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?
