TAKE SOMETHING ON THE CHIN

take it on the chin

1. to be brave and not to complain when bad things happen to you or people criticize you

Atkinson took it all on the chin, though some members of his team were very upset by the criticism they received.

2. to have a lot of bad things happen to you or to be criticized a lot

The company has been taking it on the chin in recent months, but the future looks much brighter now and their sales are picking up.

photocopies from 25th February 

vocabulary and grammar test 25th February

link to listening activity

FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!

For God's sake   (used for emphasis)   (Sometimes, though not always, pluralized to 'for God's sakes' in American usage) (also for goodness sake).  An exclamation showing surprise, impatience, or some other emotion:

       For God's sake, don't scare me like that!

       Put some pants on, for God's sake!

       For God's sake, Eleanor, what happened to your hair?

       It's time we started worrying about educating our children, for God's sake.

       At three-thirty in the morning, for God's sake, my dog decided to have her puppies.

Note: Some people might consider “For God's sake” as well as other expressions such as “Oh my God”, “Jesus!”, etc to be rude, irreverent or a blasphemy because "they break one of the Ten Commandments, the one that warns against using God's name in vain".  

 Photocopies from 18th February

The Maligned Woolf  and The Story Teller 

COME TO GRIPS

come/get to grips with   to begin to understand and deal with sth difficult: 

I'm slowly getting to grips with the new software

It's time the council got to grips with this problem

synonyms: deal with, cope with, handle, grasp, tackle, face, face up with, understand, become aware of, realize,...


           

photocopies from 16th February:    1     2   


transcript bowerbirds 
 (link to the video)

COLOR ME IMPRESSED

color me  (+ adjective)    this is a North American English expression which basically means the same as "consider me (+ adjective)", "say I'm (+ adjective) 

     Photocopies from 11th February 
   
Bowerbirds are famous for their complex courtship behaviour of building an elaborate structure known as a bower to attract mates. They will use a variety of objects such as shells, flowers, feathers, stones, berries and even discarded rubbish such as coins and pieces of glass. Many other birds will construct nests to claim territory and show suitable nesting areas they are able to defend. The female may then choose the nest she prefers or still build her own after choosing her mate.     link to the video 

LOANER CAR

Photocopies from 4th February

TO CALL THE SHOTS

Photocopies from 2nd February
Key to activity with relative sentences