Session 18

 25th January 2023 

chilly, cloudy 

Wednesday 

to keep DOING = a continua sa faci ceva / a face ceva in mod repetat 

* Don't stop ! Keep reading ! 

to be used to = a fi obisnuit sa ....

to be used to + V-ing ! 

* I am used to waking up ealy , but I didn't use to wake up early  when I was younger. 

used to / be used to 

to lend # to borrow 

( a da cu imprumut ) # ( a lua cu imprumut ) 

badge = insigna 

to lend - lent - lent 

convenient # inconvenient 

(convenabil ) # ( neconvenabil) 

despite + V-ing = in ciuda faptului ca ...

* Despite jogging every morning I haven't lost a gram ! 

Despite studying very hard I haven't got a good grade!

instruction booklet = manual de instructiuni 

glamorous = exagerat / plin de ' sclipici '

cosy = comfortatabil si intim 

silk = matase 

has been changing 

1/ 24 , WB 

1. She doesn't want to go to university because she is tired of studying . 

2. She wants to earn money of her own . 

3. She wants a nine to five job.  

4. Because she doesn't want to take her job at home. 

5. Having such a job means you work only when you are at work .

2/ 21 , , 7/ 25 

disability 

international 

preparations 

selfish 

envious 

Session 17

 

Mada 59

Cristian 83

Denis 95

Ionut 44

 18th January 2023

sunny, warm 

Wednesday 

to fade (ed) = a scadea in intensitate 

rug / mat = covoras 

will = testament 

survey = chestionar 

elevator / lift = lift 

to give somebody a lift =  sa iei pe cineva cu masina ta 

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2. He told his friend's mother about the broken vase.

3. John would not do the same because , if the person said that he needed to replace it , he wouldn't have enough money.

4. The girl is so happy because her team has won.

5. The boy isn't very enthusiastic because he knows it hasn't been a goal.

6. If someone said "It wasn't a goal" the girl's team wouldn't win.

Session 16

 11th January 2023 

wet, chilly

Wednesday

TB, page 20 

household = locuinta 

sheperd = cioban 

to fantasise (ed) = a -si inchipui 

used to = obisnuiam sa ( past habits) 

* He used to/ would  play tennis in his free time. ( he doesn't do that any more ) 

* The child didn't use to/ wouldn't  spend so much time in front of the computer . ( nowadays he spends a lot of time ) 

" Would " + V1  is not a good choice if the V is a stative one ( similar to " be " , "have " ) 

*  He used to  / would  have a lot of friends. 

1/ 21 , TB 

• 1. Women used to  have seven or eight children.
• 2. On cold nights, everyone in the family used to/ would crowd together to sleep, to warm each other up.
• 3. Parents didn't use to/wouldn't sing songs to their children or play with them.
• 4. It used to  be normal to call a child ‘it’ rather than ‘he’ or ‘she’.

to bear- bore - born = a suporta / a purta 

moss = muschi ( vegetatie)

Inuit = eschimos

to breed - bred - bred = a inmulti 

on the move = in continua miscare 

herd = turma/ cireada

to exploit (ed) =a exploata