Friday, June 21, 2013

New vocabulary practice, Unit 1

Come out
* My father gets up every morning as soon as the sun comes out.
* I am very excited becuase my  little baby´s first teeth already started to come out.

Turned in
*David turned Carlos in because he was cheating on the test.
* If you promise not to do that again, i will not turn you in.

Turned into
*After the class was over, Lucy turned into a very nice person.
* When the magician  turned the napkin into a flying dove, was definitly the best part of the whole show.

Craves
*Even though Andry is on a strict diet, she always craves some candy.
*Marcos states that he quit smoking, but  he still craves a couple of cigarrettes when he has the chance.

Hooked on
*Lesmary got hooked on drugs ever since she met Richard at the school.
*Mandy is so hooked on books lately, that I strongly believe she will get an A at the end of the course.

Cold turkey
*Pedro is doing very good with the not drinking thing,he just stopped cold turkey.
*You know what?, I'll stop calling you and I´ll do it cold turkey.

Lose track of time
*Every time Dawn goes shopping she loses track of time, and comes back home late at night without a penny.
*Whenever I am with you my darling, I just lose track of time.

Willpower
*Adele  lost 5 pounds in just one week, that is why she proved to have willpower.
*Candace says she will never stop drinking coffee becuase she does not have willpower.

Became cut off from
* As soon as Carlos moved to Pennsylvania he became cut off from everyone in D.R.

Drag yourself away
*Sarah, you need to drag yourself away from alcohol, it´s very harmful for your health.

Withdrawl
*I´m pretty sure that Fernando´s body will get better very fast from the nicotine withdrawl.
* The bank imposes short amount of money on the daily withdrawls.

All consuming
* If you let your daughter watch soap opera every day, then it will become all consuming for her.

Detrimental
*Everybody knows that drugs are detrimental to one´s health,however there´s a lot of people using them.

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