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12 FEELINGS
Page 105 I’m a big fan of tennis | football fans | a group of her
fans were waiting outside the theatre | I’ve never been
air /eə(r)/ Noun uncount a fan of Harry Potter books | Chelsea fans were fighting
air is the gas that is all around us and that we breathe. If outside the ground
you talk about the fresh air, you are talking about being
outside in nature rather than in a building ice /aɪs/ Noun uncount
Collocates: the fresh air ice is water that has become hard at a low temperature
(below 0 degrees)
I like being out in the fresh air | it’s very hot in here – can
you open the window and let some air in | there was a put some ice on your bruise | do you want any ice in
smell of flowers in the air your drink? | at 100 degrees, water turns to steam, and
at zero degrees, water will turn to ice | once the sun
asleep /əˈsliːp/ Adjective came out, the ice began to melt (turn back to water)
if you are asleep, you are sleeping
infection /ɪnˈfekʃ(ə)n/ Noun
Collocates: fall asleep | fast asleep
an infection is an illness that affects a particular part of
she fell asleep (started being asleep) in front of the TV | your body, and that can pass from one person to another
he’s asleep upstairs | don’t wake the baby – he’s asleep
an ear infection | he’s taking medicine to stop the
| he was fast asleep (very asleep) in bed | I’m half asleep
infection | I think I’ve got an infection, I can’t stop
(very tired)
coughing | the children are at risk of infection (it is
badly /ˈbædli/ Adverb possible that they will get the infection)
you can use badly to emphasise that something very Adjective: infected | Verb: infect
bad has happened
politics /ˈpɒlətɪks/ Noun
the car was badly damaged | she was badly hurt in the
politics is the work of getting power and running a
accident | something frightened him very badly | the
country or a part of a country
house was badly built and fell down a few years later |
she was badly affected by the experience I’m not interested in politics | she studied politics at
university | he entered politics because he wanted to
burn /bɜː(r)n/ Verb improve people’s lives | we spent the evening arguing
if you burn something, you hurt it or damage it by putting about politics
it too close to a fire or something very hot Adjective: political | Noun: politician
I burnt my hand | he burnt the toast | don’t go too close
to the fire – you’ll burn yourself protest /prəˈtest/ Verb
if people protest, they say very strongly that they do not
Noun: burn
agree with a plan or situation
complain /kəmˈpleɪn/ Verb Collocates: protest against something | protest about
if you complain about something, you say that there is something
something wrong and that you are not satisfied with it hundreds of thousands of people protested against
Collocates: complain to someone | complain about the war | many local people protested about the new
something | complain that building plans | they are protesting about low wages
you should complain to the manager | I complained | a big crowd protested against the government | the
because my food was cold | customers complained minister protested strongly against the proposal
that the prices were too high | he complained about the Noun: protest | Noun: protester
weather
shout /ʃaʊt/ Verb
Noun: complaint
if you shout, you say something in a very loud voice, for
Collocates: make a complaint (about something) example because you are angry
damaged /ˈdæmɪdʒd/ Adjective Collocates: shout at someone
something that is damaged is broken in some way stop shouting! | calm down! You don’t have to shout |
the car was badly damaged | when I took it out of the dad got angry and started shouting at me | Tim shouted
box, I saw that it was damaged | I took it back to the upstairs that it was time to go
shop because it was damaged | some buildings were Noun: shout
badly damaged in the storm
smile /smaɪl/ Noun
Verb: damage | Noun: damage
a smile is an expression on your face where the ends of
fan /fæn/ Noun your mouth go up to show that you are pleased or happy
if you are a fan of someone or something, you like them about something
very much. If you are a fan of a sports team, you watch
their matches and always want them to win
he had a big smile on his face | she met us at the door back /bæk/ Noun
with a smile | a smile crossed her face | she looked at us your back is the part of your body between your neck
with a pleasant smile | he was always ready with a laugh and the top of your legs that is behind you (on the
and a smile | a smile brightened her face opposite side of your body from your face)
Verb: smile my back hurts | he lay on his back | he hurt his back
Collocates: smile at someone moving the desk | I’ve had back pain all week | my
back’s very stiff
staff /stɑːf/ Noun uncount
the staff of a company, shop, etc. are the people who cancel /ˈkæns(ə)l/ Verb
work there if you cancel an event that was planned, you decide that
it will not happen
the staff are friendly and efficient | we need to employ
more staff | the company has more than 200 staff | I they had to cancel the meeting because the chairman
talked to a member of staff (one of the staff) | Nabokov was ill | the train was cancelled because there was no
joined the staff of Wellesley College in 1941 driver | we’ll have to cancel the game if it carries on
raining | I’ll ring the restaurant to cancel our booking
stomach /ˈstʌmək/ Noun
your stomach is the part of your body where food goes carry /ˈkæri/ Verb
when you eat it if you carry something, you take it somewhere while
holding it in your hands
my stomach hurts | don’t take this medicine on an empty
stomach (make sure you have eaten something before you shouldn’t carry that suitcase if your back is hurting
you take it) | my stomach was rumbling (making a noise | can I carry your shopping for you? | let me carry your
because I was hungry) | that curry gave me an upset bag | it’s too heavy for me to carry | he carried the drinks
stomach (I was ill because I ate that curry) to our table
I hope you pass your driving test | we’re hoping to go turn /tɜː(r)n/ Noun
on holiday to Spain next year | ‘is Tim coming home for if people take turns to do something, one person does it,
Christmas?’ – ‘I hope so’ | I hope we can still be friends then another person does it, and so on, so that everyone
| I hope they won’t be upset when they find out what’s has the chance to do it. When it is your turn, you are the
happened person who can do it now
Noun: hope Collocates: take turns to do something | take turns doing
something | someone’s turn to do something
join /dʒɔɪn/ Verb
all too soon it was my turn | whose turn is it to make the
if you join an organisation, you officially become a
dinner? | we take turns to clean the bathroom | we take
member of it
turns walking the dog | we can never find him when
I joined the army when I left university | she’s applied to it’s his turn to do the washing up | it was the turn of
join the tennis club | Estonia joined NATO in 2004 | he Germany to hold the G20 meeting
joined a gym to try to get fit
EXERCISES
Prepositions
A Choose the correct preposition. Look up the E Complete the sentences with the correct
word in bold if you need help. adjective form of the word in bold.
1 They all complained about / for the noise. 1 My country became 100 years ago.
independence
2 She complained with / to the hotel manager.
2 The news about her parents was very
3 I’m a big fan from / of the Harry Potter films. . upset
4 Five hundred people protested against / over the 3 You shouldn’t go out on a night like
new law. this. storm
5 The teacher never shouted to / at us if we made 4 The protesters complained about the unfair
mistakes. system. politics
6 She smiled to / at me when I told her the news. 5 You should clean that cut or it will become
. infection
B Complete the sentences with the correct
preposition. Look up the word in bold if you 6 I didn’t understand the explanation
need help. they gave me. science
1 hit 5 a b_ _ _ _ _ _s meeting
2 struggle
3 hope
4 earn
5 throw
6 join
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