week 34

Question 1

If you do not know what the professor is on about

Answer 1

“I don’t follow you”

Question 2

If you want somebody to elaborate their answer

Answer 2

Such as?…

Question 3

If you do not know the answer and you want to redirect the question to somebody else.

Answer 3

“I’d rather you spoke to…”

Question 4

Oral is for the mouth as is for ears.

Answer 4

Aural

I should maybe change this card into a question instead?

Question 5

municipality (council?)

Answer 5

a city or town with its own local government, or the local government itself

Question 6

Rettskriving?

Answer 6

Proofreading

Question 7

Fornavn, pikenavn, etternavn.

Answer 7

Forename/first name/christian name, maiden name, last name/ surname.

Question 8

If you are not sure about the answer, you can start your sentence with…

Answer 8

“I reckon about…”

Question 9

If you do not know the word (but can explain it with other words)

Answer 9

“How shall I put it…”

Question 10

Which of fairly and rather has a positive “meaning” and a negative one?
Which word is neutral?

Answer 10

Fairly is positive and rather is negative.
I am fairly good at knitting and rather late to classes.
Quite is neutral.

Question 11

Organisation and organization, which one is british version of the word?

Answer 11

Organisation. Americans usually has a z in these kind of words.

Question 12

Oversett denne replikkutvekslingen (britisk):

• Vær så god
• Tusen takk
• Ingen årsak

Answer 12

• Here you are
• Thank you
• Not at all

The last is not a problem at all in full.

Question 13

How many words does English consist of?

Answer 13

It consists of about 1.2 million words.

Question 14

Agriculture is the word for farming lands, what is the word for farming in the sea or water?

Answer 14

Aquaculture

Question 15

How could you explain the difference between the verbs rise and raise?

Answer 15

Rise is something you do not have control over, like the sun rises every morning. Raise is something you do have control over, like you raised your children.

Question 16

Hva er entall og flertall på engelsk?

Answer 16

Singular and plural.

Question 17

If you do not want to answer a question you could say:

Answer 17

“I’d rather not say, if you don’t mind”

It is not considered rude :)

Question 18

Is it can not or cannot?

Answer 18

It is cannot of course! Remember carrot ;)

Question 19

What is this ‘ symbol called?

Answer 19

Apostrophe

Question 20

What is an abbreviation?

Answer 20

A short form of a word or phrase.

Question 21

What is an acronym?

Answer 21

An abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word:
AIDS is an acronym for “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome”.

Question 22

Hva sier du hvis du vil uttrykke at det er hyggelig å se noen igjen?

Answer 22

“Nice too see you again!”

Question 23

Explain agenda

Answer 23

a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting
or
a list of aims or possible future achievements

Question 24

Explain minutes (hint: meeting)

Answer 24

the written record of what was said at a meeting

Question 25

To be at

Answer 25

1. clever
2. good
3. bad
4. poor

Question 26

Hvis du vil snakke om unntak kan du bruke:

Answer 26

“Except for…”

“Apart from…”

Question 27

Ask Mr.Nelson about what this was about again:

Answer 27

Exceptions:

smells good, hears good, feels good, sounds good.

Question 28

What is the word for: on the other side of the page?

Answer 28

Overleaf