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VOCABULARY-2
61-NNA4
MEMBERS OF GROUP 2
IDIOM
TEST
Lesson 2: TIME AND WORK
I. Phrase, pattern,collocation:
job moment
Take a take/be
Do a just/wait a moment
Get a job at/in
Find a
It’s a good + any moment (now)
Make/ do a good/ bad + at this/that moment in time,…
+ The right moment to/for
Ex: When she left college, she got a
job as an editor in a publishing Ex: I'm expecting her to come at
company. any moment.
ever now
up to
hardly Right now
if ever Any day/moment, etc
as
Forever/for + now that,…
+ Every now and then/ again
+ ever since,… + now in the time to,
+ first/only sth ever to, + from now on,
+ bigger/ better than ever Ex: From now on the gates will be locked
Ex: If you're ever/If ever you're in Rio, at midnight.
do give me a call.
Idiom
- Once in a blue moon: very rarely, something that happens very seldom
Ex: My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon.
- a stitch in time (saves nine): used for saying that it is better to solve the
problem now, rather than leave it until later when it may be more difficult
to deal with.
Ex: John said to his brother, " You better bring your car to the shop
while it's still running, because a stitch in time saves nine".
- At the drop of a hat: immediately or in a way that shows that you have
no doubts about doing sth.
Ex: I hate to speak in public, but she’ll get up on stage at the drop of a hat.
Idiom
- In/for donkey’s years: an extremely long time
Ex: I haven't been here in donkey's years, I can't believe how much
the town has changed.
- In the nick of time: just in time to prevent sth bad happening
Ex: You got here in the nick of time we're just about to start the show.
- The other day: recently
Ex: I forgot to tell you that I got a postcard from Mary the other day.
- for good: permanently, without the possibility of change in the future
Ex: It's time you started thinking about using your wealth for good,
instead of wasting it on pleasure.
Word formation
+ Compete /kəmˈpiːt/ (v): to try to gain sth and stop SO else from
having it or having as much of it.
- Competitive(adj): determined or trying very hard to be
more successful than other people or businesses.
- Competitor(n): a person, team, or company that
is competing against others.
+ Employ /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ (v) : to have someone work or do a job for you
and pay them for it.
- employability(n): the skills and abilities that allow you to
be employed.
- employable(adj): having skills or qualities that are necessary to get
a job.
- employee(n): someone who is paid to work for someone else.
Word formation
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in
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Question 2: write one word in the gap.
I don’t know how anyone can sit in front of a computer for hours
….end.
on
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Question 3: write one word in the gap.
You’d better start working a bit harder or you’ll be ……of a job!
out
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Question 4: complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence
(use 3-8 words)
- No one except Jake has ever beaten me at a game of chess.
(only)
- Jake …………beat me at a game of chess
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Question 5:complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence
(use 3-8 words)
- it’s time we began to sort through these cupboards.(start)
- It’s time we………..through these cupboards.
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Question 6:Can’t we go out somewhere? I don’t want to ______ all
evening.
Stay in
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Question 7: Matt is very __________ . He wants to be number one
at everything. (compete)
4) competitive
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Question 8:. Being……………. is the worst thing that can happen to
someone. ( EMPLOY)
unemployed
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NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB
compete
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Question 10: each of the words in bold is an incorrect form.
Rewrite them correctly.
-once you’ve been self-employed for a while, it’s very difficult
to become just another company employer again.
Employee
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Question 11:each of the words in bold is an incorrect form.
Rewrite them correctly.
-Hargreaves and Son are one of our main competitions.
Competitor
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Question 12:write one word in the gap.
My French isn’t that great, and our clients were speaking a mile
a _____. I only understood about half of the conversation.
minute
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Question 13:. We’re in the desert. It only rains here once in a
blue _____.
moon
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Question 14:write one word in the gap.
time
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Question 15: Synonym with manage
Achieve
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Question 16: Antonym with antique
New
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