Week 4/12/2015
To go on a trip/an excursion
Destination is different to destiny
(fate)
You cannot LIVE an experience. You
have an experience / you experience
Women have more chances /
opportunities to…
Couple (two people together -
romantic). Pair (of socks for example). Partner (one member of the couple).
Interesting synonyms – fascinating,
amazing, incredible, breathtaking.
Absolutely amazing (extreme
adjectives)
Entrepreneur (person) Entrepreneurship
(activity) Entrepreneurial (adjective)
Over the last few years
Suffer FROM something
Expressions for essays
In this respect
To offset something against
something else = to find a balance between two things
The texts contrast the pros and cons
Text 2 argues that…
As far as ____ is concerned
To render something (adjective) = to
cause to be/become
This boils down to… = the most
important thing remaining. E.g. the Spanish premier league boils down to just
two teams.
To regard something as something
else e.g. advertising is regarded as fundamental
To do something on a whim = to do
something without thinking
So as to = in order to
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