Ingles Flashcards
Strong obligations(Things that are necessary)
have to, must, need to, be obligated to, be required to
Lack of obligation(things aren’t necessary)
don’t have to, don’t, don’t need to, be not obligated to, be not required to
Weak obligation(things that are recommended)
should, be supposed to
Prohibition(things that aren’t permitted)
must not, can´t, be not allowed to
Permission(things that are permitted)
can, let or be allowed to
do somebody a favor
something that you do for
someone in order to help them
example: I don’t suppose you
could do me a favor?
do somebody
harm
to cause serious damage or
injury
example: Have some cake – one
slice isn’t going to do
any harm!
catch up with
to find out someone’s news
example: Are you free next week?
It’ll be good to catch up
with you both.
do away with
to get rid of something
example: The company has done
away with a lot of the
old restrictions.
make allowances
to consider the reasons for
somebody’s behavior and not
judge them too severely
example: You might need to
make allowances for
her lack of experience.
come up with
to think of something such as
an idea or a plan
example: Is that really the best you
can come up with?
make the best of
something
to be positive about a situation
you don’t like but can’t change
example: I know it’s raining, but
let’s make the best of
our last day on vacation.
do without
to succeed in living or
working without someone or
something
example: We’ve run out of milk
so you’ll have to do
without.
first conditional
if + present(simple/perfect), will/modal + bare infinite
examples:
if i go out in the rain, i’ll get wet
you can go on your phone if you have finished your homework
second conditional
if + subject + past simple, subject + would + bare infinite
would+ subject + bare infinite + if + subject + past simple
example:
if i were an actress i wouldn’t like to star in a horror movie
would you like to star in a comedy if you were an actor?
Third conditional
If + subject + past perfect, subject + would + present perfect
examples:
If she hadn’t spent that much money, I wouldn’t have told it looked awful.
If I had known he had given me the change wrong, I would have returned to the store.
cut down on
to reduce or start doing less of
something, especially because
it is bad for your health
example: I’m trying to cut down
on sugar.
come up against
to have to deal with something
difficult or unpleasant
example: We actually came up
against a pretty difficult
issue in the first week.
get around to
to do something after you have
intended to do it for some time
example: I keep meaning to mow
the lawn, but never seem
to get around to it.
keep up with
to continue to learn about
something or find out about
something
example: It’s really difficult to keep
up with everything
that’s happening
currently.
