Key Vocabulary

 Wrap up (phrasal verb): to finish

- We need to wrap up this project by the end of the day.

I need to wrap up the Master Degree of Chamber Music this year because
I can’t continuous to go in the morning the next year.

 Drop by (phrasal verb): to visit

- Please drop by my place on your way home from work.

Can you drop by me when you finish your study-session ?

 Swing by (phrasal verb): drop by, stop by

- I need to swing by the store and pick up some food for dinner.

I need that you swim by the market for take more vegetables.

IDIOMS

 "call someone up" = telephone someone. Call someone

"Hey, call me up if you want to get together."

Hello Peter, I want to call you up tomorrow for speak about an

important question.

 "Call on someone" = drop by and visit. Visit someone

"I'll call on you tomorrow around noon."

I call on Mary after lunch.

 "Turn over a new leaf" = change personal habits

"I've decided to turn over a new leaf; I'm going to exercise three times a
week and not play so many video games."

The next week I’ll turn over a new leaf: to do the English homework.

 "Ring in the new year" = celebrate the New Year

"We're going to ring in the new year at my sister's house next week."

I hope the next year for ring in the New Year with my family, because the
last Christmas’s Holidays I stayed in Cina for a music job.

 a balancing act: a difficult situation where you try to several

different things at the same time
* Working and studying at the same time is a real balancing act.

In my life, the more important balancing act is studying and work every
day.

 high-and-mighty: self-important and proud

Sarah always acts high-and-mighty, and she thinks she is better than
everyone else because she is a well-known movie star.

I feel high-and-mighty when other people think that I am very lucky when
I travel around the world.
  Attend
The teachers attend the course about the new educational program.

 Start off
The run-race will start off the next Thursday at 8:00 am and will finish at
3:oo pm.