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17 Cards in this Set
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go to sleep/fall asleep
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1 to begin sleeping
What time do the kids usually go to sleep? 2 INFORMAL if a part of your body goes to sleep, you cannot feel it for a short time because it has not been getting enough blood My foot's gone to sleep. |
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get to sleep
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to succeed in sleeping:
I couldn't get to sleep at all last night for worrying. |
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oversleep
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to sleep for longer than you intended to and so wake up late:
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an early/late night
have a late night |
an occasion when you go to bed earlier/later than usual
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have a nap
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to sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day
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have a lie-in
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a time when you stay in bed longer than usual in the morning
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snack
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a small amount of food that you eat between meals
I also have one or two snacks during the day at work |
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bother
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if you do not bother to do something, you do not do it, either because there seems to be no good reason or because it involves too much effort
bother to do something: It was such a stupid question, I didn't even bother to reply. |
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a shave
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an act of cutting the hair from a part of your body using a razor or shaver
Did you have a shave this morning? |
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get to work
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to start doing a job or a piece of work:
We'd better get to work on stacking this wood if we want to finish before it gets dark. |
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lunch break
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the period of time during which you stop work to have lunch and relax
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stay in
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to stay in your home:
Let's stay in tonight and watch a movie. |
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come round
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to visit someone in their home:
Come round tonight and we'll watch a video. |
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washing / do the washing
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clothes that need to be washed;
do the washing: My granny always did the washing on Mondays. |
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do the washing-up
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the activity of washing the dishes and other things used for a meal
do the washing-up: Who's going to help me do the washing-up? |
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do the ironing
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the job of making clothes smooth with an iron
do the ironing: If you do the ironing, I'll clean the bathroom. |
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have a friends for dinner
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invite friends to my house and cook dinner for them
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