week 34 Flashcards
(28 cards)
If you do not know what the professor is on about
“I don’t follow you”
If you want somebody to elaborate their answer
Such as?…
If you do not know the answer and you want to redirect the question to somebody else.
“I’d rather you spoke to…”
Oral is for the mouth as is for ears.
Aural
I should maybe change this card into a question instead?
municipality (council?)
a city or town with its own local government, or the local government itself
Rettskriving?
Proofreading
Fornavn, pikenavn, etternavn.
Forename/first name/christian name, maiden name, last name/ surname.
If you are not sure about the answer, you can start your sentence with…
“I reckon about…”
If you do not know the word (but can explain it with other words)
“How shall I put it…”
Which of fairly and rather has a positive “meaning” and a negative one?
Which word is neutral?
Fairly is positive and rather is negative.
I am fairly good at knitting and rather late to classes.
Quite is neutral.
Organisation and organization, which one is british version of the word?
Organisation. Americans usually has a z in these kind of words.
Oversett denne replikkutvekslingen (britisk):
- Vær så god
- Tusen takk
- Ingen årsak
- Here you are
- Thank you
- Not at all
The last is not a problem at all in full.
How many words does English consist of?
It consists of about 1.2 million words.
Agriculture is the word for farming lands, what is the word for farming in the sea or water?
Aquaculture
How could you explain the difference between the verbs rise and raise?
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.
Hva er entall og flertall på engelsk?
Singular and plural.
If you do not want to answer a question you could say:
“I’d rather not say, if you don’t mind”
It is not considered rude :)
Is it can not or cannot?
It is cannot of course! Remember carrot ;)
What is this ‘ symbol called?
Apostrophe
What is an abbreviation?
A short form of a word or phrase.
What is an acronym?
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”.
Hva sier du hvis du vil uttrykke at det er hyggelig å se noen igjen?
“Nice too see you again!”
Explain agenda
a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting
or
a list of aims or possible future achievements
Explain minutes (hint: meeting)
the written record of what was said at a meeting
