B2 - Lesson 44 - Technology

Question 1

impatient [/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/]

Answer 1

annoyed because of delays, someone else’s mistakes etc OPP patient

become/grow impatient (with somebody/something)
We are growing impatient with the lack of results.
He turned away with an impatient gesture.

Question 2

obsess [/əbˈses/]

Answer 2

if something or someone obsesses you, you think or worry about them all the time and you cannot think about anything else – used to show disapproval

be obsessed by/with something/somebody
A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight.
Jody’s been obsessed with some lifeguard for months.

Question 3

diary [/ˈdaɪəri/]

Answer 3

1 a book in which you write down the things that happen to you each day SYN journal

 Inge kept a diary (=wrote in a diary) during the war years.
diary entry (=what you have written for a particular day)

2 especially British English a book with separate spaces for each day of the year, in which you write down the meetings, events etc that are planned for each day SYN calendar American English

Did you put the meeting date in your diary?