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Use a dictionary to translate this sentence For the athletes, the days of competition provided the ultimate moment in their lives. Many were pitched from obscurity to stardom in a matter of days, or were subjected to the rigour of scrutiny and had to account for how they performed in victory or defeat. II. Fill the gaps in these sentences using prepositions. Then check your answers in the dictionary. 1. We consider all qualified job applicants, irrespective _______ sex or age. 2. We will continue the race regardless _______ the weather. 3. Flights from Stansted were cancelled owing _______ bad weather. 4. _______ the absence _______ any contrary agreement, the firm accepts full liability. 5. Contrary _______ expectations, the level of retail sales fell in January. 6. We were involved _______ the negotiations up until the last minute. 7. Far _______ seeming glad to see him, Rose looked almost angry. III. In each of these examples, one definition is correct and one is incorrect. Which do you think are the correct definitions? Check your answers in the dictionary. 1. flabbergasted 2. grievous 3. humdrum 4. jaded 5. jubilant 6. livid 7. mediocre a) extremely overweight b) very surprised or shocked a) extremely serious or severe b) sad after someone has died a) tuneful and melodious b) boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens a) no longer enthusiastic or excited about things b) deep green in colour a) extremely happy because something good has happened b) celebrating a special occasion a) full of energy b) extremely angry a) between small and large in size b) average or below average in quality

IV. What are the noun forms of these adjectives? 1. electric 2. stupid 3. thick 7. tense 8. unpleasant

4. weak

5. real

6. clean

V. Use your dictionary to help you read this poem using correct pronunciation I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough, and through? Well done! And now you wish, perhaps To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And dead; it's said like bed, not bead; For goodness sake, don't call it deed! Watch out for meat and great and threat, (they rhyme with suite and straight and debt) A moth is not a moth in mother. Nor both in bother, broth in brother. And here is not a match for there. And dear and fear for bear and pear. And then there's dose and rose and lose -Just look them up -- and goose and choose. And cork and work and card and ward, And font and front and word and sword. And do and go, then thwart and cart. Come, come, I've hardly made a start. A dreadful language? Why, man alive, I'd learned it all when I was five.
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Reference: phonetic symbols for English

Consonants p pen, copy, happen b back, baby, job t tea, tight, button s z h this, other, smooth soon, cease, sister zero, music, roses, buzz ship, sure, national pleasure, vision hot, whole, ahead Vowels e kit, bid, hymn, minute dress, bed, head, many e square. fair, various start, father thought, law, north, war

trap, bad lot, odd, wash strut, mud, love, blood foot, good, put

d day, ladder, odd k key, clock, school

poor, jury, cure i u nurse, stir, learn, refer about, common, standard happy, radiate. glorious thank you, influence, situation

g get, giggle, ghost t church, match, nature d judge, age, soldier f v fat, coffee, rough, photo view, heavy, move thing, author, path

m more, hammer, sum n l r j nice, know, funny, sun

i fleece, sea, machine e face, day, break

ring, anger, thanks, sung a price, high, try light, valley, feel right, wrong, sorry, arrange yet, use, beauty, few choice, boy u goose, two, blue, group goat, show, no a mouth, now near, here, weary

w wet, one, when, queen (glottal stop) department, football

VI. Which nouns go with these other nouns to match the definitions? Check your answers in the dictionary (www. macmillandictionary.com) 1. business ____________ a special area for offices and small factories 2. cash ____________ the place in a shop where you pay for your goods 3. coffee ____________ a short period of time when you stop working to drink something 4. day ____________ a ticket that allows you to travel by train or bus at a reduced price because you go and come back on the same day 5. ice ____________ a small piece of ice you put in a drink to make it cold 6. luggage ____________ a shelf above the seats on a train or bus used for storing bags during a journey 7. taxi ____________ a place where taxis wait for customers 8. weather ____________ a report on likely weather conditions for a period of time in the future

VII. Use online dictionaries to find the British or American equivalents of the words in the table and fill the gaps. British guide dog lumber CV hood (on a car) cooker trunk (on a car) petrol pacifier cashpoint candy lift eggplant tap windshield American British mobile phone American garbage can