Oxford Word Skills - Unit 19

Front 1

Sleepy

Back 1

Tired and ready to go to bed

1. I hope you are not sleepy because we are gonna start our lesson.

Front 2

Yawning

Back 2

Open your month and let out air out. It shows you feel sleepy

1. I started yawning at the class since it was boring class.

Front 3

Set an alarm

Back 3

You set your alarm to ring in the morning or at some point in time that you want to wake up.

1. I always set an alarm before going to bed.

Front 4

Fall asleep.

Back 4

To start sleeping, go to sleep.

SYN: go to sleep

1. The soft music in the background can help me fall asleep effortlessly.

2. What does make you fall sleep quilkly?

3. I was very tired so that as soon as I went to the bed, I fell asleep within minutes.

4. I tried counting sheep to help me fall asleep.

Front 5

Snore

Back 5

If sb snores when they sleep, they make a sound like khooorrrr.

1. A lot of people snore while they sleep.

Front 6

Nightmare

Back 6

Bad dream

collocations:

- have a nightmare

- suffer from nightmares

- experiance a nightmare

- wake up from a nightmare

1. One of my nightmares that I constantly have is drowning in an ocean.

Front 7

Go off

Back 7

Start ringing, making sound

1. The alarm went off at 7 morning.

2. I was so tired so when the alarm went off, I didn't notice.

Front 8

Wake sb up

Back 8

Make sb stop sleeping

1. I always wake up at 7 am.

2. My cat wakes me up everyday.

Front 9

Wide awake

Back 9

To be completely awake.

1. Within a few minutes I get wide awake.

2. The load crash outside my window made me wide awake.

3. Despite the late hours, the vibrant city lights and bustling streets kept me wide awake during my visit to NewYork.

Front 10

Oversleep

Back 10

Sleep more than you should

1. If you have oversleep, you cannot manage to get out of the bed at the time that you have to.

2. I set the alarm to goes off at 7am, but I couldn't wake up and I overslept.

Front 11

Sleep in

Back 11

Sleep more than usual but you know this and you are ok with it.

1. On Fridays, I sleep in for a couple of hours.

2. I have a big party tonigh. So I will take a nap in the afternoon and sleep in tomorrow morning.

Front 12

Have a lie-in

Back 12

Stay in bed later than usual

Front 13

Habbit

Back 13

A thing you do often.

Front 14

Sleep like a log

Back 14

Sleep very well and not going to wake easily.

1. When we say sb sleeps like a log, that mean they can sleep well without any problem.

2. I usually like a log, but recently I am having bad nights.

Front 15

A restless night

Back 15

Not being able to sleep well

1. I often have a restless night.

Front 16

Lack of sth

Back 16

Sth does not exist, shortage of sth

1. Lack of sleep can easily irritate me.

Front 17

Irritable

Back 17

Angry, sb who can easily get angry and mad is call irritable.

Collocations:

- make sb irritable

- to be irritable

1. Lack of sleep makes me irritable

2. Sara is described as irritable because she gets annoyed easily.

3. After a long day at work, John becomes irritable.

Front 18

a heavy sleeper

Back 18

Sb who doesn't wake up easily

Opp: a light sleeper

1. Unlike my dad, I am a light sleeper. Even the smallest sound makes me wake up during the night.

Front 19

Insomnia

Back 19

A person who is unable to sleep well, not being able to sleep

1. I remember for a short period of time when I was at NewYork I suffered from insomnia.

Front 20

have a nap

Back 20

Have a short sleep for example after lunch, take a nap

1. Let's take a nap, then we will continue work.

2. I need to have a nap to rest my tired legs.

Front 21

Sth is on my mind

Back 21

If sth is on your mind, you are worried and thinking about it.

1. There is sth on my mind, and I cannot go to sleep.

2. I can't sleep at night because I have so many thoughts on my mind.

Front 22

Fast asleep

Back 22

Sleeping deeply, in a deep sleep

Oposs: wide awake

1. I fell asleep soon and was in a deep sleep.