EXPRESSIONS. MONEY

a penny for your thoughts        = when you want to know what another person is thinking

bet one's bottom dollar             = when you are completely certain that sth is true or will happen

break even                                = to have no profit or loss

buy sb off                                  = to bribe or pay sb so that they do not cause you any trouble

cook the books                         = when sb dishonestly changes the figures in the accounts to still
                                                     money

cut your losses                         = to avoid losing any money than you have already lost

decide to foot the bill               = to pay for everything

(buy) for a song                        = very cheaply

get sth at face value                = to pay exactly the amount of money printed on the item
                                                    (stamps,...)

go Dutch                                  = to agree to share the cost of sth, especially a meal; to pay for
                                                    themselves

grease sb's palm                      = to secretly give sb money to stop the threats

have a nest egg                       = to save and hold money for special purpose (emergencies,
                                                    retirement,...)

live beyond my means            = to spend far money than sb is earning

pay an arm and a leg for sth   = to pay too much money for sth; sth to be far too expensive

strap for (cash)                        = needing sth, usually money; low money or without money





    

THE PERFECT FRIEND

THE MUSIC CORNER

Birdy: Wings (2013)

Birdy: Wings

Sunlight comes creeping in
Illuminates our skin
We watch the day go by 
Stories of all we did
It made me think of you
It made me think of you

Under a trillion stars
We danced on top of cars
Took pictures of the stage
So far from where we are
They made me think of you
They made me think of you

Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

I'm in a foreign state
My thoughts they slip away 
My words are leaving me 
They caught an aeroplane 
Because I thought of you 
Just from the thought of you

Oh lights go down 
In the moment we're lost and found 
I just wanna be by your side 
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls 
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

If these wings could fly
Oh lights go down
In the moment we're lost and found
I just wanna be by your side
If these wings could fly
Oh damn these walls
In the moment we're ten feet tall
And how you told me after it all
We'd remember tonight
For the rest of our lives

QUOTES

‘Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life'

Brian Tracy

LANGUAGE. SYNONYMS AND REGISTER

adhere to              = to follow

because of            = owing to

benefits                = perks

however               = but

need                     = require

omit                      = leave out

one                       = you

so                         = consequently

LANGUAGE. LEXIS

remain                                   = still to be

poor                                       = bad

conduct                                 = to do

adhere to                              = to follow

notions                                 = idea

omit                                     = to leave out

required                              = to need

view                                    = to look at

thus                                     = so

transcribes                         = to write down

POINT OF VIEW II

• I'd say that...
• If you ask me,...
• Personally, I think that...                                                                           
• Personally speaking,...                                                                    

  

  YOUR OWN OPINION
  
• In my opinion
• In my view                                                                                             

• I feel that
• My feeling is that...
• As far as I'm concerned...

QUOTES

'Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude'   

Benjamin Franklin

VOCABULARY. FAMILY II

nuclear family

single-parent family

members of extended families

father figure

relatives

spread out

grow up

great-grandparents

great-great-grandparents

grandchild

great-grandchild

great-great-grandchild

brother-in-law

sister-in-law

POINT OF VIEW

AGREEING

• I quite agree
• I totally agree
• That's what I think, too
• Absolutely!

HALF-AGREEING

• I take your point, but...
• I see what you mean, but...
• I agree up to a point, but...

DISAGREEING

• I completely disagree
• I don't agree at all

e.g. I quite agree with you about the marine mammal behavior.

e.g. I see what you mean, but I still have difficulties to do it.

e.g. I completely disagree with the article published yesterday in that newspaper.

THE MUSIC CORNER

Keane: Somewhere Only We Know (2004)

Keane: Somewhere Only We Know

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go?
So why don't we go?

Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?

HOW TO BE POLITE