Week 25: April 6th-12th

Notes Monday 6th April

get one's ducks in a row

airtight / watertight

tamper with

pedestrianized areas

pedestrian-friendly

skateboards

scooter

to craft

backfire

rudimentary / cumbersome/bulky

subtle/invisible to the naked eye

pottery

wickerwork

catch on

readership

be inclined to

catch up with

want that

Notes Tuesday 7th April

at these gatherings we can meet a lot of like-minded people

a 50-year-lasting marriage

the golden Jubilee

to come off (went -past)

avoid falling flat (on his face)

prevent the case from ending up in a fiasco

recreational

enlighten = to shed light on ...

the threat of a strike

clues

linkt

mind-boggling (confusing,)

spine-chilling

rudimentary - cumbersome - bulky (primeval)

subltle sophisticated

pull your strings

divert / channel /steer /

to craft

single-use items / disposable

ready-made/

I can hardly catch up with the pace of the social changes of....

dramatic change

backfire

Notes Wednesday 8th April

every cloud has a silver lining

my guinea pigs

the shennanigans

scientifically-proven

Roundup-resistant

good-value (for money)

out-of-budget

on a regular basis

genetic engineering

engineer/orchestrate/devise/concoct/

eye-catching/charm/seduce/allure/lure

texture/taste/smell/aroma/scent/

life-span/ long-lasting milk

be held responsible for

to blame so for

to be to blame for (I am not to blame for what you do)

to put the blame on so

to nail s.o (?) for sth

to pin sth on so (?)

heart-breaking

to raise awareness

the scarlet letter

out of wedlock (the state of being unmarried)

start from scratch (delete your past) (start afresh) (start off)

T be/to go back to square one (you have made a mistake an lose all the benefits that you had)

a slip (a slight mistake)

copper reel

coil

is worth 20,000

embezzlement

recurrent

blood-stained

money-earner (?)

(jewels)