let her go to the party.
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6. Cover: She always felt overshadowed by her older, more successful, sister.
7. Cross: He overstepped the mark when he said that.
8. Will you be staying overnight?
9. Under- may indicate less than the desidered amount (a), or something below another thing (b), or some kind of negative behaviour (c).
10. Less: Don’t underestimate the time it will take.

A door

11. Less: The company is seriously understaffed.
12. Below: It’s quiet wet underfoot? Did it rain last night?
13. Below: The underlying question is a very difficult one.
14. Negative: I wish you would not undermine everything I do.
15. Negative: He did it a very in a very underhand way.
16. Up- can suggest a change of some kind, often positive.
17. The airline upgraded me to businnes class.
18. There has been an upturn in the economy.
19. Cross- (from across) usually indicates a link between two separated things.
20. Cross-border cooperation has led to a number of arrests of drug smugglers.
21. Cross-cultural misunderstanding often happen.

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Everyday verbs

A drink

1. Make.
1.1 make arrangements for = The school can make arrangements for pupils with special needs.

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3. In some phrasal verbs the particle has a clear basic meaning.
4. Jack invited me out: let’s go out together.
5. Rosie invited me in: Please come in!
6. Jil invited me over: Come to our place.
7. Paul invited me round: Come to my house for dinner or a drink.
8. Mark invited me up: come upstairs to my flat.
9. Susie invited me along: come with us!
10. Bill invited me back: come back home with me.

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Idioms: a definition

1. Idioms are a type of formulaic language.
2. Formulaic language consists of fixed expressions which you learn and understand as units rather than as individual words.
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Proverbs

A garden

1. Proverbs are short sentences wich refer to something most people have experience and wich give advice or warnings.
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6. Cover: She always felt overshadowed by her older, more successful, sister.
7. Cross: He overstepped the mark when he said that.
8. Will you be staying overnight?
9. Under- may indicate less than the desidered amount (a), or something below another thing (b), or some kind of negative behaviour (c).
10. Less: Don’t underestimate the time it will take.

A door

11. Less: The company is seriously understaffed.
12. Below: It’s quiet wet underfoot? Did it rain last night?
13. Below: The underlying question is a very difficult one.
14. Negative: I wish you would not undermine everything I do.
15. Negative: He did it a very in a very underhand way.
16. Up- can suggest a change of some kind, often positive.
17. The airline upgraded me to businnes class.
18. There has been an upturn in the economy.
19. Cross- (from across) usually indicates a link between two separated things.
20. Cross-border cooperation has led to a number of arrests of drug smugglers.
21. Cross-cultural misunderstanding often happen.

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Euphemisms

A drink

1. Euphemisms are a type of idiom to avoid saying words wich may offend or be considered unpleasant.

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3. In some phrasal verbs the particle has a clear basic meaning.
4. Jack invited me out: let’s go out together.
5. Rosie invited me in: Please come in!
6. Jil invited me over: Come to our place.
7. Paul invited me round: Come to my house for dinner or a drink.
8. Mark invited me up: come upstairs to my flat.
9. Susie invited me along: come with us!
10. Bill invited me back: come back home with me.

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Idioms: a definition

1. Udioms are expressions wich have a meaning that is not obvious from the individual words.
2. The best way to unerstand an idioms is to see it in context.
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Health

on the sea

1. Mark had been feeling under the weatger for week.
1.1 under the weather = not very well.
2. One day he came into work looking like death warmed up and so we told him to go away for a few days to recharge his batteries.
2.1 looking like death warmed up = looking extremely ill
2.2 recharge his batteries = do something to gain fresh energy and entusiams.
3. After one day beside the sea, he no longer felt off-colour and by the second day he knew he was on the road to recovery.
3.1 felt off-colour = felt umwell
3.2 on the road to recovery = getting better.
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6. Cover: She always felt overshadowed by her older, more successful, sister.
7. Cross: He overstepped the mark when he said that.
8. Will you be staying overnight?
9. Under- may indicate less than the desidered amount (a), or something below another thing (b), or some kind of negative behaviour (c).
10. Less: Don’t underestimate the time it will take.

A door

11. Less: The company is seriously understaffed.
12. Below: It’s quiet wet underfoot? Did it rain last night?
13. Below: The underlying question is a very difficult one.
14. Negative: I wish you would not undermine everything I do.
15. Negative: He did it a very in a very underhand way.
16. Up- can suggest a change of some kind, often positive.
17. The airline upgraded me to businnes class.
18. There has been an upturn in the economy.
19. Cross- (from across) usually indicates a link between two separated things.
20. Cross-border cooperation has led to a number of arrests of drug smugglers.
21. Cross-cultural misunderstanding often happen.

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Happiness and sadness

the moon

1. There are many informal idioms wich mean extremely happy.
1.1 I’m thrilled to bits.
1.2 I am/feel on top of the world.
1.3 I’m on cloud nine.
1.4 I’m over the moon.
1.5 I’m in seveth heaven,

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3. In some phrasal verbs the particle has a clear basic meaning.
4. Jack invited me out: let’s go out together.
5. Rosie invited me in: Please come in!
6. Jil invited me over: Come to our place.
7. Paul invited me round: Come to my house for dinner or a drink.
8. Mark invited me up: come upstairs to my flat.
9. Susie invited me along: come with us!
10. Bill invited me back: come back home with me.

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