Cycle 1 - Rotation 1 Flashcards
(ADJECTIVE)
Not expensive
Our aim is to provide quality goods at ……… prices!
Affordable
Our aim is to provide quality goods at AFFORDABLE prices!
(IDIOM)
They like each other very much and become friends very quickly.
Correct the mistake: I was worried that they wouldn’t like each other, but in fact, they’re getting on like a home on fire.
To get on like a house on fire
I was worried that they wouldn’t like each other, but in fact, they’re getting on like a HOUSE ON FIRE.
(ADJECTIVE)
careful not to say or do anything that could upset someone
Complete the sentence: Mentioning his baldness wasn’t very …….
tactful
Mentioning his baldness wasn’t very TACTFUL
VERB
to get rid of feelings of stress.
Correct the error: I began doing yoga as a way to un-stress.
To de-stress
I began doing yoga as a way to DE-STRESS.
(PHRASAL VERB)
to finish something
We’ve got a lot to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ today.
To Get Through
We’ve got a lot to GET THROUGH today.
(PHRASAL VERB)
to separate, or to separate something, into smaller parts
Correct the error: Can you break up our expenses by month and by region?
To Break Something Down
Can you break DOWN our expenses by month and by region?
(PHRASAL VERB)
To keep someone informed of what is happening.
Is it important to ….. …. team leaders when dealing with problems at S4N?
To loop in
Is it important to LOOP IN team leaders when dealing with problems at S4N?
(ADVERB)
In a good way, to a high or satisfactory standard.
Correct the error: The documentary presented both sides of the problem very good.
Well
The documentary presented both sides of the problem very WELL.
(PHRASAL VERB)
DEFINITION: to learn or discuss the latest news
Let’s go for a coffee - I need to ….. …. on all the office gossip.
To catch up
Let’s go for a coffee - I need to CATCH UP on all the office gossip.
(IDIOM)
DEFINITION: To have successfully finished something
We just have to finish this section, then we’re ……. and dry
To be home and dry
We just have to finish this section, then we’re HOME AND DRY.
(PHRASAL VERB)
DEFINITION: to tell someone about some information.
Fix the error: They credited my account with $20 after I pointed in the error
To point out something
They credited my account with $20 after I POINTED OUT the error
(PHRASAL VERB)
DEFINITION: to be very interested in and involved with something
When I was younger, I ….. … politics.
To be into something
When I was younger, I WAS INTO politics.
(VERB)
DEFINITION: to remove things you do not need from a place, in order to make it more pleasant and more useful.
I’m going to ……. my spare room before my family comes to visit
to declutter
I’m going to DECLUTTER my spare room before my family comes to visit
(VERB)
MEANING: To make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of people working for it, or to become smaller in this way.
The pandemic is forcing a lot of businesses to ………
To downsize
The pandemic is forcing a lot of businesses to DOWSIZE.
(NOUN)
DEFINITION: a period of time that a father is legally allowed to be away from his job so that he can spend time with his new baby.
Many fathers decide not to take ……. …….
Paternity leave
Many fathers decide not to take PATERNITY LEAVE.
(VERB)
MEANING: To clean something, especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed
Did you ….. the kitchen floor yesterday?
To sweep
Did you SWEEP the kitchen floor yesterday?
Yup, I SWEPT it twice!
(VERB)
MEANING: To bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part of it lies on the other part.
I hate …… clothes.
To fold
I hate FOLDING clothes.
(NOUN)
DEFINITION: The dirty clothes and sheets that need to be washed.
I have to do my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ soon.
Laundry
I have to do my LAUNDRY soon.
(NOUN)
MEANING: A machine that washes dirty plates, cups, forks, etc.
This ……… even washes pots and pans
Dishwasher
This DISHWASHER even washes pots and pans
