Saturday, October 27, 2018

VOCABULARY UNITS 0 AND 1

This is some vocabulary we have learned with the book:

Browse: to look in an unhurried way at goods displayed for sale, as in a store.
Scroll: to move a cursor smoothly, causing new data to replace old on the monitor.
Swipe: to slide (a magnetic card) quickly through an electronic device that reads data.
Tap: a plug or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask.
Update: incorporate new information in.

Bully: one who bothers and hurts smaller people.
Victims: a person who suffers from destruction or an injury.
Star: the main person on a film, team or group.

IDIOMS

This is some vocabulary we have studied a few days ago:

IDIOMS ABOUT PARTIES:
Have a whale of a time: to have a great time.
Party animal : a person who enjoys going to parties.
Throw a party: to hold or arrange a party.
Party pooper: ruins a party.
Dance the night away: dance all night long.
Bouncer: security guard.
Party foul : someone socially unacceptable that happens in a party or celebration.
Paint the town red: to party wildly.
A blow out: a huge exciting party.
Social butterfly: someone who is social with everyone.
The life of the party: a lively person who is always having fun.
Wallflower: a shy person.
Party crasher: someone who shows up at a party.
Wet blanket: a party pooper.

IDIOMS ABOUT THE HEART:
Obnoxious: very objectionable or offensive.
Ruins: the complete loss of health, means, money.
Bleeding heart: someone who feels too much sympathy for others.
Change of heart: change of opinion.
Aching heart:feeling of sadness or pain that one has when love has been lost.
Eat one's heart out: feeling negative emotions like jealous.
Follow one's heart: to do something according to one's feeling.
Have a heart of stone: to be cold or unfriendly, showing no nice.
Heavy hart:a feeling of unhappiness.
Have a gold heart:the opposite of have a heart of stone.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018