PURPLE PARROTS by Magdalena Ratto https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks SUMMARY 2021 en-us 2021-11-29 17:10:37 UTC 2021-12-28 23:34:33 UTC hello@padlet.com COMMON MISTAKES TIL JUNE onlinematerialforlessons https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934658289 Wrong --> CORRECTED
We short the distance* --> We SHORTEN the distance
I don't Able to... * --> I AM not able to...
A good news* --> Good news
Less women* --> FEWER women
Since of my experience --> FROM my experience
Childrens* --> Children is already a plural word
People who is* --> People who ARE
On March* --> IN March


]]> 2021-12-07 22:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934658289 MOST IMPORTANT VERBAL EXPRESSIONS AUGUST-DECEMBER onlinematerialforlessons https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934658928 Bargain: negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction
Quit: resign from (a job).
Wore (vistió)- past of wear / WORN - past participle of WEAR
Demand: ask authoritatively or brusquely.
Tame: to make a wild animal tame or to control something dangerous or powerful.
Stand up: rise to one's feet.
DYE: add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye.
EXPLOIT - make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
EXPLODE: BURST -1.  burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.
LEAD: to control a group of people, a country, or a situation.
RECONSIDER - consider (something) again, especially for a possible change of decision regarding it
]]> 2021-12-07 22:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934658928 MOST IMPORTANT IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS onlinematerialforlessons https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934659203 To be signed off work:  Sb isn't not able to work.
Slip of the tongue: mistake in speaking
To be in your element: to be happy because you are doing what you like or can do best.
Feel under the weather: I feel tired, worn out (exhausted) or just a little sick.
As right as rain: Feeling completely well or healthy
Have too much on your plate: to have something, usually a large amount of important work.
Cut down on sth: to reduce the amount of something or of doing something
Suck up to sb (chupar medias)
Right from the word go/ from scratch: from the beginning
Turn a blind eye to: Pasar por alto algo a propósito
Cost an arm and a leg: be extremely expensive.
Good value for money: something that is good value is not expensive.
It was the last straw - the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset.
Eye for an eye: if a person was hurt, then the injured person would take vengeful retribution on the person who caused the injury. 
Tit for a tat: Tit for tat is an English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation". 
]]> 2021-12-07 22:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934659203 COMMON MISTAKES JULY TO SEPTEMBER onlinematerialforlessons https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934660752
used to say thank you* →  I’m used to saying thank you
before to implement tha* → before implementing that
another things* → another thing
at bed* → in bed
didnt met before* → Hadn’t met before
should have do that* →  have done
dont like travel like that* → I don’t like trips like that
i said him*→ I said to him / I told him
same meeting than we do* → same meeting as we do
COMPROMISE → wrongly used as COMPROMETER
when you be* a mom → when you are a mom.
Did very good → did very well
I didn't be → I wasn't




]]> 2021-12-07 22:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934660752 MOST IMPORTANT VERBAL EXPRESSIONS FROM MARCH TO JULY onlinematerialforlessons https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934677093 Stand out
Back down
Yield
Bargain/Haggle
Disinfect/sanitize
Assign
Get rid of
Rescue
Hand in your notice
Resing/quit
To be promoted
To be demoted
Go on strike
Resume
Point at
To be in your element
To be out of your element
Flee/Rush/Dash
Run out of
Have a fever
Feel under the weather
To have too much on your plate
To get worse
Climb up
To pay off
Take care of
Tied up
Strengthen
Hold
Claim for
Stand up someone/sth
Aim higher
Lay off
Turn a blind eye
Take pride in
Unplug
Fry
Get tested
Avoid
Heat up
Burp
Fart
Sneeze
Yawn
Take a peek
Shovel out
Misuse
Comply
Start afresh
Underestimating
Blemish
Stain
Drown
Inspire
Make redundant
Make the most of sth
Show off
Bring sb to tears
Cut down on sth
Get to your feet/Stand up
Bar-hopping
Sweat
Make ends meet
Get by
Suck up to sb
Mull over

]]> 2021-12-07 23:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934677093 MOST IMPORTANT EXPRESSIONS EXCEPT FOR VERBS onlinematerialforlessons https://padlet.com/onlinematerialforlessons/Bookmarks/wish/1934681235 Outstanding - much better than what is usual
Quick hit - goal that you can reach very easy
Safe bet: Sth that you are sure you can win 
Long shot: Sth hat it is less likely to succeed.
Bargain: sth on sale at a lower price than its true value.
Ingrained (adj.) -> arraigado
Go on strike: to protest the employee’s work conditions
Down-to-earth: with no illusions or pretensions
What a shame: when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed.
Glass ceiling: a point after which you cannot go any further.
Overwhelmed: bury or drown beneath a huge mass of sth.
To the other’s detriment - causes harm or damage to them.
Lay off: an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily.








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