My English Course Level B2- C1

domingo, 15 de julio de 2018

PROBABILITIES

In all likelihood

There is every likelihood that

In all probability
You are likely to become a teacher
It is unlikely that...
the odds are against her passing the exam

Against the odds
The oods are he'll get the job

The chances are small that
By accident
By chance

OBLIGATION- PERMISION

Permission

Permission denied
Let you
Allow: in the passive form and more formal

You are not allowed to enter the room

Obligation

It's compulsory
It forces you to
It compels you to study more
To be compelled to
To be bound to
It is required
to be eported

Students are reported to...

You are supposed to )+ informal)
I feel obliged to
to comply with( cumplir con, acceder a)
To be under no obligation to
To be

DVDs are to be returned ( more formal)

A duty
a commitment
to be engaged in

Prohibition

It is forbidden
It is banned
Under no circumstances

Advice

It's advisable
It is sensible to
It is advantageous
It is wise to
It is prudent to
I advise you against sth

You'd better phone home

CONSEQUENCES- CAUSES

Cause

Verbs

Triger off (a protest)
to spark off ( a war)
to precipitate
Spring form

to spring from a feeling of insecurity

Set off

the scandal sets off a serves of events

To bringabout

This has brought about a lot of changes

to account for (to find the cause)
To lie behind

What lies behind ?

In an attempt of
On account of
the lack of
Because of
Thanks to
As a result of
Result from

Illiteracy results from a poor childhood education

due to
Owing to
As
Since

Consequence

As a result,
to result in

a poor childhood education results in illiteracy

for this reason
As a consequence
consequently
That's why...
Therefore
Thus (formal)
Hence
So
So...that
When people are the cause

To produce (a report, good results)
To generate (revenues, complaints, interest)

Your action has resulted in chaos
to provoke a feeling of anger
In this way
By doing so
All in all, in brief, to put it in a nutshell
to put it simply, to make a long story short
In the long run /term / haul

DOING THINGS

To do it

from scratch
By hand = manually
on the spur of the moment

To be good / bad / hopeless at doing sth
Spare time

To do your own thing = to please yourself
to have time to yourself

Commit yourself

to give your all
To make a strong commitment to
To stick to sth

I stick with my new regime ( as I had planned)

to restrain yourself form doing sth.

With difficulty

To manage
To face up
to tackle
To fend for ...
To handle a problem
How are you copping it?
To run the risk
To do without sth

To be

on the verge of
on the point of
about to
bound to
reluctant to take up an activity

Assembling- taking apart

To pull things apart
To fit all the pieces together
to take things to bits

What the bad guys are up?
I ended up doing everything form this to that
Compensate

To make it up to sb

I will take her somewhere to make it up to her

To make up for sth

CONTROLLING

To be careful / prudent / cautious
to keep your temper /your cool
to lose your temper
to pull yourself together
to rein in

Can you rein in your constant criticism?

to calm down
To control ( the mouse controls the computer)
To check ( at the airport)
To watch out
Mind out
Look out
to be under the watchful eye of sb ( with sb's help)
to keep an eagle eye on sb.

sábado, 14 de julio de 2018

BINOMIALS

This is part and parcel of the job
It's rough and ready (improvisado / tosco pero preparado)
It's touch and go (a uncertain situation)
the weather is hit and miss (unpredictable)
Fluctuations

The ins and outs of progress
The ups and downs of a business
The highs and lows of life
The ebbs and flows of the market
Off and on ( de vez en cuando)

To have meetings on and off

Cafés here and there (scattered)
Back and froth
To and fro ( de un lado para otro) / back and forth ( también "dudar, vacilar")
Give or take (more or less)

Emotions

to be sick and tired of
Peace and quiet
Safe and sound

Ways of doing things

In leaps and bounds
by and large
Through thick and thin

Time

Now and then
As and when I can
Sonner or later

A black and white film
Give or take a few miles (más o menos)
A hustling and bustling city
Proverb

Take it or leave it
Sink or swim

First and foremost
He is down and out
He is up and about
Believe it or not
the law and order

LES FILMS

People

The cast
To be typecast ( encasillar en un papel)
The lead actor
the main role
an actress
The main role

S. A. Johns will star the film

The screen writer
The costume designer
The viewer

The plot

The script / a weak script
The plot summary / the story line
Based on a true story

Begining

To take place
The setting
To be set on
Fromthe very onset
The opening scene

The end

the final plot twist
A twist in the tail
The denoument
thefinal scene
Theend was heartbreaking

The performance

To pull off / to give a remarkable / astonishing performance
to fulfill the criteria
Correct in all the details

Emotions

To keep glued to the screen / to your seat
Agripping film
a moving story
To keep you in the suspense
To get under your skin
Entertaining

Opinion

The overall impression
Positive

A masterpiece
An standing ovation
to be lauded / highly praised
Rave reviews
A memorable performance
3 awards
Outstanding, exiting, realisticfrightening, unusual

Negative

An overrated film
a far-fetched story
A harrowing / upsetting performance

Actions

To dub
To rewind
A 2ond viewing
to watch it more than one
When you go to the cinema you SEE a film ( at home you WATCH /SEE a film)
released on DVD / to come out on DVD
A new version/ remake of a well-know story
Invest = put into

The cinema

The box office
The back row
the front row

The review

To catch the reader / the viewer
What a difference a good script can make
Plot

Refreshingly, nail-biting, gripping, moving
a compelling dramatic situation (irresistible, interesante)
Persuasive, convingcing
a reluctant, vulnerable hero

summarise

Events revolve around
The book thells the story of

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