YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

you reap what you sow proverb you eventually have to face up to the consequences of your actions = if you do bad things, bad things will happen to you, and if you do good things, good things will happen to you

Photocopies from 28th March 
Bereavement_leaflet 

Writing: AN ARTICLE including a personal account

I'VE TOTALLED FIVE CARS IN FIVE YEARS

to total mainly US (UK to write off ) to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired:

           His son totaled the pickup when it was ten months old.

total loss car insurance companies label a vehicle a “total loss” or “write-off” when the cost to repair the vehicle to its pre-damaged state exceeds the cost of the vehicle’s worth, or actual cash value. About one in seven car accident claims results in a "total". Totaled cars are usually scrapped, or recycled for parts.

C1_Photocopies from 21st March
C1_Photocopies from 14th March 

GIVE ME A BREAK!

give me a ˈbreak! (spoken) used when somebody wants somebody else to stop doing or saying something that is annoying, or to stop saying something that is not true:

        I was only late once! Give me a break!

give somebody a break spoken to stop being strict with someone so that a situation becomes easier for them; stop criticizing or being angry with someone:

   Don't criticize him so much. He's doing the best he can. Why don't you give him a break?

1A2_listening test_8th March 2018
1A2_listening test_27th February 2018

1C_photocopies from 7th March

TO THIS DAY

to this day phrase   even now, after a very long time; up to now; even now; continuing until today; at the present time as in the past; still.

           To this day I don’t know exactly what started the fight.

photocopies 28th February_Revision
photocopies 28th February_ESSAYS

THE SCORPION COULDN'T HELP ITSELF

can’t help oneself (or can't help something)

If you can't/couldn't help something, such as acting in a particular way or making a particular remark, you are/were not able to control or stop it.

   She couldn't help herself; she burst into tears

   – Stop giggling! -I can't help it!

   I shouldn’t have said it but I couldn’t help myself.

Photocopies from 21st February_Born a Crime_Chapter 2

Photocopies from 21st February_C1-B_Cleft sentences

ASH WEDNESDAY IS OBSERVED BY MANY CHRISTIANS

to observe formal to obey a law, rule, or custom; to celebrate or solemnize something, such as a ceremony or festival in a customary or accepted way; to conform one's action or practice to something, such as a law, rite, or condition; to comply with;

We will be closed Monday, July 4^th, to observe Independence Day with our family and friends.

People must observe the law. Nobody should be an exception.

The old people in the village still observe the local traditions.

Do you observe Valentine's Day?

Photocopy from 14th February

HOW COME?

How come...? informal  said when asking how or why something happened or is the case, how what you tell me happened.

How come you never married, Jimmy?

HOW COME? 

photocopies from 12th February
C1_audio 7