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Unit 4 Thinking Outside the Box, Out of the box , in secret , …
Unit 4
Thinking Outside the Box
Espressions with good
For good
For ever
So far, so good
We have started something, but we haven't finished, but everything has been OK until now
Not very good at
Not talented at
It's no good
It's not successful
it's a good thing
Something is OK or I'm/You're/We're lucky that
It's all good
Everything is all right
Personality adjectives
Bright
Brillante
Responsible
Responsable
Decisive
Decidido/a
Bad-tempered
Malhumorado/a
Imaginative
Imaginativo/a
Organised
Organizado/a
Impatient
Impaciente
Practical
Práctico(a)/Funcional
Confident
Cofiado(a)/Seguro de sí mismo(a)
Cautious
Prudente/Precavido(a)
Arrogant
Arrogante
Dull
Aburrido(a)/Soso(a)
Common adverbial phrases
In secret
Without other people knowing
In a row
You do something repeated times without a break
On purpouse
That you intended to do
In a panic
Feeling stressed without thinking properly
By accident
That you didn't want to do
In a hurry
Do quickly
In private
That other people can't hear or see
In public
That other people can hear or see
Expressing frustration
I can't
You aren't able to do something
This is pointless
Something isn't useful or doesn't make sense
No chance
No opportunity
I give up
You stop doing something
This is hopeless!
Something doesn´t have solution
I'll never
You won't do something
I'm hopeless
To be desperate/Have no hope
Phrases for fluency
Calm down
Calmarse/Relajarse
That's just it
Eso es todo
Again?
De nuevo
Can't be serious
No puede decirlo en serio
Out of order
(Un comentario) fuera de lugar
Give it a rest
Dar un respiro
Be/Get used to (Gerund) VS Used to (Infinitive)
Be used to (+ gerund)
We use ir to talk about something that is familiar
Example:
The Masai people
are used to
lion
attacking
their livestocck
Get used to (+ gerund)
We use it to talk about the process of something becoming familiar
Example:
I
am getting used to eating
spicy food now that I live in Mexico
Used to (+ infinitive)
We use it to talk about situations that were true in the past but are not true anymore
Example:
When he was a child,Richard
used to play
with his friends
Adverbs and adverbial phrases
Types of adverbs
Manner
Some examples:
Surprisingly
Completely
Creatively
Place
Some examples:
Home
Downstairs
Locally
Time
Some examples:
Later
Annually
Recently
Certainty
Some examples:
Possibly
Definitely
Probably
Types of adverbial phrases
1st type
RULE
In a/an + adjective + way
Example:
Some of the people at the party were dressed
in a strange way
2nd type
RULE
With/Without +noun
Example:
The homework was easy, I did it without
difficulty