Лексический портфель к УМК Laser B 1

Unit 1.

Education.

a subject - an area of knowledge that you study at a school or university:

The only subject, arts (science, favourite, school) subject, to learn subjects;

My favourite subject is math. The program was designed to use new methods to teach traditional academic subjects. Traditionally, boys were thought to perform better at science subjects than girls. What subjects are you studying?

a timetable - 1) a list of the times at which buses, trains, planes etc arrive and leave; synonym schedule:

A railway (train, bus) timetable;

2) a list of the times of classes in a school, college, synonym schedule:

A new school (terrible, heavy) timetable; to change (to work out, to look at) the timetable.

a course - a series of lessons in a particular subject; synonym class:

To do (take, start, attend) a course on (architecture) / in (French) / over the Internet,

a one-month course, online courses;

Andy's doing a one-year journalism course. I'm taking a course in graphic design. She's taking a secretarial course. For details, contact your course tutor.

a report - a written statement by teachers about a child's work at school, which is sent to his or her parents, synonym report card:

To write (receive, get) a (good) report, to show the report to the parents, a regular (the last, an end-of-term) report.

to report - to give people information about recent events:

to report (to sb) on sth, to report to sb, to report sth to sb, to report sb to sb;

The incident was reported in the newspaper. The paper reported the talks in detail. She reported Tom to the headmaster for rudeness. He reported his findings to the committee.

revision - [uncountable] the work of studying facts again in order to learn them:

To do (enough) revision for sth;

I know I haven't done enough revision for tomorrow's exam. How is your history revision going? I can't come out tonight - I've got a lot of revision to do. I've got loads (a lot) of revision to do for my exams

to revise - to study facts again, in order to learn them before an examination, synonym review, study:

To revise sth for sth (before a test);

I've got to revise my geography. She's revising for her history exam. The library was full of students revising for the final exams. What are you revising tonight?

a break - 1) [countable] a period of time when you stop working in order to rest, eat etc:

During (after) the break, without a break. a 30 minute (an hour) break (for lunch), to take (make, have) a (lunch, coffee, tea) break;

We'll have a short break for lunch, then start again at 2 o'clock. Let's take a ten-minute break.

We'd worked for ten hours without a break. I'll go shopping during my lunch break. Could you come and see me during afternoon break? Harry had worked for eight hours without a break. I'll phone you in my lunch break. The children have a fifteen-minute break at 11 o'clock.

2) [uncountable] the time during the school day when classes stop and teachers and students can rest, eat, play etc, synonym recess:

At break, big break;

I'll speak to you at break. They get together with their friends at break time. Come and see me at break, Tom.

a lesson - 1) a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car:

To have (take, give) piano (tennis) lessons, lessons in /on First Aid (road safety);

She's started taking driving lessons. Dominic will be having his first driving lesson this Thursday.

2) a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject; synonym class:

A(n) French (physics, art) lesson, the next lesson;

I've got a double maths lesson next. Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish. She gives English lessons to business people in the evenings. It is algebra for today's lesson, my worst topic in maths.

an ambition - 1) [countable] a strong desire to achieve something:

To achieve (fulfill, realize) an ambition, an ambition to do sth / of doing sth, to have (great, wild, the same) ambitions, to succeed in the ambition;

She fulfilled her ambition to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes. He always had this burning ambition (=very strong desire) to start his own business. His ambition to become a pilot was thwarted by poor eyesight. My ambition is to become a doctor. "Your problem," said Arthur, "is that you have no ambition." Earlier this year, he achieved his ambition of competing in the Olympic games.

2) [uncountable] determination to be successful, rich, powerful etc:

a lack of ambition;

Eric wasn't particularly intelligent but he had plenty of ambition. My teachers always told me that I lacked ambition, and would never get anywhere. What can you do with a kid who has no ambition?

ambitious - 1) determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc:

mothers who are highly ambitious for their children (=who want their children to be successful), ambitious people;

Alfred was intensely ambitious, obsessed with the idea of becoming rich.

2) an ambitious plan, idea etc shows a desire to do smth good but difficult:

an ambitious engineering project.

a couple - a small number of things; synonym a few:

A couple of (years, hours, weeks, months) ago, (to drink) a couple of beers;

You'll be all right in a couple of days. He's only been here a couple of weeks. They talked for a couple of hours.

Word Patterns.

to be able to do

to be good at doing

to be fond of doing

to look forward to doing

to begin to do

to help sb with doing / sth (equipment)

to try one's best (as hard as you can)

to get ready for

to prepare for (history test)

to take an exam

to find sth interesting

to seem difficult (normal)

to seem to be really nice

to be / get stuck - 1) impossible or unable to move from a particular "; "> Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck.. They got stuck in a traffic jam. The car got stuck in the mud. I've got something stuck in my throat. A bone got stuck in my throat. The elevator was stuck between two floors. Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in traffic.

2) unable to escape from a bad or boring situation:

We could be stuck in this place for days. I was stuck in London all summer.

3) unable to do any more of something that you are working on because it is too difficult:

Can you help me with my homework, Dad? I'm stuck. If you get stuck on a difficult word, just ask for help.

4) to have to spend time with sb even though you do not want:

I was stuck with him all morning.

5) to be unable to think what to say or do:

For once Anthony was stuck for words (=did not know what to say). I was stuck for an answer.

on one's own - 1) alone:

I've been living on my own for four years now. He didn't want to be left on his own. I'm on my own now. They left her on her own.

2) without anyone's help:

To do (study) on one's own, to spend time doing on one's own;

You can't expect him to do it all on his own. I can manage on my own, thanks. She does all the cooking on her own.

to take / get the hang of sth - to learn how to do sth or use sth:

It seems difficult at first, but you'll soon get the hang of it. I didn't get the hang of what he was saying. I haven't got the hang of this washing machine.

to put up with sth - to accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining:

I won't put up with that!

to catch up on with - to do what needs to be done because you have not been able to do it until now:

To catch up on one's homework;

I have some work to catch up on. I need to catch up on some sleep (=after a period without enough sleep). He had caught up on sleep. I must catch up on my work.

to do - to study a particular subject in a school or university:

To do gymnastics (science, sth scientific, a research, experiments in Chemistry, sums, multiplication, division, a French lesson, revision, exercises, a course, a project, a picture).

to cause - to make something happen, especially something bad:

Heavy traffic is causing delays on the freeway. The fire caused £15,000 worth of damage. The oil spill is causing problems for coastal fisheries. You've caused us all a lot of unnecessary worry. About half of the chemicals that were tested caused cancer in rats. As children we were always causing our parents trouble.