SAYINGS and Common Phrases in American English

A souvenir from The 80s Camp
7th, 8th and 9th December 2012:)

• Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
• I’m blown away!
• Ignorance is bliss. What you don’t know won’t hurt you.
• What doesn’t kill you, make you stronger.
• Up shit creek without a paddle.
• Six of one, half a dozen the other.
• If it was a snake, it would have bitten you.
• You can’t see the woods for the trees.
• Shit happens.
• They are two peas in a pod.
• That is the last straw!
• Happy as a pig in shit.
• When the shit hits the fan.
• When it rains, it pours. ( good or bad)
• Is the Pope catholic? ( obvious)
• The actress said to the bishop! ( after a dirty line)
• Hungry as a horse
• It’s neck to neck ( very close)
• You can’t have the cake and eat it too.
• You’ve dug your own grave.
• All bark and no bite.
• To be a YES man
• He wouldn’t hurt a fly.
• Like a dog with a bone.
• I have ghandis flip flop in my mouth/ as dry as ghandis flip flop.
• It’s a dog eat dog world.
• You’ve made your bed, now sleep in it.
• Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
• The early bird gets the best worm.
• Idle hands are the devil’s playground.
• I’m gonna make like a tree and leave.
• Like looking for a needle in a haystack.
• To be over the moon.
• To be on cloud nine ( in love)
• Walking on sunshine.
• To be under the weather ( sick)
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
• Home is where the heart is.
• Let bygones be bygones.
• Put your foot down ( to be stubborn)
• Put your money where your mouth is.
• Put the pedal to the metal ( a las chapas)
• Put that in your pipe and smoke it. (Take that!)
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
• Youre preaching to the choir.
• Put-luck: To have a pot-luck)
• You’re plaing with fire.
• To burn the bridges.
• He’s playing hardball ( very stern, stubborn)
• It’s as plain as the nose on your face. ( obvious)
• To hit the nail on the head
• Liar, liar pants on fire. ( for kids)
• As easy as a pie
• Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
• It gets under your skin.
• Walk a mile in another mans shoes.

END -OF- TERM Celebration!!!

THANKS for SHARING
 THIS YEAR TOGETHER!!!!!!!!

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON and
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE in 2013!!!!!

With love,
AA

PASSWORD:

• A quotation by your character!!!! ( real or imaginary)

B&B for the last class!!!!

• Choose a character from the films we watched this year. 
• Dress up as this character ( one item of clothing would be Ok!)
• Prepare a presentation or short speech about yourself.

Mr Viktor Navorsky ( a traveller)

 Mr Jack Hall (a climatologist)

 Jack Sparrow (a pirate)

 Young Elizabeth( a princess)

  The Zorro (an avenger)

Shrek (a cartoon ogre) 

 Mr. Nathan Algren ( a USA Captain / samurai warrior)

 John Anderton ( a pre-crime police officer)

 Maximus ( a Roman soldier) 

Marcus ( a Roman Emperor)

or any other...... 

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!

VOCABULARY FOCUS:

Sanitation: the systems for taking dirty water and other waste products away from buildings in order to protect people's health
Scrolls: a long roll of paper or similar material with usually official writing on it

Consuls: an official chosen by a government to live in a foreign city, in order to take care of people from the official's own country who travel or live there, and to protect the trade interests of that government

To head: to be in charge of a group or organization

She heads one of Britain's leading travel firms.

Rome wasn't built in a day : All things take time to create. And great things like the city of Rome took a very long time. So we shouldn't expect to accomplish something or achieve success immediately.

GRAMMAR FOUS:

Phrasal verbs:
To pick on: to criticize, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly:He gets picked on because he’s small.
To run into: to meet someone by chance.
To dress down: to wear more informal clothes to work than you usually do:Staff have been told that they can dress down on Fridays.
To give in: to decide to do what someone else wants.
To bear down: on someone or sth. to move toward someone or something in a way that is threatening
To tee off: to make someone very angry: It really tees me off when she won’t listen to me.
To load up on sth: to gather a large amount of something:The tourists started loading up on perfume and cosmetics.
To sit in for: to fulfill a responsibility for another person:The vice president will sit in for the president at today’s meeting.

Sentences with phrasal verbs:
• We haven’t ruled out the possibility of a cure. (to stop considering something as a possibility )
• The competition judges picked out he best display. ( to choose, find, or recognize something or someone in a group )
• The little boy’s ears stuck out from under his school cap. ( to reach beyond the surface or edge of something )
• Tracy’s boyfriend took her out to the disco
• The steam train pulled slowly out of the station. ( to leave )
• The royal servants laid out the banquet in the palace. ( to arrange in a pattern or design; to plan something by showing how its parts fit together )
• The farmer found it hard to keep the foxes out of the chicken shed.( to prevent something or someone from entering a place )
• I can’t quite make out Marcella’s handwriting. ( to see, hear, or understand something or someone with difficulty )
• When my favourite sweater wore out, I bought another one just like it.
• Just as we set out, there was a clap of thunder. ( to begin to carry out a plan of action )

SONG:

PASSWORD:

Choose one quotation by Marcus Aurelius :

• The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. 
• When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. 
• Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. 
• Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. 

B&B:

• Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb from BOX A followed by a phrase from BOX B. Do not use any phrase more than once!

BOX A                                                                     BOX B
picked out                                                               to the disco
set out,                                                                    of the station.
took her out                                                           the best display
keep foxes out                                                      I bought another one just like it.
make out                                                                from another school cap.
ruled out                                                                 of the chicken shed
laid out                                                                    there was a clap of thunder
pulled slowly out                                                  the banquet in the palace.
wore out                                                                 the possibility of a cure.
stuck out                                                                Marcella's handwriting.

1. We haven't entirely......
2. The competition judges.......
3. The little boy's ears........
4. Tarcy's boyfriend......
5. The steam train......
6. The royal servants......
7. The farmer found.......
8. I can't quite.....
9. When my favourite sweater......
10. Just as we.......

VOCABULARY FOCUS:

•    WORDS RELATED TO KILLING: 

parenticide: The act of one who kills one's own parent.
mariticide: (from Latin maritus "husband" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") literally means murder of one's husband
matricide: /ˈmæt.rɪ.saɪd/a crime in which a person kills their mother
filicide:  is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. The word filicide derives from the Latin words filius meaning "son" or filia meaning daughter and the suffix -cide meaning to kill, murder, or cause death.
fratricide /ˈfræt.rɪ.saɪd/ the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country
parricide /ˈpær.ɪ.saɪd/ the crime of murdering a close relation, especially a parent. Killing a close relative
patricide: /ˈpæt.rɪ.saɪd/ the crime of killing your own father
sororicide: Sororicide (from Latin soror "sister" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") is the act of killing one's own sister.
suicide: /ˈsu•əˌsɑɪd/ the act of killing yourself intentionally:
ecocide: The neologism ecocide can be used to refer to any large-scale destruction of the natural environment or over-consumption of critical non-renewable resources.[
genocide: /ˈdʒen•əˌsɑɪd/ the intentional killing of all of the people of a nation, religion, or racial group
onmicide: Destruction of everything
speciocide /ˈspiːʃɪəˌsaɪd/ the elimination of an entire species
populicide:Killing of all people
uxoricide: (from Latin uxor meaning "wife") is murder of one's wife

For more examples , visit :

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/killword.htm

•      WORDS RELATED TO DYING: 

breathed the last breath  
came to an end   
ceased to be   
croaked /kroʊk/  slang (DIE)  
dearly departed      
No longer with us   
passed ( away)       
resting in peace  
became living-challenged
gone to sleep city 
got stamped “return to sender” 
kicked the oxygen bucket 
passed his sell-by date   
permanently out of print 

• SEA FOOD:

          Beto offered this link to us :
          www.theenglishvocabulary.com/vocabulary.php?lang=3&topic=95 

• OTHERS:

          pincers: one of a pair of curved claws of an animal such as a crab
          locust: any of several types of large grasshoppers found esp. in hot areas
          hail: small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain / to publicly praise or show 
                  approval for a person or an achievement

GRAMMAR FOCUS

Phrasal verbs
The term phrasal verb is commonly applied to two or three distinct but related constructions in English: a verb and a particle and/or a preposition co-occur forming a single semantic unit. This semantic unit cannot be understood based upon the meanings of the individual parts in isolation, but rather it must be taken as a whole. 
One can discern at least three main types of phrasal verb constructions depending upon whether the verb combines with a preposition, a particle, or both. 

• Verb + preposition (prepositional phrasal verbs)

a. Who is looking after the kids? - after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after the kids.
b. They pick on Billy. - on is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase on Billy.
c. I ran into an old friend. - into is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase into an old friend.
d. She takes after her mother. - after is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase after her mother.
e. Sam passes for a linguist. - for is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase for a linguist.
f. You should stand by your friend. - by is a preposition that introduces the prepositional phrase by your friend.

• Verb + particle (particle phrasal verbs)

a. They brought that up twice. - up is a particle, not a preposition.
b. You should think it over. - over is a particle, not a preposition.
c. Why does he always dress down? - down is a particle, not a preposition.
d. You should not give in so quickly. in is a particle, not a preposition.
e. Where do they want to hang out? - out is a particle, not a preposition.
f. She handed it in. - in is a particle, not a preposition.

• Verb + particle + preposition (particle-prepositional phrasal verbs)

a. Who can put up with that? - up is a particle and with is a preposition.
b. She is looking forward to a rest. - forward is a particle and to is a preposition.
c. The other tanks were bearing down on my panther. - down is a particle and on is a preposition.
d. They were really teeing off on me. - off is a particle and on is a preposition.
e. We loaded up on Mountain Dew and chips. - up is a particle and on is a preposition
f. Susan has been sitting in for me. - in is a particle and for is a preposition.

SONG

PASSWORD:

" What's good for the goose is good for the gander "

B&B:

• SEA FOOD: Look up for equivalent words in Spanish
• PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: Solve:

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise3.swf

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise2.swf

VOCABULARY FOCUS:

Summon: 
to order someone to come to or be present at a particular place, or to officially arrange a meeting of people


Empower:
to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something

Scheme: 

• an officially organized plan or system
•  a plan for getting an advantage for yourself, especially by deceiving others

Corrupt: 

• dishonestly using your position or power to your own advantage, especially for money
•  morally bad Ex: a corrupt society

Cripple: 

• to injure someone so that they are unable to walk or move in a normal way
• to cause serious damage to someone or something, making them weak and not effective Ex: a country crippled by war

VOCABULARY FOCUS:

SEA FOOD:

                mussels                                                     Squids

                 langoustines                                              crayfish

                      whelks                                                  oysters

                   cockles                                                            lobsters

VOCABULARY FOCUS:

• Itching: to have an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with something hard: My insect bites are itching.
• Tennis/golf elbow
• Sleepers
• Polystyrene /ˌpɒlɪˈstaɪriːn/ or Styrofoam /ˈstaɪ.rə.fəʊm/
• Wanderlust/philanderer : a man who enjoys having sex with a lot of different women without becoming emotionally involved with any of them
• cuckold: a man whose wife deceives him by having a sexual relationship with another man /unfaithful
• Wanderlust: the wish to travel far away and to many different places
• Shooting the breeze= hanging out=chilling out
• Kitty money to be used for a particular purpose that has been collected from a number of people
• as cheap as chips
• What's good for the geese is good for the gander.

GRAMMAR FOCUS:

Present Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Tense is used:
• To show actions completed in the immediate past (usually with JUST);
He has just left for the airport.
I have just finished my homework.

• To show past actions whose time is not mentioned and definite;
Have you read "Harry Potter"?
I have seen Japan.

• To define past events when we focus on their effect in the present than of the action itself;
Aslam has eaten all of the cake. (There isn't any left for me)
I have cut my finger. (and it is bleeding now)
I have done my homework. (now I am free)

• To show experiences of your life;
I have been to K-2.
I have jumped from an aeroplane.

• Present Perfect Tense is also used To express a situation (not action) that began in the past and continues to the present and it usually comes with since or for ;
(a) I have been here since seven o'clock.
(b) We have been here for two weeks.
(c) I have known him for many years.

SONG

Password:

Choose one of the following phrases:

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.


Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.


People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.


Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

Quotes by George Bernard Shaw 

brought by beloved Beto

B&B:

      Choose one of the following options:

• Find out information about the Roman Empire.
• Find out interesting facts about the film "Gladiator".
• Prepare sentences with words in Vocabulary Focus a or b.

Vocabulary Focus a:

Caesar
Maximus
Barbarians
Stronghold
Cavalry
Headless 
Archers
Catapult
Infantry
Riding up 

Vocabulary Focus b:

Bucket list 
kick the bucket
Pop the clogs
Dangling the carrot
"The carrot for them is…."
"There’s no such thing as a free lunch"
Tree surgeon
Bay at the bus station/
Platform at the train station
Low energy light bulbs
You’re not my cup of tea
Deep fried MARS chocolate bars
Traffic calming bumps
"He’s running before walking"

SONG

Password:

"The only man I know 

who behaves sensibly is my tailor. 

He takes my measurements anew 

each time he sees me. 

The rest go on with their old measurements 

and expect me to fit them."

Quotation by George Bernanrd  Shaw, 

 Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer.

B&B:

Write 10 sentences with words you have learned about Ireland.

or

Write a short report of what you have learned about the Irish culture.

IRISH ….

          Gaelic Football                                                     Hurling

                        

                                                  Rugby

            CRECHE                                                                                    Mince pies

              rashers                                                             Cornish pasties

          Jonathan Rhys-Mayers                                   Liam Neeson

           Pierce Brosnan                                          James Joyce

Vocabulary Focus:

SONG

Password:

May you alway walk in sunshine.

May you never want for more.

May Irish angels rest their wings
 right beside your door.

B&B:

Bring a typical Argentinian legend, symbol, 

picture, song, drawing, poem, story or recipe

in an A4 size paper to include in a folder 

and give it as a present to Tessa

 to share with her people back home.

Vocabulary Focus:

Leprechaun   

 Shamrock   

 Banshee

     Rashers  

 Celts 

 Druids 

   Blight 

 Harp    

 Slainte   

Saint Patrick

SONG

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Password:

"Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do

 when they come for you?"

Question by Bob Marley

B&B:

Let's revise Future Verb Tenses!

I invite you to choose three exercises (18-28) 

and solve them:)

Visit: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Vocabulary Focus:

whiney or whiny

moan
moaner

mourn
mourner

mainland