pronouns Flashcards
how to avoid saying whether the subject is male or female
themselves
how to use one/oneself
oneself is used to refer to people in general
i think one has to have the courage to be oneself and say whatever comes naturally
the main reason for using reflexive pronouns
for emphasis
she worked hard and got ( herself) promoted
to leave a place
absent yourself
you cannot choose to absent yourself from work/school on a whim
he absented himself from the table
conspicuously absent
useless
to no avail
my persistent attempts to rectify the situation were of no avail
to avail yourself of
avail yourself of my advice
they availed themselves of the equipment
verbs that require YOURSELF
absent yourself, avail yourself of, busy yourself with, concern … with, pride .. on, tear sb away from, familiarise yourself with
live in a house
occupy
the house hasn’t been occupied by anyone
on long journeys i occupy myself with reading novels
keep sb occupied
demolish a building
tear down
tear into sb -criticise
tear sb off a strip - reprimand
be torn asunder by
be torn (between)
tear one’s hair out
trouble collocations
trouble ahead, the trouble began/started when, too much trouble, store up trouble for the future, the least of my troubles, troubles stem from, keep sb out of trouble, get into trouble, land sb in trouble, run unto trouble, stay out of trouble, the only trouble is that;
develop engine trouble shortly after take-off, knee trouble,
at the first sign of trouble, stir up trouble between, cause sb trouble, no trouble at all, put sb to any trouble, take the trouble, go to a lot of trouble for sb, go to the trouble of ing, be deeply troubled by, it troubles me that, may i trouble you for, could i trouble you to
The survival package involves selling off the unprofitable parts of the troubled company.
troubled region/times
to make yourself familiar with sth
familiarise yourself with
we spend a few minutes familiarising ourselves with the day’s schedule
familiarise students with
how to use one/ones
we don’t use one/ones after nouns used as adjectives
it was in my coat pocket
like your one= like yours
the little ones, loved ones, one of the lucky ones
we can leave out one/ones:
- after which, superlatives, after this, that, these, this
- after either, neither, another, each, the first/second/last
don’t leave out one/ones-
- after the, the only, the main, and every
- after adjectives
which verbs to use with so
how to use with negative
so with certain verb ( phrases)
be afraid, it appears/seems so, assume, believe, expect, guess, hope, presume, suppose, suspect, think, imagine, say
- not or not.. so
use not with afraid, assume, guess, hope, presume, suspect
- so i gather, so … tell(s) me, so it appears/seems, so i believe, so i hear
instead of repeating a clause..
do so (with actions)
the climbers will try again today to reach the summit of the mountain; their chances of doing so are better than they were last week
he never won an olympic medal , but twice came close to doing so
the company wanted to build a new dam on the site but they were prevented from doing so by the strong local opposition
all countries agreed to implement the new regulations on recycling plastic but so far only Finland has done so
the water freezes in the cracks in rocks, and it as it does so it expands
what’s a dam
a barrier constructed to hold back water, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply
the dam burst after torrential rain
if you haven’t already handed in the form, then please do so without delay
sth like this=
such(a)
such behaviour is intolerable at our school
such a claim, employ such tactics
