Unit 11, Vocabulary

Vocabulary --- Pages 96 and 97

EDUCATION

To play truant (phr) – A collocation which means to miss school without permission or

without a good reason

To appoint someone (v) – To put someone in charge of smth, to assign to a position

To achieve smth (v) – To obtain a certain recognition or a goal, to accomplish smth

Modesty (n) – The opposite of greed; adj --- modest

Outsider (n) – Someone who does not belong to a group

Staff (n) – All the teachers that work in a school

To attend (v) – To be present at an event

Issue (n) – Problem, doubt, question, point

To support (v) – To express the same opinion, to back someone’s statement;    synonym: to uphold

Pride (n) – Pleasure or satisfaction taken in doing smth., a high opinion of one’s merit, the feeling of being proud (adj)

To get in trouble (phr) – To do smth wrong and get caught, to be punished

To enforce (v) – To obtain obedience by force, to impose

Compulsory (adj) – It has to be done, mandatory

To sum up (phr v) – To add up

Mood (n) – The state or temper: in a good mood / in a bad mood (moody –adj)

To dread (v) – To fear, to be scared of smth

To owe (v) – To be in debt to someone

To succeed (v) – To have a desired result, to do smth successfully

Pottery (n) – The art of making ceramic pots and vases

To face (v) – To tackle, to confront directly, to deal with smth

To get away (phr v) – To do smth wrong and not get discovered or punished

Vocabulary --- Page 99, ex. 1

EDUCATION

Qualifications (n) – one has passed their exams and got certificates and diplomas

To be bullied (phr) – to be made fun of

Lesson (n) – a 50 - minute period

Subject (n) – smth that you study in school, such as Maths, English…

To break up (ph v) – to separate, to start a school holiday

To suspend (v) – not to be allowed to come to school for a day or two

To expel (v) – not to be allowed to ever come back to that school

Prefect (n) – the representative of each class who is given extra responsibility

Vocabulary --- Page 99, ex. 3

PHRASAL VERBS WITH OVER

Run over --- to knock down by moving and possibly pass over the body

Get over --- to recover physically or emotionally, overcome

Take over --- to assume the control or management, to continue where someone stopped

Come over --- to visit

Bring over ---to cause somebody to give his support, to win over

Look over --- to examine  smth /sb closely                          

Turn over --- move to the next page, turn upside down

Pass over --- to disregard; to review smth

Put one over on --- to get sb to accept a story or a statement which is not true

Vocabulary --- Page 101, ex. 2

PREPOSITIONS

Fond of                                                                              Keen on    

 Aware of                                                                           Keen for someone to do smth

  Intrested in                                                                     Concentrate on

Complain about smth

Complain to someone