BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH

by the skin of your teeth

  (informal)

• if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it;
• by the smallest margin; just barely.;
• used to describe a situation from which one barely managed to escape -or, conversely, a situation in which one failed to win by a very narrow margin.;
• we usually say it when we have done something just in the nick of time or avoided/missed something by a very narrow margin, by a hair's breath.

 We escaped by the skin of our teeth.

England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1-0.

I got to the airport a few minutes late and missed the plane by the skin of my teeth.

Lloyd escaped from the burning building by the skin of his teeth.

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Oral presentations: what makes a good presentation?  VIDEO

Radio programmes about snoring: 
-- NPR 
-- BBC
-- Woman's Hour 
-- New Zealand Radio 

UPWARDS IN AGE

upward(s)

4: toward or into later years

...from youth upward

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upward

(adjective)

6. moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/upwards

5. To or into later life.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upwards

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Nola, the northern white rhino_TRANSCRIPT

Instructions for essay

Thesis statements: 
     http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/tips/thesis

     http://www.engvid.com/how-to-write-an-effective-essay/

   

WORDY expressions:
     http://www.eslwriting.org/25-wordy-expressions/

   
   

LEGAL VACUUM

Legal vacuum (also called legal void) describes the absence of any law which addresses an issue, leaving it unregulated. 

audio for homework
     questions

listening test we did on 19th April  +   audio    +  cnn video:  CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Michael Proffitt, Chief Editor of the Oxford English 

+ answer key

IN EQUAL MEASURE

In equal measure  (formal)  used for saying that two things have an equal effect or importance

He was one of those people who bore and infuriate in equal measure.

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Instructions  for  writing assignment     
Example of a real letter to the editor
    Links that you might find useful to prepare your piece of writing: 
          http://es.slideshare.net/usolmazlar/how-to-write-a-reaction-response-paper
          http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Writing-a-Response-or-Reaction-Paper
          http://www.theohstandard.org/write-a-letter-to-the-editor/

TO PAINT YOURSELF INTO A CORNER

to paint oneself into a corner   to put oneself in a difficult situation; to get into a mess; to get oneself in a situation that is difficult to get out of,

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link to video: ZOOS (no subtitles)
link to video: ZOOS (with subtitles) 

FOLLOW SUIT

to follow suit   to do the same as someone else

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