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Aches & pains (vocabulary)
Ache (usually a noun)
Discomfort that continues for some time.
Eg. She’s got a headache/stomache/toothache/earache
Hurt (usually adjective or verb)
Be painful.
Eg. My leg hurts = I have a pain/ache in my leg.
Pain (usually a noun)
Discomfort usually stronger than ache, more sudden and more difficult to ignore.
Eg. I’ve got a pain in my back/stomach/chest…
Injure (usually a verb)
Hurt something.
Eg. Mike injured his hand when he fell down the stairs.
Town & country (vocabulary)
Neighbourhood
District where people live.
Eg. This neighbourhood has several good restaurants.
Scenary
Appearance of part of the countryside.
Eg. Having reached the top of the country, Robert paused to admire the scenary.
Stream
Small river.
Eg. A stream, flows behind their house.
Signpost
A notice giving information about where something is.
Eg. The driver stopped in front of the singpost to consult the map.
Easily confused travel words
Trip (noun)
Travelling from one place to another, usually for a short time.
Eg. I had fun on my trip to Madrid.
Tour (noun)
A long journey, including the visiting of a number of places.
Eg. We went on a tour of Europe last summer.
Journey (noun)
Travelling from one place to another, usuallytaking a rather long time.
Eg. It’s a five hundred km journey to the next large city
Travel (verb)
To go from one to another, usually by car, train, plane or ship.
Eg. The trucks travelled along the road.
Idioms & phrasal verbs (eductation & study)
Learn by heart
Memorise Something
Eg. When I was a child, I learned my times-tables by heart
Pass with flying colour
Achieve high grades
Eg. Most of the class passed the exam with flying colours
To pull an all-nighter
Work through the night without going bed
Eg. i pulled an all-nighter to study for my English exam
Stand out
Be better than others
Eg. Of all students in class, there was one who stood out he was brilliant
Be over the moon
Really happy about something
Eg. I was over the moon when I found out that my wife was pregnant
Go to extra mile
Do more than is necessary
Eg. I worked for 20 hours tan I should have, I went the extra mile
Phrasal verb Look
Look up to
Admire and respect s’one
Eg. Ideally, children should look up to their parents.
Look into
Investigate
Eg. The detective looked into the murder.
Look out!
Be careful
Eg. Look out, and earthquake just started!
Look foward to
Await (sth) with excitement
Eg. We look forward to our summer holiday every year.
Speaking: expressions for discussing ideas
Aqui tienes algunas expresiones que te pueden ayudar en el SPEAKING PAPER Part 3: DISCUSSION de cualquiera de los niveles B1, B2 & C1.
Te recomendamos que las uses tanto como te sea posible desde el primer momento y así las incorporarás rápidamente a tu discurso.
Introducing an opinion
“I suppose…”
“It seems to me that…”
Giving a different point of view
“On the other hand,…”
“True enough, though…”
Adding to an idea
“Not only that, but…”
“What’s more,…”
Useful expresions for writing
General explaining
“In order to…”
“In other words…”
“In other words…”
“To put it another way…”
“That is to say…”
“To that end…”
Aditional information
“Moreover…”
“What’s more…”
“Likewise…”
“As well us…”
“Similarly…”
“Firstly, senondly, thirdly…”
“Futhermore…”
Show contrast
“However…”
“On the other hand…”
“Having said that…”
“Then again…”
“That said…”
“Yet…”
“By contrast/ in contrast..”
Travel phrasal verbs
Get away
To go on holiday
Eg. I’ve worked a lot this week. I need to get away this weekend
Take off
To leave the ground
Eg. The plane took off after a short delay
Set off
To begin a journey
Eg. We’ll have to set off very early. to avoid the rush-off trafic
Stop over
To stay overnight in a journey
Eg. We stopped over in Postmonth on the way to London
Adjectives -ed/-ing
Our fantastic teacher Olena explains you in this video with some examples 
Remember to use them as much as you can, Practise Makes Perfect! Future: Be going to/Present continuous
Our wonderful teacher Anabel explains you some in a minute!
Hope you find it useful! Idioms part 2
Our wonderful teacher Sarah explains some more common ones in this video! 
Sarah te da además un sinónimo y su equivalente en español 
Hope you find them useful! Pronunciation of "h"
¿Aún tienes dudas sobre la pronunciación de la “h” en inglés?🤔
Nuestra profe Olena te lo explica de una forma muy sencilla para que no tengas ninguna duda👏🏻
A few/few a little/little
Cuál es la diferencia entre “a few/ few” y “a little/little”? 🤔
❗️Nuestra fantástica teacher Anabel te lo explica con ejemplos en este vídeo
😁 ⬆️ Cuando usamos “a few” o “a little” estamos transmitiendo que tenemos “unos pocos” o “un poco” de algo.
Eg. “I have a few cookies”
“Tengo unas cuantas galletas”
☹️⬇️ Sin embargo, al omitir el artículo “a” delante, el significado cambia, es más negativo, tengo “poco” de algo.
Eg. There’s little milk in the fridge
Hay poca leche en el frigorífico
‼️ Now, time to practise!
Common idioms
Problems with IDIOMS? 🤔
❗️ Our fantastic teacher Sarah explains some common ones in this video!
‼️ Sarah te da también un sinónimo en inglés para que aprendas la expresión!
😉 Hope you find them useful!
Speaking mistakes
Speaking mistakes! ‼️
❗️ Aquí tenéis algunos de los errores de la parte de Speaking.
😊 Nuestra fantástica teacher Anabel te explica en este vídeo.
✍️ Please, take note of them!
Pronunciation of "s"- beginning
Quieres mejorar tu pronunciación? 🤔
❗️ Aquí tienes uno de los errores más comunes para los hablantes de español: la pronunciación de la “s” inicial.
😊 Our wonderful teacher Olena te da algunos ejemplos en este vídeo!