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To heat up

The oven takes a while to heat up

To become hot or warm

Tap

I turned on the hot tap but the water was cold.

Fare

I left my bus pass at home, so I paid the fare in cash

Mug

I received as gift a mug from my friend Sara when she came back to home

Toothpaste, toothbrush, shower cap

My mum has been brushing her tooth with the same toothpaste for years. I brushes my tooth with a soft toothbrush.

Skyscraper🏙

New York is the most famous city for its skyscrapers

On weekdays

On weekdays Alba always wakes up at 7.30 am

Give up

I'm going to give up smoking

Give out

I can't tell you that. I'm not allowed to give out that information.

Give away

I don't need this sofa.


I'm going to give it away/ throw away

Give it back

Why did you take Jack's pen?You have to give it back

To hold

Passangers must hold a valid ticket

To got the hotel

I hot the hotel really late.

Peak time

There is a lot of traffic at peak time in Rome

A premise

It is forbidden to chew gum on the school premises. Anyone caught chewing gum will be reported to the principal

To catch- caught- caught

The dog caught the stick in its mouth.

IN which DAY do you go to Rome?

IN-DAY

ON which MONTH is the pop concert

ON-MONTH

High heels

Wearing high heels is not comfortable

In charge of

As secretary, Jess is in charge of taking down the minutes of the meeting.

Essere responsabile

Refined

Contrasto is a refined restaurant

high end

Contrasto is a hig end restaurant

Drought

The risk of fire are increasing dramatically as a consequence of the droughts

No rain

Prompts

Look at the picture oh Hele and use the prompts to write sentence.

Come around (1)

Please come around and see us some time.

Come around (2)

Your mother hasn't yet come around from the anesthetic

To became conscious again

Take off (1)

(Contest: games)


When your piece lands on one of the person's pieces, you take it off the board and you send it back to the beginning.

Togliere.

Take off (2)

The plane took off an hour late.

Take off (3)

If you're hot, why not take off that jumper?

To see off

The dog saw off the cat that was eating its food.

To pull to

The 14-year-old said his "legs were buried under the rubble", but he was pulled to safety by his friend Zulfikar, who later died after himself becoming trapped.

Tirato al sicuro/messo al sicuro

Rubble

Macerie

To have a chat

I like taking time to have a chat with colleagues even is this means spending more time at work

To fix a time

I prefer people to fix a time to meet me rather than come to my office or my desk at anytime

To make an appointment

To keep up with the times

She likes to keep up with the latest fashions

to learn about or be aware of the news, current events

To take on challenge

I need to take on challenges to make my job interesting

Agree to do something difficult.


Affrontare

To plan a strategy

When planning a strategy, it is useful to look at what has worked well in the past

To pool our ideas

Mettere insieme le nostre idee

Put forward a proposal

Suggerire, proporre

To hold a meeting

Tenere un meeting

Come up with a solution

I'll have to come up with a solution

Inventarsi, farsi venire in mente

To deal with

When I deal with clients and bosse, I like to be overly formal.

Quando ho a che fare con/ occuparsi di

Should have +past participle

To maintain that professional distance, you should have stuck with "sir"

Used to give advice about what someone could have done in the past that would have been better than what they actually did

To get rid of

Amin cleaned his desk and got rid of all the paperwork relating to past projects.

To throw away ( buttare via)

Rather

It's rather cold outside. I think I'll take a sweater with me

Know of

My friend said knew of a good Italian restaurant. I've never eaten there, but she said the food was really tasty

To have heard of someone or something and have a little information about them or it

Pass on

That was really helpful information, so I passed it on to Bob so that he knew it as well

To tell someone something that someone else has told you

How do you spell your last name?

Come si fa lo spelling del tuo cognome?

Firm

The meeting was originally at the conference centre, but it's been moved to the office of one of the firms representing the clients

Company

To wear off


To wear, wore, worn

The effects of the drug will soon wear off

to gradually disappear or stop

To slip by

Time is really slipping by, I want to get a handle on how the end of the project is going.



I'm concerned that this nee client might slip by us. We need to make sure they are happy.

To pass quickly

To get a handle on

Time is really slipping by, and I wan to get a handle on how the end of the project is going.



She got a handle on nee vocabulary by using it in daily conversation.

To learn and understand something

To brief, briefed, briefed

The Managing Director briefed the company about the new recruitment policy

Informare.

Via (preposition)

Donna enjoyed talking via webcam because she could see the person she was speaking to.

Minor

This is a minor point, but are you sending out the emails in the morning or afternoon?

Fresh

After a good night's sleep, Paula felt fresh and ready to face the day

In good shape

Looks like we're in good shape then.

Sembra che siamo in buona forma

Not to mention

We want to get people when they are fresh and awake, not to mention the fact they 'll have gone through their emails from the night before

Per non parlare del fatto che avranno esaminato le loro e-mail dalla sera precedente.

Be that as it may, I'm not sure that it's a good idea to postpone the meeting until tomorrow. Everyone is here and I think we're in good shape to keep going today.

Ad ogni modo (be that as it may)

To catch up

I wanted to catch up with you to see how you've managed since your promotion to project manager

Volevo un incontro di aggiornamento

To hand out

We' re expecting a big crowd at tomorrow's opening event. We'll have a number of promotion items to hand out to shoppers. We'll give away the usual calendars and pens. In addition, this year we have notebooks to hand out

Distribuire

Leave of absence

Baroness Michelle Mone will take an immediate leave of absence from the House of Lords following a Covid contracts scandal

Congedo

Alleged links

The Tory peer, 51, is at the centre of storm over her alleged links to a firm awarded PPE contracts worth more than £200million .

Sospetti legami

Coal

Carbone

Nod

Fare cenno con la testa

Betrayal

Tradimento

Appaling

Shocking

Tremendo, scioccante

To helve

To split

Dividere, dimezzare

Helves

Divide the pizza into halves

Metà

Used to

When I was four, I used to eat ice cream every day