GLOSSARY

Unit 2

EXPRESSIONS

If you blow your own trumpet: you are boasting about your achievements and abilities

If you have a bee in your bonnet about something: you are obsessed with something and you can't stop thinking in it

It's in someone's genes: when that person has the same personality traits as theirs parents, or does a similar job

You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours: if you do something for me I'll do something for you, especially if it is something you wouldn't have been able to do for yourself

If you say someone does not have a hair out of place: their appearance is very tidy or is perfect.

Lost for words: you are sock of something and you don't know what to say

To have a flash of inspiration: you get a sudden idea that helps you to create or achieve what you were hoping to do 

A big fish in a small pond: if we describe someone with this expression, it means that he/she is very important or have a lot of influence but only in a small area or group

Cold fish: if someone is described with this expression it means that he/she is unfriendly and doesn't show her/his feelings or emotions

Packed like sardines: to describe people in a very crowded space. In a place enclosed

Chock a block: to describe people in a very crowded situation. In the street

Like a duck to water: it means that you discover when you start doing a new activity that you are very good at it

VOCABULARY

Pollution: contamination

Soil: sand

Rubbish: trash

Lid: object used to cover the bottles

Coal: mineral that is extract from the mines and we use it to combustion

Cattle station: is where the cattle reside

Nature: environment

Per capita: per person

Cans: tins

Smog: is a mix of the words smoke and fog

Methane: a gas that produce the greenhouse

Pass a law: is when the government creates a law and this is approved