8. Vocab for Stress and Tone (page 70)

feeling that you have had enough of sb/sth because you no longer find them / it interesting or because they make you angry or unhappy:... To be tired of sb/sth | To be tired of doing s

Identifying Stress and Tone

(page 70)

to stop working because of a fault:

To break down (of a machine

or vehicle) to stop working

because of a fault:

Ex: The telephone system has broken down

to put sth firmly in a place so that it will not move:

To fix [vn] (especially BrE) to put sth firmly in a place so

that it will not move:

Ex: To fix a shelf to the wall

feeling that you have had enough

of sb/sth because you no longer

find them / it interesting or

because they make you angry or unhappy:

To be tired of sb/sth | To be tired

of doing sth

feeling that you have had enough

of sb/sth because you no longer

find them / it interesting or

because they make you angry or unhappy:

Ex: I’m sick and tired of all the

(US) (n)

1 Cheque

2 Bill

(adj.) needing sleep; ready to

go to sleep

SYN :

Sleepy (adj.) needing sleep; ready to go to sleep

SYN

Ex: a sleepy child He had begun to feel sleepy

(from sth) a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of

activity:

Rest (from sth) a period of

relaxing, sleeping or doing

nothing after a period of

activity:

Ex: To have / take a rest from all your hard work

to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat

To starve to suffer or die

because you do not have

enough food to eat; to make sb suffer or die in this way:

Ex: The animals were left to

starve to death

giving useful information:

Informative (adj.) giving

useful information:

Ex: The talk was both

informative and entertaining

(of sth) the act of using sth

in a careless or unnecessary

way, causing it to be lost or

destroyed:

Waste (of sth) the act of using sth in a careless or

unnecessary way, causing it to

be lost or destroyed:

Ex: It seems such a waste to

throw good food away

To a cheque / To check / to a cheque / check for the

amount of money that it is

worth

To cash a cheque / To check to exchange a cheque / check for the amount of money that it is worth

(n) an arrangement that sb has with a bank, etc to keep money there, take some out, etc.:

Account (n) an arrangement

that sb has with a bank, etc to keep money there, take some

out, etc.:

Ex: I don’t have a bank

account To have an account

at / with a bank To

(n) = pavement

Sidewalk (n) = pavement

= football

Soccer = football

(adj.) having a very pleasant taste or smell:

Delicious (adj.) having a very pleasant taste or smell:

Ex: Who cooked this? It’s

delicious

To (about sth) to feel that sth is important and worth

worrying about:

To care (about sth) to feel that sth is important and worth

worrying about:

Ex: She cares deeply about

environmental issues