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Spandau Ballet, a radio quiz, and a $10,000 riddle
Spandau Ballet, a radio quiz, and a $10,000 riddle
Notes Monday May 25th
Notes Monday May 25th
MISpronounced (MIS-=wrongly)
to back down
to stand corrected
we split hairs
pedantic (not "pedante")
leeway
to fall short
to be adamant to
WANT (forbidden)
refuse
be reluctant to
be unwilling to
be willing to
be determined to
be adamant to
against the odds (against all odds)
a leap of faith
must have been / can't have been
work out
OUT
- outside
- distribute
- extinguish (blow it out/wash it out)(to die out)
- clarity (find out)
- result (work out) (it didn't work out)
ph verb
work it out
die out (intr)
biased
chapters
sense of dignity
make a show of their feeling
unfeeling
a --- of ice (a block of ice)
an axe to grind
a skeleton in the cupboard
Tsar
as thick as thieves
a "posh" restaurant
decorum
pop corn
she stormed out
everybody was glancing at us
adverbs of manner - tabboo
walk fast (stride)
look quickly (glance)
pixelate
comment adverb
she stormed out sobbingly
regretfully she stormed out
Wednesday May 27th
Wednesday May 27th
a gap year
disruptive
be operated on
it sticks out a mile
there is an unsurmountable generation gap
five-star
en-suite (bathroom)
Michael's parenting (skills)
a boarding school
fuck
that was a shit hole
one off the wrist (masturbate)
tabboos (people/want/ like)
I find X highly controversial/absolutely disgusting
I am not a keen traveller
you should embrace the new
you shouldn't be "stuck in a rut"
an eye-watering metropolis
eye-popping shopwindows
an elephant with a fat arse
he shutters my confidence (boosts my confidence)
be on the saddle
let's not rock the boat
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