# data[].attributes.body
Vocab
a micro-manager, a slave driver
delegate (V) /ei/ delegation delegate (n)
offload work onto someone
"Do what you do best,  delegate the rest"
Grammar
He's IN HIS 50's
We are not happy  TO have TOO MANY meetingS
Pron
My teaM members
______________
Grammar
Maybe the next year
Usually I have four years to be promoted in my company
PEOPLE ARE USUALLY PROMOTED EVERY FOUR YEARS
I NEED TO WORK ANOTHER 4 YEARS BEFORE I CAN GET PROMOTED
Other colleagues complain about my late time POOR TIMEKEEPING
Vocab
My salary increases but the living costs COST OF LIVING increaseS too
an inflationary increase/a significant pay rise
[It's just for the sake of appearance/A FORMALITY]
Pron
salary/celery
Celery is the best salary

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
These days I prepare for it
Long time I haven't speak Chinese, so I've almost forgot.
Generally I use the English
It sounds like a song
It is global company
Pron
What do you do?!
Vocab
trilingual
____________________
Overall Performance

A very impressive debate

Ideas explained well

Intonation was excellent--very convincing

A good raNge of language

Pron
/f/  /p/
prefer/prepare
official
I prefer to prepare pepper to apply to my fresh fruit
language
nuance
impact
Vocab
I cannot agree much more
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!
Grammar
It makes me stressful STRESSED

The most of the clients are from different nations
Most of people
the foreigner clients

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I have A Macbook
I think A computer is the most useful product
I think the ballpoint pen must MIGHT have been invented in 1888, maybe
General Point--Silence is not language
_____________________
Grammar
After conduct market research
General Point
Always say tihngs in a different way to stretch your English and demonstrate rage e.g.
So you mean X
No
So you mean Y
No
So mean Z
No, I mean A
Pron
launch lunch
_________________
Very good presentation:
Calm
Confident
Explained complicated points
But:
1 Use sequencers more
Firstly, after that, finally set
Use passive voice more
__________________________
Introduced topic--good
Entertaining demonstration
___
Need to introduce topic to audience
Don't have two people speaking at the same time
taste/tasty receipe
________________________
Introduced topic
Extremely clear
Rhythm and intonation were very natural
_____________________
Introduced topic
Taking turns was a good idea
Nice and loud
Very easy to follow
Excellent stress

What was the best ramien you've ever had?
Have you ever used a fax machine?
What's your signature dish?
What was you best job interview?

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I love your eyeS
I like your eyebrowS
Vocab
How much is it?
CAN I ASK HOW MUCH YOU PAID FOR IT?
I envy your skin
ENVY=SIN
I WISH I HAD SKIN LIKE THAT!
Your eyes light up (the world)
I upgraded to the latest model
When did you last upgrade your phone?
I switched brand
Pron
Flat intonation=sarcasm e.g. I love your hair=I hate your hair
_____________________
Grammar
As time goes by/went by
I have ever dyed my hair two years ago
I had my hair dyed
I shouldn't/mustn't dye my hair (school regulations)
COULDN'T/WASN'T ALLOWED TO
I had a MY heart broken one month ago
I cut myself MY HAIR sometimes (self-harm)
Vocab
scold (gave out to me/criticised)
CHEWED ME OUT (IDIOMATIC
____________________
The hairdressers are quite fresh/inexperienced
How long are you HAVE YOU BEEN going to the same hairdresser?
Vocab
You are a regular guest CUSTOMER in that hair salon
You need to get your body checked/have a check-up ever second year
Where is the place where YOU CAN HAVE YOUR eyeS testED?
Pron
perm
flat

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I like all kind of pizza

Pron
I love Suzy
cake (strong k)
bake a cake
Bake a cake with Jake the snake

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I want to lose my weight
Thailand food
Sometimes I ate Japanese food
I'm very impressive sushi
Vocab
cafeteria/canteen
Pron
When/ where
Sometimes I like Italian foot
meal (final 'l')
Don't steal my meal!

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
He looks scared/scary
He looks like HE'S IN HIS 50'S
height, very tall
HE'S VERY TALL
Our team members always have problemS with him
Vocab
a poker face
General Point
Using 'very' too much
Pron
shoepervisor SUPERVISOR
a lie manager A LINE MANAGER
bo she BOSSY
_____________
Vocab
Poor time keeping can be A really big problem
Sometimes my boss makes me annoying/annoyed
Grammar
I don't know IF my supervisor IS flexible or not
Even THOUGH I'm a poor time keeper I'm really flexible
It was very REALLY fantastic
Pron
They can chew CHOOSE their working time
CHOOSE TO CHEW

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
One of the special thingS that I can remember...
Vocab
The woman has WORE a white dress
Priest/Minister/JP Justice of the Peace
Wedding/reception
Church (religious)/Town Hall (civil)
_____________________
Grammar
My best friend was a best man
I was never a best man
Vocab
walk down the aisle
Vocab
cat her ring
Pron
purpose propose
priest
altar
Wedding vows
Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband till death do you part?
__________________________
Grammar
It was about one years ago
Whole ALL OF THE people from the village attend the wedding
They bow TO  each other
The grooms and the bride
Vocab
parents-in-law
PRON
RELatives
parTIcipants
VOCAB
In past/in the past

Pron

# data[].attributes.body
Vocab
He shaves his hair HEAD
Grammar
My boss is scared SCARY
It was so shocked SHOCKING to me
IT IS SHOCKING
I AM SHOCKED
He gives some free FREEDOM INDEPENDENCE
It makes me very stressful STRESSED
We should HAVE TO prepare (DO) what he wants
_______________________
Pron
kit/quit
/f/  /p/
a flexible programme
Vocab
The company might make a new part/create a new position
flexi-time
This year I had to AM SUPPOSED TO get an increase in salary but they didn't say anything
a non-profit organisation
CHARITY
NGO
Grammar
My company is similar with TO youRS
I'm almost every day work overtime
I WORK OVER TIME ALMOST EVERY DAY
_______________________
General Point

Use sequencers more

Moving on to your time-keeping

Another issue I'd like to discuss

Let's talk about... now

Good use of open and reflective questions from Elin e.g. 'How do you think you could be more sensitive to your colleagues'?
Grammar
Last Monday you was WERE also late
If we can't have flexi-time I WILL have to move my house
I want you TO share your work by email
I really want you to keep on your time
BE ON TIME
BE PUNCTUAL
She should keep her time
_____IF I come on time, I'LL get promotion
Pron
colleagues Z
sigh SIGN language

# data[].attributes.body
Vocab
Swimming strokes

back stroke

breast stroke

front crawl

butterfly

doggy paddle

Do you enjoy climbing a mountainS?
Grammar
I'M really afraid of spiders
I don't like insectS
No-one HAS ever heard of the mountain
Was it difficult to climb the mountain? Not difficult NO, IT WASN'T
Pron
/r/  /l/
Lord of the Rings
__________
Grammar
I'd bring a sunscreen so it's IT'D BE OK not to bring a hat
Why don't WOULDN'T  you bring a rope?
So, you're WOULD YOU bringing extra batteries?
If we don't DIDN'T have a first-aid kit, when we GOT hurt, WE WOULD HAVE A problem
Vocab
I could meet COME ACROSS/ENCOUNTER wild pigs
antiseptic
Pron
gloves /VZ/
BUllets
BULLET-PROOF GLOVES
A first-aid kid KIT
General Point
Not enough asking questions.
______________________
Grammar
In my opinion we don't SHOULDN'T bring an extra camera
Sometimes we are COULD BE/MIGHT BE boring BORED so I need a needle and thread
A magnifying glasses
What about A penknife?
Pron
food/foot
We might come across why WILD animals
______________________
Grammar
Do you know what is A 'fire stick' IS?
We can make COLLECT water to drink using A plastic bag
Why should YOU bring a pot?
If we would have HAD a needle and thread we can COULD reconstruct MEND our clothes

Pron
ball/bowl

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I feel very exhausted
There was so many vocabulary that I didn't know in the TED Talks
I wanted to improve my English skill
Vocab
There are two side to every coin
Every cloud has a silver lining
Pron
cafe green
a green giant in a cafe
General Point
March the intonation to the emotion e.g. The other exciting thing is that I'm planning to travel with my girlfriend [flat one]
_________________
Grammar
It makeS me feel very angry
I might BE late for work
Negative question to express surprise e.g. Didn't you save it?
Vocab
When someone skips the queue I give them a dirty look/a filthy look/ the evil eye
Pron
complaint
pet peeves (line i:)
pharmacy pharmaceutical pharmacist
Vocab
administer drug trials (administer a test)
_______________________
Grammar
I make them wait FOR me
Vocab
Men wolf down their food//eat like a bird
I GET angry at them
Eat like a pig
Hogging the machine in the gym is so selfish
Pron
copy machine coffee machine
Don't put coffee on the copee machine
snoring (like a pig)

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I prefer working alone as MUCH AS possible
Are you A manager?
There are four people includING me
I do AS much as my colleagues
Our company have HAS A team allowance
Pron
Our teaM members go to watch A musical
Vocab
I prefer letting them doing as what they are doing
I PREFER TO LET THEM DO WHAT(EVER) THEY WANT
I'm a semi- JUNIOR/ASSISTANT manager
freshman (?) /newbie
in vino veritas/that was just the drink talking
_____________________
Pron
feedbag/feedback
pack/park
question
It's a question of feedback on the feedbag
Grammar
The team will be die
Your explain EXPLANATION is really good
I hate/I'd hate boat building
That's an impressive memory when I have done that
THAT'D BE AN IMPRESSIVE MEMORY
Vocab
They have to explore by ON foot
_____________________________
Grammar

I have gone WENT horse riding one year ago
It DOESN'T feels not good
DoING archery is best
I was so TOO young to do archery
How about dividING the participants into small groups?
They can compete WITH each other
General Point
You can only interrupt if another person is actually talking. You can't say 'Can I interrupt you?' if that person has already finished talking

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
How long do you ride a horse?/How long have you been riding a horse?
Vocab
gallop galloping (galloping inflation)
car park/parking lot (US)
boot/trunk (US)
GRAMMAR
I'm very COMPLETELY exhausted
Pron
embarrassed
I just kit QUIT my jog JOB
_________________
Vocab
They even don't know what they are doing [eating with their mouth open]
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE DOING IT/THEY'RE NOT EVEN AWARE OF IT
[The car in front cut me up]
[It makes me crazy/mad!]
Grammar
It makes me annoying ED
When my computer crashes// I should HAVE TO do the same work again
________________________
Grammar
Vocab
[bad breath
His breath stinks!]
[It bugs me, it bugs the Hell out of me!]
bump into
stinky food
Pron working/walking
____________________
The Best Complainer
1 Introduce topic You know what really annoys me?
2 Never smile when you're angry
3 hyperbole
4 Facial expressions
5 Tell a story
6) Hand gestures
7) Eye contact
8) Pausing
9) Fillers e.g. I mean. you know
10) shaking head

6 Pause at key points

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I've been WENT to a pop concert  one year ago
Did HAVE you ever been to...?
I don't remember the last time when I bought a CD
I go WENT to the concert because I didn't want to disappoint my neice
They charged A huge amount of money
They felt angry for ABOUT the noise
ANGRY AT SOMEONE
ANGRY ABUT SOMETHING
Pron
General Point: Stress extreme adjectives in an extreme way e.g. He was incredibly excited about the concert. It was really captivating.
____________________
Vocab
[I'll never forget that concert]
9,000  90,000  900,000  9,000,000
I felt like I went back to my teenage age
I FELT LIKE I WAS A TEENAGER AGAIN
My forth grade YEAR in university
Grammar
I asked IF they went HAD GONE to Mamma Mia yesterday THE DAY BEFORE
They HAD met less than one year PREVIOUSLY/BEFORE
I was very moving ED
Pron
awkward
I like the lyricS and melodY of the song Memories
Pantom PHANTOM of the oh pear OPERA ah

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
We ate HAD dinner with our boss in A Japanese restaurant
Recently I was working I'VE BEEN WORKING with the marketing team
We didn't ask FOR any refund
Every day I'm telling him to take care of your HIS health
Vocab
do overtime, do OT
paid/unpaid OT
We stayed in a pension IN AN INN  CHALET
Pron
/f/  /p/
feedback
Phillip's feedback for Peter and Paul was fantastic!
PURpose
PROpose
aps  abs /
____________________________
General Points
1) Well-organised stories
2) Nice hooks to get listeners
3) good information questions from listeners
Suggestions
1) Non enough 'uh-huh', 'erm' 'ok'
2) echo facial expressions of storyteller more
3) Be careful not to slip into present tense when you get excited
__
Grammar
I was travelling IN Myanmar
Myanmar people couldn't understand her
BURMESE
We spent time to sleep in SLEPT A LITTLE ON the bus HAD A NAP
NODDED OFF
They should help you/should have helped you with the apartment
-
We realised our luggage was HAD disappeared
I didn't know I HAD lost my son
I looked for him but he HAD already left the school
She told me she saw HAD SEEN a little child over there
-
I was very REALLY trembling
After to tell TELLING my husband something
Vocab
after land off... TAKE OFF
Pron
/k/  /g/
cafe  great
a great green cafe for camels
Vocab
[reverse a car]
I got a light accident
I HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT
What a coincidence!
Our luggage was keep STORED in the office

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
If I have a time she always cooks for me
Men just want to focus on drinking delicious alcohols
Vocab
We always talks ABOUT works
[shop talk. Don't talk shop!]
We don't have any common things ANYTHING IN COMMON/COMMON INTERESTS
stand in line (US) QUEUE UP
Pron
lie/line
taste/test Take the taste test
______________
Grammar
I even don't DON'T EVEN realise my face looks so serious
Vocab
I always try to PUT PRESSURE ON  pressurate people to do what I want
PUSH PEOPLE INTO DOING SOMETHING
PUSHY PEOPLE
FORCE
a blabbermouth/a yapper
[Standing out (from the crowd) is frowned upon]
Pron
colleague/colleagues
______________________
Grammar
It's OK to sit beside him/It would be OK to sit beside him
I can't understand her/I couldn't understand her
__________________________
Grammar
How about makING a seating plan?
They could sympathise WITH each other
He loves doing THINGS with A computer
THE rich PEOPLE love lawyerS
She's a musicAL person
One thing I worry ABOUT is...
Vocab
[Opposites attract]
[It might work (out)]
Pron
shout/shoot

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I asked my colleagues did you see anything
IF THEY HAD SEEN ANYTHING

When I woke up my train HAD already gone
I should leave/I had to leave at that specific time
I have HAD A similar experience
THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME
Why DID YOU you choose him?
On IN February
Vocab
I have no choice (My hands are tied)
I lied in the morning/I had a lie-in in the morning
Pron
I want to live/leave
RELative
_________________
Grammar
My friend and I has HAD no idea what to expect in Shanghai
The address was written in Chinese by  Chinese (BY A CHINESE PERSON)
I have been WENT there two years ago
We started to be scary/scared
[We were running on empty.]
Vocab
What a coincidence!
What a small world
It looked like Mok Dong CITYSCAPE
gas station (US) petrol station (UK)
-------------------------
GOOD EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL AND INFORMATION QUESTIONS
I could communicate with animals (?) [Doctor Doolittle]
COMMUNE WITH NATURE
Take/put food on my hands
SQUARE squirrel (pron)
_________
Grammar
Two years ago I have been WAS in Frankfurt
unisex
I'm WAS THE only Asian person there
How many people WERE there?
Did you knew before you went there, the atmosphere?
DID YOU KNOW BEFOREHAND (IN ADVANCE)WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE?
________________
I've been in Rocky Mountains with him/like him
There wasn't any gas station or anything nearby
[run out of petrol]

# data[].attributes.body
Pron
would ('d)
I'd love to meet her and she'd love to meet me
I saw Beyonce on the shoe per bowl SUPERBOWL
Grammar
If I can COULD meet a celebrity I wanna I'D LIKE TO meet Jae Seok Yoo (?)
IF + PAST+ WOULD
He looks very REALLY wonderful
He has a good shape body
IN GOOD SHAPE (HEALTHY/FIT)
LOOKS GOOD
She seems LIKE THE best singer TO me
Vocab
a populist
a demagogue (FALSE GOD)
[awaken my interest in]
_________________
Grammar
Many designers has ARE moody
A designer needs to BE creative
Pron
pioneer
I'm wormWARM-hearted
__________________________
Grammar
We should think to invite
Vocab
He wants the ice break in his party
German/Germany
After knowing about his death I checked the internet
Pron
Which singer would you like to in bite?
____________________________
Grammar
That WOULD means people WOULDN'T doesn't need to go to a club after the party
__IF a party is full of beautiful womens men follow the party
He has A soft voices
She'S also A good singer
Vocab
do GIVE a big performance
Pron
[Amazing intonation, but perhaps a need for more nodding and shaking of head]
He's very shootable SUITABLE

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
a ten hours delay
Vocab
When I take off the plane
a red-eye flight
Pron
flag/flack [take some flack]
chip/cheap  [cheap as chips]
slip/sleep
___________________
Grammar
The flight is very tired
Vocab
When I back to Korea
They spit on the floor when they were on the plane
Do you care food?
I try to talk a walk on the plane very hour [stretch my legs]
Pron
Why do you think an eye seat is so important?
____________________________

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I don't usually woke WAKE up at 6.30
Do you go to YOUR  the workplace by ON foot?
Neither of us didn't have HAD breakfast
How many years HAVE you BEEN workING in the same company?
I WORKED 4 MONTHS
I WORKED FOR THEM FOR 4 MONTHS
I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THEM FOR FOUR MONTHS
I'm not nervous WITH in front of people who I know them
Vocab
My six-month baby
[have a lie-in]
[the subway was stuffed]
[You have to expect the unexpected]
Pron
fell/felt
______________
Grammar
I play football every weekend. Did DO you?
I'VE BEEN workING out on the weekend since FOR three months ago
I don't watch TV usually. Do DON'T you?
Modern Family is one of my favourite dramaS
Vocab
[he pushes me to (OVER/PAST) my limit]
tecchniques to sleep your baby [to help your baby sleep through the night]
sub actress SUPPORTING ACTOR
[the dialogue]
General Point
1) Boys not making eye contact well
2) Stress key words in questions
3) 'Uh-huh' and 'yeah, yeah' not used enough
4) Good nodding but remember if it's something negative, shake your head and frown a little
5) Avoid silences before you begin speaking. Repeat question or use fillers like 'erm, err, ah, uh etc

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Stretch your English muscles!

False-1
First one-false
I think the first one is false
I think the first one must be false because it couldn't possible be true!

I hurt her feelings but I  didn't mean TO
I DIDN'T MEAN TO....
Vocab
[an Honest Abe--Abraham Lincoln-"I cannot tell a lie"]
I always say TELL white lies
[Don't look a gift horse in the mouth]
[altruism]
[the morals of a snake!]
[not intentionally//deliberately]
Pron
crab/crap
feelings /z/
----------------------------
Grammar
I'd probably tell the lies/TELL A LIE to my boss
I would  tell the A white lie
I don't have to tell a lie/I shouldn't tell a lie/I mustn't tell a lie
Vocab
keep STICK TO/FOLLOW the rules
Pron
General Point--Most students are not using countractions
I'd say I'd if you'd say you'd
He'd say he'd if she'd say she'd
We'd say we'd if they'd say they'd
woman/women
why/wife/
My wife is my life--she has a sharp knife!

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Today I get up GOT UP at 8.00
Anyone couldn't NO-ONE COULD eat my husband's dishes
I just had one PIECE OF bread
Neither of us couldn't COULD get up early
Pron
prioritise  priority
_________________
Grammar
I really like to visit Japan=habit
I'd really like to visit Japan=want to
There are many delicious (TYPES OF) beer. Is ARE there?
I like to watching detective dramas
I visited in Hawaii
I'm DON'T not care about that
He said he'D do EVERYTHING all things but he didn't do anything
"I'll do everything!"
I'M always so busy!
Vocab
It was my joking
IT WAS JUST A JOKE!
to keep my fitness/TO GET FIT
Pron
I want to be an oily ONLY child
BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN MY MOUTH
I really hate messy rooms (intonation)

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Recently I didn't see many movies
I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY MOVIES RECENTLY
There are IS lots of blood in the Revenant
beautiful scenerYies
Vocab
prison clothes/uniforms
[it makes me think/ it's thought-provoking]
a real story/a true story
[it freaked me out!]
Pron
beer/bear
___________________
Pron
goat/ghost
cruel
Grammar
I usually watching the movie at home
It was AN action film
I was delightED BY this movie
Mexico City is very REALLY amazing
Jew/Jewish
Vocab
[it'll give me nightmares]
a spoiler
the score of a movie (the soundtrack)
the target audience

# data[].attributes.body
Vocab
It seems to be soldier [atmosphere in company]
it was so strict! regimented/disciplined //
relaxed/laid back
I'm an outdoors person = active/ an outgoing person = extroverted
I am A teacher in elementary school
He's A high school  student
I like listening TO music
Yeah, I really like IT!
Start again?
DO YOU MEAN WE SHOULD START AGAIN?
--
common
She's so common! He's common as muck! [lower class]
We've got lots in common
I've got a lot in common with
I've got nothing in common with anyone!
We both like...
Reading books is something we have in common

Pron
It's lovely to meet you [falling tone]

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
When is WAS THE LAST TIME YOU...your last time?
I don't remember when last time I went clubbing
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST I WENT CLUBBING

I'm AN engineer
It's very not difficult to communicate with Asian people
IT'S REALLY EASY TO...
Vocab
[He looked older]
Pron
jazz
___________________
Grammar
Do you have a free time on Friday?
I have to go to shopping
I should/must go shopping with my mother
Pron
General Point
Stretch words a bit more
Vocab
Shall we drink HAVE a coffee later
Why don't you go/come to the mountain?
WHy don't you go COME out for dinner on Friday?
I don't wanna!
I want to take some rest
HAVE A REST
____________________
General Point
1) Use contractions more
I'll, we'll, I'm going to etc
2) Short answers
Are you going to....?
Yes, I am. No, I'm not.
Vocab
go back home/get back home
go home/get home
go to home
I will go to my house HOME
have a rest/go to bed
[I'm not going straight home]
tennis ground COURT
Grammar
Why don't you go COME TO a movie with me?
What's your favourite TV shower SHOW?

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
That's only one thing  I can remember!
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN REMEMBER
Some people introduced THEMSELVES to me
I GO BACK AND FORTH
Everybody were WAS interested in me
Vocab
[And that's it!]

Pron
can/can't
identity card

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
It was A very long time ago
They always stare AT foreigners
When I was IN high school
Last Summer I visitED Australia
Vocab
Israel/Palestine
Israelis/Palestinians
Judaism/Islam
Jewish/Muslims
They threw the change down/at me
_________________
Vocab
ripped
When we offed GOT OFF the train
Firenze FLORENCE
[My credit card was maxed out/I had exceeded my limit/I had no credit left]
Grammar
I was embarassed/ I embarassed him=I MADE HIM EMBARASSED
I WAS very nervous
In the France the destination was the Paris
The bear didn't move--just stand  IT WAS JUST STANDING there!
Did THE bear try to hug GRAB you?
A BEAR HUG
I needED an interpreter to prepare for the interview. [past situation]

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
What WOULD HAVE HAPPENED if I HAD started that job back then?
IF+PADT PERFECT+WOULD+PRESENT PERFECT
[the grass is always greener on the other side]
2 or 3 years later I wanna work abroad
IN+TIME=FUTURE

Vocab
get into university
Pron
merry/married
Merry Mary married Michael
________
Vocab
go to abroad
At the first time I WAS working in a trading company
Grammar
Are you satisfied WITH your decision?
If I hadn't have HAD a chance to change my career...
You can choose anything, isn't it CAN'T YOU?
I AM fascinated with my major
You can find in LOOK IT UP a dictionary
caring ABOUT/FOR others

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
They told me yesterday will WOULD be a holiday
JK bought flowerS
My VP is A foreigner
I'M GOING TO  start a job next month
Pron
photos
crab   P
_______________________
Grammar
My mother put my sister on IN the car
My mum forgot I WAS there was me in the hospital
The hotel give GAVE me some towels
I needED to sleep on the floor
People are kindER in Barcelona than in Madrid
Last year I've been I WENT to Jakarta
Vocab
I've got panic
I PANICKED ABOUT...
TRAVEL
bus and train get on/off
plane board/leave
car get into/out of
_
[My English is rusty]
[a liquid lunch]

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Now I'm looking for the A job
I GOT THE JOB
That's my whole ONLY experience about OF job interviewS
Including me most of guys don't know their bad points
Vocab
Almost three years ago I moved CHANGED my company
I passed WAS SUCCESSFUL AT my job interview
PASS A TEST
[an interview panel]
[it lightened the mood]
Pron
questions
-------------------------------------
Pron
fit/feet
Are your feet fit?
Vocab
I was a really fresh NEW worker
NEWBIE
Grammar
I am your patient I really happy
IF I WAS YOUR PATIENT I WOULD BE REALLY HAPPY
We are so noise NOISY
MAKE SO MUCH NOISE
______________________________
General Points
Body Language
Eye-contact with interviewer
Don't look like you're in pain in a job interview
Nod when you're listening and (?) smile
Language
Careful with tenses--stories in the past should use past tenses

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
______ I could live there for 3 years, it will be great
Vocab
It's a grad city to chuildhood there
Pron
New York
"New York, New York
All the scandal and the lights...I love it!"
quickly
Kick me quickly
___________________
Tokyo is A very famous city
People usually getting up GET UP very early
They have many A LOT OF meats and less FEW vegetables
MUCH MANY =  NEGATIVES AND QUESTIONS
+= A LOT OF
They spend a time with their colleagues
I felt dangerous IN DANGER
IT WAS DANGEROUS
Vocab
favelas (Portuguese) slums
moped/SCOOTER/motorbike
Pron
vegetable FESTIVAL lifestyle

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Before I workED in A store
I succeeded the first times
Do ARE your satisfied with your job?
Since leaving university I HAVE worked in three companies
Vocab
By the age of 30:
I hope to (have got married),
I'll have met the man of my dreams,
I'll have made a million dollars
I'm middle of thirties
IN MY MID-THIRT
Pron
false/first
_____________________
If I had gone abroad:
1) I wouldn't have lived in Korea (past)
2) I wouldn't live in Korea (now)

What would happen if you chose the first one?
What would have happened if you had chosen the first one?

I don't wanna work here in my forty FORTIES
Grammar
I wouldn't have make MADE that decision
Pron
coward
cowardly
Vocab
[Lived according to my parents' expectations]
What do you want to study?
What do you wish you had studied?

furnitures

# data[].attributes.body
Vocab
I seldom get lost the way
LOSE MY WAY/GET LOST
Recently I'm not get lost
I HAVEN'T GOT LOST MUCH RECENTLY
There is some A statue there
SOME+PLURAL
Is it near THE bank?
There are IS AN art gallery on your left
Vocab
Cross=verb
across=preposition (go across)
Pron
1) Too flat
2) Use phrases more e.g. 1, 2 and 3; 4,5, and 6; and then 7, 8 and 9.

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I don't remember what is the food on the flight WAS
Last January I went TO Jeju Island
It was A business trip
Vocab
The flight is hard to stay PUT UP WITH/BEAR
It was TOOK A really long time/AGES to get there
THERE ARE So much MANY low-cost airlines
The facilities was WERE not good
Vocab
[The price made up for everything!]
Pron
price/prize
free food
-------------------------------
Vocab
Which ticket is the cheapest/least expensive?
Is there a discount or something?
How about one free stay NI in the hotel?
Discount--do you want discount?!
Pron
sheep/cheap
Cheap sheep bleat on a ship called Le Chat Noir
__________________________
Grammar
It's a five-stars hotel
[far from, near to]
It's too far from the city-centre, doesn't ISN'T it?
Pron
/f/  /p/
flight price
Vocab
accomodations
Are you honeymoonERS?
The fly FLIGHT tickets
----------------------------------
Politeness
How much is   it for 4 nights?
Can I ask how much it is for 4 nights ?
Could I ask how much it would be if I stayed there for 4 nights?
IF+PAST+WOULD
----------------------------------

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
The tiramisu in Italy is very SO/REALLY/INCREDIBLY delicious[EXTREME ADJECTIVE]
You didn't have HAVEN'T HAD any experience of Thai food
LIFE EXPERIENCE=PRESENT PERFECT
It's made of/by bread MADE BY A CHEF
Yorkshire pudding looked LIKE boiled bread
LOOK+ADJECTIVE
LOOK LIKE+NOUN
It wasn't that AS nice as I expected
AS...AS
Vocab
[it's over-rated//UNDER-RATED]
bland (NEGATIVE) /mild
[It's an acquired taste]
Pron
/d/  /t/
Don't be rude about the food
------------------------------
Grammar
I went to China (Sichuan)
TibetAN food
I think Koreans like/would like this spicy food
It was very cheaper CHEAP
[as cheap as chips DIRT CHEAP]
Have you visited the restaurant alone/Did you visit the restaurant alone?
Vocab
greasy [NEGATIVE]/oily
stinky [NEGATIVE]/aromatic [POSITIVE]
Do you know Chang-sa? Have you heard of Chang-sa?
Pron
var-i-e-ty is the spice of life
Some of the questions didn't have enough tone--it sounded a bit like a police interrogation in places

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Twice to Cebu is my only fly
The view I like
Vocab
luggages
low price airline
Pron
comfortable
/f/  /p/
fancy  price
____________________
Grammar
It's a three stars hotel
a three-star hotel
a fifty-year old man
I need to know your exact travel dates
_________ IF YOU go from 16th instead that will be cheaper
I want a cheap COULD YOU TELL ME IF YOU HAVE A LESS EXPENSIVE ticket
The hotel is IS THE HOTEL near the station?
You should HAVE TO  use a shared bathroom
You will WOULD YOU LIKE TO pay by credit card?
Vocab
Do you care about the price?
IS PRICE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU?
ARE YOU PRICE SENSITIVE?
Vocab
You pay separate by 12 months
PAY IN INSTALLMENTS (HIRE PURCHASE)
12 MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS
IN ONE GO
OUTRIGHT
Pron
I want a sheep CHEAP ticket
General Point
1) Make eye contact with customers
2) Not many indirect questions
It has a spa and pooL on the roof
______________________________
Grammar
It's 150 dollarS
Can you tell me what are your travel dates ARE ?
We want a glamourOUS hotel
It's a very luxurIOUS hotel
For six nights total price is one thousand pounds
THE TOTAL PRICE FOR 6 NIGHTS IS 1000 POUNDS
Vocab
It spends COSTS 800 pounds per night
_______________ I'M AFRAID we don't have another option
[Is the hotel well connected/served by public transport?]
Pron
15 fifTEEN/50 FIFty
Pron
Final 'l' It's cool to lie in the pool

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
We always arrange to meet by the text message
We haven't met for a lond time/We hadn't met for a long time
Boyfriend?
When I was a high school student I had a lot of friends/used to have a lot of friends
Vocab
best friends/BF/good friends/close friends/acquaintances/colleagues
Pron
rest/text
We had a grey time
___________________
Grammar
Do you have interest in coming to a party
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN...
I will be back to Korea ON Saturday morning, AT 5am
GET BACK TO=START
My friend will leave Korea ON Sunday
General Point
Arrangements and plans =going to or present continuous, not will
Will=instant decision or offer
I'm free EVERYDAY except Monday
ANY TIME EXCEPT....

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Last month I went to the ski
WENT SKIING
WENT TO A SKI RESORT
Did you scared of flying
BE SCARED OF SOMETHING
Are you scared of flying? No, I enjoy IT
VERB OF EMOTION+OBJECT
Have you been to Bangkok? No, I've not HAVEN'T
When I was little I have been WENT to Taiwan
How long does it take to the London?
CITIES=NO 'THE'
It depends on how the plane's condition
...WHAT THE PLANE'S CONDITION IS (LIKE)
I Always do that!
Vocab
[Soviet-era technology]
EastERN Europe
My boss is an Irish
IS IRISH/IS AN IRISH MAN
Pron
I don't like skin
/i/  /i:/
skin   skiing
scare   square
I'm scared of squares
London is berry very expensive
-------------------------------
General Point
Avoid silence when asked a difficult question. Use
1) Fillers
2) Repetition of question
3) Comment on difficulty of question
4) long opinion statements
5) stretch words

Grammar
I never think that
I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT!
I'VE NEVER GIVEN THAT A MOMENT'S THOUGHT
South America, there wasn't many information\
THERE WASN'T MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT SOUTH AMERICA
[IS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK]
All of my friends doesn't DON'T like skiing
Vocab
[It was planned down to the last minute]
The more earlier I reserve the flight the more cheaper is the flight IS
Pron
zoo
The zebra caught flu in the zoo!
_____________________________
Vocab
The Police Office
Pron
/f/  /p/
Eiffle Tower

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
My sister is preparing marriage
Vocab
[Why go to so much trouble/ expense
Why waste so much time!]
When the situation goes hard
WHEN THINGS GO BADLY/WRONG
WHEN THE S_____T HITS THE FAN
[unrequited love]
[Love and hate are two sides of the same coin]
[Love brings out the best and the worst in people]
love=romantic/platonic/filial
care about/take care of
Pron
Why!? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
_______________________________
Vocab
[to succeed/to be successful]
say/EXPLAIN my opinion
Use a variety of vocabulary--e.g. chance/opportunity/possibility
[individual differences]
[a comprehensive education system//an academic education system
Grammar
We have very difficulty these days
General Point
1) Excellent explanation of ideas. Topic sentence/ explanation/ summary
2) Great pronunciation--loud and clear

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
It was A very long time ago
I also hurted HURT my leg
No, I don't like IT
When I was skydiving I should HAD TO be with a guide
If you would have any chance I'd recommend living abroad
You have experience?
HAVE YOU HAD THIS EXPERIENCE?
I'm not yet visited London
I HAVEN'T VISITED LONDON YET
I'd rather go TO Italy
Vocab
High mountains/Tall mountains
TALL
Pron
Have you ever been on a skin SKIING holiday?
_____________________
Grammar
There are much IS A LOT OF tourism there
Their culture is better than us OURS
When the terrorism ends I want to visit the Middle East
Vocab
[make an extra long weekend]
1 March is a holiday
THE FIRST OF MARCH
during the July
MONTHS-NO ARTICLE
on June
IN MONTHS
ON JUNE 25TH
________________________________
Grammar
Last year I've been WENT  to Singapore
A gangster THUG/PETTY CRIMINAL warned THREATENED us AND DEMANDED MONEY to give him money
Vocab
I met some WAS ROBBED BY pickpockets
We met ENCOUNTERED a strike
[I went on  The spur of the moment]
IMPULSIVE ACTIONS/PEOPLE
The train fee FARE is expensive
Pron
caSIno

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I can't remember when was the last time I ordered something on the phone
...when the last time I ordered something on the phone was
I ordered a chicken by phone
I like dog/dogs
Audio calls is ARE more convenient than video callS
Vocab
I TOOK off my glasses
Pron
language GW
adVANtages and DISadvantages
prefer/prepare
I prefer to prepare my hair with a French bear
_______________________
Grammar
What means DOES 'hold the line' MEAN?
DOES 'Placed an order' means 'made an order'?
I have used a coupon last week
USED
Vocab
It's frustrating when I'm holding the phone LINE for a long time
It's so annoyed! ANNOYING
[I can't even remember/Ages ago!]
Pron
What waS the laST tiMe you pay PAID by cash?
__________________________
Grammar
Each, how many? Price!
HOW MUCH DOES EACH ONE COST?
Chairs per each, 30,000.
THE CHAIRS ARE 30,000 EACH
IT'S 30,000 PER CHAIR
Why are armchairs SO much cheaper than office chairs?
You can order that THOSE chairs
I can discount you 10 per cent
GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT OF 10 %
GIVE YOU 10% OFF
I'll buy IT! I'LL TAKE IT!
You should wait/have to wait 5 days more
Why you didn't DIDN'T YOU deliver before?!
Pron
/p/   /f/
fee pea
My fee is one pea!
Is that OK? [falling intonation]
I'll call you baCK

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
I like musicalS
When I went to the London I saw the musical Wicked
Cats isn't interest me
IT WASN'T INTERESTING FOR ME
IT DIDN'T INTEREST ME
It's not impressive that I think
IT WASN'T AS IMPRESSIVE AS I THOUGHT [IT WOULD BE]
Vocab
Expensive--good!
[The more, the more]
THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE SEAT IS, THE BETTER THE EXPERIENCE
Pron
wicked witches OF THE WEST
HERoine
phantom
Peter's a phantom, not Phillip
____________________
Grammar
It started since IN 1996
STARTED IN 1996
IT HAS BEEN PERFORMED SINCE 1996
It has been performance PERFORMED many many times
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PERFORMANCES
It's a story about how she copeS with the situation
She bulled WAS BULLIED by a mean teacher
A BULLY BULLIED ME!
What bully means?
WHAT DOES X MEAN?
Vocab
[opera house]
The West Side of London is famous for musicals
WEST END
BROADWAY
[Her biological/adopted]
parents
Her high note voice
A HIGH PITCHED VOICE
--------------------------
Grammar
If (be) WERE rich I'D (buy) tickets in the stalls
Present tense=habit
Would=imaginary future
I don't often but seats in the stalls but if I was rich I'd buy a box
Vocab
Opera glasses
binoculars
telescope
Pron
front
--------------------------
Pron sit seat
Sit on your seat!

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
Our team were WAS very big
THERE WERE MANY MEMBERS IN MY TEAM
My boss told me who are you
MY BOSS ASKED ME WHO I WAS
ON THEIR First day everybody don't DOESN'T  know what they SHOULD do
I'm student still
I'M STILL A STUDENT
conversate CONVERSE
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
I have a graduation recently
I'VE JUST GRADUATED
Pron
I wash WATCH the TV

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
When I was elementary school student
Vocab
I ate too much water when I was swimming
swim/swam/swum
I can't remember it well. It is so far from now/was so long ago
Pron
Go up at the end of yes/no questions e.g. Have you ever been to Busan?
want/wanted

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar
It's  more safety MUCH SAFER
I hope to travel alone but I don't have the experience of that HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE
General Point
Be careful with REAL and IMAGINARY
If I travel alone I feel lonely
If I travelled alone I'd/  I MIGHT feel lonely
Vocab
It's very hard to get relaxing time GET TIME TO RELAX/CHILL
[cram in a lot of places]
Pron
prefer/prepare
Would you prefer to be a parrot or a fish?
I PREFER FISH
I'D PREFER TO BE A FISH
Travelling with a tour guy GUIDE is so hard
___________________________
Grammar
When I go to other country IES
Whenever I eat the foreign food NO 'THE'
I haven't gone BEEN to the Europe NO 'THE'
I always have not enough money
I NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
I would like to go to famous museumS
Vocab
It's so loud in nightclubs I [can't think straight
_____________________
Grammar
That is absolutely breathtaking scenery I have ever seen
Sunrise Park--do you know?
GENERAL POINT
DOn't race to finish an activity in class. Stretch your English. Challenge yourself!
e.g. Peaceful, Halla
One of the most peaceful places that I've ever seen is Halla Mountain. When I went there I felt at peace with the universe etc
________________________
Good personal experience
Make eye contact with audience
Excellent stance--very professional. Wonderful hand gestures
Nice chunking of language and speeding up and slowing down
Clear and precise. Good explanation
Clever introduction (If you ask me about....) Good linkers (as far as I know)
'You can also' repeated too much
tomb (pron)
Nice intonation--like a song
Great to ask a question to involve audience
Very relaxed
Nice and loud--projected voice wel

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I have A polaroid

one years YEAR ago

I can use only Android system to office app

THE APP WASN'T DEVELOPED FOR THE IOS SYSTEM

IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE IOS SYSTEM

SO MANY/TOO MANY

We're taking too much MANY PHOTOS pictures

My I-phone IS broken NOW

WAS BROKEN

I'VE BEEN LIVING WITHOUT MY I-PHONE FOR X TIME

I couldn't buy it because IT'S too expensive

Vocab

How much is it?

I wonder if it fits to me

IF IT WOULD SUIT ME/BE SUITABLE FOR ME

France/French

Switzerland/SWISS

Germany/GERMAN

only in special days/on special occasions

-------------------------

Grammar

The Galaxy is more MUCH faster

What's the most greatEST part?

One of the most important thingS to discuss is...

It seems LIKE A very big difference

Always people say I-phone IS good looking

PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY

Vocab

I agree WITH your opinion

It's good to FOR your hands

The Galaxy is easy to get bugs/is susceptible to infection/hacking

Pron

/f/ /p/

I-phone

Phillip's phone isn't an I-phone but Peter's I-Phone is fantastic!

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

It was very nice view

Shopping Malls is my favourite place

I don't like tired trips

I feel scary about water

Vocab

I don't prefer reading a book

[in transit I like reading in transit]

_______________________

Grammar

Do you know where A place peaceful PEACEFUL PLACE is?

Hyundae is A famous beach

You can eat many A LOT OF seafood there

MANY/MUCH= - ?

+ = A LOT OF

You can use public transportation

Few/A few

There are few/a few people there

beautiful scenery

I visited

I'd like TO recommend the most historical place in Seoul

Vocab

cars emit pollution

disco/club

meditate

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Elizabeth Two THE SECOND

Pron

photo

The Forest Pizza

NUTMEG FOREST

cosmetics

/r/ /l/ pray play

_______________________

Vocab

scyscraper

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Why you changed? DID YOU CHANGE

It's much MORE difficult to understand on the phone

Keep going?

SHALL I KEEP GOING?

Can you tell me what is your teaching style IS?

Our penalty IS $40 for cancelling

Vocab

luxury/luxurious(ADJ)

_

Could you tell me how much you would charge?

How much would you charge? What's the price?

Price?

_

[Could you speak up please?]

I am Ken THIS IS KEN

one by one, one-to-one

I'd like to change my schedule/appointment to Friday at 5:00

Don't be a turkey!

Pron

beverage

/p/ /f/

prepare prefer

I prefer to prepare

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I don't like watchING TV

Are DO you download movies?

Do you buy DVD'S?

I like science fiction movieS

Do you ever....? NO, I never DO!

I don't EVEN have A DVD player

It's A good story

Vocab

pay per view

surround sound

subscribe/subscription

The why REASON I select the movie is...

Pron

Sometimes it's hard to wash WATCH

wash watch

---------------------------

Grammar

I recommend IT TO you

It was very interestING to me

IT=INTERESTING

I=INTERESTED

She acted/was acting really weird for a long time

ING=LONG

Vocab

I didn't expect it at all/it came out of the blue

[She spoke in tongues]

It made me think THOUGHT-PROVOKING

IS THE Korean nameTITLE THE same? YES, IT'S EXACTLY TSame!

Pron

genre

John's genre

daughter (US/UK)

various

world/word

_______________________

Grammar

Two man MEN love one woman

The woman IS from France

The father tellS his son

Vocab

had a mistake/made a mistake

earn money/make money

[The coin is cursed]

[A twist/a twist in the tail]

[It was just a dream]

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

IF+PAST+WOULD If he was a famous actor it'd look good

If it was a big ring, it'd look terrible

Vocab

She needs to check her make up

a check up (medical /cars)

Pron

bat/bad

A bat makes a bad first impression

beer/beard

A bear with a beer in his beard

jewellery (JEW-le-ri:)

Vocabulary

["Laugh and the world laughs with you" An English proverb

"Only an idiot laughs all the time" a Russian proverb

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

It's my just dream JUST A DREAM

These days I met only my friends ...ONLY MEET MY OLD FRIENDS/I WANT TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS

I like to change my career/I'd like to change my career

Now I'm applied I'M APPLYING to other companies

My problem is drinking too much for working I HAVE TO SOCIALISE A LOT WITH COLLEAGUES AFTER WORK WHICH MEAN DRINKING TOO MUCH

I wish I change I HOPE I'LL BE ABLE TO my job in the future

Vocab

AT THE Weekend I often play soccor with my colleagues

[transfer to another department]

[go home straight after work]

[I don't get paid for the overtime I do]

2

Grammar

He always likes to employees find more work

MAKES EMPLOYEES DO MORE AND MORE WORK

I feel sometimes under pressure

SOMETIMES FEEL

Vocab

Two yeaars ago I got a lot of weight

[gain weight/put on weight]

I'm trying to get muscles

[beef up, get ripped, improve my build/physique OR get toned/tone up (women)]

It can better/[It makes me feel better]

Pron

chatting/cheating

3

Grammar

She's talking behind me/behind my back

How WHAT can I do?

IS Your line manager is a WOMAN lady?

Have you ever spent some times TIME with her?

After I heard that THOSE words

My line manager is A woman

Vocab

talk your mind

[say what's on your mind, SPEAK YOUR MIND, open your heart]

I'm getting a stress GETTING STRESSED

It's always THE same [we're (stuck) in a rut

I don't know how WHAT I can do

admire/admiration compliment (verb and noun)

pay someone a compliment

Pron

My lie manager line

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

The teenager can see violent game

The baby was found. The baby was killed by her parents

They tried to find who did it

Vocab

see/watch TV

make crime

corpse/cadaver

2

It's big money (infml) it's a significant quantity of money (fml)

How long do you think for community service? How long do you think they should be forced to do community service?

They should pay/be paid a fine PAY

It depends on how their vandalism is horrible ...HOW HORRIBLE THEIR VANDALISM IS

It have to change, depends on their crime

Their sentence has to vary depending on the severity of their crime

How WHAT do you think about war crime?

WHAT+THINK

HOW+FEEL

[All's fair in love and war]

[Crimes against humanity]

Pron

punished

damaged

3

Where you with Eric or just by you?

Seven, include me

I don't remember because I drunk

There are expensive furnitures in Eric's house

There's any bank?

She weared blue jeans

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

There are so many MUCH DUST dusts in my house

MY HOUSE WAS SO DUSTY

You are planning on be a nurse in the Canada?

ARE YOU PLANNING TO BECOME A NURSE IN CANADA?

I had a breakfast

HAVE BREAKFAST

I stayed with my bed

STAY IN BED

STAY WITH FRIENDS

I came here by my car BY CAR

I turned on my computer that wasHAD BEEN BROKEN broken by my cousin

I should use SHOULD HAVE USED the digital certificate to log on

It was very MUCH cheaper than the Korean price

Vocab

[It came back to life]

Pron

quit /KW/

lunch/launch

2

Grammar

I was driving to home

DRIVING HOME

He shouted to/at you

I let down the glass WINDOW of my car

Why you didn't YOU turn on your headlights!

I recognised REALISED I had to turn on my lights

Vocab

I was a starter LEARNER (learning to drive)

3

Grammar

She promised SHE WOULD HAVE have lunch with me but she caught a cold

I realised something HAD happened to my body

I got cold until now

I CAUGHT A COLD AND I'VE HAD IT SINCE THEN

I wake WOKE up in the morning

The alarm has HAD been changed by someone!

I came to the office/went to the office

I thought I HAD lost my key when I drank with my colleagues

Vocab

I came back to home NO TO

While we were finding out LOOKING FOR the car

It was helpful to me/for FOR me

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I never been a victim of crime

Fraud is most serious

Vocab

General Point-Always speak in full sentences e.g.

Shoplifting, least serious

1 opinion statement

2 opinion

3 explanation

Pron

Dog dealing is a serious problem

2

Vocab

repeat offenders

LIFE SENTENCE

DEATH PENALTY/CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

General Point

Crime and criminals

Mugging-mugger

motive

CRIMES OF PASSION

Grammar

Drug dealing can affect all of our society

They should be fineD

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

If I WERE in that situation I WOULD try to get a new job

IF + PAST +WOULD

If I were you I'm WOULD ask him go out TO LEAVE

You don't have to/shouldn't quit before finding a new job

SHOULD=RECOMMEND

DON'T HAVE=NOT NECESSARY

Vocab

Can you advise it for me GIVE SOMEONE ADVICE

CAN YOU GIVE ME A PIECE OF ADVICE

He doesn't want to listen TO others

Play with your friends/hang out with your friends

Pron

goshipping GOSSIPING

SI SHEEP

2

Grammar

one time ONCE

In my high school we should HAD TO study a second language

In my workplace there IS no way to skive so I should HAVE TO work hard

They can speak Japanese fluently

I choose CHOSE French

I'm kind of A lazy person

How strange? In what way was she strange?

Vocab

veg out at home

(skive (UK) US=slack off/ be a slacker/ the slacker generation

Pron

Philippines

3

Buy some fresh food

That's very good idea

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Is it THE title of THE book?

The most value VALUABLE thing I own is my dog

When I graduateD FROM university

I'll I'D buy a building in Manhattan

Vocab

What IS THE genre of those books?

2

Grammar

When I was young I liked to play piano, but not now.

USED TO

If I have inherit money I could be happy

-If I inherited money I might be happy

-If I had inherited money I might be happy

Vocab

OK, OK, OK

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I see!

Pron

ph=/f/

A photo of Phillip in the Phillippines

3

Vocab

Lady LADY'S first!

I bought it on my own/with my own money

[I bought it for myself]

It's very weight HEAVY

It's middle price MEDIUM-PRICED

Grammar

It is a present by FROM my boyfriend

She gave IT TO me for my birthday present

I wear HAVE BEEN WEARING glasses for a long time

Pron

square /KW/ /scare

I'm scared of squares!

# data[].attributes.body
Vocab

early thirties/late 20's

I'm in my mid twenties

I will I'll be a freshman this year

I will I'LL study IN England

That's quite AN unusual wedding

I don't know anything about baseball

Do HAVE you guys graduated university yet?

Pron

15/50 fifTEEN FIFty

colleagues /z/

2

Grammar

Could you say TELL US any stories about your New Year's Eve?

TELL+STORY

I hope that next year I can I'LL BE ABLE TO ring in the New Year properly

You must submit/must have submitted your portfolio

My hometown is the first place TO SEE THE PLACE IN WHICH THE SUN RISES FOR THE FIRST TIME

We didn't just know

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW!

Vocab

I looked at/watched the clock

a clock watcher

Pron

TONE TONE TONE

Time Scare SQUARE

A SCARE IN TIME SQUARE

WITH A BEAR

3

Vocab

Malaria is not a popular COMMON disease in South Korea

I met SAW a doctor

fell head over heels

fall head over heels in love

Our relationship was high school

WE WERE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS

I got burnt/sunburnt

I was as red as a lobster

I was wearing the swimming glass

GOGGLES

a practical joke

We have HAD to wait FOR other people

the Silky MILKY Way

Grammar

Some day I have a high fever

EVERY THIRD DAY I HAD A FEVER

I HAD A FEVER ON AND OFF

You can CAN YOU play piano well?

I checked my blood/I had my blood checked

I broke my arm when snowboarding

You must have visitED Osaka

I felt embarrassingED

Pron

malaria

step/steep

flat/plat

# data[].attributes.body
GRAMMAR

I bought IT IN A a department store

Before comING here I went to the shop

My girlfriend liveS there

THEY'RE quite expensive these days, books

I bought IT second hand

If I won the lottery I WOULD buy three buildings

Pron

clothes KLOZE

coat

FeRRARri

2

General Point

Answer straight away. Silence is not golden

We bought same necklace to express our friendship

Pron

PC

It's kite a difficult question

3

Grammar

I am now wearing my glasses more than 20 years

I HAVE BEEN WEARING

It'S made of wood

When I take HAD surgery

HAVE AN OPERATION

I can carry IT wherever I go

Vocab

I can record my think THOUGHTS

swimming glasses GOGGLES

heirloom

ANCESTOR

inherit/inheritance

It was passed down

20 years before AGO/20 years after IN 20 YEAR'S TIME

It's for 30 or 40 ages

IT'S FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR THIRTIES OR FORTIES

PRESENTATIONS

I'm going to talk about...

Fluent and good rhythm but a certain lack of tone

Careful with body langauge

(folded arms, tapping feet, hand covering neck)

Good to begin with 'First of all' and an introduction

Nice and loud

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

It's the same FOR me

How many cupS of coffee do you drink every day?

I should/HAVE TO eat out at ON weekdays

It very REALLY bothers me

BOTHERSOME

Vocab

I usually skip breakfast

I want to be an intern in Swiss SWITZERLAND

I only eat TAKE vitamins one day a week

TAKE+VITAMINS

HAVE +MEALS

HAVE+COFFEE

Pron

I have some snake SNACKS at work with my coffee

I e ow EAT OUT

2

Grammar

What kind of promotions they have?

Sometimes I eat the junk food

They balance each other out

You don't like seafood. Why?

Don't you like seafood? Why?

Why don't you like seafood?

Pron

I often eat pest poo

3

Grammar

Do you think eatING more fiber is good?

Vocab

Carbs

Low carb diet

Pron

It's good for our hell HEALTH

3

Just one sandwich not enough for you

Vocab

lose your weight

skip your meals

How old are you?

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I can COULD get some information ABOUT HOW TO to make candles on the internet

I don't have many chanceS

Vocab

I made a computer in my hand BY HAND

[spend time/ waste time]

What a waste of time!

carpenter

[They praised my bags

My boss gave me my appraisal]

PRAISE YOU TO THE STARS

SINGS YOUR PRAISE

Pron

accessories

clothes KLOZE

jewellery/jury

bag/back/bags

Take one of your bags off your back, Jack

2

Pron

It's used for making eyes

ice

DON'T PUT ICE ON YOUR EYES

pour/poor

nut/not

tool

leather

Vocab

It's very narrow wide

THE WIDTH IS NARROW

General Point Go UP for a yes/no questions

Chair!

Chair?

Is it a chair?

Grammar

It's used for measurING the length

Sometimes it's in front of THE sofa

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

You are a little bit shy boy

A BIT+ADJECTIVE

A BIT OF A +NOUN PHRASE

I WAS afraid speaking in front of the class

Vocabulary

After/as time goes by... AS

I always followed by parents' directions INSTRUCTIONS/ORDERS

[accident prone]

[spin]

A car just missed me / A CAR ALMOST CRASHED INTO ME

I had my arm in ceramics/IN PLASTER/IN A CAST

Pron

child

a wild child WHY CHAI

Were you a shy child or a wild child?

2

Grammar

I didn't know what the sign meanT

MEAN MEANT

Just about 20 kilometreS

When I slipped SPRAINED/SLIPPED ON my ankle

I wasn't hurted BE HURT by the accident

Vocab

[A lady in distress]

[a bump on the head]

stuck/parked in a traffic jam

Pron

/p/ /f/

fuel petrol

Petrol is a fuel

3

Vocab

ashamed/embarassed

sing songs/carols

Hide and Seek

I moved/went to Milan

FirenZe FLORENCE

let down someone's tyres

It's illegal FORBIDDEN in schools

I bought FOOD IN McDonald's

a window pane

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Korean people is ARE not familiar with DIY

Change chair?

WOULD YOU MIND IF WE CHANGED SEATS BECAUSE....

I'm not A handy person

I'm not that MUCH OF AN expert

Pron

jewellery/jury

share/chair

2

Grammar

Is it shelves?

It's used for keepING food fresh

FOR+NOUN/GERUND

TO+INFINITIVE

Vocab

I'm a government officer

CIVIL SERVANT (UK)

It's a long plan/long-term plan

LONG-TERM PLAN

Pron

hitting/heating

mill/meal

chews/shoes

3

Checking and clarification phrases

4

Grammar

What does IS it made of?

Vocab

It shapes like rope

IT LOOKS LIKE A ROPE

IT'S ROPE-SHAPED

Yes, yes, yes.

No, no, no

Pron

/g/ /k/

bag back

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I lived in outskirt

The tourists doesn't aware

I have been iraq seven months during my military service

I applied an exchange programme

Chinese still I don't know at all

Vocab

They're so mannered

Tourists keep the traffic signal

traffic lights

red light

pay tips

Pron

colleagues

2

Grammar

I strongly recommend visitING Seoul

RECOMMEND+ING

Green tea is very REALLY delicious

Vocab

raise (animals, children)

grow (crops)

When you go night time AT NIGHT

You can try hot springS

hang out with/meet strangers MEET

[Local food sucks]

Pron

/k/ /g/

cafe

green cafe

a great green cafe

a great green chocolate cafe

3

There are many MORE women than men

Jeju Island is A good place ...

drive over/around AROUND the whole island

-

Nice and loud and excellent stress but eye contact

[Let me hand you over to...]

-

Nice tone but eye-contact and don't hug yourself in a presentation

Great team work

-

1 Very logical and clear introduction

2 Good use of hands

3 Clever ending

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

My friends are almost married VS Almost all my friends are married

ENGAGED

I hardly EVER play piano

I study hard VS I hardly study

He made DID push-ups

I didn't have HAVEN'T HAD any experience of this

When I went to Barcelona

[was going to-future in the past] I was going to major in piano but I didn't

Vocab

That song reminds me OF my youth

Pron

bouquet

changed /D/

2

Grammar

It was A big party

As we didn't make HADN'T MADE reservations we couldn't get tickets

It's been 4 months I learn ballroom dancing

I'VE BEEN LEARNING BALLROOM DANCING FOR 4 MONTHS

I'm WAS very nervous at that time

I went there for enjoying TO ENJOY myself

Vocab

I got an electronic ELECTRIC shock

[an electric fence]

I'm not an officer A MANAGER in my company

I don't usually go TO parties

We had a lot of eating

WE ATE A LOT [WE ATE LIKE PIGS]

MAKE A PIG OF YOURSELF/ PIG OUT

I can dance THE tango

Pron

watched

/p/ /b/

cap/cab

/i/ /i:/

ship/sheep

fill/feel

The sheep on the ship with a cap caught a cab

General Points

1 Group 3 Just smiling and staring

2 Good nodding from Ji in and Ensel but not enough nodding from most people

3 Not a lot of past continuous

Story 1

Clear introduction. Good to begin with a question

Good use of 'so'

Very good stages

2

Good use of 'eh' 'um' but perhaps a little too much repetition

Beginning could have been better e.g. Did I ever tell you about the girl who came to party in her underwear?!

painful/uncomfortable

exhibitionist

Story 3

Identified with audience well re college entrance exam

Built up the story well

Story 4

Nice beginning

Story builds well

Surprise ending

Great story

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I cannot see the face FACIAL expression

When I don't have my face with make-up

WHEN I'M NOT WEARING ANY MAKE UP

WHEN I'M NOT MADE UP

Vocab

Nowadays I hardly EVER use cash

I ordered another menu DISH

I got delivered A DELIVERY last week

Pron

wall war

2

Grammar

Please green colour

I'D LIKE IT/THEM IN GREEN

IF You order 5 more I will I'LL give a discount

I discount you I'LL GIVE/OFFER YOU A DISCOUNT

When CAN I expect the GOODS TO arrive?

IF you choose colour it will MIGHT add 50% TO THE PRICE

I think maybe 3 weeks. Is OK?

I'M AFRAID IT MIGHT TAKE UPTO 3 WEEKS. WOULD THIS BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOUR COMPANY?

Could you send me one of THE invoice?

I'm in A terrible situation

Vocab

How much? Total Cost. Tell me, OK?

COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH THE TOTAL COST IS?

Please send me the receive RECEIPT

Can you OFFER ME A discount for IF I BUY 3 chairs?

Pron

1) Remember to go up if you're checking information e.g. 30 pounds?

2) Contrastive stress e.g. Did you say 13 or 30 pounds?

3) Tone How many I help you?

Really

Really?

Really!

I would liKe to order 2 shares CHAIRS

/v/ /b/

very beautiful

executive

3

Grammar

20 CUPS OF orange juice

Vocab

I'LL pay for BY/IN cash

Thank you for your order

How many MUCH discount can you give me?

three point five pound

THREE POUNDS FIF

[in advance--You need to pay 30% in advance]

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Not in last years

NOT RECENTLY/NOT IN RECENT YEARS

I had two or three times lessons

I HAD TWO OR THREE LESSONS

There be no fun [prediction]

IT WON'T BE ANY FUN

I never went there

I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE

Vocab

Where is your sister in London?

WHICH PART OF LONDON DOES YOUR SISTER LIVE IN?

Buck Place BUCKINGHAM PALACE

[Travel light]

It was a memorial MEMORABLE trip

How WHAT do you think about the experience?

HOW+FEEL

Pron

/g/ /k/

backpacking

Put your bag on your back on a backpacking trip

2

Grammar

Before I GOT MARRIED marry I have USED TO HAVE more freedom

My most best BEST holiday was last year

Vocab

two weeks later/IN TWO WEEKS

What do you think so ABOUT THAT?

Travel within my budgeT

sandY beach

I like travelling with my families/relatives RELATIVES/IN LAWS

Pron

I have 2 kiss KIDS /Z/

physical

3

Grammar

Did you climb Halla Mountain?

I went to Las Vegas

It's cheaper than A hotel

I visited nine countries for IN one month

There's not a lot of placeS to see

I visited Sydney

Vocab

People make or break a holiday

I was disappointed at BY my first travel TRIP TO in Sydney

[Heat wave]

General Point

Repetition of 'very'

Pron

We won 4000 dollars (intonation)

typhoon

Walking along the liver RIVER was very impressive

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

It's convenient for downloadING books

FOR+NOUN(ING)

TO+INFINITIVE

Could I know ASK WHICH BRAND IT ISthe brand?

Where did you buy it? Buy online.

ONLINE/I BOUGHT IT ONLINE

If I bought it in a department store I have to pay three times more

IF+PAST PERFECT+WOULD+PRESENT PERFECT

IF I HAD BOUGHT IT ... I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY THREE TIMES THE PRICE

Vocab

How much?

CAN I ASK HOW MUCH IT COST?

go to ON A business trip abroad

Other than APART FROM AN apartment, what would you buy?

Pron

Huh?!

cashmere

2

Grammar

When I was high school student

I have phone

She cheer up myself

I don't have any sentimental value

My mother is a drawer

After quit my work

Vocab

outrageously expensive

He's a human treasure

Pron

shop/ship

figures

3

Grammar

I bought it one year ago

I think it's too small for me

I don't think it's GOT ANY sentimental value for me

How much was it when you buy BOUGHT it?

I paid for it in instalments

I can inherit LEAVE (BEQUEATH) them to my children

You don't want DON'T YOU WANT IT!?

I'D like to talk about my back BAG

Is ARE there any other pictures?

If I have HAD boys I WOULD have to buy a house for them in the future

Vocab

It's blue

It reminds ME of my high school life

The graduatION album

Pron

square SCARE

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I was A well-behaved child

Do you mind IF I ask your major?

I went to the stadium for watching the sport?

TO WATCH TO+INFINITIVE

FOR + NOUN

Vocab

My teacher is WAS very strict WITH to me

[teacher's pet]

Pron

shy child

Were you a shy child?

Were you s shy child or a wild child?

My t-shirt TEACHER said I was a well-behaved child

2

Grammar

The new air plane ticket was three times more expensive than the ticket she HAD bought before

He realised he HAD forgotTEN to bring his passport

She remembered she HAD LEFT left vital documents in her burning house

3

Grammar

My husband go WENT to the manager

It was very pleasure PLEASURABLE

My mother HAD just started to drive (never drove before)

Until now my mother enjoy driving

she still enjoys driving

--

What an unforgettable memory!

That must have been an unforgettable memory

My mother thought I (dislocate) my shoulder

had dislocated

must have dislocated

Vocab

MY elder sister

have/make a mistake

MAKE

Pron

garbage RUBBISH UK

4

Vocab

[I refused to move until my mother bought me a present

I wouldn't budge until...]

Every+singular e.g. every relative

Before+ING before coming back to the UK

Pron

allowed

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Especially speaking in English, more difficult, speaking Korean

SPEAKING ENGLISH ON THE PHONE IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN...

He might have=now

He might have had=past

Vocab

It's not easy to understand HOW what they feel

FEEL=HOW

THINK=WHAT

I see/look at their face

Pron

Vietnamese

2

Grammar

I prefer/I'd prefer Friday morning

I'm waiting for your call/I've been waiting for your call

How many years experience have you? DO YOU HAVE? HAVE YOU GOT? HAVE YOU HAD?

Can I ask IF you have experience?

I can teaching the English very well

CAN TEACH MODAL VERB + INFINITIVE

General Point-Some Ss needed to use more indirect questions (polite questions) but Jessie used them well

Pron

Tone could have been better. Chan sounded good

question qu=kw

3

Grammar

You'RE stayING for 2 night, AREN'T YOU?

Can I ask IF you'RE satisfied WITH your job?

I get a lot of monies MONEY

Where do SHALL we meet?

VOCAB

Yes, I'm on the phone (John)

JOHN SPEAKING/THIS IS JOHN

The price is for one person PER PERSON

Pron

fly FLIGHT ticket

Oh, really (falling/rising tone)

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I prefer TRAVELLING alone. I Hate TRAVELLING IN groups!

I organise/ARRANGE EVERYTHING BY myself

One month ago I was in the Hong Kong

NO 'THE' WITH CITIES

I was tiring

TIRED

It takes a lot of times

TIME IS UNCOUNTABLE

We should/have to check the price of everything is we organise the tour ourselves

HAVE TO=OBLIGATION

Vocab

strange/strangers/foreigners

football fan/fanatic

Pron

branch branchee

work/walk

My friends hate me to go drinking with me

2

Grammar

loudly music

LOUD MUSIC

foods

FOOD IS UNCOUNTABLE

I like strip market

STREET

I like museumS/THE MUSEUM

Pron

Shoe permarket

SUPERMARKET

3

Grammar

It's one of the most popular placeS

I don't recommend to visit Myeong Dong

RECOMMEND+ING

RECOMMEND+PRONOUN+INFINITIVE

I recommend you the beaches in Winter

VISITING/YOU VISIT

enjoy+object enjoy it/myself

If you go to there...

GO THERE

These days THERE ARE many tourists there

High school students usually went GO there

Vocab

It's crowded/It's so crowded

[The view was breathtaking

Pron

I recommend Sunrise Pig PEAK

K G

sandy bars? SANDY BEACHES

[packed with foreigners]

[oil spills]

[short and sweet]

Peace /I:/

lettuce/Lotus

Let us eat lettuce sitting in a Lotus Position

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I can send email

Do you have a digital camera? Yes, I have

Digital camera is decline

A mobile phone is more comfortable to use

I usually working with a laptop

Pron

/l/ /r/ last rabbit

square /kwa/

2

Grammar

Most of the devices OR MOST DEVICES....

The quality is more MUCH better

A phone is not AS good as a real camera

When I go travelLING

Vocab

make me memorise/help me remember

Number 4 sentence

SENTENCE NUMBER 4

THE FORTH SENTENCE

Simple is the best

[the simpler, the better; the cheaper, the better, the more handsome, the better]

[KISS Keep It Simple Stupid]

electric/electronic

Pron

disadvantages

software

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I don't like makING anything

VERB OF EMOTION+ING

You're AN expert

I'm interestingED in

Vocab

a woodEN chair

A WOODEN HEART//BIG HEARTED

workshop

Pron

jewellery jury

2

Pron

touch/torch (flash light)

Grammar

It has A handle

It's used to FOR boiling

It's used for openING the door

It's used for storING books

It's used for cutting paper

PAPER/A PAPER/A PIECE OF PAPER

It's made of glasses GLASS

It's USUALLY made of usually wood

It starts WITH A 'C'

IT STARTS WITH AN 'S' AND IT ENDS WITH AN 'I'

WHY

Vocab

cupboard (UK) closet (US)

In the old times//A FEW YEARS AGO/RECENTLY/PREVIOUSLY

Put the flowers on/in it

It will be blowN up/IT WILL BLOW UP

Pron

r l

A ROSE flower

"A rose by any other name

Would smell as sweet"

Shakespeare

General Point

Silence is NEVER good Use fillers, erm, err, well, or say you're finding it difficult err, I can't think how to describe it, it's a ...whatdoyoucallit

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

We waited/had been waiting for over an hour before the food finally arrived

Vocab

meet for the first time

make a good/bad first impression on someone

in the business world

speak to me in too casual a way/are too informal with me

swear words/bad words

the F-word four-letter words

Pron

i i: mill meal We always eat our meals in the mill

2

I don't have A watch

My name is

CONTRACTIONS ARE NORMAL

MY NAME'S

How spell your name?

Spelling--your name

Spell your name

Your name--spell

HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR NAME?

I don't see it yet

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET

Would you mind if+past

Would you mind +ING

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

If I go there again I'LL have to make sure they put a spoon in the bag

Do you complain?/Did you complain?

A COMPLAINER

I usually don't complain/I didn't use to complain

Vocab

The food is bland/tasteless

[delicious]

a subsidised canteen/cafeteria

punctual, the most punctual airline

go back/come back to Korea

transfer/stopover

Pron

gift /f/ /t/

colleagues /z/

overseas /z/

My overseas' colleagues gave me a gift

2

Vocab

The staffs were rude

Grammar

How can you compensation my money?

WHAT KIND OF COMPENSATION CAN YOU OFFER ME?

MONETARY/*FINANCIAL COMPENSATION

Can't you DO anything about that?

I'd like talk TO THE manager directly

General Points

Stress key words

Tone

3

Grammar

You said you will WOULD

I didn't get a reply yet

I HAVEN'T GOT A REPLY YET

I already waited two days

I'VE ALREADY BEEN WAITING FOR 2 DAYS

Vocab

What's your problem?/Can you tell me more?

General Point

I'll is better that I will

'will' is used for empahasis e.g.

Will you marry this man? I will

Say you will

I'll call you back

No, you won't!

I will, I will I will

If you think something is unreasonable, use a wide range in pitch

Do you mean I have to wait for 24 hours to get my bags!

4

Vocab

I don't bat an eyelid anymore

I've got used to it now

It depends who asked who out

Now my brother is broken

HAS BROKEN UP (WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND)

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Womens/Mans

I'm engineer

Men have a very different behaviour in workplace

Vocab

spatial reasoning

canteen/cafeteria

sympathetic/empathetic

The air in here is very closed

Pron

languages

2

women/the women

Men are more likely to do FIND solutions at their work

CONDITIONALS

0 If you're a woman you don't have to fight in the army [ALWAYS]

1 If you're a woman you won't have to fight in the army [REAL WAR]

2 If you were a women you wouldn't have to fight in the army [IMAGINARY WAR]

3 If you had been a woman you wouldn't have fought in the army [PAST WAR]

Vocab

platonic friends

Pron

ballet/ Bali

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I'll give up smoking / I will give up smoking (emphatic promise)

I need TO spend more time studyING English

You're so tired?

YOU SEEM A LITTLE TIRED

Pron

Huh?!

SORRY? PARDON?

/f/ /p/

official

phone

Phone Phillip

Phone Phillip about Philippa's official phone call to Peter the Panda

2

I'm not that interestingED in biking

Why DO/DID you study Spanish?

I usually USE my cell phone or my digital camera

When I go to work I feel LIKE I'M stuck in a rut

I FEEL LIKE WALKING ON AIR

I do the same thing all the time

Whenever I said SPOKE in Chinese they couldn't understand me

Korean is not a tone TONAL language

Too many countries we were visiting

WE VISITED SO MANY COUNTRIES

I was not that AS good AS that I thought

There was WERE a lot of Koreans too

The average working DAY is 12 hours LONG

Vocab

The turbulence was really bad

travel sickness

Pron

language

Prague

Czech Republic

3

Pron

falling/failing/feeling

Vocab

willpower

RESIST TEMPTATION

OSCAR WILDE

a lack of willpower

get in shape

KEEP IT UP

body building

New Year's Resolution

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I always skip my breakfast

SKIP BREAKFAST

HAVE BREAKFAST/DINNER/A DRINK

She wanted to BE very calm

I feel FELT guilty ABOUT for the dog

You didn't have a weekend for a while?

HAVEN'T YOU HAD A WEEKEND FOR A WHILE?

I'VE BEEN workING with them for a few weeks

I want to take THREE CLASSES three time class today in the British Council

My company pays the taxi fee FARE for me

Pron

I workED /T/ yesterday

I felt scareD /D/

The 3 THIRD class is already pFull

Vocab

They're equally important

take care OF

2

General Point

Negative emotions= unhappy intonation

I feel so annoyed when...

Vocab

trouble/troublesome/difficult

I lost MISSED my flight

jump the queue

rush hour

give you a flyer

senior citizens PENSIONERS

Grammar

After I waited HAD BEEN WAITINGa long time someone jumped the queue

3

Grammar

Did you have HAVE YOU HAD anY awful experienceS in a gym?

Vocab

a laid back/up-tight person

calm/CHILLED/neurotic

THE LAND OF THE MORNING CALM

bump into/hit against

ogle (a woman)

cut me up (driving)

pedestrians

a loud noise

reek of perfume

swimming in perfume/COLOGNE

# data[].attributes.body
General Point

Not using words like

'much '

'considerably'

'somewhat'

'far'

cheaper

Grammar

The hotels must be/must have been very expensive because of the Grand Prix

Pron

outlet

duty (BR USA)

2

Please discount more

COULD YOU GIVE ME A BIGGER DISCOUNT?

I'll buy cash PAY IN CASH

How much it is?

Vocab

If you buy both, I'll give you a bigger discount

Pron

silver ring

Hi (falling tone=unfriendly)

That's really cheap

antique

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I used to be in the camera business but I don't I'M NOT now

I'M IN...

There's not AREN'T so many things YOU can do outside

THERE'S NOT MUCH TO DO OUTSIDE

Vocab

I couldn't move alone GET AROUND BY MYSELF because it was a dangerous area

Most of THE time...

A Long time ago

Pron

/r/ /l/

freelancer

quit

2

General Point:

1 Not enough small talk at beginning of conversation

2 Go up at the end of yes/no questions

Grammar

Covered, not covered?

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE ABOUT WHETHER IT'S COVERED OR NOT

CAN I JUST ASK IF

Our company have HAS three optionS for hotels

How can I claim my expenseS?

SUBMIT MY EXPENSES CLAIM

CLAIM BACK MY EXPENSES

EXPENSIVE/*EXPENSE

You have 4000 yen for PER*/*A night

She's in charge OF making bookings

Maximum 4000 won. Over 4000 won, you pay. You must pay. OK?

THE MAXIMUM THAT CAN BE CLAIMED IS 4000. ANYTHING OVER THAT WILL NEED TO BE PAID BY YOU

Vocab

submit an expense claim

Pron

receipt

Sorry?

choose chose choice

3

General Point

Try to use a variety of expressions. Don't rely on just one e.g. you should... you should... you should

It's my first business trip--I'm so exciting EXCITED!

I can recommend two hotels: one is near THE airport and one THE OTHER is near THE city centre

There are IS one more PIECE OF information you need to know

How WHAT can I do?

Sometimes it takeS 45 minutes

Pron /f/ /p/

half price

facilities

All facilities are half price!

all/old

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Are you living in Seoul?

NO ARTICLE FOR CITIES

I've lived/I've been living in Seoul for 20 years

I had lived/used to live in Gangnam

I love my place/my neighbourhood

It's getting/It gets really cheap when you live outside Seoul

Vocab

soccer football mad

rushed/t/ off /f/your feet

My commute is so long it's like a road movie

Pron

/f/ /p/

facilities

facilities for private fox picnics

2

It's better you go first

It'd be better if you went first

If I am WAS mayor I'D will hire more police

There are many congestions TRAFFIC JAMS in Seoul

A LOT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Vocab

rob (verb) robbery (noun) ROBBER

Pron

patrol/petrol

health

topic /K/

Vocab

first on (TOP OF) the agenda

3

Vocab

noise pollution

Pron

vandalism /v/

Vandalism is violence against property

questions /kw/

womb

ROOM

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

These days I try to find a new car

My friend satisfied with the taste of the food

He's turning to year 10

Singapore is very extraordinary

My condition level is not good/I feel a bit run down

Vocab

line (US queue (UK)

flick between channels

Pron

test/taste

2

Grammar

I'M always a little bit nervous

I should/have HAVE TO take care of my baby

I MADE A TYPO

It was more expensive than I expected/had expected

He's going to visit the Korea again

VISIT KOREA

THE UK, THE USA, THE PHILIPPINES

Vocab

bones break//heal

merry-go-round / carousel

I'm in the sales (ON SALE) /I'm in sales

[a dramatic change]

OK, I get it

Pron

pharmaceutical

3

Grammar

When I come CAME to this institute I felt strange

They HAD stolen my purse so I couldn't pay

I didn't know such SO many young people were interested in the concert

My story is boring compared with youR'S

We didn't know how typhoon was bad

HOW BAD THE TYPHOON WAS

Vocab

Pron

helful/helpful

Paul McCartney

typhoon ph=/f/

4

CLAIRE

Excellent intonation

Very fast and fluent

Amy

Built up supense well. Weak ending

Pron of 'ed' celebrated

Slipping into present tense, especially as story progressed

DH

Introduced story but... (this story is very short)

explained problem well

Jane

Good intro (I'm going to tell you about my sad story)

Dramatic story

Good pronunciation of words and sounds but you also sounded very nervous. You voice was quivering in places, like you were about to cry

notified/noticed

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

Present=real and repetition

I don't go there again

would=imaginary

I wouldn't go there again

The order was missed LOST

I would MIGHT complain

It didn't occur to me so far

IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO ME YET

General Point

1) Always use contractions

I would never go there again/I'd never go there again

2) Stress KEY words

Vocab

Hair Shop

Hairdresser's hairdresser

Pron

You waited over 30 minutes!

I wouldn't want to make a scene

2

Pron

fell/feel

mill/meal

# data[].attributes.body
Quantas should MUST be an Australia airline

In India almost ALL women stay at home.

When I was a university student I have USED TO HAVE a lot of times TIME for travel

Number 4 starts from WITH A 'c'.

Pron

food

What food is good for you?

aura/aurora

Vocab

You've been around!

2

1, here. 2, there.

One more things

General Point

1 Especially on a telephone, there should be NO silences. Use fillers like, erm, ah, well,

2 If there is confusion about the word, don't just keep repeating it. Stress and stretch it instead e.g. Can you come next wee?

What week?

Next week. Next, next.... next

2

It is very perfect

gradable adjectives (good)

extreme adjective (absolutely perfect)

It is possible Friday afternoon

FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS POSSIBLE

Is it possible? (rising tone)

Politeness

Which one?

Which one do you want?

Which one would you prefer?

I'd like to know which one would be preferable for you?

3

IT'S Not easy to cook noodles

Use short answers more before giving more information e.g. Have you ever spoken to a tourist? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.

Pron

safari

bat/bad */**T* /**D/*

Go up at the end of yes/no questions

Have you ever been to Busan?

# data[].attributes.body
Grammar

I got MY heart broken two months ago

I could do it by ON my own/BY MYSELF

DO YOU PREFER TO WORK ON YOUR OWN OR IN A TEAM?

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NORMALLY SPEND ON YOUR OWN?

Vocab

That's a rather personal question!

That's none of your business!

Don't be so nosey!

1) put on/apply make up

2) wear make up

3) take off/remove make up

dye (temporary/permanent)

fringe/bangs

hair shop ? HAIR SALON (US) HAIRDRESSER'S BARBER'S

Let's skip this question

It grew out [hair]

give compliments

break the ice

compliment someone's appearance

Pron

heart/hurt

Don't hurt my heart!

2

Vocab

perm/straighten your hair

trainers

Pron

bet/best Your best bet is to....