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INSPIRATIONAL TEENAGERS Flashcards

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WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE THINK OF OLD PEOPLE

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  • old-fashioned
  • slow
  • out of touch (not up to date) with the modern technology
  • lonely
  • skills decline as they age
  • experienced
  • narrow-minded
  • they can’t adapt.
  • stuck in their old ways and the unwilling to change
  • they developoed thick skin
  • an economic burden  they don’t contribute
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HOW OLD PEOPLE THINK OF YOUNG PEOPLE?

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  • loud
  • rebellious
  • inexperienced
  • scattered, puzzled, confused
  • immature
  • they have no manners.
  • judgmental
  • lazy
  • unsociable
  • smart or clever
  • disrespectful.
  • practical
  • empty-headed
  • inconsiderate
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HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAP (BRING CLOSER TOGETHER)

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More bonding time (family nights), young people helping older people, visiting nursing homes, volunteering.

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HOW PARENTS THINK OF TEENAGERS

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  • Rebellious (butting heads)
  • Immature
  • loud
  • introverted and uncommunicative
  • too young to be independent
  • malicious (intend to do harm)
  • troubled
  • unreliable
  • moody and unpredictable
  • sulk (be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment)  trmanje
  • grumpy (bad-tempered)
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HOW TEENAGERS THINK OF PARENTS

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  • annoying
  • overprotective
  • narrow-minded
  • reliable
  • demanding
  • nagging (harassing)
  • diligent (showing care)
  • stressed
  • hardworking
  • stubborn (showing great determination, especially in spite of good reasons and arguments against your opinion)
  • they can’t accept any other opinion
  • caring
  • loving
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MOOD

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a temporary state of mind or feeling

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BEING WISE, WISDOM

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havind+g a lot of experience

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INVALIDI, KAR SE TEHNOLOGIJE TIČE

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they are technologically imapired

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HITRO SPREMINJAJOČ SVET

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fast moving world = the quick paced life

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SOCIALEN IN NESOCIALEN

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sociable and unsociable

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TO BE A ROLE MODEL

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parents or grandparents, you look up to them, motivation

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WASTE OF TIME

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not worth your time

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SUMMARIZE

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shorten
obnova
to express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form

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THE GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

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the biggest music festival in Europe

annual

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BBC 40

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is a music chart

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MILESTONE

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turning point

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DETACHED FROM THE REAL WORLD

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they live in a virtual world

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TO GET BAD PRESS

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to have bad reputation

they are criticized

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TRMATI SE

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Sulking
to sulk
to be silent and refuse to smile or be pleasant to people because you are angry about something that they have done

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TO LIVE TO THE FULLEST

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making the most out of their lives

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NASPROTI PRIČAKOVANJ

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Often against the odds (possibility)

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INSPIRACIJA

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Inspirational  inspiration  inspire, motivates you, you look up to it
making you feel full of hope or encouraged, motivates you

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AMBICIJA

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Ambitious  ambition

having a strong desire for success, achievement, power, or wealth, it involves a lot of effort or expense

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STVAR JE TAKA

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the thing is

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PRELETETI

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skim-read

to read or consider something quickly in order to understand the main points, without studying it in detail

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PRAVI ČAS ZA TO

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The time is right for this, we need it

it is the most suitable moment to do something or for something to happen, bi bil že čas

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IMETI SMISEL

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To make sense
to understand it
figure out
make out

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PRVEVA

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Overrun

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PREVEČ PODATKOV

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diarrhoea of words

too much content

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SKLAD

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fund (money)

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USTANOVITELJ

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to be a founder
to start a business
someone who establishes an organization

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BAZA JE V LONDONU

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To be London-based  the place that carries out its business, in this case London

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TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT

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to take full advantage of something because it may not last long

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AGAINST THE ODDS

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if you do or achieve something against (all) the odds/against all odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed, very surprisingly

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ENTREPRENEUR

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someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity

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A BANKER, A LAWYER

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a in front of occupations

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UPORABITI

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to put to use
to use
find a use for

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TIMELINE

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the part of a social media website where items that have been added by you, or that relate to you, are shown

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MUHAST

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mood swings

to be moody

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THE THING IS…

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use to introduce an explanation, comment, or opinion that relates to something that has just been said

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AUTOMATICALLY

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if a machine or device does something automatically, it does it independently, without human control

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ATTRACT

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to make someone want to buy or invest in something

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FUNDING

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money given by an organization or a government for a particular purpose

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RECONCILE

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to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together, also BALANCE

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KEEN FAN

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very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) something very much

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TO HAVE A CLEAR VISION OF SOMETHING

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you imagine it happening

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IDOL

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someone who is admired and respected very much, you look up to them

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OBSESIJA KONTROLIRANJA MOJEGA PRODUKTA

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• obsessive about controlling every aspect of my product

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ASPECT

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OBSESSIVE

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IN PROGRESS

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EXPLOITS

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IT WILL BE KNOWN

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• the world of technology will be hearing about his exploits for a long time to come - it will be known

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COUNCIL ESTATE

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an area of a city in which there are council houses and apartments

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TO TURN DOWN

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to refuse an offer or a request

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INSPIRING

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encouraging, or making you feel you want to do something

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EXTEND

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to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer

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BROWSE THE WEB

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to look at information on the internet

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VARIOUS

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many different

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ADVETISEMENT

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a picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service, or a piece of text that tells people about a job, etc.

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ASPIRATION

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something that you hope to achieve

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A NUMBER ONE HIT

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a hit single

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JAMMING SESSION

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a meeting of a group of musicians

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DEBUT

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perform in public for the first time.

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DUE OUT

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expected to depart or check out

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LOOK

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the biography of oneself narrated by oneself, your own look

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PRIMARILY

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mainly

68
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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

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a disease in which the covering of the nerves gradually becomes destroyed, damaging a person’s speech and sight and ability to move, MS

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CAMPAIGNING

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a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim

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