Part 2 (10 -20 min)
to head out – направляться, уходить
What time do we head out tomorrow morning?
00:12
Hi, mrs. van der woodsen. Good to see you. Oh, i’m just heading out
to blank — to be suddenly unable to remember or think of something
I knew the answer, but I totally blanked during the test.
00:13:47
I must have totally blanked on the part where i invited you over.
to owe – to feel that you ought to do something for somebody or give them something, especially because they have done something for you
to owe it to somebody
00:14:48
… at least he felt he owed it to me to tell the truth …
to take somebody for – regard as (принимать за , считать)
Do you take me for a fool?
00:15:04
I never took you for a liar, too.
to fix – improve, make up for (чинить, исправлять)
00:15:08
Blair, how can i fix this?
revenge – something that you do in order to make somebody suffer because they have made you suffer
to take one’s revenge on somebody — отомстить
00:15:27
… revenge we hear it’s best served cold …
lame – (of an excuse, explanation, etc.) weak and difficult to believe
00:16:05
… that is the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard.
to brag – to talk too proudly about something you own or something you have done
conquest – завоевание, победа
00:16:21
Сhuck likes to brag about his conquests, not his victims.
shot – порция (кофе)
00:17:22
Two americanos … one with an extra shot?
twist of fate – поворот судьбы
by twist of fate – волею случая
00:17:47
More in the last 2 days than in the last 15 years? — an unfortunate twist of fate.
curb — the edge of the raised path at the side of a road, usually made of long pieces of stone
00:19:25
I’ll have to ask you to wait on the curb.
class warfare – классовая вражда
warfare — the activity of competing in an aggressive way with another group, company, etc
00:19:33
But don’t you think we’re taking this class warfare thing.
to stick up for … — to support someone or something; to speak in favor of someone or something.
Our team was losing, but I stuck up for it anyway.
00:19:37
… okay, man, let’s just go. Don’t tell me you’re sticking up for …
Vocabulary exercise:
Fill the gaps in the correct form
(to stick up for, conquest, brag, twist of fate, owe, fix, revenge, take somebody for, lame, warfare)
1. I am not ___________, but I think I’ve achieved something.
At the time Justin _____________ to his buddies that he knew Selena loved him.
2. I guess I __________ everything I’ve achieved so far to him!
I don’t _____________ you any explanations.
3. A council fraud manager swindled nearly £46,000 out of his local authority, but was only caught after his wife took _______________ and reported him after she discovered he was having an affair.
He intends to take ____________ on Paul for what he did.
4. Can anyone please tell me what I can do to ___________ this problem.
It’s essential to make a strong effort to ____________ the relationship.
5. So, if that’s your excuse, I’m afraid it’s a pretty __________ one.
Was it a __________ attempt to apologize?
6. Luke Hemmings reveals Ashton Irwin _____________ him at school when he was being picked on.
Yeah, she’s the one who _______________ you, the one who was there for you.
7. Bill Clinton used every last drop of his charm and charisma to make the most important _____________ of his life.
In order to make a ____________ of Margaret the youth swore to present her with a diamond which he himself would facet and set in gold.
8. Despite her desolation, Nora Simpson was not the sort of woman to be beaten by a _______________.
By a curious _____________ it was the same house where Pease and George Stephenson worked during the plan and construction of the Stockton to Darlington railway.
9. In this article, we’ll examine some of the leading bioweapon threats, as well as what the future of biological _____________ may have in store for us all.
In addition to the military’s traditional role of using force they are beginning to use political as well as ideological __________ against the enemy.
10. … and at the sight of him, people immediately __________ him _______ a prince and began to follow him.
While watching from the side, a coach mistakenly __________ him ________ a player on the team and asked him to participate in a drill.
